Module 1: ONTAP Review and What’s New
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New supported Hardware
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Efficiency Enhancements
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Performance Enhancements
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Networking Enhancements
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Data Protection Enhancements
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Management Tools
Module 2: VMware Review and What’s New
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New vCSA, HTML5 “complete”
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ESXi HTML5 host client
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Virtual HW improvements
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VMFS improvements
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VVol improvements
Module 3: NetApp Tools for VMware
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Native VAAI support in ONTAP
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Native UNMAP support in ONTAP
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System Manager AppDM
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VSC
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VASA Provider (for VVols)
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SRA for SRM
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SnapCenter Plugin
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OCI
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RBAC User Creator
Module 4: NAS Datastores, Classic: Networking & NFS
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Networking Best Practices
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vSphere Networking
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NFS datastores, advantages, prerequisites and how to provision them
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NFS 4.1 cautions
Module 5: SAN Datastores, Classic: VMFS
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VMFS datastores, capabilities and limitations
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FC datastores, networking considerations, FCoE
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iSCSI datastores, networking considerations
Module 6: Datastores, Modern: SPBM & VVols
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Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM)
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VASA Provider
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VVol datastores, capabilities and limitations, management
Module 7: Data Storage for VM Guests
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(Mis-)Alignment
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RDMs, advantages and limitations
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NFS Exports
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SMB shares
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FC LUNs (In-Guest)
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iSCSI LUNs (In-Guest iSCSI)
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SCSI timeouts
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BP for MS-Cluster
Module 8: Data Availability, VMware
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VMware RBAC
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High Availability
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Resource Management, DRS
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VMware HA
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VMware FT
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VM Guest Cluster
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Network Contention, NIOC
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Datastore Contention, SDRS
Module 9: NetApp Data Availability
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Security, RBAC, Administration Delegation
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Networking, QoS, A-QoS
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Storage: RAID, HA-pairs, MetroCluster (FC, IP, SDS)
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vSphere Metro Storage Cluster
Labs:
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Quick Explore of the new System Manager
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Create/Check Data Aggregates on both vSims
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Create SVMs
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Quick connectivity check (vCenter Appliance, ESX hosts)
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Quick Exploration of the new HTML5 client
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Check preloaded W2K3 VM
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Check preloaded Linux VM
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Set up and test vMotion Network
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Install RBAC User Creator
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Set up VSC (& VASA-P & VAAI plugin)
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Configure Hosts for BP settings
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Create VMkernel interfaces for NFS
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Create Subnets
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Provision NFS datastore through AppDM on AFF
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Install VAAI NFS plugin on ESX hosts
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Provision NFS 4.1 datastore
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Set ESX cluster up for dual subnet iSCSI design
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Create iSCSI SVM on NetApp AFF
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Provision iSCSI datastore through VSC
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Install/set up/verify working VASA provider
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Create SPBM policies for NFS and iSCSI
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Provision NFS datastore through VSC with above created SP
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Provision VVol datastore
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Create a NFS export and access it from the Linux VM
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Create a SMB share and access it from the W2K3 VM and from the W2K16 DC
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Install SnapDrive on W2K3 VM, create a LUN from there
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Create a RDM device, attach it to W2K3 VM and access it
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Set up and verify VMware HA
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Set up and check an SVM DR relationship
