In this course, students learn troubleshooting skills to support the implementation and lifecycle management of NetApp StorageGRID software. Through theoretical explanations and hands on exercises, delegates will learn to control the architecture, option, services and features of the StorageGRID system
Students will also learn about the security and authentication mechanisms, logging and monitoring resources and Apache Cassandra implementation. Additionally, the processes to expand and upgrade the system, FabricPool technology plus investigating Simple Storage Services (S3) issues.
• 6 to 12 months of StorageGRID experience
• The NetApp StorageGRID Implementation Engineer accreditation (see NetApp Accreditation link below)
• Good knowledge of Simple Storage Service (S3)
• StorageGRID Troubleshooting Essentials (via NetApp Learning Center link below)
• DataStax DS101 and DS201 training courses
• Understand the networking architecture of a StorageGRID deployment
• Describe the load-balancing features of StorageGRID
• Review the StorageGRID services and ports
• Understand the impact of the StorageGRID options
• Understand the Cassandra implementation in StorageGRID
• Review the StorageGRID security and authentication mechanisms
• Define the StorageGRID logging and monitoring resources
• Review the expansion and upgrade processes
• Examine FabricPool technology with StorageGRID
• Investigate S3 issues with StorageGRID
Module 1:StorageGRID networking
StorageGRID network topology
Exercises
Examining StorageGRID network architecture
Module 2:StorageGRID software concepts
• Grid node services
• Managing node services
• StorageGRID configuration options
Exercises
Exploring nodetool commands
Module 3:StorageGRID logging and monitoring
• StorageGRID service log files
• StorageGRID audit logging
• Log analysis
• Log forwarding
Exercises
Managing StorageGRID logs
Module 4: Troubleshooting Cassandra
• Cassandra fundamentals
• Cassandra startup
• Nodetool
Exercises
Examining Cassandra fundamentals
Module 5:TroubleshootingStorageGRID decommission,expansion and upgrade
• StorageGRID decommissioning
• StorageGRID expansion process and issues
• StorageGRID major version upgrade
Exercises
Decommissioning and upgrading
Module 6: StorageGRID authentication and user management
• StorageGRID authorization and authentication
• StorageGRID multitenancy implementation
Exercises
Configuring StorageGRID authentication
Module 7:Troubleshooting StorageGRID security issues
• StorageGRID security
• StorageGRID system hardening
• Certificate-related Issues
Exercises
Troubleshooting StorageGRID authorization
Module 8:StorageGRID performance troubleshooting
• StorageGRID performance factors
• Identify performance bottlenecks
Exercises
Examining StorageGRID performance details
Module 9:ONTAP FabricPool with StorageGRID
• FabricPool object store
• Investigate object store unavailability
• Troubleshooting connection issues
• Object store access issues
Exercises
Troubleshooting ONTAP FabricPool technology
Module 10:Troubleshoot S3 client and application issues
• Troubleshoot S3 request failures
• S3 request logging
Join our public courses in our Malta facilities. Private class trainings will be organized at the location of your preference, according to your schedule.