VMware vSphere on NetApp Training in New Zealand

• System administration experience managing either the Linux or Microsoft Windows operating system
• 'VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7] (VSICM67)' or equivalent experience.
• Completion of the 'ONTAP Cluster Administration (ONTAP 9.7) (ONTAP9ADM)' or equivalent experience.

• Discuss ONTAP Architecture and current Hardware
• Describe vSphere Updates in 6.5 & 6.7
• Discuss and install NetApp Tools and interfaces for VMware vSphere
• Use Application Granular Data Management (AppDM)
• Discuss NFS datastore deployment Best Practices
• Discuss VMFS datastores
  • Discuss iSCSI datastore deployment Best Practices
  • Describe FCP datastore deployment Best Practices
• Implement Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM)
• Discuss VVol datastore deployment Best Practices
• Implement Data Storage strategies for Guest VMs
• Discuss Security and Performance considerations in a Multi-tenant environment
• Implement High Availability and Data Protection Strategies in a virtual environment
• Maximize utilization of your storage assets using built-in efficiency features

Module 1: ONTAP Review and What’s New

• New supported Hardware
• Efficiency Enhancements
• Performance Enhancements
• Networking Enhancements
• Data Protection Enhancements
• Management Tools

Module 2: VMware Review and What’s New

• New vCSA, HTML5 “complete”
• ESXi HTML5 host client
• Virtual HW improvements
• VMFS improvements
• VVol improvements

Module 3: NetApp Tools for VMware

• Native VAAI support in ONTAP
• Native UNMAP support in ONTAP
• System Manager AppDM
• VSC
• VASA Provider (for VVols)
• SRA for SRM
• SnapCenter Plugin
• OCI
• RBAC User Creator

Module 4: NAS Datastores, Classic: Networking & NFS

• Networking Best Practices
• vSphere Networking
• NFS datastores, advantages, prerequisites and how to provision them
• NFS 4.1 cautions

Module 5: SAN Datastores, Classic: VMFS

• VMFS datastores, capabilities and limitations
• FC datastores, networking considerations, FCoE
• iSCSI datastores, networking considerations

Module 6: Datastores, Modern: SPBM & VVols

• Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM)
• VASA Provider
• VVol datastores, capabilities and limitations, management

Module 7: Data Storage for VM Guests

• (Mis-)Alignment
• RDMs, advantages and limitations
• NFS Exports
• SMB shares
• FC LUNs (In-Guest)
• iSCSI LUNs (In-Guest iSCSI)
  • SCSI timeouts
  • BP for MS-Cluster

Module 8: Data Availability, VMware

• VMware RBAC
• High Availability
• Resource Management, DRS
• VMware HA
• VMware FT
• VM Guest Cluster
• Network Contention, NIOC
• Datastore Contention, SDRS

Module 9: NetApp Data Availability

• Security, RBAC, Administration Delegation
• Networking, QoS, A-QoS
• Storage: RAID, HA-pairs, MetroCluster (FC, IP, SDS)
• vSphere Metro Storage Cluster

Labs:

• Quick Explore of the new System Manager
• Create/Check Data Aggregates on both vSims
• Create SVMs
• Quick connectivity check (vCenter Appliance, ESX hosts)
• Quick Exploration of the new HTML5 client
• Check preloaded W2K3 VM
• Check preloaded Linux VM
• Set up and test vMotion Network
• Install RBAC User Creator
• Set up VSC (& VASA-P & VAAI plugin)
• Configure Hosts for BP settings
• Create VMkernel interfaces for NFS
• Create Subnets
• Provision NFS datastore through AppDM on AFF
• Install VAAI NFS plugin on ESX hosts
• Provision NFS 4.1 datastore
• Set ESX cluster up for dual subnet iSCSI design
• Create iSCSI SVM on NetApp AFF
• Provision iSCSI datastore through VSC
• Install/set up/verify working VASA provider
• Create SPBM policies for NFS and iSCSI
• Provision NFS datastore through VSC with above created SP
• Provision VVol datastore
• Create a NFS export and access it from the Linux VM
• Create a SMB share and access it from the W2K3 VM and from the W2K16 DC
• Install SnapDrive on W2K3 VM, create a LUN from there
• Create a RDM device, attach it to W2K3 VM and access it
• Set up and verify VMware HA
• Set up and check an SVM DR relationship