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ST174c: MetroCluster Administration

Training: NetApp™ - Storage Solutions

Participants acquire knowledge for administering ONTAP MetroCluster systems. They learn the specifics of the MetroCluster environment, manage component failures and site disasters to minimize impacts on critical data and applications. In addition, they gain skills for transitioning from MetroCluster FC to MetroCluster IP and receive practical knowledge for secure operations.

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Agenda:

Introduction to Metrocluster
- Business continuity and data protection
- MetroCluster history and evolution
- MetroCluster types
- Connect to your lab and check your system
- Review the available documentation
MetroCluster IP architecture
- MetroCluster IP architectures
- MetroCluster IP components
- MetroCluster IP network configuration
- Navigate the different resources
- Explore your MetroCluster environment
MetroCluster data access
- MetroCluster connectivity
- Protocol access in MetroCluster
- Create multiple storage VMs
- Review the created resources
- Connect your resources to different hosts
Data protection and tiering
- Data protection implementation with MetroCluster.Local disk assignment
- Data mobility and tiering
- Backup data to a third cluster
- Use FabricPool to tier cold data to S3
Monitoring MetroCluster
- MetroCluster specific logs and components
- Monitoring tools
- Collect MetroCluster logs manually
- Install and use MCDC
MetroCluster Maintenance
- Maintenance procedures on MetroCluster
- Switch maintenance and upgrade
- ONTAP Mediator upgrade
- Upgrade ONTAP
- Upgrade the mediator
Failover workflows
- Review the component failures in MetroCluster
- Review the different disaster scenarios
- Fail different components
- Run planned and unplanned switchovers
MetroCluster Transition
- Transition support from MCFC to MCIP
- Process workflow

Objectives:

This course ST174c MetroCluster Administration will enable you to perform the following tasks:

Define the Business Continuity solutions offered by NetApp™
Review the ONTAP MetroCluster architectural principles
Understand the differences between MetroCluster FC and MetroCluster IP
Demonstrate the MetroCluster specific concepts and commands
Understand the MetroCluster Data Protection and Tiering mechanisms
Describe resource provisioning on a MetroCluster system
Define the MetroCluster Maintenance procedures
Describe how to use NetApp™ tools for MetroCluster monitoring
Understand the MetroCluster FC to MetroCluster IP transition process

This is an official NetApp™ course with English materials. If you are interested in German materials with more exercises, we recommend the 5-day training ST274c-EN MetroCluster Administration.

Target audience:

The NetApp™ Training ST174c MetroCluster Administration is ideally for Systems Administrators and Architects.

Prerequisites:

To effectively follow the course content and pace in the training ST174c MetroCluster Administration, we recommend attending the following trainings in advance:

You should have completed the following certifications in advance or have gained comparable ONTAP experience:

NetApp™ Certified Technology Solutions Professional (NCTSP)
NetApp™ Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP (NCDA)
NetApp™ Certified Implementation Engineer Data Protection Specialist (NCIE-DP)

Description:

In the course ST174c MetroCluster Administration, you learn the knowledge and skills necessary to administer an ONTAP MetroCluster system. You will review the specificity of MetroCluster environment and discover how they affect the daily operations. You will also extensively demonstrate how to manage component failures and complete site disaster to reduce the impact on your critical data and applications. Finally, you will learn about the transition capabilities from ONTAP MetroCluster FC to MetroCluster IP.