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Implementing VMware vSphere on Data ONTAP
**For more in-depth instruction on implementing and managing a VMware vSphere environment on NetApp, see our VMware vSphere on NetApp (VVNA) course.** Learn how to implement VMware vSphere...
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$1,800 USD
Course Code
NA-IMPVMVS
Duration
2 days
Available Formats
Classroom
**For more in-depth instruction on implementing and managing a VMware vSphere environment on NetApp, see our VMware vSphere on NetApp (VVNA) course.** Learn how to implement VMware vSphere virtualization solutions on NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode and clustered Data ONTAP. In this course, you learn how to deploy VMware virtual infrastructure on NetApp storage. The exercises use clustered Data ONTAP.
Skills Gained
- By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe VMware vSphere 5.1 virtualization solutions
- Configure physical and virtual infrastructures
- Provision the virtual infrastructure with Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode and Data ONTAP operating in Cluster-Mode storage
- Create, migrate, and clone virtual machines (VMs)
- Protect the virtual infrastructure
- Monitor and optimize the virtual infrastructure
- Articulate the NetApp value proposition when integrating Data ONTAP with vSphere 5.x
- List and describe the best practices for connectivity, provisioning, data layout, and multipathing
- Describe the storage savings in a virtual environment that result from deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning
- Identify some troubleshooting scenarios in a virtualized environment and articulate the solutions for resolving the issues
Who Can Benefit
- NetApp employees, channel partners, and customers
Prerequisites
- NetApp core technical training or equivalent knowledge
- NetApp SAN core technical training or equivalent knowledge
- Basic knowledge of VMware virtualization
Course Details
Implementing VMware vSphere on Data ONTAP
- Module 1 vSphere StorageExplain how VMware vSphere is a virtualization platform
- Describe the datastore categories and their applications
- Explain why the Data ONTAP operating system is the ideal storage platform for VMware
- Set up a two-node storage system that runs Clustered Data ONTAPModule 2 vSphere FC ConnectivityConfigure and verify FC connectivity in the Data ONTAP operating system
- Configure and verify FC connectivity in vSphere
- Configure LUN access in the Data ONTAP operating systemModule 3 vSphere iSCSI ConnectivityDiscuss what to consider when you configure networks for vSphere
- Configure and verify iSCSI connectivity in the Data ONTAP operating system
- Configure and verify iSCSI connectivity in vSphere
- Configure LUN access in the Data ONTAP operating systemModule 4 vSphere NFS ConnectivityConfigure and verify NFS connectivity in the Data ONTAP operating system
- Configure and verify NFS connectivity in vSphereModule 5 vSphere ConfigurationDescribe the steps for configuring a datastore
- Optimize datastore clusters with VMware Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (Storage DRS)
- Explain how to migrate virtual machines (VMs)Module 6 vSphere OptimizationClone VMs by using the NetAppVirtual Storage Console (VSC)
- Describe the reasons why virtualized disks are misaligned and the methods for correcting this problem
- Discuss optimization techniques for VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastores
- Discuss optimization techniques for NFS datastores
- Identify the storage I/O control features in VMware
- Identify the features of OnCommand Insight AssureModule 7 vSphere ProtectionDescribe the issues that you might encounter with data protection in a virtualized environment
- List methods to backup and restore virtual machines and datastores with NetApp storage
- Identify the features of NetApp backup and restoration in virtualized environments
- Lab Exercises
- Lab 1-1 Identify the exercise environment
- Lab 1-2 Log into the exercise environment
- Lab 1-3 Install NetApp OnCommand System Manager
- Lab 1-4 Create a cluster
- Lab 1-5 Add the cluster to NetApp OnCommand System Manager
- Lab 1-6 Join a node to the cluster
- Lab 1-7 Install NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC)
- Lab 1-8 Log in to the vCenter server using the vSphere Client
- Lab 1-9 Use Virtual Storage Console to configure a vSphere server
- Lab 1-10 Configure SSH access on the vSphere server
- Lab 3-1 Create an aggregate for a vServer
- Lab 3-2 Use NetApp OnCommand System Manager to create a vServer for iSCSI
- Lab 3-3 Configure the virtual IP infrastructure on ESXi
- Lab 3-4 Configure iSCSI on ESXi
- Lab 3-5 Confirm iSCSI sessions using the Data ONTAP operating system
- Lab 4-1 Configure the NFS service on a vServer
- Lab 4-2 Configure failover groups for a vServer
- Lab 4-3 Enable a vServer to use the NFS VAAI plug-in
- Lab 5-1 Create datastores using the VSC
- Lab 5-2 Deploy the NFS VAAI plug-in using the VSC
- Lab 5-3 Confirm that an NFS datastore is using the NFS VAAI plug-in
- Lab 5-4 Add a VM to the datastore
- Lab 5-5 Add an RDM-backed VM to the inventory list
- Lab 5-6 Resize a datastore using the VSC
- Lab 5-7 Destroy a datastore using the VSC
- Lab 5-8 Import a VM into a datastore
- Lab 6-1 Migrate a VM using VMware Storage vMotion
- Lab 6-2 Clone a datastore with NetApp Flexclone software
- Lab 6-3 Align a virtual disk partition using online migration
- Lab 6-4 Align a virtual disk partition using offline migration
- Lab 6-5 Clone a datastore with NetApp Rapid Cloning technology
- Lab 6-6 Verify deduplication on a datastore
- Lab 7-1 Use VSC to create a backup job for a datastore
- Lab 7-2 Use the VSC to restore a VM
- Lab 7-3 Use the VSC CLI to back up and restore a VM
- Lab 7-4 Install the Snap Creator Framework
- Lab 7-5 Use the Snap Creator Framework to configure vSphere backup policies
- Lab 7-6 Use the Snap Creator Framework to back up and recover jobs