Overview
In this course, you learn to implement a hybrid cloud solution with Microsoft Azure by using NetApp® Cloud Volumes ONTAP®. You connect an Azure Virtual Network (VNet) and an on-premises data center to unify your infrastructure. You use NetApp BlueXP™ (formerly Cloud Manager) to move data and manage storage in the hybrid cloud. You learn how NetApp cloud services are integrated into BlueXP to provide persistent storage for Kubernetes containers and enhance data protection, security, and compliance. You also learn to optimize the capacity and performance of Cloud Volumes ONTAP.
Prerequisites
For a successful learning experience, NetApp recommends that you know the following concepts before you attend the course.
- Cloud computing concepts - Cloud characteristics, service delivery methods, and cloud deployment models
- Networking concepts and definitions - Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) and network address translation (NAT)
- Azure concepts - Subscriptions, VNet, virtual machines (VMs), Azure storage accounts, and Azure Blob storage
In addition to attendance on the Integrating Hybrid Clouds Foundation (IHCF) course
Delegates will learn how to
• Configure a VNet and connect it to an on-premises data center with VPN Internet Protocol security (IPsec)
• Describe Cloud Volumes ONTAP architecture
• Install a connector and deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Explain basic system administration tasks with BlueXP
• Copy data between an ONTAP based system and Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Azure for disaster recovery
• Use data tiering to Azure Blob storage for Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Use Cloud Volumes ONTAP as persistent storage for Kubernetes containers
• Identify performance and sizing options for Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Outline
Module 1: Public cloud essential concepts
Lesson 1: Azure networking and other concepts
Lesson 2: Terraform introduction
Exercise 1: Controlling cloud resources with CLI
Exercise 2: Controlling cloud resources with PowerShell
Exercise 3: Controlling NetApp ONTAP (on-premises) resources with NetApp PowerShell Toolkit
Exercise 4: Configuring resources in Azure by using Terraform
Exercise 5: Reviewing resources by using Azure Portal
Exercise 6: Verifying connectivity to the VMs in front-end and back-end subnets
Module 2: Connectivity from the public cloud to other networks
Lesson 1: Microsoft Azure VNet connectivity to an on-premises network
Exercise 1: Connecting Azure VNet to an on-premises network
Exercise 2: Configuring on-premises DNS for Azure VMs
Exercise 3: (Optional) Joining an Azure VM to Active Directory in the on-premisesenvironment
Module 3: Deploying a connector
Lesson 1: Review a connector
Exercise 1: Deploying a connector
Module 4: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Lesson 1: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP architecture review
Lesson 2: Deploying Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Lesson 3: Highly available NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Azure
Exercise 1: Deploying a single-node Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance
Exercise 2: Creating an NFS volume and accessing it from an NFS client
Exercise 3: Creating an SMB volume and accessing it from an SMB client
Exercise 4: Deploying a Cloud Volumes ONTAP high-availability pair
Module 5: Administration of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Lesson 1: Administering Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Exercise 1: Using BlueXP for basic administration of Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Exercise 2: Doing basic administration of BlueXP
Module 6: Data protection
Lesson 1: Data protection
Lesson 2: Administering Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Exercise 1: Configuring and managing ransomware protection
Exercise2: Configuring and Managing Disaster Recovery in the Data Fabric
Module 7: Tiering
Lesson 1: Tiering in Azure
Exercise 1: Tiering backup data to Azure Blob storage
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