Overview
Learn how to administer NetApp® StorageGRID, a software-defined, object-based storage system. Dive into the Grid Management Interface to manage, monitor, and maintain grid nodes, configure information lifecycle management (ILM) policies, and administer Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets. Explore tenant management through the Tenant Management Interface. Also, learn how to seamlessly integrate StorageGRID with NetApp hybrid cloud protection and tiering solutions. This course is updated for StorageGRID 11.8.
Prerequisites
The Web Based Training (WBT) course StorageGRID Fundamentals is recommended. This is free of charge and provided by NetApp. Please access via the NetApp Learning Services website using your NetApp Account information..
Delegates will learn how to
- Use the StorageGRID Grid Manager to monitor and manage a StorageGRID object-based storage solution
- Create and manage storage tenant accounts, groups, and users
- Configure ILM rules and policies
- Configure the StorageGRID API Gateway Nodes for client access
- Manage S3 buckets and objects
- Monitor StorageGRID system activity
- Perform grid maintenance tasks
- Integrate the StorageGRID solution into your data infrastructure
Outline
Module 1: StorageGRID components and services
- StorageGRID components
- StorageGRID networks
- StorageGRID network topologies
Module 2: StorageGRID management
- StorageGRID Grid Manager
- StorageGRID configuration options
- StorageGRID administrators
- Securing access to StorageGRID
- StorageGRID Management API
Exercises:
- Exploring StorageGRID Grid Manager
- Creating and managing StorageGRID administrator accounts
- Using the API to manage the StorageGRID system
Module 3: Storage tenant administration
- Tenant accounts
- Tenant Manager
- Tenant access control
- StorageGRID Tenant API
Exercises:
- Managing tenant accounts
- Using S3 tenant accounts
Module 4: Information lifecycle management
- ILM policies and rules
- Policy tags
- Storage pools, storage grades, and regions
- Configuring ILM policies
Exercises:
- Configuring basic ILM
- Tiering object storage
- Controlling placement based on object metadata
Module 5: Managing client connections
- VLAN interfaces
- High-availability groups
- Load balancer endpoints
- Traffic classification
Exercises:
- Configuring Gateway Nodes
Module 6: S3 bucket administration
- Virtual hosted-style identifiers
- Bucket access control
- S3 bucket configuration options
- Client stored object options
- Platform services
Exercises:
- Managing access to S3 buckets
Module 7: Monitoring the StorageGRID system
- Alerts
- Audit log
- SNMP
- Node services
- Reporting
Exercises:
- Managing alerts
- Viewing StorageGRID reports
- Managing audit logs
Module 8: StorageGRID maintenance
- StorageGRID AutoSupport
- Managing StorageGRID services
- Maintenance procedures
- StorageGRID software upgrades
Exercises:
- Performing grid maintenance tasks
Module 9: Integrating a StorageGRID system
- ONTAP FabricPool
- ONTAP backup to cloud
- BlueXP copy and sync service
- BlueXP backup and recovery service
Exercises:
- Configuring Cloud Storage Pools
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