This course covers the deployment of the SnapCenter Software 4.0 release. In this course you learn how to install, monitor, and manage SnapCenter Server and SnapCenter Plug-ins. You learn how to install licenses, configure role-based access control (RBAC), and install the SnapCenter Plug-ins for Windows, Linux, and Oracle. You learn how to prepare hosts and connect to the NetApp ONTAP storage system. You also learn how to back up and restore Windows file system data and configure SnapMirror and SnapVault relationships for use with SnapCenter software. The course materials include a guide for hands-on exercises that you perform in a lab setting.

Who should attend

• NetApp and NetApp partner Professional Services
• System Engineers
• NetApp Customers

Prerequisites

• ONTAP Cluster Administration
• Data Protection Administration
• SnapCenter Fundamentals

Course Objectives

• Describe the features of the SnapCenter Software 4.0 solution
• Install the SnapCenter Server software
• Configure SnapCenter role-based access control (RBAC), add licenses, and connect to storage virtual machines (SVMs)
• Configure hosts and SnapCenter Plug-in packages
• Prepare data protection relationships for SnapCenter
• Use the SnapCenter Plug-in for Windows to back up, restore, and clone data
• Monitor and manage data protection tasks in SnapCenter Server

Course Modules

Module 1: SnapCenter Software Review

• Introduction to the SnapCenter Suite
• Server architecture
• Plug-in Packages
• licensing
• Management Interfaces
• Integration with ONTAP features

Module 2: SnapCenter Server Deployment

• Server Installation Workflow
• Server Requirements
• Additional Installation Options

Module 3: SnapCenter Server Configuration

• License Management
• Server Connections to the Storage System
• Server RBAC

Module 4: Preparing Hosts for SnapCenter

• Add Hosts to the SnapCenter Server
• Installing Plug-in Packages

Module 5: Assigning NetApp Storage to Windows Hosts

• Configuring LUN storage on Windows
• Windows Disk Management
• Working with SMB Shares

Module 6: Preparing Data Protection Relationships for SnapCenter

• Data protection relationships with SnapCenter
• Preparing the storage systems for replication

Module 7: Data Backup and Restore

• Backup of Windows file systems
• Restore of Windows file systems
• Cloning Windows file system backups

Module 8: Monitoring and Managing with the SnapCenter server

• Managing the SnapCenter Repository
• Monitoring Activities
• Understanding SnapCenter Reporting Features

Labs:

• Storage configuration
• SnapCenter server configuration
• Plug-in configuration, installation and monitoring
• Storage configuration
• SnapMirror and SnapVault configuration
• SnapCenter backup, restore and clone fundamentals
• Monitoring and managing SnapCenter software