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- Network Professionals seeking the NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA) certification.
- This course is also valuable for those who need to perform in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management for environments using any of the following enterprise storage solutions: CIFS, NFS, FCP, iSCSI protocols on a NetApp storage appliance running the Data ONTAP operating system.
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- State the advantages, features, and functions of a NetApp storage system
- Identify the key features of NetApp product platforms and disk shelves
- Distinguish between SAN and NAS topologies
- Describe the basic functions of the Data ONTAP operating system
- Access the NOW (NetApp on the Web) Knowledgebase to obtain software and hardware documentation
- Implement NetApp HA solutions using Clustered Failover, SyncMirror, and MetroCluster to ensure continuous data availability in the enterprise and rapid recovery of data in the event of a disaster
- Learn to license, cable, configure, and test Clustered Failover, SyncMirror, and MetroCluster
- Learn how to administer NetApp clusters and perform appropriate "takeover" and "giveback" commands
- Use "vol" commands to create a SyncMirrored volume, split the volume, and join the volume
- Identify the appropriate CIFS server environment for your storage system to support Windows client users
- Configure the CIFS environment on a storage system by licensing CIFS, setting up CIFS, and configuring files and options
- Administer a storage system in a CIFS environment including creating and managing shares, users, groups, and sessions
- Explain how to troubleshoot basic CIFS problems
- Define the characteristics of a SAN environment and how LUNs relate to the storage system
- Describe the components of FC and IP SANs
- Describe size planning requirements for LUNs
- Create and manage LUNs on a storage controller for both Windows and UNIX hosts
- Explain FC and IP SAN multipathing options for Windows and UNIX operating systems
- Explain how to troubleshoot common SAN issues
- State the rules for exporting resources to hosts, subnets, and netgroups
- Explain the /etc/ exports access options and how they relate to mount permissions
- Analyze NFS performance using sysstat and nfsstat commands
- Explain NFS protocol overview, NFS versions, and NFS Implementation criteria
- Configure and administer clients and servers in an NFS environment
- Collect and analyze data to assist with troubleshooting storage system hardware, operating system, network connections, NFS configuration files and options
- Explain the concept of Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
- Set up and maintain SnapShots
- Plan and perform data recovery using SnapRestore
- Configure and administer Asynchronous and Synchronous SnapMirror
- Configure and administer SnapVault
- Configure and administer OSSV
- List best practices and perform troubleshooting of SnapMirror, SnapVault, and OSSV
- Use NDMP to archive data
- Configure and administer SnapLock and LockVault
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