VCE VBlock:EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager (UIM) provides simplified management for VCE Vblock™ infrastructure Platforms, transforming IT into a more agile organization by managing the components of Vblock platforms as a single entity, automating the critical functions necessary to efficiently and rapidly deliver a foundation for cloud computing, extending virtualization ROI. Speed service delivery and reduce errors with policy based, automated converge infrastructure provisioning.
With EMC Unified !Infrastructure/Provisioning (UIM/P) you can easily define and create infrastructure service profiles to match business requirements, continuing to manage the service throughout its lifecycle.
- Policy based, automated converged infrastructure provisioning -Activate the provisioning of Vblock platforms—compute, network, and storage—and ESXi clusters with a single click
- Dashboard views - Consolidated views
- of all Vblock infrastructure components including network, compute, and storage.
- Section 1 – Log into the vSphere Environment and show the VSI plug-in
- Section 2 – View the Underlying Storage Details
- Section 3 – Provision an NFS Datastore
- Section 4 – Create a Fast Clone VM
- Section 6 – Summarize
**We will be adding much more contents.
EMC VPLEX:
- Introduction
- Terminology
- Demonstration Overview
- Configure the VPLEX Metro
- Logon to the VPLEX
- System Status
- Storage Volumes
- VPLEX GUI Overview
- Create a Synchronous Consistency Group
- Claim Storage Volumes
- Create Extents in Las Vegas Cluster
- Create Devices in Las Vegas Cluster
- Create Virtual Volume on Santa Clara Cluster
- Create Distributed Storage
- Add Remote Mirror to Santa Clara Devices
- Provision Storage to vSphere Servers
- Create Storage View for vSphere Access
- Monitoring VPLEX Performance
- Performance Dashboard
- Conclusion
- Summary.
EMC CLARiiON:
- CLARiiON 600/700, CX4
- EMC CLARiiON Management
- CLARiiON internals and architecture
- CLARiiON Host Integration & Management
- CLARiiON Management Utilities
- OS Integration
- LUN Management
- Access Logix
- SAN Copy
- Mirrow View
- Snap View
- Navisphere/Unisphere
- EMC PowerPath
- General administration concepts
- Day to day Troubleshooting Techniques.
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EMC Unified VNX (EMC’s SAN NAS Storage Array):- Provision storage to VNX Data Movers
- Implement advanced storage features
- Navigate the Unisphere interface
- Implement Data Mover failover
- Setup basic IP network functionality
- Create and Manage VNX file systems
- Provide file system access to NFS users and applications
- Provide file system access to CIFS users and applications
- Manage permissions for CIFS
- Set up and manage file system quotas
- Implement CIFS features
- Describe Usermapper operations
- VNX hardware and software architecture
- Configuring Pools, Thin and Thick LUNs.
EMC Symmetrix VMAX:- EMC Symmtrix internals and architecture
- Symmetrix configuration using Solutions Enabler and SMC/ECC
- Mata cration, mapping and masking
- Allocation, Deallocation of LUNS
- Capacity Management
- Enginuity
- Cache utilization
- SMC
- Time Finder & SRDF Concepts.
- General administration concepts
- Known problems and resolutions
- DMX & VMAX internals and architecture
- PowerPath
- Day to day Troubleshooting Techniques.
EMC Replication Manager:
The Replication Manager Training allows you to demonstrate the application with the convenience of the cloud. There are 16 scenarios including Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, and Oracle on various EMC Arrays. New scenarios include VMware file level and VM level recovery.
Highlights:
- Oracle 11gR2 ASM on Symmetrix storage using TimeFinder / Clone replication
- Oracle Database 11g on Celerra network file systems using SnapSure replication
- Oracle Database 11g on Celerra network file systems with RMAN
- SAP BRbackup CLARiiON SnapView / Clone
- Exchange 2010 DAG on CLARiiON(R) storage using SnapView Clone replication
- Exchange 2007 on CLARiiON(R) storage using SnapView Clone replication
- VMware VMFS datastores on CLARiiON(R) storage using RecoverPoint
- VMware NFS datastores on Celerra storage using SnapSure
- VMWare Granular File Recovery for NFS Datastores
- VMWare Granular VM Recovery for NFS Datastores
- SQL Server 2008 on VNX storage using SnapView Clone replication
- SQL Server 2005 on Celerra storage using SnapSure replication
- SQL Server 2005 on Virtual Disks in a CLARiiON(R) environment using RecoverPoint
- SharePoint on CLARiiON(R) storage using SnapView Clone replication
- EMC Replication Manager with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on VNX
- EMC Replication Manager and ItemPoint with Exchange 2010 on VNX.
EMC Isilon :- Build and configure an Isilon cluster
- Demonstrate the EMC Isilon storage solution, primarily configuring an EMC Isilon storage system.
- Create shares and build security
- Integrate an Isilon cluster with Active Directory, LDAP, and NIS
- Understand how data is protected and how an Isilon cluster handles hardwarefailures
- Configure snapshots and understand the space they use
- Configure quotas and control the associated notifications
- Configure Isilon SmartConnect to have clients connect via a simple DNS name
- Configure SyncIQ to replicate data from one cluster to another
- Upgrade a cluster to newer versions of the OneFS® operating system
Lab Activities:
- Configuration of an initial Isilon nodeAdding 2 additional nodes to the Isilon clusterMapping Windows and Linux clients to the Isilon cluster.
- Add the 4th node to demonstrate real-time resource scaling.
EMC RecoverPoint Architecture and Management Overview Overview of EMC RecoverPoint, architecture of EMC RecoverPoint, planning and design considerations implementation overview
- State key features of EMC RecoverPoint
- Describe the architecture of the RecoverPoint solution for CRR and CDP implementations
- Apply suitable design guidelines to create a supported RecoverPoint solution
- Describe the steps to configure replication using EMC.
RecoverPoint:
Lab Activities:
- RecoverPoint OverviewThe System and Traffic Panes.
- Consistency Groups.
- Copies
- Snapshots Bookmarks
- The Replication Sets Tab
- The Statistics Tab
- The Policy Tabs
- RPAs
- Splitters
- Volumes
- Virtual Centers
- Creating a New Consistency Group
- Identifying Differences in Copy Replication Policies
- Identifying Differences in Group Replication Policies
- Modifying an Existing Replication Policy
- Performing Data Recovery Operations
- Failing-Over to a Replica
- Recovering Production Data from a Replica
- Specifying a Protection Policy
- Specifying a Protection Policy That Changes Over Time
- Data Compression
- Optimization and Resource Allocation
- VMware Affinity
EMC Data Domain:Introduction to Data Domain inline deduplication systems, product overview, system capacities, common hardware features, and system differences,Data Domain operating system including: system login, management and licensing options overview, data protection features including: hardware redundancy, autosupports, alerts and file protection, and data integrity features,
- List the challenges behind conventional backup technology and describe how inlinededuplication addresses them
- Describe fundamental technologies enabling EMC Data Domain system advantages
- Describe the product family of EMC Data Domain systems
- Describe basic hardware features of EMC Data Domain systems
- Describe basic features of the Data Domain Operating System and file systems
- Describe the optional licenses available• Describe system data protection measures
- Show common networking layouts employed for EMC Data Domain systems
- List the common protocols supported
Installation preparation and safety precautions, rack mounting of controllers and expansion shelves, cabling of controllers and expansion shelves, powering up and performing initial software configuration, verifying connectivity, performing several follow-up configuration tasks,
Prepare for installation, with required tools and safety precautions
Install rails, and rack system hardware
Connect and cable expansion shelves
Perform initial configuration of Data Domain systems
Configure network connectivity for administrative access
Verify interoperability with connected devices
Perform additional configuration tasks in the Enterprise Manager
Get started with DD Archiver and GDA configurations
Data Domain Implementation with Application Software:
Data Domain system as a file system and VTL to common ApplicationSoftware; EMC NetWorker, Symantec’s NetBackup, Symantec’s Backup Execand IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Data Domain BOOST integration with EMCNetWorker, Symantec’s NetBackup and Symantec’s Backup Exec.
Identify the key application software components and terminology
Recognize the packet flow in a typical backup environment with the Data Domainsystem
Implement Data Domain system as a file system and VTL to application software
Validate application software backup and recovery functionalities
Implement best practices and tuning• Implement DD BOOST with application software
Lab Activities:- A review of the Data Domain browser based GUI management portal, data management, system layout and command line interface functions.
- Generating the Oracle database backup to Data Domain, highlighting inherent Oracle RMAN backup tools to run backup and restore jobs with direct write access to a Data Domain CIFS share
- Generating a Microsoft SQL database backup to Data Domain, highlighting inherent SQL management tools to run backup and restore jobs with direct write access to a Data Domain CIFS share
- Discussing various Data Domain technologies, such as variable segment deduplication, memory writes, disk commits and data integrity validation.
- Creating VTL,
- Zoning of DD and Media Server
- Set Alias names for NW initiators (done in Physical Resources)
- Create Group (done in Access Groups)
- Set group on initiator
- Create library (done in Virtual Tape Libraries) creating drives, slots, caps
- Vault, create pools and tapes
- Import tapes
- Add Luns in Access Groups
- Scan for all devices on Media Server Host
- Configure/discover library on Media Server
- Command Line Administration & Management.
EMC AVAMAR:EMC Avamar Overview
Avamar fundamentals, Avamar backups and restores, maintaining, monitoring, and reporting
- Describe Avamar features and architecture
- Describe the Avamar backup and restore process
- Explain how to perform backups and restores
- Describe Avamar maintenance activities
- Describe Avamar monitoring and reporting capabilities
EMC Avamar Virtual Edition Overview
EMC Avamar fundamentals, EMC Avamar editions, EMC Avamar virtual edition installation
- Describe EMC Avamar features and architecture
- Discuss EMC Avamar server configurations
- Describe EMC Avamar Virtual Edition solution installation
- Discuss differences between EMC Avamar Virtual Edition and Data Store Edition
Lab Activities:
General Information
Start Avamar Administrator
A) Review Avamar Policies for NDMP
- NDMP Dataset structure overview
- NDMP policies overview
- Backup from “Backup & Restore” Menu
- Restore a folder on a NAS Share
- Avamar Restore Operation - restore to original location
- Avamar Restore Operation - restore to a different location
B) Review Avamar Policies for SQL Server
- MSSQL Dataset structure overview
- MSSQL policies overview
- Backup from “Backup & Restore” Menu
- Direct Restore a SQL Server Database from Direct restore with a tail-log backup
- Direct restore with replace option
C) Review Avamar Policies for Windows Server
- BMR Dataset structure overview
- BMR policies overview
- Backup from “Backup & Restore” Menu
- Bare Metal Recovery using Avamar
D) Microsoft Exchange Dataset structure overview
- Microsoft Exchange VSS Dataset
- Exchange policies overview
- Backup from “Backup & Restore” Menu
- Granular level Recovery of Mail items
- Mailbox Database Restore
E) VMware Dataset structure overview
- VMware Avamar domain structure overview
- VMware policies overview
- Backup from “Backup & Restore” Menu
- Restore virtual machine from Avamar Administrator
- Restore files from Windows OS to virtual machine from Avamar Administrator
EMC Data Protection Advisor:A) Explaining the DPA GUI
- Time Window
- Navigation Tree Nodes
- Configuration
- Reporting
- Configuration and Change Management
- Fileserver Performance Reporting
- File System Performance Reporting
- Network Interface Performance
- Resource Utilization and Capacity Planning
- Celerra Replicator
B) Starting DPA Replication Analysis
- Step-By-Step Guide
- Viewing Applications and File systems in the environment Viewing Arrays in the Environment
- Display mapping of the applications on the host to devices on the SAN
- View a logical topology of the storage and
- replicas associated with a host – Consistency Gap Example View replication gaps for the entire environment
- Identify Missing/Incomplete Recovery Points
- View Line of Business with a Compliance Gap
- Create and Apply a Protection Policy for DPA to Measure Compliance
- DPA Support Specific to RecoverPoint Environments
- RecoverPoint Environment Configuration and Status
- RecoverPoint Performance
- Consistency Journal Lab
- Change Management
- Chargeback
- Host-Less Replication
- The view partial WWN replication
- Expand the Partial WWN Replication node and select the rh-hpux node
- VNX/CLARiiON Configuration
EMC Networker:
EMC NetWorker Overview
EMC NetWorker Foundations, Architecture, Backups, Recoveries
- Describe the EMC NetWorker solution and advantages
- Describe NetWorker hosts and their roles
- Describe the use of NetWorker control data and administrative interfaces
- Describe NetWorker device types and devices, backup process, types, and levels,recovery process and recovery types
EMC NetWorker Modules Overview
Introduction to NetWorker Modules, NetWorker Module Architecture, Database Application Modules, NetWorker Modules for Microsoft Applications, Other NetWorker Application Modules, NetWorker Snapshot Modules
- Describe the EMC NetWorker Module solution
- List the advantages of employing EMC NetWorker modules
- Explain the NetWorker module architecture
- Describe the functionality of each of the NetWorker modules
EMC Backup & Recovery Systems (EMC BRS):
Integration of the Networker with Avamar Node will give us ability to enable De-Duplication functionality for specific save sets. Here it will be shown the functionality of the Networker Modules: NMDA, NMSQL, NMEXCH. Also will be shown the functionality of Avamar system with expanded clients
support: Oracle 11g and SQL Server 2008, Linux etc; DESKTOP/LAPTOP Backup and Restore features.
support: Oracle 11g and SQL Server 2008, Linux etc; DESKTOP/LAPTOP Backup and Restore features.
- Networker 7.6
- Networker Modules: NMDA, NMSQL, NMEXCH
- New Networker Client Backup Configuration Wizard
- Integration of the Networker with Avamar 5.0
- Ability to enable De-Duplication backup option
- Backup/restore
- Exchange 2007 single mailboxes, email, recovery via the RSG
- Oracle disaster recovery, restore of tablespace
- Linux system files
- Data of Windows 64 bit
- Avamar 5.0 Single Node (fixed bugs)
- Avamar Plugins for Oracle 11gR1, MS SQL 2008, Exchange 2007, Windows 2008 64bit, Linux clients
- Backup/restore of Networker Filesystem
- Avamar DESKTOP/LAPTOP backup/recovery feature
- DPA 5.6
- Live Reports: Backup Servers, Database Servers and other
- Advanced reporting, troubleshooting
- Performance management and more.
All Enterprise Level Products are available. We are going to start a new classroom batch by this Saturday in Bangalore. If interested, let me know once. For any query, Fees Details, Address, send us a mail in storage.akash@gmail.com or buzz us @ +91-7676257398/+91-9740805351.
