Detailed Course Outline
Module 1 – Introduction to HPE SimpliVity
- HPE SimpliVity’s HyperGuarantee
- Business reasons for using HPE SimpliVity
- Core features built into the SimpliVity solution via the Data Virtualization Platform
- HPE SimpliVity use cases and the shift to Intelligent HCI
Module 2—HPE SimpliVity Architecture
- Deep understanding of the HPE SimpliVity Data Virtualization Platform
- Elements within an HPE SimpliVity Federation
- Basic concepts of a datacenter and cluster within the SimpliVity Federation
- Levels of resiliency built into the SimpliVity solution
- VM data locality in the HPE SimpliVity Federation
Module 3 – HPE SimpliVity Portfolio
- Categorization of the various HPE SimpliVity hardware models and their supported configurations
- Tracing the read/write IO paths for different HPE SimpliVity models
- Explanation of how the tiered storage implementation works
- Different networks that are used in HPE SimpliVity Federation
- Generic sizing guidelines for HPE SimpliVity
Module 4 – Working with HPE SimpliVity
- HPE SimpliVity management interfaces (GUI, CLI and REST API)
- HPE SimpliVity Datastores and the operations permitted
- Configuration required for access nodes
- Performing HPE SimpliVity backups
- Creating HPE SimpliVity backup policies
- Managing and monitoring virtual machines in a SimpliVity Federation
- Performing restores using HPE SimpliVity backups
- File level restores
- Backups on external stores for restore operations
- Using HPE SimpliVity RapidDR
Module 5—HPE SimpliVity Maintenance
- Maintaining HPE SimpliVity hosts and Virtual Controllers
- HPE SimpliVity alarms and events in VMware vCenter®
- Procedure to create an HPE SimpliVity support capture
- Reports that are available through HPE InfoSight for SimpliVity
- How to contact HPE support and find relevant documentation