Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Agenda
- Course topics review
- Access to array documentation
Module 2: Architecture and Advanced Features
- AF-Series read and write operations
- HF-Series read and write operations
- HPE Nimble OS architecture
- Triple+Parity RAID
- Integrated spare rebuild operations
- Deduplication and compression review
- Volume pinning
- Quality of service (QOS)
- SmartSecure encryption
- Data Services Cloud Console
Module 3: HPE Nimble Storage Replication and Peer Persistence
- Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) basics (planning, RPO, RTO, etc.)
- Replication introduction
- Replication use cases
- Replication components
- Replication considerations
- SmartReplicate disaster recovery
- Peer persistence architecture and operations
Module 4: Scale-out, Multi-Array Groups and Pools
- Scale-to-fit review
- Scale-out management groups
- Scale-out pools
- Scale-out operations
- Scale-out limitations and rules
- Group merge
- Host operation in pools
- Multi-array groups and pools
Module 5: Windows Integration
- HPE Storage Toolkit and HPE Storage Connection Manager review
- Microsoft Volume Shadow-Copy Service (VSS) overview
- VSS components
- VSS in use on HPE Nimble
- Powershell CMDlets
- Diagnostics utility
- Space reclamation
Module 6: Linux Integration, Oracle and Docker Integration
- HPE Nimble Storage Linux Toolkit (NLT)
- HPE Nimble Storage Connection Manager (NCM) for Linux
- HPE Nimble Storage Oracle Application Data Manager
- HPE Nimble Host Tuning Utility (Nimbletune)
- Linux space reclamation
Module 7: VMware Integration
- VMware integration features
- HPE Nimble Storage Connection Manager (NCM) for VMware
- VMware vCenter® integration
- vStorage APIs and space reclamation
- Synchronized snapshots
- vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols)
- SRM integration
- HPE Nimble Storage dHCI introduction
Module 8: Backup Solution Integration
- HPE Recovery Manager Central (RMC) overview and basic architecture
- Veeam overview and basic architecture
- Commvault overview and basic architecture
- Additional data protection training