NetApp SnapProtect Solution Administration (SPSA)

Course Outline

Module 1 The SnapProtect Solution: Getting Started

• Describe the components of the NetApp SnapProtect solution
• Describe the SnapProtect workflow
• Install SnapProtect solution software
• Install the NetApp Management Console to manage the DataFabric Manager server
• Create resource pools for SnapProtect
• Add a DataFabric Manager server into the CommCell

Module 2 Configuring Disk Libraries and Tape Media

• Describe media management
• Configure SnapProtect disk libraries
• Configure SnapProtect tape libraries
• Perform tape-management operations

Module 3 Storage Policies and Schedule Policies

• Describe and configure storage policies
• Describe and configure schedule policies
• Select the appropriate DataFabric Manager provisioning policies for SnapVault or SnapMirror copies

Module 4 Protecting NAS Data

• Describe the components and the workflow of the SnapProtect solution for NAS data, including SnapVault and SnapMirror copies of NAS data
• Describe and add NAS clients to the CommCell
• Describe the default BackupSet and the default subclient
• Assign storage policies to NAS subclients
• Back up and restore NAS data
• Import DataFabric Manager (DFM) server relationships with the NAS Import Tool

Module 5 Protecting Microsoft SQL Database Content

• Describe SQL Server architecture
• Describe the components and workflow of the SnapProtect solution for SQL data
• Add a SQL client to the CommCell
• Add instances of the SQL server to the CommCell
• Create subclients
• Back up and restore SQL data

Module 6 Protecting Microsoft SharePoint Content Databases

• Describe SharePoint topologies and components
• Describe SharePoint deployments in the SnapProtect solution
• Describe the SnapProtect iDataAgent for SharePoint
• Back up and recover SharePoint content
• Describe SharePoint Snap Mining

Module 7 Protecting Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Data

• Describe Exchange mail database information stores, mailboxes, and individual mail objects
• Describe the components and workflow of protecting Exchange in the SnapProtect solution
• Add an Exchange client to the CommCell
• Back up and recover Exchange databases
• Configure Snap Mining on a proxy server

Module 8 Protecting VMware and Hyper-V Virtual Machines

• Describe the components for protecting VM data in a SnapProtect solution
• Install the Virtual Server Agent (VSA) on the Hyper-V server or the VMware proxy host
• Define guest machines or VMs as subclients
• Back up and restore guest machines or VMs

Module 9 Protecting Oracle Database Content

• Describe Oracle server architecture and database file structure
• Describe SnapProtect data protection for Oracle database content
• Install Oracle iDataAgent software on UNIX hosts to join Oracle servers as clients
• Configure subclients to protect Oracle database content
• Back up and restore Oracle database content

Module 10 Maintaining the SnapProtect Environment

• Apply SnapProtect service packs to the CommServe and client machines
• Restore the SnapProtect CommServer
• Restore the DataFabric Manager server database

Module 11 Tools and Techniques to Resolve Issues

• Use diagnostic tools
• Resolve SnapProtect solution issues
• Resolve storage system issues

Lab Exercises

Lab 0-1 Connect your equipment set
Lab 0-2 Create a volume on the primary storage system
Lab 0-3 Create and format an iSCSI LUN
Lab 0-4 Run the Adventureworks installation file
Lab 1-1 Ensuring supportability
Lab 1-2 Locate the SnapProtect software on the NetApp Support site
Lab 1-3 Install the SnapProtect software
Lab 1-4 Tour the CommCell Console
Lab 1-5 Install the SnapProtect license code
Lab 1-6 Licensing Protection Manager and Provisioning Manager
Lab 1-7 Installing the NetApp Management Console
Lab 1-8 Configuring the storage systems as DataFabric Manager hosts
Lab 1-9 Defining resource pools
Lab 1-10 Register the NetApp storage systems and DataFabric Manager server
Lab 2-1 Create disk libraries for index files
Lab 3-1 Observing the system-generated CommServeDR storage policy
Lab 3-2 Creating storage policies
Lab 3-3 Adding a SnapCopy to a storage policy
Lab 3-4 Adding fan-out copies to a storage policy
Lab 3-5 Adding cascaded copies to a storage policy
Lab 3-6 Adding combination cascade and vault copies to a storage policy
Lab 4-1 Add a NAS client to the CommCell
Lab 4-2 Define subclients
Lab 4-3 Assign a backup policy the default subclient
Lab 4-4 Backing up NAS content
Lab 4-5 Restoring NAS content
Lab 5-1 Install agent software directly on to a client host
Lab 5-2 Define subclients
Lab 5-3 Assign a backup policy to the default subclient
Lab 5-4 Backing up SQL databases
Lab 5-5 Restoring SQL databases
Lab 6-1 Plan the implementation of SnapProtect on the Vitaco SharePoint farm
Lab 7-1 Install agent software directly on to a client host
Lab 7-3 Assign a backup policy to the default subclient
Lab 7-4 Define subclients
Lab 7-5 Backing up Exchange InfoStores
Lab 7-6 Restoring Exchange InfoStores
Lab 8-1 Creating a VMware vCenter instance
Lab 8-2 Creating subclients for virtual machines
Lab 8-3 Initiating backup jobs for a VM
Lab 8-4 Running and mounting auxiliary copies for Snap Mining
Lab 8-5 Restoring individual messages for Exchange server virtual machines
Lab 9-1 Install agent software directly on to a client host
Lab 9-2 Troubleshooting step: Review the installation steps for the error
Lab 9-3 Assign a storage policy to the default subclient
Lab 9-4 Backing up Oracle databases
Lab 9-5 Restoring Oracle databases
Lab 9-6 Troubleshooting step: Correct the installation error
Lab 10-1 Downloading the SnapProtect Service Pack software
Lab 10-2 Update the CommServe software cache with the Copy-To-Cache tool
Lab 10-3 Install the software onto the CommServe and MediaAgent hosts
Lab 10-4 Install the software onto the client machines