Creating and Customizing Workflows Using OnCommand Workflow Automation (CCWWFA)

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to OnCommand Workflow Automation

• Overview of the OnCommand management portfolio
• Benefits of using OnCommand WFA
• Understand OnCommanad WFA
• Elements of a workflow
• WFA system architecture
• Ports and services

Module 2: Configuring OnCommand Workflow Automation

• WFA Interfaces
• Operator portal
• Administration menu
• Configure data sources
• Configure the credentials of a target system
• Create users
• Assign categories to operators

Module 3: Building Blocks and Workflow Enablers

• Designer tab building blocks
  • Dictionary entries
  • Commands
  • Filters
  • Finders
  • Functions
  • Templates
• Designer tab workflow enablers
  • Cache queries
  • Data source types
  • WFA content types

Module 4: Designing and Running Workflows

• Workflow design recommendations
• Naming Conventions
• Creating a workflow
• Creating a clustered data ONTAP volume
• Workflow execution
• Modular workflow

Module 5: Refining Your Workflow

• Type of user inputs
• Modify user inputs
• Reservations
• Define constants
• Define return parameters
• Assign a workflow to a category

Module 6: Customizing Workflows

• Approval points
• Execution
• Repeated rows
• Adding row repetitions
• Incremental naming
• Adding functionality
• Conditional execution

Module 7: Creating Building Blocks

• Create a template
• Apply the template
• Create a filter
• Customizing a finder
• Create a function
• Create a command
• Parameter definition
• Create a custom data source

Module 8: Representational State Transfer APIs and Support Resources

• RESTful interfaces
• REST APIs
• Storage automation store

Module 9: Windows PowerShell and the NetApp PowerShell Toolkit

• Install and configure the NetApp PowerShell Toolkit
• Describe how WFA integrates with the PowerShell Toolkit
• Features of Windows PowerShell using Data ONTAP Toolkit cmdlets

Appendix A: Regular Expressions

• Define search pattern
• Data accept and reject
• Character class

Appendix B: SQL Basics

• Statements
• Operators and functions
• Query examples

Appendix C: Entity Versioning

• Features
• Versioning for building blocks
• Feature of WFA
• Impact of versioning on imported entity

Appendix D: Sample Command: Create and Configure an SVM

Labs:

• Configure data sources and credentials
• Add users to OnCommand WFA
• Design and run workflows
• Modify user inputs
• Add approval points
• Loop workflow commands
• Create templates and filters, customize finders and add commands to a workflow
• Create functions and commands
• Create a data source
• Use Windows PowerShell and the NetApp PowerShell Toolkit