NetApp NCDA Bootcamp Part 2

Who Should Attend

Spend your time in a more flexible way and reduce your time away from the office: the 10-dayNCDA Bootcamp (NCDABC) has been split into two parts. Both parts have a duration of 5 days and can either be attended directly after each other or with time in between.

This course is for network professionals seeking the NCDA certification. The course is also valuable for those who need to perform in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management for environments using any of the following enterprise storage solutions: CIFS, NFS, FCP, iSCSI protocols on a NetApp storage appliance running the Data ONTAP operating system.

Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

• NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)

Prerequisites

NCDA Bootcamp Part 1 (NCDABC1)

or

Data ONTAP Fundamentals (DOTF)

CIFS Administration on Data ONTAP (CIFS)

NFS Administration on Data ONTAP (NFS)

Course Objectives

On completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Define the characteristics of a SAN environment and how LUNs relate to the storage system
• Describe the components of FC and IP SANs
• Describe size planning requirements for LUNs
• Create and manage LUNs on a storage system from both Windows and UNIX hosts
• Explain both FC and IP SAN multipathing options for both Windows and native Solaris™ 10 operating system
• Explain the most common problems associated with a SAN environment and how to troubleshoot these problems
• Set up and maintain Snapshot™ copies
• Revert a file system to a previous version using SnapRestore
• Describe SnapMirror, SnapVault, and Open Systems SnapVault features and functions
• Process basic backup and restore operations with SnapMirror, SnapVault, and Open Systems SnapVault
• Troubleshoot common issues and optimize mirror solution performance
• Describe functionality for the Protection Manager and the Provisioning Manager application that run in the NetApp Management Console
• Describe ReplicatorX features, operating concepts and components and how they work together to provide reliable system-wide data consistency for data migration, replication and disaster recovery
• Protect your data with SnapLock

Course Content

During this Bootcamp the topics covered in the following courses will be discussed:

• Day 1 – 3 : SAN Administration on Data ONTAP (SAN)
• Day 3 – 5 : NetApp Protection Software Administrator (NPSA)

The NCDA certification is designed for data management administrators and anyone who needs to perform in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management of NetApp products and solutions. Required exams to achieve this certification:

• Storage Networking (Exam 153)
• Data Protection Solutions (Exam 163)

Delegates will receive one exam voucher after attending the NCDA Bootcamp Part 2.