Kurs Managing HPE StoreOnce Backup Solutions

Seminarinhalte

Module 0: Managing HPE StoreOnce Backup Solutions

• Course introduction
• Managing HPE StoreOnce Solutions Class agenda

Module 1: Product Introduction

• StoreOnce backup systems
• New StoreOnce product features and benefits
• HPE StoreOnce family comparison - features in HPE StoreOnce models

Module 2: Virtual Tape Libraries

• HPE StoreOnce (D2D) backup systems
• Choosing VTL vs. NAS
• Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL)
• iSCSI and fibre channel connections to VTL
• Flexible emulations

Module 3: Basic Catalyst

• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst overview and API
• ISV control of replication
• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst in Data Protector
• Deduplication options for low and high bandwidth transfers
• What is new in Catalyst?

Module 4: NAS Shares

• NAS shares and server configuration
• NAS share authentication
• StoreOnce NAS limitations

Module 5: HPE StoreOnce Deduplication

• Deduplication: what is it and key benefits?
• Deduplication: data locality and ratios
• Housekeeping

Module 6: Installation

• Installing the StoreOnce devices
• Available connections
• Network/ISCSI modes of operation
• Single port and dual Port modes
• Fibre channel
• Initial configuration process
• StoreOnce Gen4 firmware

Module 7: Web Management Interface

• Grommet GUI
• Grommet GUI—left-hand menu
• Grommet GUI—Federated Dashboard
• Grommet GUI—System Dashboard

Module 8: Replication of VTL and NAS Shares and Catalyst Copy

• Definition and replication granularity
• Replication fan-out and fan-in
• Bi-directional replication
• Seeding the replication target
• Catalyst copy
• Replication recovery
• Making replication targets visible to host
• NAS replication and ‘seeding’
• VTL and NAS replication and configuration

Module 9: StoreOnce Reporting and Appliance Federation

• Reporting
• Device selection example
• Viewing reports
• Infosight
• Next Generation StoreOnce—Management Federation
• Overlapping federation scenario
• Creating a federation
• Different federation topologies
• Recommended networking topology
• System Dashboard

Module 10: Cloud Bank and Catalyst Advanced Features

• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Cloud Bank and advanced features
• CloudBank use cases
• CloudBank configuration
• CloudBank disaster recovery
• StoreOnce Catalyst Copy over fibre channel
• Catalyst Copy over Fibre channel – use cases

Module 11: Best Practices

• General best practices
• Flexible emulations best practices
• StoreOnce replication best practices
• NAS share best practices
• Physical tape offload methods
• Security
• Active Directory

Module 12: Troubleshooting and Remote Support

• Backup or disk space problems
• Capacity thresholds
• Remote support via STATS (RSvS)
• Tools and updates
• Configuration and software updates—improved processes
• StoreOnce Gen4 software upgrade
• REST API developer kit
• Reference documentation

Appendix A: StoreOnce Generation 3

• HPE StoreOnce portfolio—comparing Gen4 and Gen3
• StoreOnce emulation specifications
• HPE StoreOnce—web management GUI
• StoreOnce integrated graphical reporting
• Discuss StoreOnce B6000 operations
• StoreOnce B6000 terminology

Appendix B: Recovery Manager Central (RMC)

• What is Recovery Manager Central (RMC)?
• HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central: key benefits
• Recovery Manager Central concepts and components
• RMC architecture
• Element Recovery (ERT) with StoreOnce data path
• RMC data protection deployment
• HPE Storage 3PAR/StoreOnce integration
• What is new in RMC?

Lab Outline

• Objective 1: Connect to StoreOnce Appliance, Assign an IP Address and License it
• Objective 2: Configure the StoreOnce Backup System
• Objective 3: Backup to a VTL on the StoreOnce using HP Data Protector and NAS using Windows Backup
• Objective 4: Data Deduplication
• Objective 5: Use the StoreOnce GUI to create a Catalyst Store
• Objective 6: Data Replication
• Objective 7: Catalyst Copy
• Objective 8: Reports and Federation