Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to HPE SimpliVity
- Business reasons for using HPE SimpliVity
- Core features built into the HPE SimpliVity solution
- HPE SimpliVity’s Hyper-Guarantee
- HPE SimpliVity use cases
Module 2: HPE SimpliVity Architecture
- Deep understanding of the HPE SimpliVity data virtualization platform
- Elements within an HPE SimpliVity Federation
- Datacenter and cluster concepts within the HPE SimpliVity federation
- Levels of resiliency built-in to the HPE SimpliVity solution
- How VM data locality is maintained
Module 3: HPE SimpliVity Portfolio
- HPE SimpliVity hardware models and supported configurations
- Tiered-storage implementation
- Read/write IO paths for different HPE SimpliVity models
- HPE SimpliVity networking
Module 4a: Working with HPE SimpliVity Part-1
- HPE SimpliVity management interfaces (GUI, CLI and REST API)
- HPE SimpliVity backup policies
- HPE SimpliVity datastores and permitted operations
- Configuring external stores for secondary backup
- Sharing HPE SimpliVity datastores with access nodes (non-HPE SimpliVity nodes)
- Virtual machines and templates in an HPE SimpliVity federation
Module 4b: Working with HPE SimpliVity Part-2
- HPE SimpliVity backups
- Backup management
- Restores using HPE SimpliVity backups
- File level restore
- HPE SimpliVity Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver
- Failover plan using HPE SimpliVity RapidDR
Module 5: HPE SimpliVity Upgrades, Support and InfoSight
- HPE SimpliVity host and virtual controller related maintenance tasks
- HPE SimpliVity alarms and events
- Create an HPE SimpliVity support capture
- HPE SimpliVity Upgrade Manager for firmware, hypervisor, and OS upgrades
- HPE InfoSight for HPE SimpliVity
- How to contact HPE support and resources