Detailed Course Outline
Module 0: Course Introduction
Module 1: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP Hardware and Features
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on the HPE Alletra Storage MP
- Features of HPE Alletra Storage MP platform
- Features of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage
- HPE Alletra Storage MP—the basics
- HPE Alletra Storage MP chassis
- Switchless configuration
- Switched configuration
- HPE Alletra Storage MP compute IO Module details
- HPE Alletra Storage MP OCP adapters
- Slot population rules for different platform models
- HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 series head shelf drive layout
- HPE Alletra Storage MP JBOF IO Module details
- HPE Alletra Storage MP drive enclosure/cage (JBOF) connectivity
- HPE Alletra Storage MP—the architecture
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on the HPE Alletra Storage MP
- Data-at-Rest encryption
- Drive configuration best practices
- Releases and features
- OS software details
- Software and support subscription
Module 2: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP Management Options
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP manageability
- HPE GreenLake Edge-to-Cloud platform, and Data Services Cloud Console
- HPE GreenLake Edge-to-Cloud Platform services
- Data Services Cloud Console introduction
- Data Services Cloud Console overview
- Data Ops Manager
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage
- Intent-based provisioning
- Data Services Cloud Console Public REST API
- Data Services Cloud Console Rest API
- Knowledge training
- YouTube Demo for the Data Services Cloud Console API
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP local UI overview
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP command line interface - CLI
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP Web Services API (WSAPI)
- REST(ful) API Introduction
- Usage basics
- REST operations
- URI
- Usage example
Module 3: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP Provisioning Terminology
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP OS virtualization
- Caching techniques
- System Wide Sparing
- RAID concepts
- High availability
- Virtual Volume overview
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP OS—Enhanced software vs legacy architectures comparison
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP data reduction overview
- Discover the array
- Data reduction technologies overview
- Thin Provisioning overview
- Windows Server space reclamation
- Linux space reclamation
- VMware space reclamation
- Allocation units and alignment
- Migrating virtual machines with VMware vCenter Converter
- Deduplication and compression
- Data packing
Module 4: Provisioning Terminology
- Installation
- Documentation and resources
- Initialization process
- Create an HPE GreenLake user account
- Collect information
- Device registration and onboarding
- Preparing for discovery
- HPE Discovery Tool and Cloud Connectivity Wizard
- Initializing using the mobile app
- Data Services Cloud Console Setup Servic
Module 5: Working with Hosts
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP OS
- Virtualization
- Host OS support
- Front-end configuration: FC example
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage block I/O connectivity
- NVMe-oF host support
- WWN format of host ports
- Obtaining Host HBA WWNs
- Switch
- Command and utilities
- Creation of host profiles
Module 6: Volumes and Sets
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP OS Virtualization
- Virtual Volume Review
- Host Sets and Virtual Volume Sets
- Virtual Volume Sets and Hosts
- Working with sets
- Data Services Cloud Console
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP UI
- Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Online Virtual Volume Conversion
- HPE Virtual Lock
- Creating HPE Virtual Lock snapshots from Data Services Cloud Console
- Creating HPE Virtual Lock snapshots from the CLI
Module 7: Protection Policies, Snapshots and Clones
- Snapshot—Virtual Copy
- Virtual Copy for backup use case
- Virtual Copy creation
- Virtual Copy writes
- HPE Virtual Lock review
- Customer example: Cyber-attack
- Creating HPE Virtual Lock snapshots from Data Services Cloud Console
- Creating HPE Virtual Lock snapshots from the CLI
- How to show how HPE Virtual Lock snapshots work
- Promote or restore a Snapshot
- Clone terms and specifics
- Protection Policies
- Data Services Cloud Console
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP UI
- Plan snapshots when creating App volume sets
- Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Snapshot CLI overview
- Clone CLI overview
Module 8: Replication
- Replication overview
- Replication network transport methods
- Volume set replication
- Replication modes
- Replication operations
- Failure scenario
- Replication actions
- Replication setup and management
- Data Services Cloud Console
- CLI
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP UI
Module 9: Scale-Out
- Active Peer Persistence
- HPE Peer Persistence infrastructure view
- HPE Peer Persistence deployment matrix
- Quorum Witness software
- Automatic transparent failover
- Failure scenarios
- Working with the Quorum Witness
- Review the Quorum Witness
- Configuration via HPE GreenLake for Block Storage
Module 10: Monitoring, Alerts and Events
- Performance reporting introduction
- Performance metrics available using API and CLI
- CLI: stat commands
- CLI: hist* commands
- CLI: srstat commands
- Performance alerts
- SNMP
- Alerts and events
- Alerts overview
- Alert message codes
- Sample message
- Managing alerts with the CLI
- Setting system alerts
- Example alert
- Monitoring and managing the event log
- Example event
- Syslog support
- Checkhealth procedure
- Options available in Data Services Cloud Console
- Options available in HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP UI
Module 11: Maintenance, OS Update and Data Migration
- Software updates and recommendations
- Operations performed via Data Ops Manager
- Running readiness checks and installing updates
- User notified of update requirements
- On-array management/local UI
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP maintenance
- On-array management UI
- Customer self-repair option
- Part replacement
- HPE Call Home
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP CLI
- Data migration
- Storage migration methodologies
- Peer motion
- Online Import