Detailed Course Outline
Backup Solutions
- Course introduction
- Managing HPE StoreOnce Solutions class agenda
Module 1: Product Introduction
- HPE StoreOnce backup systems
- New HPE StoreOnce product features and benefits
- HPE StoreOnce family comparison—features in HPE StoreOnce models
- HPE StoreOnce Gen4 Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA)
- HPE StoreOnce licenses
Module 2: Installation
- Installing HPE StoreOnce devices
- Available connections
- Network/iSCSI modes of operation
- Single port and dual port modes
- Fibre channel
- Initial configuration process
- HPE StoreOnce Gen4 firmware
Module 3: Web Management Interface
- HPE StoreOnce GUI
- HPE StoreOnce GUI—left-hand menu
- HPE StoreOnce GUI—federation dashboard
- HPE StoreOnce GUI—system dashboard
- HPE StoreOnce GUI—event log
- HPE StoreOnce GUI—settings
- HPE StoreOnce GUI—hardware
- HPE StoreOnce GUI—settings - security
Module 4: 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 5: Basic HPE StoreOnce Catalyst
- HPE StoreOnce Catalyst overview and API
- ISV control of replication
- HPE StoreOnce with HPE GreenLake for Backup and Recovery
- Zerto long-term retention architecture
- HPE StoreOnce Catalyst with Veeam
- HPE StoreOnce Catalyst with Commvault
- HPE StoreOnce Catalyst with HPE Data Protector
- Deduplication options for low and high bandwidth transfers
- What is new in HPE StoreOnce Catalyst?Module 6: NAS Shares
- NAS shares and server configuration
- NAS share authentication
- HPE StoreOnce NAS limitations
Module 7: HPE StoreOnce Deduplication
- Deduplication—what it is and key benefits
- Deduplication—data locality and ratios
- Housekeeping
Module 8: Catalyst Copy and Replication Using VTL and NAS Shares
- HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Copy
- Low-bandwidth—multi-hop
- Definition and replication granularity
- Replication fan-out and fan-in
- Bi-directional replication
- Seeding the replication target
- Replication recovery
- Making replication targets visible to host
- NAS replication and “seeding”
- VTL and NAS replication and configuration
Module 9: HPE StoreOnce Reporting and Appliance Federation
- Reporting
- Device selection example
- Viewing reports
- HPE Infosight
- Next generation HPE StoreOnce—management federation
- Overlapping federation scenario
- Creating a federation
- Different federation topologies
- Recommended networking topology
- System dashboard
- HPE StoreOnce High Availability Manager overview
Module 10: Cloud Bank and HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Advanced Features
- HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Cloud Bank and advanced features
- CloudBank use cases
- CloudBank configuration
- CloudBank disaster recovery
- HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Copy over fibre channel
- HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Copy over fibre channel—use cases
Module 11: Best Practices
- General best practices
- Flexible emulations best practices
- HPE StoreOnce replication best practices
- Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) implementation
- Virtual tape library best practices
- NAS share best practices
- Deduplication best practices
- Physical tape offload methods
- Security
- Directory authentication
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
- HPE StoreOnce Gen4 software upgrade
- REST API developer kit
- Reference documentation
Appendix A: StoreOnce Generation 3
- HPE StoreOnce portfolio—comparing Gen4 and Gen3
- HPE StoreOnce emulation specifications
- HPE StoreOnce—web management GUI
- HPE StoreOnce integrated graphical reporting
- Discuss HPE StoreOnce B6000 operations
- HPE StoreOnce B6000 terminology
Appendix B: HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central (RMC)
- What is HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central (RMC)?
- HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central—key benefits
- HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central concepts and components
- HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central architecture
- Element Recovery (ERT) with HPE StoreOnce data path
- HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central data protection deployment
- HPE 3PAR/HPE StoreOnce storage integration
Appendix C: High Availability Manager
- High Availability Manager overview
- High Availability Manager concept
- High Availability Manager limits
- Validation pre-checks
- Monitored status
- High Availability Manager Warranty Serial Number (WSN)
- High Availability Manager failover check
- High Availability VSA—failover triggers
- Logging for High Availability Manager