By the end of the MetroCluster and HA course, you will have learnt:

• Fibre Channel Fabric Basics
• Analysis of existing Storage systems
• Configuration of the components
• Installation of a Cluster & Cabling
• SnapMirror Configuration & Administration
• Failover scenarios
• Disaster Recovery
• Troubleshooting in MetroCluster environments

High Availability SyncMirror

• Ignoring it
• Murphy´s Law
• Disaster Recovery Plan
• Areas of Risk
• Information Availability, Downtime is Expensive
• Statistics 1
• Statistics 2
• Statistics 3
• Statistics 4
• HA, BC and DR definitions
• What is High Availability?
• HA Aims
• Zero nines – a new cloud technology based on SaaS
• Timeframe requirements
• Data Loss Disaster
• Funding
• HA Spectrum
• Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
• Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
• The Netapp Data Protection Suite

Loss of Cable

• HA Spectrum
• Dual Power Supply
• Multipath SANs for High Availability
• Shelf Multipathing
• Interface Groups (Link Aggregation)
• Link Aggregation
• Multiple Connections per Session
• Multipathing Technology
• Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA)

Loss of Shelf

• HA Spectrum
• SyncMirror’ed aggregates on single Controller
• SyncMirror’ed aggregates on Clustered Controller
• SyncMirror Software
• Active/Active + RAID-DP+ SyncMirror = Maximum Storage Resiliency
• SyncMirror® – Performance
• SyncMirror® – Performance – Reads
• SyncMirror® – Performance
• SyncMirror® – Performance – Writes
• Performance impact of resynchronisation
• Implementing Mirrored Aggregates
• Shelf and Disk Failure
• Administrator Maintenance of Mirrors (1)
• Administrator Maintenance of Mirrors (2)

Loss of Controller

• HA Spectrum
• HA Controller Configuration
• Benefits of HA Controller Configuration
• Requirements for High Availability
• Partner Communication
• HA Controllers and NVRAM
• Configuring High Availability
• Setting Matching Node Options
• Normal Operation
• Takeover Operation
• Events That Trigger Takeover
• The partner command
• Giveback Operation
• Preparing System Manager
• Enable HA
• Add HA Systems
• View the HA Pair
• Verify Licenses
• Add First Partner IP Address
• Add Second Partner IP Address
• Verify the Configuration
• Perform a Takeover
• Use the Takeover Wizard
• Complete the Takeover
• Perform a Giveback
• Complete the Giveback
• Failover Effects on Client Connections
• Negotiated Failover
• HA Best Practices

Loss of Building

• HA Spectrum
• MetroCluster
• SyncMirror’ed aggregates on MetroCluster
• MetroCluster Components
• MetroCluster Component: SyncMirror
• MetroCluster Component: Cluster Remote License
• New in Data ONTAP 7.3.2 & 7.3.3
• Multiple Subnet Support
• “Twin” MetroCluster Configuration
• New in Data ONTAP 7.3.5 & 8.0.1
• IV MetroCluster & High Availability (FL-METRO), v8.1
• New in Data ONTAP 8.1
• FibreBridge 6500N (1 of 4)
• FibreBridge 6500N (2 of 4)
• FibreBridge 6500N (3 of 4): Ports
• FibreBridge 6500N (4 of 4): Stack
• FibreBridge Stretch MetroCluster
• Stretch MetroCluster

Loss of Site

• HA Spectrum
• The two NetApp solutions for loss of Site
• Fabric-Attached MetroCluster
• FibreBridge Fabric MetroCluster
• Shared Switch Support in DOT 8.1
• Fabric MetroCluster Spindle Limits
• Cluster takeover and how to avoid a split-brain situation
• 1. Cluster interconnect with a heartbeat
• 2. Cluster mailbox
• 3. Cluster Hardware Assist
• Cluster Hardware Assist Options and Commands
• MetroCluster – Host Failure
• MetroCluster – Controller Failure
• MetroCluster – Controller and disk Failure
• MetroCluster – Interconnect Failure
• MetroCluster – Interconnect and host Failure
• MetroCluster – Site Failure
• MetroCluster – Site Recovery
• MetroCluster Tools
• MetroCluster Tiebreaker Solution
• MetroCluster Monitor
• Fabric MetroCluster Data Collector (FMC_DC)
• MetroCluster Easy Button

Loss of Region

• HA Spectrum
• The NetApp Solutions for Loss of Region
• Snapmirror, DataMotion, Snapvault and OSSV
• SnapMirror Overview
• SnapMirror Product Family
• Features and benefits of SnapMirror
• High Availability with SnapMirror
• SnapVault
• MultiStore Integrations
• Data Motion™
• DataMotion for Volumes Software

Further software solutions

• HA and DR features of Protection Manager
• Specifying the Level of Storage Reliability
• Performing Failover in Protection Manager
• The Virtual Storage Console (VSC)
• Module Summary
• Objectives

Before attending this MetroCluster and HA course, students must the following skills:

• Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (D7ADM)
• Data ONTAP SAN Implementation (SANIMP)
• Basic skills in High Availability solutions