Managing HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP

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