Advanced NCDA Power Workshop (ANCDAPW)

• NCDA (NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator) Candidates
• Personnel who is responsible for support and administration of a NetApp storage system with the Data ONTAP operating system
• NACA, NACP or NACE certified individuals who need to recertify

Data ONTAP Fundamentals (DOTF)
NOTE: It is strongly recommended that you have attended the instructor-led DOTF course or have the equivalent practical experience with the NetApp ONTAP operating system before attending this advanced boot camp. The web-based version of DOTF will not provide sufficient preparation for those seeking NCDA certification upon completion of this course.

Day 1 of this course will commence at 9.00am, the following 4 days of the course will run from 8.30am - 6.00pm and home studying will be required.

• Describe the different server environments
• Identify the appropriate server environment for your storage system to support Windows client users
• Configure the CIFS environment on a storage system by licensing CIFS, setting up CIFS, and configuring files and options
• Administer a storage system in a CIFS environment including creating and managing shares, users, groups and sessions
• Explain how to troubleshoot basic CIFS problems
• Explain NFS protocol overview, NFS versions and NFS Implementation criteria
• Configure and administer client and server in an NFS environment
• State the rules for exporting resources to hosts, subnets, and netgroups
• Explain the /etc/ exports access options and how they relate to mount permissions
• Analyze NFS performance using sysstat, nfsstat, and other commands
• Collect and analyze data to assist with troubleshooting storage system hardware, operating systems, network connections, NFS configuration files and options
• Define the characteristics of a SAN environment and how LUNs relate to the storage system
• Describe the components of FC and IP SANs
• Describe size planning requirements for LUNs
• Create and manage LUNs on a storage controller for both Windows and UNX hosts
• Explain FC and IP SAN multipathing options for Windows and UNIX operating systems
• Explain how to troubleshoot common SAN issues
• Explain the concept of Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
• Set up and maintain snapshots
• Plan and perform data recovery using SnapRestore
• Configure and administer Asychronous and Synchronous SnapMirror
• Configure and administer SnapVault
• Configure and administer OSSV
• List best practices and perform troubleshooting of SnapMirror, SnapVault and OSSV
• Use NDMP to archive data
• Configure and administer SnapLock and LockVault
• Define High Availability and Network Appliance solutions: active-active configuration, SyncMirror, Stretch MetroCluster, and Fiber-Attached MetroCluster
• Create a SyncMirror aggregate
• Articulate best practices when deploying active-active configurations
• Configure MetroCluster
• Configure SyncMirror

This 5-day intensive, advanced workshop will prepare you for all required NetApp exams to achieve the NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA) certification, assuming you have met the prerequisites.

The NCDA Power Workshop comprises the following courses:
Data ONTAP CIFS Administration (CIFS)
Data ONTAP NFS Administration (NFS)
Data ONTAP SAN Administration (SAN)
NetApp Protection Software Administration (NPSA)

High Availability and Multi-Protocol