H41HPS - HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 Integration

Overview

This course provides additional knowledge on Windows, Linux®, VMware®, and HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software connectivity to HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 storage arrays, as well as various integration capabilities of those families with listed operating systems. That includes toolkits, APIs, VMware integration plug-in, and VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™ (vVols) support. Additionally, an overview of containers support based on Kubernetes® is presented, along with Veeam® Backup & Replication™ integration with HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 replication features.

Using extensive hands-on lab exercises that comprise over 70% of the course, you gain a practical understanding of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 Integration with Microsoft Windows, Linux, VMware, and VM Essentials connectivity to HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000and Veeam Backup & Replication.

Audience

This course is ideal for storage administrators who want additional training on the integration features of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 storage arrays.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should complete one of the following courses:
Managing HPE Alletra Storage MP 10000 (H40ZSS)
Managing HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 eLearning (H40ZSAAE)

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:
Integrate HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 with:
Windows environments
Linux environments
VMware environments
HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
Describe integrations with Kubernetes containers
Integrate HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 with Veeam Backup & Replication backup software

Course outline

Module 0: Course Overview

Course objectives
Agenda

Module 1: Windows Integration

HPE Storage Management Pack for System Center Ops Manager (SCOM)
HPE Storage PowerShell Toolkit
Peer persistence for Windows Server overview
Windows space reclamation
Hyper-V ODX

Module 2: Linux Integration

Linux preparation
FC and NVME configuration
iSCSI configuration
Multipathing configuration
Space reclamation process

Module 3: VMware Integration

HPE Storage Integration Pack for vCenter
VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
VMware vVols
VMware space reclamation
VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster with Peer Persistence overview
vCenter Site Recovery Manager™ overview

Module 4: HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Integration

VM Essentials to unify VMware and HPE hypervisor
VM Essentials solution features
Hypervisor feature comparison
VM Essentials Software
Host requirements
Installation sequence
Storage overview and HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 integration

Module 5: Containers and Kubernetes

Containers overview and introduction
Kubernetes introduction
Container storage interface (CSI)
Implementation examples
Use cases

Module 6: Backup Integration: Veeam Backup & Replication

Introduction
Veeam integration with HPE Primary Storage
Traditional and storage snapshot-powered backups
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 snapshot orchestration
Synchronously and replicated snapshots backup
Asynchronously replicated snapshots backup
Instant VM recovery from HPE Storage snapshot
Veeam DataLabs from HPE Storage snapshot
Storage snapshots integration for Windows Agents
HPE Virtual Lock
Use case

Lab outline

Lab 1: Lab Working with Windows Integrations

Task 1: Working with the local PowerShell Toolkit
Part 1: Preparation
Part 2: Usage

Lab 2: Working with Linux Integrations

Task 1: Configure the Linux host
Task 2: Create a host set for the Linux host
Task 3: Create a volume for the Linux host
Task 4: Perform SCSI discovery, work with multipathing, and configure the disk device

Lab 3: Working with VMware Integrations

Task 1: HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter initial configuration
Task 2: Creating a VMFS datastore manually
Task 3: Working with vVols and HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter
Part 1: Working with vVols using HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter
Part 2: Testing vVols
Task 4: Using other functionalities of HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter

Lab 4: Working with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Integrations

Task 1: Exploring VM Essentials interface
Task 2: Basic VM Essentials configuration verification
Task 3: Storage management for VM Essentials
Task 4: Instance deployment

Lab 5: Working with Veeam Integrations

Task 1: Initial Veeam and HPE Alletra Storage preparation
Part 1: Log on to Veeam backup software
Part 2: Configure vCenter in Veeam
Part 3: Configure an HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 array in Veeam
Task 2: Creating backups using Veeam and HPE Alletra Storage
Part 1: Configure Veeam backup for vSphere
Part 2: Check status of the volumes and snapshots on the array and back up a virtual machine by using Veeam and array snapshots
Part 3: Monitor the snapshot on the array
Task 3: Instant Virtual Machine Recovery
Part 1: Verify the vSphere configuration
Part 2: Start Instant VM Recovery
Part 3: Verify the recovered VM in vSphere
Part 4: Start migration to the production volume

Lab 6: Using the REST API

Task 1: HPE Alletra Storage REST preparation and login
Task 2: Using the Postman client to create a resource
Task 3: Using the Postman client to delete a resource
Task 4: Using cURL to manage resources