H41BRS - Managing GreenLake for File Storage MP

Overview

This course covers the hardware building blocks, theory of operation, and features of GreenLake for File Storage MP. Using hands-on labs, you learn to perform common day-to-day management tasks, including how to set up users, shares, quotas, and connect to shares. This course also provides knowledge of more advanced features, including local and remote replication, data protection, monitoring, and alerts. You gain a practical understanding of GreenLake for File Storage MP capabilities using extensive hands-on lab exercises, performed on all applicable user interfaces.

Audience

This course is ideal for customers, administrators, channel partner sales, and technical sales.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should have:
An understanding of general file share concepts including SMB and NFS

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:
Describe the GreenLake for File Storage MP solution
Explain the basic concepts of GreenLake for File Storage MP
Create and manage file shares within GreenLake for File Storage MP
List various security flavors that are available with GreenLake for File Storage MP
Use advanced features like snapshots and protection policies
Use various analytics and monitoring features available in the web user interface (UI), command line interface (VCLI), and Data Services Cloud Console

Course outline

Module 1: GreenLake for File Storage MP Overview

Customer scenario
GreenLake for File Storage MP solution
Hardware architecture
Standard density (SD)
High density (HD)
Software architecture
Hardware building blocks
Interfaces
Management options
Data Services Cloud Console
Web UI
VCLI
API
Security–on-premises UI
Security in Data Services Cloud Console
HPE Remote Device Access (RDA)
Terminologies

Module 2: GreenLake for File Storage MP Concepts

Objectives
Element store
Supported protocols
Data path
Write data path
Data migration—SCM to SSD
Read data path
Controller pooling
Controller pooling, quality of service, and multitenancy
QoS overview
Enhanced NFS performance
Data reduction
Results
Adaptive chunking
Global deduplication
Similarity reduction
Local compression
Erasure coding protection
Defragmentation
Data placement foresight
Write buffer RAID
High availability (hardware)
High availability (software)

Module 3: Managing GreenLake for File Storage MP

Administration basics
Objectives
Administration basics
User management
Authorization providers
Network access
Views and view policies
Connecting to management interfaces
Connecting to Data Services Cloud Console
Connecting to web UI
Navigating Data Services Cloud Console
Navigating web UI
Configure network access
File Share access

Module 4: Security

Security
Objectives
Security in Data Services Cloud Console
Web UI security (RBAC)
Authorization providers
Multi-protocol access
Security flavors
Access Control List (ACL)
Security Features
NFSv4.2 Security labels
Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
WORM
Protocol (datapath) audit
Protocol audit levels
Enabling protocol audit

Module 5: Data Protection

Customer scenario
Data protection overview
Data protection in GreenLake for File Storage MP
Data protection in the data path
Snapshots
Protection policies
Activate and deactivate protection
How are snapshots accessed?
How much capacity do snapshots consume?
Restoring a file or directory
Global snapshot clones
Indestructibility
Indestructibility overview
Actions restricted and allowed with indestructibility
Using indestructibility
Replication
Replication and theory of operation
Replication process flow
Protected paths (only in the web UI)
Replication: failover
Failback scenarios
Failover actions on protected shares
Restore actions on protected shares
Seamless failover

Module 6: Monitoring and Reporting

Customer scenario
Learning objectives
Data collection
Dashboard
Data Services Cloud Console
Web UI dashboard
General monitoring analytics
Data Services Cloud Console
Data Ops Manager
Web UI
Capacity analytics
Usage distribution among the larger subfolders
Data flow analytics
Data flow analytics overview
Viewing data flow analytics
Using the data flow tool
Tasks and activities
Data Services Cloud Console
Web UI
Big catalog
Big catalog overview
Configuring big catalog

Module 7: Troubleshooting Basics

Learning objectives
Alarms and events
Alarms and events overview
Event types
HPE Remote Device Access (RDA)
Allow remote access
Type of data collections
Data Ops Manager
Web UI
Handling alarms
Disabling and re-enabling default notification actions
Interfaces to invoke data collection
Collecting on-demand data via GreenLake Cloud Platform fleet manager
Creating support bundle via TUI
Download support bundle files from the device
Contacting HPE Support
Create a case from DSCC
Secure and strong password management
Welcome to support.hpe.com
HPE Support Center workspace
HPE Support Center resources

Lab outline

Lab 1: GreenLake for File Storage Management MP Interfaces

Task 1: Log in to the HPE Virtual Labs environment
Task 2: Explore Data Services Cloud Console
Task 3: Explore Web UI (on-premises)
Task 4: Explore command line interface (CLI)
Task 5: Explore REST API
Task 6: User management (local authentication)
Task 7: Managing management (VMS) users

Lab 2: Managing File Shares

Task 1: Configuring network access through virtual IP pools
Task 2: Create and manage view policies (share settings)
Task 3: Create and manage views (file shares)
Task 4: Mount the shares to a NFS or SMB host
Task 5: Cross-protocol access
Task 6: Managing quotas on file shares

Lab 3: Data Protection

Task 1: Create and manage protection policies
Task 2: Applying protection policies
Task 3: Restore data from snapshots manually
Task 4: Create replication configuration
Task 5: Use asynchronous replication for data protection
Task 6: Perform failover operations

Lab 4: Lab Monitoring and Log Collection

Task 1: Monitoring tasks, activities, and performance
Task 2: Alarms and events
Task 3: Generating logs for troubleshooting