Course 1: Managing HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 (Block Storage)

Description: This course describes the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 hardware platform building blocks, theory of operation, and features. You learn how to perform common day-to-day management tasks, including how to create hosts, volumes, sets, and how to monitor the product. This course also provides knowledge of more advanced features, including local and remote replication, disaster recovery, QoS, as well as maintenance and data migration. You gain a practical understanding of the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 capabilities using extensive hands-on lab exercises, performed on all applicable user interfaces.

Objectives: After completing this training, you should be able to:

• Describe HPE Alletra Storage MP hardware and features
• List and compare HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP management options, roles, and security
• Explain provisioning terminology
• Perform on-boarding and initialization
• Work with volumes, hosts, and corresponding sets
• Protect data with snapshots, clones, and use protection policies
• Describe priority optimization and quality of service (QoS)
• Explain different types of replication implementations and failure scenarios
• Briefly describe data migration, high availability, and disaster tolerance solutions
• Describe monitoring and alerting options
• Describe the HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP OS update procedure, maintenance

Lab outline:

• Lab 1: Getting Started with UIs
• Lab 4: Array Preparation Tools
• Lab 5: Hosts Configuration and Management
• Lab 6: Volumes Configuration and Management
• Lab 7: Working with Protection Policies, Snapshots, and Clones
• Lab 8: Working with Replication
• Lab 9: Working with Peer Persistence
• Lab 10: Performing Monitoring, Managing, Alerts, and Events
• Lab 11: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage Maintenance

Course 2: HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 Analytics

Description: HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 Analytics provides an overview of the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 array architecture, performance monitoring options, and reporting capabilities. Hands-on lab exercises cover the AI-driven management and predictive analytics features and functionality of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 performance metrics. In this course, you use HPE GreenLake resources and tools to analyze performance issues and to gain recommendations.

Objectives: After completing this training, you should be able to:

• Describe HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 array architecture
• List HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 array performance monitoring options
• Explain HPE Data Services Cloud Console Enhanced and Extended Performance Reporting capabilities in context of HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 array

Lab outline:

• Lab 0: vLabs Access
• Lab 1: Basic Monitoring from the On-Array UI
• Lab 2: Basic Monitoring from the CLI
• Lab 3: Basic Monitoring from DSCC
• Lab 4: Headroom Monitoring
• Lab 5: Monitoring and Correlating Latency
• Lab 6: Cross Stack Analytics
• Lab 7: Topology Insights
• Lab 8: Workload Planner
• Lab 9: Capacity Forecast
• Lab 10: DSCC API Documentation and Resources

Course 3: Data Services Cloud Console Overview

Description: This course provides an overview of Data Services Cloud Console including the features, architecture, and functionality of the product. After completing this course, you should be able to explain Data Services Cloud Console, including its features and benefits.

Objectives: After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the network requirements for HPE storage and describe how to onboard HPE storage with Data Services Cloud Console
• Explain key features of Data Services Cloud Console
• Understand networking requirements for HPE storage
• Understand Data Services Cloud Console requirements and the onboarding process

Course 4: Setup Service

Description: This course provides an overview of the Data Services Cloud Console Setup Service. It explains what the Setup Service is, how to setup supported storage systems, how to use secrets for credential management, and how to use blueprints to simplify system setup.

Objectives: After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the Setup Service
• Describe a Blueprint
• Create, edit, delete, import, export, and view a Blueprint
• Describe Secure Credentials and Secrets
• Set up a system using the Setup Service

Course 5: Data Services Cloud Console Data Ops Manager

Description: This course provides information related to the Data Ops Manager application used to manage and monitor the HPE Storage array.

Objectives: After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the Data Ops Manager app
• Describe prerequisites for Data Ops Manager
• Use the Data Ops Manager app to monitor, manage, and complete common provisioning tasks related to the HPE Storage array

Course 6: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage

Description: This course provides a detailed review of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage. The course covers storage life cycle management involving block provisioning, data replication, snapshot-based protection, dashboard, and reporting for HPE GreenLake for Block Storage.

Objectives: After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Explain the service provided by HPE GreenLake for Block Storage and use its features
• Know what block storage is
• Understand the value proposition
• Explain the theory of operation
• Understand known limitations and requirements
• How to apply data protection
• Understand intent-based provisioning

Course 7: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage Data Migration

Description: This course covers data migration to HPE GreenLake for Block Storage from HPE 3PAR using the HPE GreenLake for Block Storage UI. This course also describes how to troubleshoot problems that may occur during data migration.

Objectives: After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Complete data migration from HPE 3PAR source storage systems to HPE GreenLake for Block Storage destination storage systems using HPE GreenLake for Block Storage Peer Motion Intent-based Provisioning

Course 8: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage Remote Copy

Description: This course provides a detailed review of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage – Remote Copy. This service is focused on configuring data replication in HPE GreenLake for Block Storage using the HPE GreenLake for Block Storage user interface (UI) and Data Services Cloud Console.

Objectives: After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Have a comprehensive review of Remote Copy using HPE GreenLake for Block Storage UI and Data Services Cloud Console
• Configure data replication with a focus on applying protection to volumeset using HPE GreenLake for Block Storage UI and Data Services Cloud Console

Course 9: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage Remote Copy CLI

Description: This course covers HPE GreenLake for Block Storage Remote Copy configuration and management operations. It includes common troubleshooting information to support HPE GreenLake for Block Storage using Remote Copy. Topics include Remote Copy functionality, supported configurations, configuration, management, recovery operations, and troubleshooting common replication problems.

Objectives: After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe HPE GreenLake for Block Storage Remote Copy features
• Describe supported configurations
• Describe Remote Copy operations
• Help resolve replication issues

Course 10: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage Hardware Overview

Description: This course provides an HPE Alletra Storage MP hardware overview and reviews new features introduced with HPE Greenlake for Block Storage OS.

Objectives: After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Understand solution architecture
• Describe the Common Storage Platform
• Understand with HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP
• Understand HPE GreenLake for Block Storage OS

Course 11: HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP

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

Objectives: After completing this training, students should be able to:

• Describe the HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP solution
• Explain the basic concepts of HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP
• Create and manage file shares within HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP
• List various security flavors that are available with HPE 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

Lab 11 outline:

• Lab 1: HPE GreenLake for File Storage Management Interfaces
• Lab 2: Managing File Shares
• Lab 3: Data Protection
• Lab 4: Monitoring and Log Collection

Course 12: Managing HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Business Edition

Description: This course covers the HPE Private Cloud Business Edition solution and defines the customer experience when purchasing HPE Private Cloud Business Edition as a service. The steps required to enable the solution on HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, HPE Alletra dHCI, HPE SimpliVity HCI, and HPE Nimble Storage dHCI are also explained. You learn how to perform common day-to-day management tasks, including how to add systems and storage, how to add and manage virtual machines, and how to manage public cloud accounts. This course also covers various features and functionality, including use of the HPE Private Cloud Business Edition dashboard, how to run system health checks, perform software updates, and execute common troubleshooting tasks.

Objectives: After completing thiscourse, you should be able to:

• Explain the use for HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Business Edition
• Define the customer experience when purchasing HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Business Edition as a Service
• Identify the steps required to enable HPE Alletra dHCI
• Identify the steps required to enable HPE Nimble Storage dHCI
• Identify the steps required to enable HPE SimpliVity HCI
• Identify the steps required to enable HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000
• Use the HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Business Edition Dashboard
• Use the functions in the Systems pages
• Manage public cloud accounts
• Manage virtual machines
• Manage provisioning policies
• Describe the different ways to view tasks

Lab outline:

• Lab 1: Explore the Welcome Center
• Lab 2: Private Cloud Business Edition Dashboard
• Lab 3: Create a VMFS Datastore
• Lab 4: Create a Windows Virtual Machine
• Lab 5: Create a vVOL Datastore
• Lab 6: Create a Linux Virtual Machine in the vVOL Datastore
• Lab 7: Explore the Systems Menu
• Lab 8: Enable Peer Persistence Replication
• Lab 9: Explore the Available Virtual Machine Management Options
• Lab 10: Stop Replication
• Lab 11: Deleting Virtual Machines and Datastores

Course 13: HPE GreenLake for Disaster Recovery Overview

Description: This course introduces HPE GreenLake for Disaster Recovery and defines its key market differentiators. It covers data protection challenges and customer requirements, as well as HPE GreenLake for Data Protection. Additionally, the course also explains HPE GreenLake for Disaster Recovery architecture, components, deployment, and operations that can be performed.

Objectives: After completing this course, you should be able to:

• List data protection challenges
• Describe HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform and discuss HPE GreenLake for Data Protection
• Explain HPE GreenLake for Disaster Recovery
• List the HPE GreenLake for Disaster Recovery key market differentiators
• List the components of HPE GreenLake for Disaster Recovery and explain disaster recovery architecture
• List the steps to configure Disaster Recovery and deploy on-premises components
• Define Protection Groups and list the steps to create, edit, and remove a protection group
• Explain Failover Live and Failover Test and list the steps to perform the operations
• Define the Recovery Report and list the steps to generate a recovery report