HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 Integration

H41HPS

Course ID

H41HPS

Duration

1 day

Format

ILT/VILT

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.

Course ID

H41HPS

Duration

1 day

Format

ILT/VILT

  • Audience

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

  • 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
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  • 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

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  • 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

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