Opleiding: Nutanix Unified Storage Administration (NUSA) [NUSA]

OVERVIEW

This course teaches you the administrative skills needed to install, configure, manage, and upgrade three different Nutanix unified storage products: Nutanix Volumes, Nutanix Files and Nutanix Objects

OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this course, the learner will have the following capabilities with respect to each of these Nutanix storage products:

• Nutanix Volumes - Learn how Nutanix Volumes provides block storage for your VMs or physical hosts using the iSCSI protocol, with the same simplicity as virtualized workloads, consolidating infrastructure into a single unified platform.
• Nutanix Files - Set up and manage Nutanix Files, a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution that provides Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) file services to clients.
• Nutanix Objects - Learn how easy it is to spin up Nutanix Objects in a few simple steps, and build a simple, secure, and scale-out stack.
  

AUDIENCE

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

- Systems operators evaluating file, block, and object storage using Nutanix Files, Nutanix Volumes, and Nutanix Objects.

- IT administrators and business leaders who manage Nutanix clusters and want a detailed deep dive into Nutanix storage dministration.

- Anyone pursuing Nutanix Certified Professional – Unified Storage (NCP-US) certification.

CONTENT

1: Installing and Configuring Nutanix Volumes

• Understanding When to Use Nutanix Volumes
• Deploying Nutanix Volumes and Understanding iSCSI Target Redirection
• Configuring Nutanix Volumes

2: Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Volumes

• Failover and Failback Processes
• Understanding Storage Management and Using the Storage and Volume Groups Dashboards
• Modifying a Volume Group

3: Analyzing and Optimizing Nutanix Volumes

• Firewall Settings
• IQNs/Allowlists
• iSCSI Timeout Sessions
• Troubleshooting Volume Group Capacity

Nutanix Volumes: Hands on Labs (3)

• Preparing the Cluster
• Configuring Volumes for Windows and Linux
• Managing Volumes for Windows and Linux
• Configuring iSCSI Network Segmentation (Optional)

4: Installing and Configuring Nutanix Files

• Introduction to Nutanix Files
• Architecting and Sizing Nutanix Files Environments
• Installing Nutanix Files
• The File Server Dashboard
• Configuring Nutanix Files

5: Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Files

• Managing Nutanix Files
• Using File Analytics
• Using Data Lens and Smart DR
• Monitoring Performance and Usage
• Upgrading Nutanix Files

6: Analyzing and Optimizing Nutanix Files

• Understanding the Nutanix Files High Availability Process
• Troubleshooting Nutanix Files Issues

Nutanix Files: Hands on Labs (6)

• Installing Nutanix Files
• Managing File Shares and Exports with the Files Console
• Working with File Analytics
• Deleting Nutanix Files

7: Deploying and Configuring Nutanix Objects

• Introduction to Nutanix Objects
• Enabling Nutanix Objects
• Architecting and Sizing Nutanix Objects
• Deploying and Configuring Nutanix Objects
• Configuring Bucket Policies

8: Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Objects

• Managing Directories and API Keys
• Managing the Object Store
• Managing a Bucket
• Upgrading Nutanix Objects Using LCM
• Monitoring Nutanix Objects
• Replication with Nutanix Objects
• Cloud Tiering

9: Analyzing and Troubleshooting Nutanix Objects

• Troubleshooting Issues with Cluster Deployment, Read/Write, Upgrades, and Objects/MSP Clusters using CLI Commands
• Log Collection for Nutanix Objects

Nutanix Objects: Hands on Labs (9)

• Configuring Nutanix Objects
• Managing Nutanix Objects