NetApp Cloud Manager Fundamentals

Question 1

What is NetAPP Cloud manager?

Answer 1

A Centralised system for viewin gun managing on-premises storage and cloud storage.
Supporting hybrid and multiple cloud provides and accounts.

It allows for optimised cloud storage services to your users.

It is also just known as Cloud Manager.

Question 2

What are the benefits of Cloud Manager?

Answer 2

Centralised Management
Control multiple NetAPP based storage systems on premises, with cloud
Simplified provisions (with tools)
Data Fabric enablement ( automation of cloud storage operations including rest up port.

Question 3

What are the features of Cloud Manger?

Answer 3

Connect storage systems into one data fabric.
Use role based access control (RBAC) for admin of users and storage.
Simplified data migration and monitoring (using point and click).
Monitoring across multiple cloud accounts (all at once).

Question 4

How to access?

Answer 4

Log into Cloud Central (cloud.NetAPP.com)

Question 5

How to keep accounts and resources organised?

Answer 5

Through Cloud Manager

Question 6

What is a connector?

Answer 6

A connection between NetAPP Cloud manager and your services.
It uses HTTPS:443 and can do bidirectional and unidirectional request/reply
It is a VM that has access to the customers storage cloud.
It is installed before services are deployed.

Question 7

How do you deploy a connector?

Answer 7

Deployed as a VM in all cloud providers and on premises.

For google cloud the connector must reside within the google cloud.
Only a user with admin account privileges can create a connector.

Recommended method is to create a connector from the SaaS Cloud manager.
It can also be created in the cloud side, or downloaded and installed to an in existing Linux host.

Networking requirements are

Outbound internet access
Connection to target networks
Tasks to perform from local interface are (set proxy server, install patch, download AutoSupport messages).

Question 8

Why would you use more than one connector?

Answer 8

A) you are using a multi cloud environment so have one connector in each cloud provider.
B) you need to set up cloud volumes in different regions and so each region needs a connector.
C)

Question 9

When is a connector required?

Answer 9

Deploying cloud volumes ontap, and discovering ONTAP clusters (on-premises).

To use services like
Cloud Data Sense
Cloud Backup Service
Cloud Insights
Cloud Tiering
Global File Cache
Kubernetes
To find buckets in (Amazon S3) and for Amazon FSx services)

Question 10

When do you NOT need a connector?

Answer 10

Not required for
Setting up Azure NetAPP Files
NetAPP Cloud volume service
NetAPP Cloud Sync service
Amazon FSx (when creating and discovering)

Question 11

How much does Cloud Manager Cost?

Answer 11

It is free but the Connectors have a compute and storage cost at the Cloud provider.

Question 12

How do you add storage environment to cloud manager?

Answer 12

Click the Add working environment for. Azure, AWS, Google and On-Premises.

Question 13

What Cloud resource options do you have from Azure?

Answer 13

Cloud Volumes ONTAP (single node)
Cloud Volumes ONTAP HA (high Availability)
Azure NetAPP Files

Question 14

What resource options do you have for AWS?

Answer 14

Cloud Volumes ONTAP (single node)
Cloud Volumes ONTAP HA (High Availablity)
Amazon FSx for ONTAP (High Availability)
Manage any Kubernetes Clusters

Question 15

What resource options do you have for Google Cloud Platform?

Answer 15

Cloud Volumes ONTAP (single node)
Cloud Volumes ONTAP HA (High Availablity)
Cloud Volumes Service

Question 16

What resource options do you have for On-Premises?

Answer 16

On-premises ONTAP

Question 17

How can you manage the storage for Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

Answer 17

Add disks to aggregates
Create aggregates
Create Volumes (NAS and iSCSI)
Create snapshot copies
And more.

Question 18

How can you manage the storage for Azure NetAPP files?

Answer 18

Create NetAPP accounts
Create capacity pools
Create volumes (NFS and SMB)
Create Snapshot copies
And more

Question 19

How can you manage the storage for Amazon FSx for NetAPP ONTAP & Cloud Voulmes Service for Google Cloud?

Answer 19

Create Volumes (NFS and SMB)
Create Snapsot copies
And more (iSCSI in the future, only API for now)

Question 20

How can you manage the storage for On-Premises ONTAP?

Answer 20

Create Volumes
Create Snapshot copies
And more

Question 21

What features aid data mobility?

Answer 21

Replicate
Backup
Sync

Question 22

What is replication in cloud manager

Answer 22

It’s is powered by SnapMirror and SnapVault.
Can replicate between one cloud based volume to another (regardless of which cloud provider it exists in).

Also replicate from a cloud volume to an on-premises ONTAP.
Also replicate from an on-premises ONTAP to another on-premises ONTAP cluster.

This can be configured using drag and drop plus a confirmation wizard.

Question 23

What is the different between Simple replication, Fanout and cascade replication?

Answer 23

Simple replication is between two volumes (A -> B)
Fanout replication is between one volume and many others (A->B, A->C, A->D, A->E)
Cascade replication is between one volume to another, and then onto other from the second volume (A->B->C)

Question 24

What is backup and Restore in cloud manager?

Answer 24

Powered by the cloud backup service.
Cloud manager supports backup from cloud and on premises to a S3 Bucket in AWS and Azure files.

One object store per Cloud Volumes ONTAP or on-premises ONTAP Basesd system.
Object storage in the same region as CLOUD Volumes ONTAP.

For on-premises you identify the region when Cloud. Backup service is enabled.

Question 25

What are your backup and enable options in Cloud Manager

Answer 25

Automatically enabled at create of ONTAP cloud systems.]
You can deactivate at deployment and enable it later.
You can also deactivate it is it is already enabled.

All systems are backed up to the cloud.
Only the first backup is full, the rest of incremental.

Question 26

What schedule can you create for backup Policies?

Answer 26

Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly.
You can also set a retention period

Question 27

What is Cloud Sync Services

Answer 27

A way to move your data between the cloud and also cloud to on-premises
It can be NFS, CIFS, S3 Bucket or any other cloud object store.

It is a Sass (Software as a service)
It has a data broker, source and target.
The data broker controls the sync relationship.
Data broker needs an internet connection on port 443 to communicate with cloud services.
Integrated into cloud manager

Question 28

What else can be managed under cloud manager?

Answer 28

Kubernets (with netapp Astra trident software).
Astra trident - open source dynamic storage provisioned and orchestrator for NetAPP storage Portfolio. Restful interface.

Question 29

What is Cloud Data Sense

Answer 29

A cloud governance manager for Cloud Manager.
Scans your environment to map and clarify data.

Question 30

Net App Cloud Tiering Service

Answer 30

Automatically can move data from on-premises to cloud tiers.
Can reduce costs.
Can go to all cloud providers and on-premises.
Only available through cloud manager.

Features - Automation, Monitoring and Reports.

Question 31

How does Cloud Tiering Work?

Answer 31

1. Discover your on-premiere cluster from Cloud Manager
2. Setup Tiering with details bout the object storage (class, bucket or access tier).
3. Cloud manager configured Ontap software
4. Select the volumes to tiger and the policy for those volumes.
5. OnTAP software starts Tiering inactive data to the object store.

Question 32

What are cloud Tiering policies?

Answer 32

A Tiering policy determines when the blocks of data are moved to the cloud

Cold Snapshot copies - snapshot only - cold snapshot copy data is moved to cloud object storage.
Cold user data and Snapshot copies - Cold user data and snapshot copy data is moved to cloud storage.
All data (all) - all data is marked as cold and moved to cloud object storage.

Question 33

How to activate and deactivate cloud Tiering

Answer 33

Ontap API are used to create a connection HTTP to the object storage,
Ontap software writes and reads to the connection

Question 34

What is cloud manager monitoring

Answer 34

Cloud insight software
For managing the environment IOPS latency.
Cloud manager can look at cloud volumes.
Automatically monitors all volumes
View volume performance data in terms of IOPS, throughput and latency
Identify performance issues to minimise the effort on your users and apps.

Question 35

Global File Cache and Cloud manager

Answer 35

Enables you to consolidate your objects into one footprint.
All locations can use the data as if local.

Features are
Consolidate and centralise your data into the public cloud and use the scalability and performance rom the enterprise solution.

Create a single set of data for users globally and use intelligent file caching to improve global data access, collaboration, and performance.

Rely on a self-sustaining, self-managing cache, and eliminate full data copies and backups.

Experience transparent access from branch locations through a global namespace with real-time central file locking.

Question 36

Compute and Cloud manager

Answer 36

Provided cloud infrastructure management
Uses advanced analytics
Provides visibility and insights into your cloud costs
Free when used within Netapp Cloud Manager

View Cloud spend insight
Trend analysis
Cloud governances
Cost and usage forecast
Cloud efficiency score

Question 37

App template

Answer 37

Easy way to deploy volumes
Create a template for volumes you want to create regularly.