Module 1: Overview of
the Cloud Volumes ONTAP System
The Data Fabric is NetApp’s strategy for
simplifying and integrating the orchestration of data services across a choice
of hybrid, multi-cloud environments.
NetApp Cloud Volumes Services
Predictable performance and ease of integration with
cloud services such as analytics, database, and other native services. Supports
cloud-only and hybrid cloud environments with seamless data migration. Managed
by NetApp.
Offered through Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, AWS
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP (Formerly ONTAP Cloud)
Powerful, cost-effective, and easy-to-use data management
solution for your cloud workloads. Managed using the familiar and reliable
Cloud Volumes ONTAP data management software with its data protection and
storage efficiency features.
Offered through Microsoft Azure, AWS
Cloud Manager
Cloud Manager was built with simplicity in mind. It
guides you through Cloud Volumes ONTAP setup in a few quick steps and eases
data management by offering a simplified storage provisioning and automated
capacity management. Cloud Manager enables drag-and-drop data replication
across a hybrid cloud, and more.
Image: Cloud Volumes ONTAP managed with Cloud Manager
Module 2: Cloud Volumes
ONTAP Architecture
Image: Cloud Volumes ONTAP Storage Architecture
Image: Cloud Volumes ONTAP – AWS Disk Types –
Underlying storage
Image: Cloud Volumes ONTAP – Azure Disk Types –
Underlying storage
Data Tiering – Volume tiering policies
Snapshot Only: Tier cold Snapshot copies to object
storage
Auto: Tiers cold Snapshot copies and cold user
data from the active file system to object storage
Backup: Tier cold Snapshot copies to object
storage
Tenants: A tenant isolates working environments
into groups.
Cloud Manager Administrator roles:
- Cloud Manager Administrator: Administers Cloud
manager and can access all tenants and working environments.
- Tenant Administrator: Administers a single
tenant and can create and manage all working environments and users in the
tenant.
- Working Environment Administrator: Can create
and manage one or more working environments in a tenant.
Security: Encryption of data at rest
- Azure: Azure Storage Service Encryption for data
at rest is enabled by default for Cloud Volumes ONTAP data in Azure.
- AWS: When you create a working environment,
choose whether to encrypt data on Cloud Volumes ONTAP systems in AWS using
either: AWS-managed encryption – or – NetApp Volume Encryption
(NVE)*
Security: Antivirus (Vscan) and ransomware
protection (Snapshots & Fpolicy).
WORM Storage for compliance:
You can Activate WORM at the system level.
WORM = write once, read many (WORM)
Cloud Volumes ONTAP High Availability for AWS
Active/Active - or - Active/Passive
Image: Cloud Volumes ONTAP High Availability for AWS:
HA Architecture for AWS
Multiple Availability Zones – or – Single Availability
Zones (Node-A, Node-B, and Mediator are in the same AZ. Doesn’t need Floating
IP addresses.)
HA Pairs in Azure
Image: HA Pairs in Azure
Licensing: Cloud Volumes ONTAP Purchase Models
- Pay-as-you-go (PAYGO): Deploy by the hour on
Amazon and Azure Marketplaces. Pay for only what you use, by the hours. Online
Sales.
- Bring your own license (BYOL): Purchase a
subscription from NetApp. Purchase annual subscription. Field Sales.
Image: Cloud Volumes ONTAP License Choices for AWS
Note: Data tiering is support with Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Standard, Premium, and BYOL.
Image: Cloud Volumes ONTAP License Choices for Azure
Note: Data tiering is not supported with the DS3_v2
virtual machine type or HA pairs.
Module 3: Deploying the
Cloud Volumes ONTAP System
Getting Started:
Step 1) Log into NetApp Cloud Central, locate Cloud Volumes ONTAP,
and select ‘Start Free Trial’ to launch OnCommand Cloud Manager in your
account.
Step 2) Select your preferred cloud provider – AWS or Azure
– an deploy OnCommand
Cloud Manager by following the easy-to-use Data Services Wizard.
Step 3) After Cloud Manager is configured, you can
quickly and easily launch your first Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance and start your trial!
Image: Create your first Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance
Module 4: Managing the
Cloud Volumes ONTAP System
NetApp Cloud Data Services: Service Offerings
Image: NetApp Cloud Data Services – Service Offerings
Cloud Manager:
Cloud Manager enables you to deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP
system, which provide enterprise-class features for your cloud storage, and to
easily replicate data across hybrid clouds built on NetApp. Cloud Manager can
be run from the cloud or from your data center.
Cloud Manager can discover cluster in an on-premises
environment, in existing Cloud Volumes ONTAP deployments, or even in the IBM
Cloud.
Cloud Manager can automate the deployment of Trident on a
single Kubernetes cluster so that you can use Cloud Volumes ONTAP as persistent
storage for containers.
You can use Cloud Manager to perform other volume management
functions. You can perform:
- A space-efficient clone of a volume
- Snapshot copy operations
- Change the disk type and storage tiering policy in the
cloud provider
Image: Cloud Manager – Volume Management Functions
You can use Cloud Manager to perform aggregate management
functions. For example, you can add disks to increase the size of the
aggregate.
You enable storage tiering when you create a new working
environment. First choose the performance tier disk type that suits your
workload, and then enable tiering.
If you enable tiering when you create a Cloud Volumes
ONTAP instance, tiering is enabled for both the aggregate and the first volume.
The default tiering policy for the volume is typically auto, which can be
changed later.
You can upgrade to the latest version of Cloud Volumes
ONTAP software directly from Cloud Manager. Cloud Manager notifies you when a
new version is available.
Cloud Manager monitors and manages cloud provider
resources. You can examine a cost breakdown for compute, storage, and data
transfers. Monitoring your cloud provider costs is currently supported with
only AWS.
Cloud Manager is 100% API driven, so any actions that you
can perform through GUI wizards or commands in Cloud Manager can also be
implemented through API calls.
OnCommand System Manager:
Image: Cloud Manager and System Manager
Cloud Volumes ONTAP software
does not support multiple SVMs!
You can launch System Manager from within Cloud Manager.
Knowledge Check:
APIs can be used instead of OnCommand Cloud Manager UI.
You can run OnCommand Cloud Manager from the cloud or
from your data center.
Module 5: Cloud Volumes
ONTAP Data Protection Features
Cloud Volumes ONTAP can protect volume data in two ways:
1) Snapshot copies: which are read-only images of a
volume that capture the state of the file system at a point in time.
2) Replication: which copies data and Snapshot copies from
a source volume to a destination volume based on the replication policy that is
selected.
Cloud Manager provides an easy GUI-based drag-and-drop
functionality to create data protection relationships in the hybrid cloud.
Image: Data-Replication Relationship: Create (Drag-and-Drop)
Replication Policies:
- Mirror Policy: Typically used for disaster
recovery
- Mirror and Backup Policy: Typically used when
both disaster recovery and long-term retention are needed
- Backup Policy: Typically used for long-term
retention of backup copies
Resources
- Welcome to NetApp Cloud Central
- NetApp Cloud Documentation
Questions
Q: How are storage systems represented in Cloud Manager?
A: Working environments
Q: During the create of a Cloud Volumes ONTAP for AWS
instance, which two data encryption options are available?
A1: AWS managed
A2: none (the data will not be encrypted)
Q: Before OnCommand Cloud Manager running in AWS can
discover a Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Azure instance, what two settings must be
configured?
A1: VPN connectivity to Azure
A2: The correct permissions on Azure
Q: In Cloud Manager, which menu link do you access to add
a new aggregate to the current work environment?
A: Advanced allocation
Q: When adding a new volume to a working environment,
which three volume tiering policies are available?
A1: Auto
A2: Snapshot only
A3: None (data tiering is disabled)
Q: Which statement about replication relationships is
true?
A: Replication relationships can be created between Cloud
Volumes ONTAP instances from different cloud providers.
APPENDIX
Azure Vnet or AWS VPC
or GCP VPC
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