NetApp and VMware: Modernized, hybrid, flexible, scalable, efficient.
NetApp ONTAP software has been a leading storage solution for VMware vSphere environments for almost two decades and continues to add innovative capabilities to simplify management while reducing costs.
Using ONTAP together with vSphere is a great combination that lets you reduce host hardware and VMware software expenses. You can also protect your data at lower cost with consistent high performance. Because virtualized workloads are mobile, you can explore different approaches using Storage vMotion to move VMs across VMFS, NFS, or vVols datastores, all on the same storage system.
Overview
In this 2-days IMPVMWAR: Implementing VMware vSphere on ONTAP instructor led course, you learn how to implement NetApp’s Virtual Storage Console by deploying, managing, and protecting a VMware virtual infrastructure in both SAN and NAS environments using ONTAP.
This official NetApp training also covers the implementation details for both traditional datastores and Virtual Volumes using Storage Policy Based Management. Monitoring of both traditional and VVOL performance characteristics are covered in lecture and hands on labs. Updated to align with ONTAP v9.4.
Skills Covered
- Describe the components of NetApp storage and how they integrate into a vSphere environment
- Identify the types of datastores created by the Virtual Storage Console (VSC)
- Explain how VSC provides an automated datastore provisioning capability
- Describe the VVol datastore management process
- Create VVol datastores and VVols
- Identify performance characteristics of VVols using VSC
- Monitor virtual machines with VSC performance dashboard
- List the customer implementations for backup, restore and cloning capability when integrating vSphere with NetApp
Prerequisites
The following training classes or equivalent knowledge are recommended:
- ONTAP Cluster Administration (ONTAP 9.5) (ONTAP9ADM) and ONTAP Data Protection Administration (ONTAP 9.5) (DATAPROT9) OR
- ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection Bundle (ONTAP 9.5) (CDOTDP9)
- VM-VICM
Target Audience
- NetApp employees
- Channel partners
- Customers
Module 1: Overview of ONTAP for vSphere
- NetApp storage in a virtualized environment
- NetApp Unified virtual appliance
- Datastore types that VSC creates
Module 2: Introduction to Virtual Storage Console (VSC)
- Unified virtual appliance (UVA) installation
- UVA key features
- NetApp VSC integration with vCenter
- ONTAP configuration for VSC operation
Module 3: Provisioning Traditional Datastores by Using VSC
- Basic IP networking and datastore considerations
- Creating NFS datastores by using VSC and System Manager
- Using the NFS datastore wizard
- VMFS datastores
- iSCSI VMFS datastores
- FC VMFS datastores
Module 4: Provisioning VVols Datastores by Using VSC
- VVols concepts
- NetApp VASA provider
- Storage policies and profiles
- Managing VVols
- On-Demand moving, copying and restoring of virtual disks
Module 5: Monitoring Performance and Quality of Service (QoS)
- VSC performance dashboards
- NetApp QoS features
- NetApp and VMware QoS use cases
Module 6: Data Protection
- SnapCenter plug-in for VMware vSphere
- Veeam and Commvault backup solutions
Labs:
- Configuring clusters, vCenter and the VSC management interface
- Configuring virtual storage console
- Using VSC to Provision traditional SAN and NAS datastores
- Creating and managing VVols
- Monitoring the performance of datastores and VMs
- Implementing configuration scenarios
Dates & Locations
August 10, 2026 - August 11, 2026
August 10, 2026 - August 11, 2026
November 16, 2026 - November 17, 2026
November 16, 2026 - November 17, 2026
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This course is not associated with any Certification.
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