Monitoring Infrastructures with Cloud Insights

• Administrator
• Operator
• Architect

This course focuses on enabling you to do the following:

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• Describe the benefits of Cloud Insights for hybrid cloud infrastructures and NetApp storage.
• Explain the Cloud Insights architecture.
• Configure data collectors to monitor hybrid cloud assets.
• Use Cloud Insights queries, annotations, and dashboards to manage your hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Explain the benefits of using Active IQ with Cloud Insights
• Explain how to implement application storage service levels.
• Identify overburdened storage assets, unused and underused storage space.
• Explain how to create a dashboard for monitoring risks.
• Manage operational risks identified by Active IQ
• Describe the benefits of Cloud Insights for Kubernetes environments.
• Describe how to install and configure a Kubernetes Operator to send cluster information to Cloud Insights
• Explain how to configure Cloud Insights for Kubernetes environments.
• Use Cloud Insights to troubleshoot hybrid cloud performance issues.
• Learn the processes to transition a NetApp OnCommand Insight environment to a Cloud Insights environment.

Learners should have extensive knowledge of the cloud IT environment and how to manage the systems that the cloud environment contains.

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The Cloud Insights Fundamentals elearning ;class should also be attended. This is available free of charge via the NetApp Learning Center. ; Please contact us via the link below if further support is required..

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Module 1 - Introduction

• Introduction to Cloud Insights
• Cloud Insights subscription editions
• Cloud Insights architecture

Exercise - Creating and logging in to an account

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Module 2 - Configuring Cloud Insights

• Installing data Acquisition Units on Windows and Linux
• Cloud Insights data collection overview
• Installing data agents on the hosts
• Configuring infrastructure data collectors

Exercises

• Demonstrating how to install operating system agents on Linux and Windows servers
• Installing operating system agents on Linux and Windows servers (for administration roles)
• Installing the Netstat data collector
• Deploying a Windows Acquisition Unit demonstration video
• Deploying a Linux Acquisition Unit demonstration video
• Installing a NetApp ONTAP data collector on an ONTAP cluster

Module 3 - Managing the Hybrid Cloud

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• Visualizing Azure storage with Cloud Insights
• Visualizing on-premises storage with Cloud Insights
• Hybrid cloud dashboards
• Using hybrid cloud dashboards

Exercises - Managing the hybrid cloud infrastructure

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Module 4 - Querying, annotating, and monitoring

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• Working with queries
• Working with annotations
• Monitoring and alerts

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• Using queries, annotations, and annotation rules
• Exploring cloud queries and asset pages

Module 5 - Workload Security and Active IQ

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• Configure NetApp Workload Security
• Collect data from SVMs and User directories
• Configure security alerts
• Investigate forensic data and audit user activity
• Execute Workload security API calls
• Use swagger interface and documentation
• Configure automated response policies
• Workload Security alerts and Active IQ
• Active IQ risk assessment
• Forensic data auditing
• Explore the Workload Security API

Exercises

• Configure workload security and collect data
• Manage alerts and automated responses
• Analyzing Forensic reports

Module 6 - Optimising Cloud Insights

• Configure service levels by using annotations
• Monitor alerts for NetApp storage
• Optimized dashboards
• Cloud Insights and Active IQ integration

Exercises

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• Using business entity annotations
• Defining an application with a resource
• Effectively using expert view charts
• Managing Active IQ identified risks

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Module 7 - Subscriptions and User Roles

• Subscribing to Cloud Insights
• Cloud Insights accounts

Exercises - Identifying NetApp subscriptions and user roles

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Module 8 - Managing Kubernetes

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• Review Kubernetes
• Overview of Cloud Insights for Kubernetes
• Cloud Insights Kubernetes Explorer dashboard
• Full stack visualization
• Node, pod, and workload status

Exercises

• Installing Kubernetes Operator for Cloud Insights (for reference only) ;
• Exploring Kubernetes with Cloud Insights
• Troubleshooting Kubernetes

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Appendix 1 - OnCommand Insight to Cloud Insights migration

• Explain the process of NetApp OnCommand Insight to Cloud Insights migration
• Define how Cloud Insights is fully migrated from an OnCommand Insight environment
• Describe how this process provides no data loss from the reporting

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