Nutanix Unified Storage Administration (NUSA)

This course teaches you the administrative skills needed to install, configure, manage, and upgrade three different Nutanix Unified Storage products:

Who Can Benefit

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

Prerequisites

• This course requires basic system administration knowledge, acquired through training or hands-on experience.
• You should be familiar with iSCSI, SMB, NFS storage protocols, and S3 compatible storage; be able to create a VM through the Nutanix web console (Prism); and know how to run commands from the command line interface (CLI).
• An understanding of Nutanix core concepts and definitions.
• If you do not have these skills, we recommend taking the Enterprise Cloud Administration (ECA) class first.

Course Content

Course Outline

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

• Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Volumes
• Failover and Failback Processes
• Viewing Volume Group Metrics
• Storage Management
• Modifying a Volume Group

• Analyzing and Optimizing Nutanix Volumes
• Firewall Settings
• IQNs/Allowlists
• iSCSI Timeout Sessions
• Troubleshooting Volume Group Capacity

• Nutanix Volumes: Hands-on Labs (Windows and Linux)
• Enabling iSCSI
• Configuring a Volume Group with CHAP Authentication
• Volume Group Metrics
• Adding a Disk to a Volume Group
• Configuring a Volume Group for Internal VM Access
• Growing a Disk in a Volume Group
• Removing iSCSI Volume Groups - External Access iSCSI
• Removing iSCSI Volume Groups - Internal Access iSCSI

• 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
• Cloning File Servers, Encrypting Data, and Blocking Files

• Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Files
• Managing Nutanix Files
• Directory and User Management
• Working with Quotas
• Synchronizing Data Across Multiple Locations
• Using File Analytics
• Using Data Lens and Smart DR
• Optimizing File Servers
• Upgrading Nutanix Files

• Analyzing and Optimizing Nutanix Files
• Understanding the Nutanix Files High Availability Process
• Investigating Issues with Nutanix Files

• Nutanix Files: Hands-on Labs
• Creating and Mounting a Standard Share
• Deleting Nutanix Files
• Deploying File Analytics
• Installing a Nutanix File Server
• Creating a Distributed Share
• Exploring Nutanix Files
• File Analytics File System Scan
• Creating an NFS Share
• Exploring the Nutanix Files Console
• File Analytics Anomaly Rules
• Configuring Access to an NFS Share
• Files Multi-Protocol
• Managing File Share Permissions with MMC
• Upgrading Nutanix Files

• Deploying and Configuring Nutanix Objects
• Introduction to Nutanix Objects
• Nutanix Objects Architecture
• Enabling Nutanix Objects
• Deploying and Configuring Nutanix Objects
• Configuring Bucket Policies

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

• Analyzing and Troubleshooting Nutanix Objects
• Investigating Issues with Cluster Deployment, Read/Write, Upgrades, Cloud Tiering, and Replication
• Log Collection for Nutanix Objects

• Nutanix Objects: Hands-on Labs
• Creating Buckets
• Adding Users and Generating Encrypted Keys
• Using the Objects Browser
• Object Versioning
• Sharing Buckets
• Managing Buckets with an S3 Application
• Objects Multi-Protocol
• Enabling Nutanix Objects and Creating an Object Store