After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe major hardware and software components of the HPE StoreOnce product line
• Describe important HPE StoreOnce product concepts
• Explain the importance and advantages of deduplication
• Configure HPE StoreOnce devices for initial use
• Create Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL) and NAS shares
• Configure replication between two HPE StoreOnce devices
• Configure HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Stores
• Perform basic troubleshooting and maintenance procedures

Module 0: Managing HPE StoreOnce Backup Solutions

• Course introduction
• Managing HPE StoreOnce Solutions class agenda

Module 1: Product Introduction

• HPE StoreOnce backup systems
• New HPE StoreOnce product features and benefits
• HPE StoreOnce family comparison—features in HPE StoreOnce models

Module 2: Installation

• Installing HPE StoreOnce devices
• Available connections
• Network/iSCSI modes of operation
• Single port and dual port modes
• Fibre channel
• Initial configuration process
• HPE StoreOnce Gen4 firmware

Module 3: Web Management Interface

• HPE StoreOnce GUI
• HPE StoreOnce GUI—left-hand menu
• HPE StoreOnce GUI—federation dashboard
• HPE StoreOnce GUI—system dashboard
• HPE StoreOnce GUI—event log
• HPE StoreOnce GUI—settings
• HPE StoreOnce GUI—hardware
• HPE StoreOnce GUI—settings - security

Module 4: Virtual Tape Libraries

• HPE StoreOnce (D2D) backup systems
• Choosing VTL vs. NAS
• Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL)
• iSCSI and fibre channel connections to VTL
• Flexible emulations

Module 5: Basic HPE StoreOnce Catalyst

• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst overview and API
• ISV control of replication
• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst with Veeam
• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst with Commvault
• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst in Data Protector
• Deduplication options for low and high bandwidth transfers
• What is new in Catalyst?

Module 6: NAS Shares

• NAS shares and server configuration
• NAS share authentication
• HPE StoreOnce NAS limitations

Module 7: HPE StoreOnce Deduplication

• Deduplication—what is it and key benefits?
• Deduplication—data locality and ratios
• Housekeeping

Module 8: Replication of VTL and NAS Shares and HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Copy

• Definition and replication granularity
• Replication fan-out and fan-in
• Bi-directional replication
• Seeding the replication target
• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Copy
• Replication recovery
• Making replication targets visible to host
• NAS replication and ‘seeding’
• VTL and NAS replication and configuration
• Low-bandwidth—multi-hop

Module 9: HPE StoreOnce Reporting and Appliance Federation

• Reporting
• Device selection example
• Viewing reports
• HPE Infosight
• Next generation HPE StoreOnce—management federation
• Overlapping federation scenario
• Creating a federation
• Different federation topologies
• Recommended networking topology
• System dashboard
• HPE StoreOnce High Availability Manager overview

Module 10: Cloud Bank and HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Advanced Features

• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Cloud Bank and advanced features
• CloudBank use cases
• CloudBank configuration
• CloudBank disaster recovery
• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Copy over fibre channel
• HPE StoreOnceCatalyst Copy over fibre channel—use cases

Module 11: Best Practices

• General best practices
• Flexible emulations best practices
• HPE StoreOnce replication best practices
• NAS share best practices
• Physical tape offload methods
• Security
• Active Directory

Module 12: Troubleshooting and Remote Support

• Backup or disk space problems
• Capacity thresholds
• Remote support via STATS (RSvS)
• Tools and updates
• Configuration and software updates—improved processes
• HPE StoreOnce Gen4 software upgrade
• REST API developer kit
• Reference documentation

Appendix A: StoreOnce Generation 3

• HPE StoreOnce portfolio—comparing Gen4 and Gen3
• HPE StoreOnce emulation specifications
• HPE StoreOnce—web management GUI
• HPE StoreOnce integrated graphical reporting
• Discuss HPE StoreOnce B6000 operations
• HPE StoreOnce B6000 terminology

Appendix B: HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central (RMC)

• HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central—key benefits
• What is HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central (RMC)?
• HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central concepts and components
• HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central architecture
• Element Recovery (ERT) with HPE StoreOnce data path
• HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central data protection deployment
• HPE 3PAR/HPE StoreOnce storage integration
• What is new in HPE StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central?

Appendix C: High Availability Manager

• High Availability Manager overview (version 4.2)
• High Availability Manager concept
• High Availability Manager limits
• Validation pre-checks
• Monitored status
• High Availability Manager Warranty Serial

Number (WSN)

• High Availability Manager failover check
• High Availability VSA—failover triggers
• Logging for High Availability Manager

lab outline

Lab 1: Configure an HPE StoreOnce backup system with storage and first-time configuration

Lab 2: Configure the HPE StoreOnce backup system

• License the HPE StoreOnce appliance

Lab 3: Backup to a VTL on HPE StoreOnce using Veeam and NAS using Windows backup

• HPE StoreOnce configuration using the management GUI
• Creating a NAS share

Lab 3a: Back up to a VTL on the HPE StoreOnce using Veeam

Lab 3b. Back up the files in Veeam

• Let’s do more backups

Lab 4: Data deduplication

Lab 5: Use the HPE StoreOnce GUI to create a HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Store and add it to Veeam as a backup repository

• Introduction to HPE StoreOnce Catalyst
• Terminology
• Hands-on lab introduction
• Hands-on lab sequence
• HPE StoreOnce Catalyst licensing
• Add the HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Store to Veeam and perform backups
• Create a backup job to back up data to an HPE StoreOnce Catalyst store

Lab 6: Data replication

• Overview
• Creating VTL and NAS shares on the target replication appliance
• Configure replication from your local HPE StoreOnce appliance
• Virtual tape library (VTL) mapping
• Configure replication of all the files on the NAS share
• Testing the replication of NAS and VTL

Lab 7: HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Copy within Veeam

Lab 8: Reports and federation

• Custom graphs
• Federation

HPE StoreOnce customers, HPE services field engineers, call center personnel, presales and channel partners, and other field personnel who provide installation and/or operational support assistance

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Basic Windows administration experience
• Basic understanding of SCSI, iSCSI, RAID, fibre channel, backup, and SAN technologies