Monitoring Infrastructures with Cloud Insights (MIWCI) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction

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

Exercises:

  • Creating and logging in to an account

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:

  • Adding a Linux host agent
  • Adding a Windows host agent
  • Adding a network statistics data collector
  • Installing the Acquisition Unit software on a Windows server
  • Installing the Acquisition Unit software on a Linux host
  • Adding a data collector for an ONTAP based storage system

Module 3: Managing the hybrid cloud

  • 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

Module 4: Querying, annotating, and monitoring

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

Exercises:

  • Using annotations
  • Defining a new query
  • Exploring cloud asset pages

Module 5: Workload Security and Active IQ

  • Configure NetApp Workload Security
  • Configure automated response policies
  • Workload Security alerts and Active IQ
  • Active IQ risk assessment
  • Forensic data auditing
  • Explore the Workload Security API

Exercises:

  • Configuring a Workload Security environment
  • Configuring an automated response policy
  • Analyzing forensics reports

Module 6: Optimizing Cloud Insights

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

Exercises:

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

Module 7: Subscriptions and user roles

  • Subscribing to Cloud Insights
  • Cloud Insights accounts

Exercises:

  • Creating a Cloud Insights environment

Module 8: Managing Kubernetes

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

Exercises:

  • Installing and configuring a Kubernetes Operator agent (for reference only)
  • Exploring your Kubernetes environment
  • Troubleshooting Kubernetes

Appendix AOnCommand Insight to Cloud Insights migration

  • Describe OnCommand Insight to Cloud Insights migration