The System Administration course provides the knowledge and skills needed for
configuring and maintaining Data Domain systems. The course provides hands-on learning
about: Data Domain system concepts, configuring and integrating systems into an existing
environment, upgrading systems, connecting to the network and interoperating with backup
software solutions, performing data backups, replicating data to offsite locations, restoring
data, and recovering from a disaster.
This course is intended for administrators, support personnel, and others responsible for
using and maintaining Data Domain systems.
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
Describe Data Domain features, benefits, system sizing, network placement and
integration
Configure basic settings, CIFS shares and NFS mounts
Analyze and project capacity utilization
Manage and optimize cleaning, sanitize data
Verify steady state operation
Configure replication
Use autosupports, logs, and alerts
Monitor via SNMP
Recover data
Select typical installation methods, models and network locations
Configure VTL and/or Open Storage
Configure data access rights and permissions
Upgrade system software, rebuild file systems
Manage software licenses
Explain integration with 3rd party backup solutions
Prerequisites
To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have
a suitable knowledgebase/skill set. The student must have an understanding of
computer storage, networking and backup concepts.