- Course overview
- Course details
- Prerequisites
Course overview
About this course
In this course, you will explore a number of subjects including:
• The what, the how, the why, and the benefits of database-as-a-service (DBaaS)
• Important NDB terms and concepts: like copy data management, time machine, provisioning profiles, and data access management
• Implementing role-based access control (RBAC), including working with built-in and custom roles, and managing users and groups
• Adding multiple clusters to NDB, working with Nutanix Guest Tools, and registering a Nutanix cluster with NDB
• Monitoring and investigating issues with NDB, including alert policies, notifications, and log collection
• Operations involved in protecting and restoring databases, including creating snapshots, cloning databases, log catch-up operations, refreshing clones, and restoring source databases
Audience profile
• Database administrators who manage Nutanix clusters and want a detailed deep dive into database administration using NDB
• Anyone pursuing the Nutanix Certified Professional - Database Automation (NCP-DB) certification
Course details
1. Introduction to Database Automation
• Understanding DBaaS
• Understanding NDB Terminology and Concepts
• The Nutanix Solution for DBaaS
2. Configuring and Operating NDB
• Understanding the NDB Workflow
• Installing and Configuring NDB
• Exploring the NDB Dashboard
• Creating Profiles
• Registering an Existing Database
• Provisioning a New Database
• Patching, Upgrading, and Scaling Databases
• Upgrading NDB
• NDB High Availability
Hands-on Labs:
• Deploying NDB
• Configuring an NDB Instance
• Getting Started with a PostgreSQL Database
• Upgrading NDB
• Working with NDB Profiles
• Registering Existing Databases
• Provisioning, Patching, and Removing Databases
3. Administering Nutanix Era
• Implementing RBAC and Managing Users
• Adding Nutanix Clusters to NDB
• Working with Maintenance Windows
• Using Tags for Database Inventory Management
• Working with Alerts
• Investigating Issues with NDB
Hands-on Labs:
• Implementing RBAC and Managing Users
• Using Tags for Database Inventory Management
• Working with Alerts
• Generating and Downloading a Diagnostics Bundle
• Enabling a NDB Multi-Cluster
• Provisioning a Database to a New Cluster
• Provisioning a Multi-Cluster HA Database
4.Protecting and Restoring Databases (Time Machine Operations)
• Understanding Time Machine
• Managing SLAs Schedules
• Preparing for Snapshot Creation, Replication, and Deletion
• Cloning Databases
• Database Log Management
• Refreshing and Removing Clones
• Restoring Source Databases
Hands-on Labs:
• Creating SLAs
• Cloning Databases
• Creating and Replicating Snapshots
• Restoring a Database from a Snapshot
Prerequisites
This advanced course requires you to possess a basic Nutanix system
administration skill set which includes:
• Familiarity with traditional virtualization architectures and Nutanix cloud
infrastructure
• Hands-on experience with the Prism interface.
• An understanding of Nutanix core concepts and definitions.
These skills can be acquired by attending one of our basic admin courses
(Enterprise Cloud Administration) or through on-thejob experience by
working on a Nutanix system for at least 6 months.
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