http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/ View the entire NetApp Technical Report Library Sun, 27 May 2012 01:36:02 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/ http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4073.html This document describes the configuration of NetApp storage systems with Data ONTAP 8.1.x operating in Cluster-Mode and UNIX based Kerberos Version 5 servers, for user authentication over NFS Version 3 and NFS Version 4 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Thu, 24 May 2012 03:10:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4073.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4063.html Parallel Network File System Configuration and Best Practices for Data ONTAP 8.1 Cluster-Mode Thu, 24 May 2012 03:10:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4063.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4067.html This report serves as an NFSv3/v4 operational guide and overview of NetApp® Data ONTAP® 8.1 software operating in Cluster-Mode. It details steps in the configuration of an NFS server, NFSv4 features, and the differences between Cluster-Mode and 7-Mode. Wed, 23 May 2012 03:10:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4067.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4068.html NetApp® technology enables data centers to extend their virtual infrastructures to include the benefits of advanced storage virtualization. NetApp leads the storage industry with a single information platform that is hardware agnostic, is able to aggregate disparate forms of hardware together, and can virtualize access to that storage—in effect, a storage hypervisor. NetApp Data ONTAP® 8.1 operating in Cluster-Mode technology is the storage hypervisor: a platform of storage efficiency, VMware integrations, and solutions. This document aligns the server hypervisor with the storage hypervisor by prescribing the best practices for deploying VMware® vSphere® 5 on Cluster-Mode. Fri, 18 May 2012 03:10:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4068.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4064.html This document discusses the implementation of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Version 5 in an environment using NetApp FAS storage systems. It provides a conceptual understanding of what is required in a true DR scenario, which is much broader than just failing over the virtual infrastructure and storage environment. Mon, 14 May 2012 11:49:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4064.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4072.html This document is an overview of NetApp® DataMotion™ for vFiler®, which is one of the foundation pieces of nondisruptive data mobility, providing nondisruptive data migration. It also describes the best practices for using DataMotion for vFiler. Sat, 12 May 2012 10:00:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4072.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3944.html The NetApp Full-Motion Video (FMV) solution delivers the right information to the right people at the right time, which is crucial for successful in-theatre support operations. NetApp helps government agencies to make decisions with a solution that combines data scalability with highly efficient storage systems to provide greater capacity for enhanced imagery. Intelligence gathering and decision making require quick assessment and in-depth interpretation of live video data. NetApp FMV built on E5400 storage systems is an optimized storage solution for capturing and examining video feeds for better in-theatre decision making. Using a 60-drive ultra-dense 4U form factor storage system provides more data storage, allowing the data to be kept for longer periods of time, which facilitates and enhances the decision-making process. Sat, 12 May 2012 08:00:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3944.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4066.html This document provides guidance on how to implement the SnapManager® for Microsoft® Exchange Business Continuance Module (BCM) for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 disaster recovery. Tue, 01 May 2012 03:10:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4066.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4061.html This guide assists SEs/CSEs and PSEs/PSCs in migrating data using a five-phase data migration process designed to handle the most complex migration scenarios while keeping specific customer needs in mind and making sure the right migration strategy is executed for each specific environment.
The document describes the steps necessary for a successful SAN data migration from EMC CX700 storage attached to Windows, Linux, and Solaris® hosts onto NetApp storage. Tue, 01 May 2012 02:31:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4061.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4028.html This document discusses the planning considerations and best practices for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010 on NetApp® storage systems. It also covers the best practices for the NetApp enterprise content management solution for SharePoint, which is NetApp SnapManager® 6.1 for SharePoint. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:31:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4028.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4056.html This document discusses the deployment of NetApp SnapManager for Exchange on Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in Cluster-Mode. Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in Cluster-Mode allows nondisruptive operations during storage infrastructure maintenance and upgrades using volume move and intercluster asynchronous volume replication (replication between volumes hosted on different clusters). Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:50:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4056.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3985.html Antivirus scanning is an integral feature for file services deployments. NetApp provides this functionality to its customers by partnering with premium antivirus product vendors. With on-board antivirus protection, storage administrators can configure the virus scanning mechanism and storage from one unified NetApp® interface. This document discusses the scanning configurations for Sophos® Anti-Virus for NetApp systems with NetApp Data ONTAP® operating in Cluster-Mode. It also discusses the best practices for deploying this solution. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:50:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3985.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4058.html The FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud solution is a joint reference implementation for building private clouds that combines Microsoft software, consolidated guidance, and validated configurations with hardware partner technology, including computing power, network and storage architectures, and value-added software components. FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud is a joint submission to the Fast Track program by NetApp and Cisco. This document describes the solution architecture in detail and includes content from NetApp, Cisco, and Microsoft. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:10:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4058.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3969.html The business problem addressed by big-analytics, big-bandwidth, big-content organizations is the collection of large amounts of raw data: from point-of-sale data, to credit card transactions, to log files, to security data. This “big” data is potentially useful but too large to be processed by humans or traditional relational database tools. Hadoop and associated MapReduce technologies turn raw data into valuable information; and NetApp® big-analytics, big-bandwidth, big-content platforms offer the right storage platforms and solutions to first ingest the data, then to analyze it, and finally to manage valuable datasets. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:27:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3969.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4034.html NetApp® technology enables data centers to extend their virtual infrastructures to include the benefits of advanced storage virtualization. NetApp unified storage platforms provide industry-leading technologies in the areas of storage efficiencies, instantaneous virtual machine (VM) and datastore cloning for virtual servers, and virtual data center backup and business continuance solutions. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:35:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4034.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3920.html NetApp® SnapProtect® management software is changing today’s backup and recovery landscape. SnapProtect software combines simplified manageability, power, and flexibility for virtual environments with full support for enterprise database applications while providing virtually seamless integration with NetApp Snapshot™ technology for fast and efficient backup operations. In addition, SnapProtect software integrates with NetApp SnapVault® and SnapMirror® software with support for content-based cataloging and movement to tape-based media. This document is an introduction to the SnapProtect solution. It provides an overview of the technology and describes some of the basic configuration steps required to get started. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:27:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3920.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4018.html This document describes a solution on a NetApp® shared storage infrastructure that provides system administrators with the ability to quickly copy, clone, and manage SAP® systems. The goal of this document is to (a) provide IT administrators and operational staff with an understanding of the integration of NetApp shared storage with SAP NetWeaver® Landscape Virtualization Management software, and (b) provide decision makers with an understanding of its complexity by using exemplary use cases to reduce implementation risks. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:27:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4018.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3966.html NetApp helps address the increasing costs associated with data growth with its wide range of storage efficiency features. This technical report details two of these storage efficiency technologies, specifically NetApp® deduplication and NetApp data compression. The report describes in detail how each technology works and how to implement and use both technologies.
This paper is focused on Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in Cluster-Mode, which is the first version of Data ONTAP operating in Cluster-Mode that supports both data compression and deduplication. TR-3958 is an equivalent TR that focuses on Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in 7-Mode. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:27:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3966.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3958.html NetApp helps address the increasing costs associated with data growth with its wide range of storage efficiency features. This technical report details two of these storage efficiency technologies, specifically NetApp® deduplication and NetApp data compression. The report describes in detail how each technology works and how to implement and use both technologies.This paper is focused on Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in 7-Mode. TR-3958 is an equivalent TR that focuses on Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in 7-Mode. For earlier versions of Data ONTAP refer to TR-3505. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:27:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3958.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4038.html This document provides a method to automate application-consistent replication of a SAP® system on a Sybase database in a way that saves both time and storage space using NetApp® Snap Creator™. Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:31:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4038.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4000.html This technical report provides guidelines and best practices for integrated architecture and implementations of Microsoft® Hyper-V™ with NetApp® storage solutions. The NetApp technologies discussed in this technical report are important for achieving an integrated storage solution that is cost effective, operationally efficient, flexible, and environment friendly. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:31:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4000.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4046.html Storage efficiency is one of the most important aspects of the IT lifecycle. By improving the efficacy of the storage environment, we can optimize the overall IT efficiency. In the face of exponential data growth, efficient management of data is critical. NetApp® thin provisioning, one of the significant features of optimizing storage efficiency, is used extensively in current NetApp storage environments. In the province of storage efficiency, space reclamation—an important feature of NetApp thin provisioning—is a vital aspect of the full data management lifecycle for NetApp buyers. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:31:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4046.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3940.html This deployment guide is a companion document to "TR-3914: Designing a Shared Storage Infrastructure with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and NetApp Storage." Each document is autonomous and serves a different purpose. The design guide is a high-level technical reference that provides an overview of the technical needs and considerations; the deployment guide provides a step-by-step collection of procedures that follow best practices.
The resulting shared storage infrastructure (SSI) is meant to serve as a scalable, flexible virtualization environment. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:00:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3940.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4062.html This paper focuses on NetApp® Data ONTAP® 8.1 operating in 7-Mode. It explores the use of the default Data ONTAP roles and their capabilities. This paper is to be used as a companion to the Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode System Administration Guide. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:35:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-4062.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3446.html This document is a deployment guide for designing and deploying NetApp SnapMirror Async in a customer environment. It describes replicating data to a NetApp destination system by using NetApp SnapMirror technology. This document is intended to assist field personnel in designing and deploying a SnapMirror solution. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:00:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3446.html http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3914.html Red Hat prides itself on being the most trusted open source technology company in the world. Red Hat provides multiple technology pieces of the data center software stack, including the operating system, virtualization, clustering, and management. Specific to this technical report, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) provides a means to virtualize Red Hat Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) and Windows® servers and desktops, as well as a way to graphically manage that environment.

NetApp® technology enables companies to extend their physical and virtual infrastructures to include the benefits of advanced storage virtualization. Our unified storage platforms provide industry-leading technologies in the areas of storage efficiency, instantaneous virtual machine (VM) and datastore cloning, and virtual data center backup and business continuance solutions.

Pairing the RHEV platform with NetApp storage provides a powerful, efficient, scalable virtualization platform.
Red Hat and NetApp have paired up to test and document procedures and operational guidelines, and the results are referred to as best practices. This technical report describes the best practices for implementing RHEV with NetApp unified storage arrays.

Note: Red Hat and NetApp provide many existing documents on the administration of their products. This technical report does not attempt to duplicate those efforts. However, if there is a conflict between this document and previous documents, consider this technical report definitive. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:35:00 PDT http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3914.html