Data Center

Welcome to WWT's lab for the Everpure's Remote Client Plugin for vSphere, vVols, NFS datastores and Storage Insights. We designed this lab to showcase the new Remote Client Plugin and many of the features it enables for the VMware Administrator as it pertains to storage. After a brief introduction to you will dive right in to getting the Remote Client Plugin virtual appliance deployed and configured along with walking you through the many of the integrations the plugin brings.

Rubrik is a cloud data management and data security platform that focuses on much more than data backups. This lab provides a foundational overview of basic configuration tasks, implementation of objects, protection and recovery of VMware Virtual Machines, and SQL Databases, as well as an overview of Rubrik Reporting using Rubrik Security Cloud.

Lab users are provided a dedicated nested VMware environment to use as for an intro to VMware's server virtualization products, ESXi and Virtual Center.

If you are familiar with Ansible and want to learn how to use Ansible with the Everpure FlashArray, continue on with this lab that demonstrates how to simplify automation of an Everpure FlashArray. *** If you are a Storage admin, new to automation, and want to learn how to automate your Everpure storage environment using Ansible, check out the following lab instead that teaches the basics of Ansible from a storage admin's point of view.- "Ansible Automation Workshop - Pure Ansible Lab" (https://www.wwt.com/lab/ansible-automation-workshop-pure-ansible-lab)

This NetApp ONTAP Sandbox is provided by the ATC as an environment to get hands on experience with NetApp ONTAP and its functions. This is a virtualized environment, running on the NetApp ONTAP Simulator version 9.18.1, as well as several host OS to test various functions.

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, managing complex network environments has become a necessity for organizations looking to optimize their infrastructure. VMware, a pioneer in virtualization technologies, offers a powerful solution: the vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS). This advanced networking tool enables seamless management of networking configurations across multiple hosts, streamlining network administration and improving performance. One of the key features of vDS is the ability to create Distributed Port Groups (DPG), which provide a consistent network configuration across multiple hosts within a data center. In this lab, we will take a deep dive into the world of VMware Distributed Switches, guiding you step-by-step on how to create and configure Distributed Port Groups.