NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—Data Protection Specialists have proven skills in positioning NetApp disaster recovery solutions, assessing customer data storage requirements, and implementing backup and recovery solutions.
NCIE Data Protection logos and certificates will be granted to those individuals who successfully obtain NetApp Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP (NCDA) certification, then pass the NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—Data Protection (NS0-513) exam.
NS0-513
NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—Data Protection
The NS0-513 exam includes 60 test questions, with an allotted time of 1-1/2 hours to complete. In countries where English is not the native language, candidates for whom English is not their first language will be granted a 30-minute extension to the allotted examination completion time.
The NS0-513 exam includes the following topics:
ONTAP Replication Technology
Describe how ONTAP replication technology works within a NetApp Data Fabric including Snapshot copies and SnapMirror replication
Describe how high-availability configurations operate within an ONTAP Cluster
Describe how a MetroCluster configuration can ensure business continuity
Identify the difference between synchronous and asynchronous replication for applications and VM
Planning ONTAP Data Protection Implementation
Identify ONTAP data protection solutions in traditional on-premise configurations, private clouds, hybrid cloud, and storage tiering environments
Demonstrate how to apply ONTAP guidelines and use tools: sizing guidelines, Interoperability Matrix Tool, RPO calculator, Savings Calculator, Hardware Universe
Describe the implementation steps for application- and virtualization-specific workloads, including Snapshot retention policies
Distinguish between a consistent file system and an application-consistent backup
Demonstrate how to develop a course of action to recover customer ONTAP data after a disaster
Identify how to implement security related to ONTAP data protection: NetApp Volume Encryption, NetApp Security Encryption, SnapLock, key management
Describe how to plan for ONTAP data protection in the Data Fabric
Configuring Data Protection Software
Describe how to configure ONTAP Snapshots, SnapMirror policies, SnapMirror for SVMs, and MetroCluster using the command-line interface and System Manager
Identify which tool to use to set up ONTAP-based storage and schedule policies
Operating Data Protection Deployments
Demonstrate how to back up or restore NAS, SAN, VM, object and application data using ONTAP
Demonstrate how to locate and protect unprotected ONTAP volumes using OnCommand Unified Manager
Describe how to use WorkFlow Automator (WFA) products to orchestrate failover and failback for application servers
Describe how to use SnapCenter as an external backup application
Describe how to verify that backup and replication jobs are up-to-date
Demonstrate how to validate that an ONTAP backup is successfully restored
Best Practices
Describe strategies for implementing ONTAP data protection products in the data fabric using SnapMirror, MetroCluster, Unified Data Replication (UDP), network compression, Cloud Backup
Describe how to calculate transfer time based on the customer's available bandwidth and latency distance for ONTAP data protection products
Describe storage efficiency for ONTAP data protection
Describe automation policies for managing volume capacity
Describe monitoring or reporting techniques for ONTAP data protection solutions