NS0-304 case studies
NS0-304 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The NetApp Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP (NS0-304) credential is aimed at storage and infrastructure professionals who administer NetApp ONTAP clusters day to day. It validates that you can build and manage aggregates and volumes, provision LUNs and file shares, configure NFS, SMB, and SAN client access, implement SnapMirror and SnapVault protection, tune and troubleshoot performance, apply security and access controls, and use automation and cloud integrations. The exam is delivered in English as multiple-choice, multiple-response, and scenario-based items spanning eight weighted domains, with cluster fundamentals, storage, provisioning, networking, and data protection each carrying the largest shares. Preparation should be hands-on: work through cluster setup, volume and LUN creation, export and share configuration, Snapshot and SnapMirror policies, and ONTAP CLI and System Manager tasks in a lab. The NS0-304 case studies are 5 cases and about 2,196 words.
1Adding a Third Node to a Switchless Two-Node Cluster
Two AFF A250 nodes run ONTAP 9.13.1 as a switchless cluster using direct-attached cluster ports c0a and c0b. The cluster serves 1,800 NFS and SMB users and is at 78% capacity.
538 words, about 3 min2Second Disk Failure During RAID Reconstruction on AFF
A four-node AFF A400 cluster runs ONTAP 9.12.1. Aggregate aggr1 contains 24 x 7.68TB NVMe SSDs in RAID-DP and has two spare disks.
451 words, about 2 min3Oracle ASM LUNs Exhaust Volume Space Despite Aggregate Free Space
A new Oracle 19c database on RHEL 8 uses eight 2TB LUNs in an ASM disk group with external redundancy. The LUNs are presented through an igroup with ALUA and Linux DM-Multipath.
395 words, about 2 min4NFSv4.1 Kerberos Mount Failures After DNS Change
An ONTAP 9.12 SVM named nfs svm exports NFSv4.1 with Kerberos 5 privacy (krb5p) to Linux clients in a Windows AD environment. The SVM has a data LIF on 10.1.0.50 and uses AD DNS.
425 words, about 2 min5SnapMirror Lag After Application Change Rate Jump
A 50TB volume on an AFF source in New York is protected by asynchronous SnapMirror to a FAS destination in Dallas over a 1Gbps WAN with 40ms RTT. The relationship transfers hourly.
387 words, about 2 min