Cohesity Installation

Cohesity Education

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 Jason Joder (Efland, North Carolina)
Technical Trainer and Developer

• Over 20 years in IT
• VCP, MCP, NPP, NSS, ETC
• Storage, Virtualization and Databases
• Taught SRE Bootcamps
• Tech Support for many years

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Course Introduction

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 Cohesity Helios Platform Overview
1 The company and the platform

Cohesity Core Concepts

2 Fundamentals and core terminologies

Agenda 3
Systems & Hardware
Overview of hardware and software systems

Physical Components, Install Planning and Tools

4 Rack rails, NICs, cables, install preparations, installation software and hardware tools

Cluster Networking
5 Overview of cluster networking and configuration scenarions

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 Post Install Configuration, Upgrade, Patching and Post Install Checks
6 Post Install configuration options, upgrading, patching, and post install checks

Cohesity CE Installation
7 Installing a CE cluster on AWS

Agenda
Cohesity Market Place
8 Overview of Apps

Cohesity Troubleshooting and Support

9 Troubleshooting tools, logs, working with Cohesity support

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Lab Access

Login to https://cohesity.learnondemand.net/ using your corporate email

address and the password provided by the instructor and select the class
Example:
https://cohesity.learnondemand.net/ClassEnrollment/xxxx

Launch the lab to start

Password should be cohesity123!

If this password was changed from a previous class please reset the
password again

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 Lab Topology Node-1 Node-2 Node-3 Node-4

ESXi-Multi-Node
esxi-multi-node.cohesitylabs.local

Jump Host DNS server

192.168.1.0/24

Default gateway

https://cohesity.learnondemand.net/
Host IP address/Name

ESXi-Multi-Node 192.168.1.200

Cohesity-Node-1 192.168.1.91
Learner
Cohesity-Node-2 192.168.1.92

Cohesity-Node-3 192.168.1.93
time.google.com
Cohesity-Node-4 192.168.1.94

Default gateway 192.168.1.1

DNS server 192.168.1.10

NTP server time.google.com

Cluster’s FQDN cohesity-

a.cohesitylabs.local
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Certifications & Courses
Customer and Partner Certifications

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Certifications

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Cohesity Certifications
Navigate to the Certification Solution Brief
Become Data Management Certified with Cohesity

● Take free online practice exams to make sure you’re ready for the proctored exam.

● Schedule and take your exam remotely via Yardstick.

● Manage and Share Your Digital Badges

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Cohesity Academy Certifications

https://www.cohesity.com/resource-assets/solution-brief/certification-solution-brief.pdf

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Cohesity Academy Certifications (Cont.)

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Cohesity Academy Certifications (Cont.)

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Expanded Partner Business Opportunities
through Professional Services Delivery PS Partner
Authorization
An enhancement to our Cohesity Partner Program enabling
partners to deliver Cohesity-focused professional services (PS).
Individual Certifications

Benefits

Requirements

Company-level Authorizations

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Cohesity Academy Badges

https://www.credly.com/organizations/cohesity/badges
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Exam Information

• 60 Questions
• 1.5 Hour time
• Cost 150.00
• 62% to pass
• Certification Information
• https://partners.cohesity.com/s/cohesity-academy/professional-services-certifications

• Exam Information
• https://cohesity.docebosaas.com/partners/learn/learning_plan/view/70/cohesity-certified-installation-professional

• Practice Exam
• https://cohesity.docebosaas.com/partners/learn/course/512/practice-exam-cohesity-certified-installation-professional;lp=70

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Prepare for an Exam
• We do not require coursework prior to taking an exam, but we do recommend six (6)
months on-the-job experience.

• To supplement your knowledge, Cohesity provides optional training courses, a study

guide and sample questions to help you prepare for each certification exam.

• See the certification solution brief document for more details on exam
preparation

• See the Professional Services (PS) Professional Certifications page on the

Partners Portal for more details on PS certification exam preparation

• partner portal > Partner Program > Prof Services tab

Shadow Request

https://www.cohesity.com/resource-assets/solution-brief/certification-solution-brief.pdf
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Cohesity Academy Certifications (Cont.)
More Details on PS Courses & Certifications

2 Select the “Academy” tab, then the “Post Sales” sub tab

1 Log in to https://my.cohesity.com/ and launch the Partner Portal

3 Click the “Professional Services Certifications” icon

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Cohesity Academy Certifications (Cont.)
Course Catalog

View your Course Catalog

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Course Catalog
Navigate to Cohesity Academy
https://www.cohesity.com/academy/

Select See
all courses

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How to find classes in Skillable

• Click on the 3 bars on the left-hand side

• Select Course Catalog
• Search for Installation

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Register for an Exam

https://cohesity.ysasecure.com/signup
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Register for an Exam (Cont.)

https://cohesity.ysasecure.com/products
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Thank You

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change without notice; and (c) is provided on an “AS IS” basis. Cohesity disclaims all express or implied conditions, representations, warranties of any kind.
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Cohesity, the Cohesity logo, SnapTree, SpanFS, DataPlatform, DataProtect, Helios, and other Cohesity marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cohesity, Inc. in the US and/or internationally. Other company and
product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. This material (a) is intended to provide you information about Cohesity and our business and products; (b) was believed to be
true and accurate at the time it was written, but is subject to change without notice; and (c) is provided on an “AS IS” basis. Cohesity disclaims all express or implied conditions, representations, warranties of any kind.