Description

Introduction:

In today’s data-driven enterprises, managing data growth efficiently while ensuring compliance and cost-effectiveness is critical. Cloud archival allows organizations to move older or less frequently accessed data to cloud storage while maintaining accessibility and regulatory compliance.

This training on Cloud Archival Strategies with Rubrik provides IT professionals with a comprehensive understanding of how to leverage Rubrik’s cloud archival capabilities. Participants will learn to implement, manage, and optimize cloud archival policies for different workloads, ensuring data protection, long-term retention, and cost efficiency.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to design and execute cloud archival strategies using Rubrik, integrating on-premises storage with cloud environments, and optimizing data lifecycle management.

Prerequisites:

1. Basic knowledge of data backup and recovery concepts.
2. Familiarity with Rubrik architecture and UI.
3. Understanding of cloud storage concepts (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or other supported clouds).
4. Experience with SLA domains and backup policies in Rubrik is recommended.
5. Fundamental knowledge of enterprise data management and compliance requirements.

Table of Contents:

Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Archival

1. Understanding the need for cloud archival
2. Benefits of cloud-based data retention
3. Key considerations: cost, compliance, and accessibility

Module 2: Rubrik Cloud Archival Overview

1. Rubrik cloud archival architecture
2. Supported cloud providers
3. Cloud archival workflows

Module 3: Designing Cloud Archival Policies

1. Creating and managing SLA domains for archival
2. Setting retention rules for cloud storage
3. Tiering data between on-premises and cloud

Module 4: Implementing Cloud Archival

1. Step-by-step configuration in Rubrik UI
2. Automating archival tasks using Rubrik APIs
3. Validating archival jobs and monitoring status

Module 5: Optimizing Cloud Archival

1. Cost optimization strategies for cloud archival
2. Data deduplication and compression best practices
3. Managing archival for multi-cloud environments

Module 6: Compliance and Security in Cloud Archival

1. Ensuring regulatory compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.)
2. Encrypting data in transit and at rest
3. Access control and audit reporting

Module 7: Troubleshooting and Best Practices

1. Common archival challenges and solutions
2. Performance monitoring and alerting
3. Best practices for long-term data management

Module 8: Hands-On Lab / Practical Exercises

1. Configuring cloud archival policies
2. Archiving sample workloads to cloud storage
3. Verifying retrieval and recovery of archived data

Module 9: Summary and Q&A

1. 1. Key takeaways
   2. Open discussion and participant questions
   3. References for further learning.