Description

Introduction

This training is designed to provide IT professionals and system administrators with a comprehensive understanding of Rubrik’s SLA (Service Level Agreement) Domains and backup policies. You will learn how Rubrik manages data protection, automates backup scheduling, enforces retention policies, and ensures compliance with organizational requirements. By the end of this training, participants will be able to design, implement, and manage SLA domains tailored to business needs, optimizing data availability and recovery strategies.

Prerequisites

1. Basic understanding of IT infrastructure: Knowledge of servers, storage, and networking.
2. Familiarity with virtualization: Basic concepts of VMware, Hyper-V, or similar platforms.
3. Foundational knowledge of data protection: Awareness of backup and recovery concepts, including snapshots, replication, and retention policies.
4. Access to Rubrik environment: Hands-on exercises will require a sandbox or lab access to Rubrik UI.

Table of Contents

Module 1: Introduction to Rubrik SLA Domains

1. What are SLA Domains?
2. Role of SLA Domains in Rubrik
3. Overview of data retention and compliance

Module 2: Understanding SLA Policies

1. Definition and components of SLA Policies
2. Backup frequency and retention settings
3. Archival and replication options
4. Setting up RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective)

Module 3: Mapping Workloads to SLA Domains

1. Assigning VMs, applications, and databases to SLA Domains
2. Best practices for workload classification
3. Policy inheritance and overrides

Module 4: SLA Domain Configuration

1. Creating and managing SLA Domains in Rubrik UI
2. Configuring schedules, retention, and archival policies
3. Policy enforcement and compliance monitoring

Module 5: Advanced SLA Concepts

1. Cross-cluster replication and multi-region SLA policies
2. Handling legal hold and data immutability
3. Troubleshooting SLA domain conflicts and misconfigurations

Module 6: Practical Exercises

1. Hands-on creation of SLA Domains
2. Assigning workloads and validating backup schedules
3. Simulating restore operations based on SLA policies

Module 7: Monitoring & Reporting

1. Using Rubrik dashboards for SLA compliance
2. Reporting on backups, retention, and SLA adherence
3. Alerts and notifications for SLA breaches

Module 8: Summary & Best Practices

1. Key takeaways from SLA Domain management
2. Tips for optimizing backup policies
3. Questions and discussion