You have successfully planned and ordered an AWS Snowcone. Once you receive Snowcone, you will configure the network settings, users, and (optionally) start the compute service in order to prepare to deploy.

This is the third and final course in the Snowcone series. In this course, you explore functionality and deployment best practices associated with Snowcone. You also learn about data synchronization options, and how to use AWS OpsHub to synchronize your data and monitor the Snowcone.

• Course level: Intermediate
• Duration: 75 minutes

Activities

This course includes self-paced reading modules, video demonstrations, and a quiz for knowledge check.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Describe an overview of the process to prepare and deploy Snowcone
• Describe the purpose and major features of AWS OpsHub
• Explain the purpose of the AWS Snowball Edge Client
• Explain the steps to prepare for Snowcone deployment
• Explain the steps to set up Snowcone
• Explain the steps to configure compute and deploy Snowcone
• Describe the steps required for online data transfer using AWS OpsHub
• Explain the process to monitor Snowcone using AWS OpsHub

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Cloud administrators
• Storage administrators
• Cloud architects
• Migration engineers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have completed:

• AWS Snowcone Getting Started
• AWS Snowcone Logistics and Planning

Course outline

Introduction

• Introduction
• Preparations for using Snowcone

AWS OpsHub and Snowball Edge client introduction

• Overview of AWS OpsHub
• Overview of the AWS Snowball Edge client

Getting started with AWS Snowcone

• Getting started with using Snowcone
• Setting up AWS OpsHub and unlocking Snowcone
• Unlocking Snowcone using Snowball Edge client and AWS CLI
• Updating the Snowcone device

Using Snowcone

• Using compute instances locally
• Using NFS file shares to manage file storage
• Using AWS DataSync to transfer files to AWS
• Managing your Snowcone

Demonstrations

• Demonstrations: Using Snowcone

Knowledge check

• Knowledge check

Resources, survey, and feedback

• Additional resources
• Thank you and feedback