Duration
5 Days
30 CPD hours
This course is intended for
Storage and virtual infrastructure consultants, solution architects, and administrators who are responsible for production support and administration of VMware vSAN [v7]
Overview
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe vSAN concepts
Detail the underlying vSAN architecture and components
Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN
Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters
Describe the different vSAN deployment options
Explain how to configure vSAN fault domains
Detail how to define and create a VM Storage policy
Discuss the impact of vSAN storage policy changes
Describe vSAN storage space efficiency
Explain how vSAN encryption works
Identify requirements to configure vSAN iSCSI target
Detail HCI Mesh technology and architecture
Detail vSAN file service architecture and configuration
Explain the use cases of vSAN Direct
Describe how to setup stretched and two-node vSAN clusters
Explain the importance vSAN node hardware compatibility
Describe the use of VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager⢠to automate driver and firmware installations
Detail vSAN resilience and data availability
Discuss the vSAN cluster backup methodology
Describe the vSAN maintenance mode and data evacuation options
Define the steps to shut down a vSAN cluster for maintenance
Explain how to use proactive tests to check the integrity of a vSAN cluster
Use VMware Skyline Health⢠for monitoring vSAN health
Apply a structured approach to troubleshoot vSAN cluster configuration and operational problems
During this five-day, intensive course, you gain the knowledge, skills, and tools to plan and deploy a VMware vSAN? cluster. You learn about managing and operating vSAN. This course focuses on building the required skills for common Day-2 vSAN administrator tasks such as vSAN node management, cluster maintenance, security operations, and advanced vSAN cluster operations.You also focus on learning the tools and skills necessary to troubleshoot vSAN 7 implementations and gain practical experience with vSAN troubleshooting concepts through the completion of instructor-led activities and hands-on lab exercises.This course is a combination of the following courses: VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy, VMware vSAN: Management and Operations, and VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting.
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Introduction to vSAN
Describe vSAN architecture
Describe the vSAN software components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT
Identify vSAN objects and components
Describe the advantages of object-based storage
Describe the difference between All-Flash and Hybrid vSAN architecture
Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN
Discuss the vSAN integration and compatibility with other VMware technologies
Planning a vSAN Cluster
Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters
Apply vSAN cluster planning and deployment best practices
Determine and plan for storage consumption by data growth and failure tolerance
Design vSAN hosts for operational needs
Identify vSAN networking features and requirements
Describe ways of controlling traffic in a vSAN environment
Recognize best practices for vSAN network configurations
Deploying a vSAN Cluster
Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility
Ensure the compatibility of driver and firmware versioning
Use tools to automate driver validation and installation
Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance
Use vSphere Life Cycle Manager to perform upgrades
Deploy and configure a vSAN Cluster using Cluster Quickstart wizard
Manually configure a vSAN Cluster using vSphere Client
Explain and configure vSAN fault domains
Using vSphere HA with vSAN
Understand vSAN Cluster maintenance capabilities
Describe the difference between implicit and explicit fault domains
Create explicit fault domains
vSAN Storage Policies
Describe a vSAN Object
Describe how objects are split into components
Explain the purpose of witness components
Explain how vSAN stores large objects
View object and component placement on the vSAN Datastore
Explain how storage policies work with vSAN
Define and create a virtual machine storage policy
Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies
Change virtual machine storage policies dynamically
Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status
vSAN Resilience and Data Availability
Describe and configure the Object Repair Timer advanced option
Plan disk replacement in a vSAN cluster
Plan maintenance tasks to avoid vSAN object failures
Recognize the importance of managing snapshot utilization in a vSAN cluster
Configuring vSAN Storage Space Efficiency
Discuss Deduplication and Compression techniques
Understand Deduplication and Compression overhead
Discuss Compression only mode
Configure Erasure Coding
Configure swap object Thin Provisioning
Discuss Reclaiming Storage Space with SCSI UNMAP
Configure TRIM/UNMAP
vSAN Security Operations
Identify differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption
Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security
Describe the workflow of Data-in Transit encryption
Identify the steps involved in replacing Key Management Server
Introduction to Advanced vSAN Configurations
Identify requirements to configure vSAN iSCSI target
Detail HCI Mesh technology and architecture
Detail vSAN File Service architecture and configuration
Explain the use cases of vSAN Direct
vSAN Cluster Maintenance
Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations
Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options
Assess the impact on cluster objects of entering maintenance mode
Determine the specific data actions required after exiting maintenance mode
Define the steps to shut down and reboot hosts and vSAN clusters
Use best practices for boot devices
Replace vSAN Nodes
vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters
Describe the architecture and uses case for stretched clusters
Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN Witness node
Describe the architecture and uses case for two-node clusters
Explain the benefits of vSphere HA and vSphere Site Recovery Manager in a vSAN stretched cluster
Explain storage policies for vSAN stretched cluster
vSAN Cluster Monitoring
Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) enables VMware to improve products and services
Use vSphere Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN Cluster Health
Manage alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in vSphere Client
Create and configure custom alarms to trigger vSAN health issues
Use IO Insight metrics for monitoring vSAN performance
Analyse vsantop performance metrics
Use vSAN Proactive Test to detect and diagnose cluster issues
vSAN Troubleshooting Methodology
Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems
Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and optimize troubleshooting efficiency
vSAN Troubleshooting Tools
Use Skyline Health for vSAN to identify and correct issues in VMware vSAN
Discuss the ways to run various command-line tools
Discuss the ways to access VMware vSphere ESXi Shell
Use commands to view, configure, and manage your VMware vSphere environment
Discuss the esxcli vsan namespace commands
Use log files to help vSAN troubleshooting
Additional course details:Notes
Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC)
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