VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.7]

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In this three-day course, you focus on deploying and managing a software-defined storage solution with VMware vSAN™ 6.7. You learn how vSAN functions as an important component in the VMware software-defined data center. You gain practical experience with vSAN concepts through the completion of hands-on lab exercises.

This course is also available in an On Demand format.

In this three-day course, you focus on deploying and managing a software-defined storage solution with VMware vSAN™ 6.7. You learn how vSAN functions as an important component in the VMware software-defined data center. You gain practical experience with vSAN concepts through the completion of hands-on lab exercises.

This course is also available in an On Demand format.

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Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who want to use software-defined storage with vSAN

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By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Describe the vSAN architecture


• Identify vSAN features and use cases


• Configure vSAN networking components


• Configure a vSAN cluster


• Deploy virtual machines on a vSAN datastore


• Configure virtual machine storage policies


• Perform ongoing vSAN management tasks


• Configure vSAN encryption


• Control vSAN resynchronization tasks


• Create and manage nested fault domains


• Use the vSAN health service to monitor health and performance


• Configure a stretched cluster and observe failover scenarios


• Describe vSAN interoperability with VMware vSphere&reg features and other products


• Plan and design a vSAN cluster

Outline:

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics


• Course objectives


• Describe the software-defined data center

2 Introduction to vSAN

• Describe basic vSAN architecture and components


• Describe the differences between file, block, and object storage


• Explain the advantages of object-based storage


• Detail the configuration of a vSAN cluster


• Install and validate the initial vSAN installation and configuration

3 vSAN Configuration

• Apply vSAN design considerations


• Detail the expansion of a vSAN cluster


• Configure vSAN disk groups manually


• Identify physical network configuration requirements


• Describe the configuration of vSAN networking


• Test and validate the vSAN configuration and functionality


• Describe the vSAN architecture and components


• Describe the differences between the vSAN hybrid and all-flash architectures


• Describe the advantages of all-flash architecture


• Describe the space-efficiency features of vSAN


• Describe the different vSAN assessment tools


• Explain vSAN License Details

4 vSAN Policies and Virtual Machines

• 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

5 Managing and Operating vSAN

• Explain how to configure encryption in the vSAN cluster


• Explain the management of hardware storage devices


• Identify alarms for vSAN events


• Describe and configure fault domains


• Describe the configuration of the vSAN iSCSI service, iSCSI targets, and LUNS

6 Stretched Clusters and Two-Node Clusters

• Describe the architecture for stretched clusters and two-node clusters


• Create a stretched cluster


• Describe how stretched cluster storage policies affect vSAN objects


• Create and apply a vSAN stretched cluster policy to meet specific needs


• Discuss the behavior of a stretched cluster when various types of failures occur

7 Monitoring and Troubleshooting vSAN

• Discuss hardware failure scenarios


• Describe the process of resynchronization


• Explain the possible reasons for resynchronization


• Describe the use of vSphere Client to detect issues


• Explain the use of the health service to monitor vSAN health


• Explain the use of the performance service to monitor vSAN performance.


• Monitor and test the vSAN environment


• Describe vSAN architecture components and the PNOMA OSI model.

Předpoklady

• Storage administration experience on block or file storage devices


• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] course

Experience working at the command line is helpful.

The course material presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:

• Use VMware vSphere® Client


• Create and manage VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers, clusters, hosts, and virtual machines


• Create and modify a standard switch


• Create and modify a distributed switch


• Connect a VMware ESXi™ host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage


• Create a VMware vSphere® VMFS datastore


• Use a wizard or a template to create a virtual machine


• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion®


• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®

If you cannot complete all of these tasks, VMware recommends that you complete the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7] course before enrolling in VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage.

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