VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.6]
VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.6]
Summary:
Classroom Schedule
Live Online Schedule
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Course Datasheet
- Formats: Classroom, Live Online, Onsite
- Length: 3 Days
Overview:
In this three-day course, you will focus on deploying and managing a software-defined storage solution with VMware vSAN™ 6.6. You will learn how vSAN functions as an important component in the VMware software-defined data center. You will gain practical experience with vSAN concepts through the completion of hands-on lab exercises.
This course is also available in an On Demand format. For more information, select this link: VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.6] - On Demand.
Product Alignment
• ESXi 6.5
• vCenter Server 6.5
• vSAN 6.6
Objectives: 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
• Outline the tasks for upgrading to vSAN 6.6
• 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® features and other products
• Plan and design a vSAN cluster
Intended Audience: Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who want to use software-defined storage with vSAN
Prerequisites: This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:
• Storage administration experience on block or file storage devices
• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.5] 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® Web Client
• Create and manage VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers, clusters, hosts, and virtual
machines
• Create and modify a standard 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 [V6.5] course before enrolling in VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage.
Outline: 1.Course Introduction
◦Introductions and course logistics
◦Course objectives
◦Describe the software-defined data center
2.Storage Fundamentals
◦Define common storage technologies
◦Identify characteristics of storage devices: magnetic and flash-based devices
◦Identify and explain various types of storage architectures
◦Identify SAN performance factors
3.Introduction to vSAN
◦Describe the vSAN architecture and components
◦Describe the differences between the vSAN hybrid and all-flash architectures
◦Describe the space-efficiency features of vSAN
4.vSAN Configuration
◦Identify physical network configuration requirements
◦Configure vSAN networking
◦Configure a vSAN cluster
◦Test and validate the vSAN configuration and functionality
5.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
◦Discuss the vsanSparse snapshot format
◦Explain the considerations for vsanSparse snapshots
6.Managing and Operating vSAN
◦Manage hardware storage devices
◦Manage hardware device failures
◦Identify vCenter Server alarms for vSAN events
◦Configure fault domains
◦Upgrade to vSAN 6.6
7.Stretched Clusters and Two-Node Clusters
◦Describe the architecture for stretched clusters and two-node clusters
◦Create a stretched cluster using a two-node configuration
◦Configure VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ for a stretched cluster
◦Demonstrate stretched cluster failover scenarios
8.Monitoring and Troubleshooting vSAN
◦Use vSphere Web Client to detect issues
◦Use the vSAN health service to monitor health and performance
◦Monitor vSAN with VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™
◦Use ESXi commands to monitor the vSAN environment
◦Monitor vSAN with Ruby vSphere Console
9.Interoperability with vSphere Features
◦Identify vSphere features and VMware products that interoperate with vSAN
◦Describe how vSAN interoperates with third-party products and solutions
10.Designing a vSAN Deployment
◦Understand vSAN design considerations
◦Plan and design vSAN clusters
◦Identify the design and sizing tools for vSAN
◦Describe vSAN use cases