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.
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who want to use software-defined storage with vSAN
Szkolenie realizowane jest przy współpracy z naszym Partnerem - firmą szkoleniową Arrow ECS Sp. z o.o.,
Czas trwania: 3 Dni
This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:
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:
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
Module 1. Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Describe the software-defined data center
Module 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
Module 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
Module 4. vSAN Configuration
Identify physical network configuration requirements
Configure vSAN networking
Configure a vSAN cluster
Test and validate the vSAN configuration and functionality
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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 and vSAN Observer
Module 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
Module 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