Course 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.
Who should attend
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] course
Course 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
Course Content
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
- Describe the software-defined data center
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
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
vSAN Configuration
- Identify physical network configuration requirements
- Configure vSAN networking
- Configure a vSAN cluster
- Test and validate the vSAN configuration and functionality
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
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
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
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
Interoperability with vSphere Features
- Identify vSphere features and VMware products that interoperate with vSAN
- Describe how vSAN interoperates with third-party products and solutions
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