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Course Overview
In this course, you will focus on deploying and managing a software-defined storage solution with VMware Virtual SAN™ 6.2. You will learn how Virtual SAN functions as an important component in the VMware software-defined data center. You will gain practical experience with Virtual SAN concepts through the completion of hands-on lab exercises.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Describe the Virtual SAN architecture
- Identify Virtual SAN features and use cases
- Configure Virtual SAN networking components
- Configure a Virtual SAN cluster
- Deploy virtual machines on a Virtual SAN datastore
- Configure virtual machine storage policies
- Perform ongoing Virtual SAN management tasks
- Outline the tasks for upgrading to Virtual SAN 6.2
- Use the Virtual SAN health service to monitor health and performance
- Monitor Virtual SAN with VMware ESXi™ commands and the Ruby vSphere Console
- Configure a stretched cluster and observe failover scenarios
- Describes Virtual SAN interoperability with VMware vSphere® and other products
- Plan and design a Virtual SAN cluster
Target Audience
- Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who want to use software-defined storage with Virtual SAN
Course Modules
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 Virtual SAN
- Describes the Virtual SAN architecture and components
- Describes the differences between the Virtual SAN hybrid and all-flash architectures
- Describes the space-efficiency features of Virtual SAN
4. Virtual SAN Configuration
- Identify physical network configuration requirements
- Configure Virtual SAN networking
- Configure a Virtual SAN cluster
- Test and validate the Virtual SAN configuration and functionality
5. Virtual SAN Policies and Virtual Machines
- Explain how storage policies work with Virtual SAN
- 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 Virtual SAN
- Manage hardware storage devices
- Manage hardware device failures
- Identify vCenter Server alarms for Virtual SAN events
- Configure fault domains
- Upgrade to Virtual SAN 6.2
7. Monitoring and Troubleshooting Virtual SAN
- Use vSphere Web Client to detect issues
- Use the Virtual SAN health service to monitor health and performance
- Virtual SAN Monitor with VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™
- Use ESXi commands to monitor the Virtual SAN environment
- Monitor Virtual SAN with Ruby vSphere Console and Virtual SAN Observer
8. 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
9. Interoperability with vSphere Features
- Identify vSphere features and VMware products that interoperate with Virtual SAN
- Describes how Virtual SAN interoperates with third-party products and solutions
10. Designing a Virtual SAN Deployment
- Understand Virtual SAN design considerations
- Plan and design Virtual SAN clusters
- Identify the design and sizing tools for Virtual SAN
- Describes Virtual SAN use cases