During this five-day course, you will gain the knowledge, skills, and tools to plan and deploy a VMware vSAN cluster. You will learn about managing and operating vSAN. This course focuses on building the required skills for common Day-2 vSAN administrator tasks such as vSAN node management, cluster maintenance, security operations, and advanced vSAN cluster operations. You will learn these skills through the completion of instructor-led activities and hands-on lab exercises.
* Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe vSAN concepts
Detail the underlying vSAN architecture and components
Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN
Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters
Explain the importance vSAN node hardware compatibility
Describe the use of VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager to automate driver and firmware installations
Describe the different vSAN deployment options
Explain how to configure vSAN fault domains
Detail how to define and create a VM storage policy
Discuss the impact of vSAN storage policy changes
Detail vSAN resilience and data availability
Describe vSAN storage space efficiency
Explain how vSAN encryption works
Identify requirements to configure the vSAN iSCSI target
Detail VMware HCI Mesh technology and architecture
Detail vSAN File Service architecture and configuration
Explain the use cases of vSAN Direct Configuration
Describe how to setup a stretched and a two-node vSAN cluster
Discuss vSAN cluster backup methodology
Describe vSAN maintenance mode and data evacuation options
Define the steps to shut down a vSAN cluster for maintenance
Explain how to use proactive tests to check the integrity of a vSAN cluster
Use VMware Skyline Health™ for monitoring vSAN health
$4,250
Length: 5.0 days (40 hours)
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