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Please note: This training replaces the courses VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage V6.x and VMware vSAN: Production Operations (V6.x).
This advanced course is carried out directly by VMware.
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In this three-day course, you learn about managing and operating VMware vSAN™ 7. 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 also gain practical experience through the completion of instructor-led activities and hands-on lab exercises.
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Course Contents
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- Course Introduction
- vSAN Node Management
- vSAN Resilience and Data Availability Operations
- vSAN Cluster Maintenance
- HCI Mesh Using Remote vSAN
- Managing Advanced vSAN Cluster Operations
- Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency Operations
- vSAN Security Operations
- vSAN Cluster Monitoring
- vSAN Direct
- Native vSAN File Service
You will receive the original course documentation from VMware as an e-book.
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Target Group
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Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who are responsible for production support and administration of VMware vSAN 7.
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Knowledge Prerequisites
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Completion of the following courses is required:
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (v7) or equivalent knowledge
• VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy (v7)
| 1 Course Introduction |
| • Introductions and course logistics |
| • Course objectives |
| 2 vSAN Node Management |
| • Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility |
| • Ensure the compatibility of driver and firmware versioning |
| • Use tools to automate driver validation and installation |
| • Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance |
| • Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades |
| 3 vSAN Resilience and Data Availability Operations |
| • Describe vSAN storage policies |
| • Recognize the impact of a vSAN storage policy change |
| • Describe and configure the Object Repair Timer advanced option |
| • Plan disk replacement in a vSAN cluster |
| • Plan maintenance tasks to avoid vSAN object failures |
| • Recognize the importance of managing snapshot utilization in a vSAN cluster |
| • Configure the vSAN fault domains |
| 4 vSAN Cluster Maintenance |
| • Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations |
| • Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options |
| • Assess the impact on cluster objects of entering maintenance mode |
| • Determine the specific data actions required after exiting maintenance mode |
| • Define the steps to shut down and reboot hosts and vSAN clusters |
| • Use best practices for boot devices |
| • Replace vSAN nodes |
| 5 HCI Mesh Using Remote vSAN |
| • Discuss the use cases for Remote vSAN |
| • Understand the high-level architecture |
| • Describe remote datastore operations |
| • Discuss the network requirement |
| • Interoperability between Remote vSAN and VMware vSphere-High Availability |
| 6 Managing Advanced vSAN Cluster Operations |
| • Describe the architecture for stretched clusters and two-node clusters |
| • Understand the importance of Witness Node |
| • Describe how stretched cluster storage policies affect vSAN objects |
| • Create and apply a vSAN stretched cluster policy to meet specific needs |
| • Discuss stretched cluster failure scenarios and responses |
| 7 Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency Operations |
| • Discuss Deduplication and Compression techniques |
| • Understand Deduplication and Compression overhead |
| • Discuss Compression only mode |
| • Configure Erasure Coding |
| • Configure swap object Thin Provisioning |
| • Discuss Reclaiming Storage Space with SCSI UNMAP |
| • Configure TRIM/UNMAP |
| 8 vSAN Security Operations |
| • Identify differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption |
| • Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security |
| • Describe the workflow of Data-in Transit encryption |
| • Identify the steps involved in replacing Key Management Server |
| 9 vSAN Cluster Monitoring |
| • Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) enables VMware to improve products and services |
| • Use vSphere Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN Cluster Health |
| • Manage alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in vSphere Client |
| • Create and configure custom alarms to trigger vSAN health issues |
| • Use IO Insight metrics for monitoring vSAN performance |
| • Analyse vsantop performance metrics |
| • Use vSAN Proactive Test to detect and diagnose cluster issues |
| 10 vSAN Direct |
| • Discuss the use cases for vSAN Direct |
| • Understand the overall architecture of vSAN Direct |
| • Describe the workflow of vSAN Direct datastore creation |
| • Explore how vSAN Direct works with storage policy tagging |
| 11 Native vSAN File Service |
| • Discuss the use cases for vSAN file service |
| • Understand the high-level architecture of vSAN file service |
| • Discuss the authentication model |
| • Configure file shares |
| • Monitor file share health and capacity utilization |
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Classroom training
- Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!
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Hybrid training
- Hybrid training means that online participants can additionally attend a classroom course. The dynamics of a real seminar are maintained, and the online participants are able to benefit from that. Online participants of a hybrid course use a collaboration platform, such as WebEx Training Center or Saba Meeting. To do this, a PC with browser and Internet access is required, as well as a headset and ideally a Web cam. In the seminar room, we use specially developed and customized audio- and video-technologies. This makes sure that the communication between all persons involved works in a convenient and fault-free way.
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Online training
- You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.
-
Tailor-made courses
-
You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
You can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.-
Please note: This training replaces the courses VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage V6.x and VMware vSAN: Production Operations (V6.x).
This advanced course is carried out directly by VMware.
-
In this three-day course, you learn about managing and operating VMware vSAN™ 7. 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 also gain practical experience through the completion of instructor-led activities and hands-on lab exercises.
-
Course Contents
-
- Course Introduction
- vSAN Node Management
- vSAN Resilience and Data Availability Operations
- vSAN Cluster Maintenance
- HCI Mesh Using Remote vSAN
- Managing Advanced vSAN Cluster Operations
- Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency Operations
- vSAN Security Operations
- vSAN Cluster Monitoring
- vSAN Direct
- Native vSAN File Service
You will receive the original course documentation from VMware as an e-book.
-
Target Group
-
Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who are responsible for production support and administration of VMware vSAN 7.
-
Knowledge Prerequisites
-
Completion of the following courses is required:
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (v7) or equivalent knowledge
• VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy (v7)
| 1 Course Introduction |
| • Introductions and course logistics |
| • Course objectives |
| 2 vSAN Node Management |
| • Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility |
| • Ensure the compatibility of driver and firmware versioning |
| • Use tools to automate driver validation and installation |
| • Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance |
| • Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades |
| 3 vSAN Resilience and Data Availability Operations |
| • Describe vSAN storage policies |
| • Recognize the impact of a vSAN storage policy change |
| • Describe and configure the Object Repair Timer advanced option |
| • Plan disk replacement in a vSAN cluster |
| • Plan maintenance tasks to avoid vSAN object failures |
| • Recognize the importance of managing snapshot utilization in a vSAN cluster |
| • Configure the vSAN fault domains |
| 4 vSAN Cluster Maintenance |
| • Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations |
| • Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options |
| • Assess the impact on cluster objects of entering maintenance mode |
| • Determine the specific data actions required after exiting maintenance mode |
| • Define the steps to shut down and reboot hosts and vSAN clusters |
| • Use best practices for boot devices |
| • Replace vSAN nodes |
| 5 HCI Mesh Using Remote vSAN |
| • Discuss the use cases for Remote vSAN |
| • Understand the high-level architecture |
| • Describe remote datastore operations |
| • Discuss the network requirement |
| • Interoperability between Remote vSAN and VMware vSphere-High Availability |
| 6 Managing Advanced vSAN Cluster Operations |
| • Describe the architecture for stretched clusters and two-node clusters |
| • Understand the importance of Witness Node |
| • Describe how stretched cluster storage policies affect vSAN objects |
| • Create and apply a vSAN stretched cluster policy to meet specific needs |
| • Discuss stretched cluster failure scenarios and responses |
| 7 Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency Operations |
| • Discuss Deduplication and Compression techniques |
| • Understand Deduplication and Compression overhead |
| • Discuss Compression only mode |
| • Configure Erasure Coding |
| • Configure swap object Thin Provisioning |
| • Discuss Reclaiming Storage Space with SCSI UNMAP |
| • Configure TRIM/UNMAP |
| 8 vSAN Security Operations |
| • Identify differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption |
| • Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security |
| • Describe the workflow of Data-in Transit encryption |
| • Identify the steps involved in replacing Key Management Server |
| 9 vSAN Cluster Monitoring |
| • Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) enables VMware to improve products and services |
| • Use vSphere Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN Cluster Health |
| • Manage alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in vSphere Client |
| • Create and configure custom alarms to trigger vSAN health issues |
| • Use IO Insight metrics for monitoring vSAN performance |
| • Analyse vsantop performance metrics |
| • Use vSAN Proactive Test to detect and diagnose cluster issues |
| 10 vSAN Direct |
| • Discuss the use cases for vSAN Direct |
| • Understand the overall architecture of vSAN Direct |
| • Describe the workflow of vSAN Direct datastore creation |
| • Explore how vSAN Direct works with storage policy tagging |
| 11 Native vSAN File Service |
| • Discuss the use cases for vSAN file service |
| • Understand the high-level architecture of vSAN file service |
| • Discuss the authentication model |
| • Configure file shares |
| • Monitor file share health and capacity utilization |
-
Classroom training
- Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!
-
Hybrid training
- Hybrid training means that online participants can additionally attend a classroom course. The dynamics of a real seminar are maintained, and the online participants are able to benefit from that. Online participants of a hybrid course use a collaboration platform, such as WebEx Training Center or Saba Meeting. To do this, a PC with browser and Internet access is required, as well as a headset and ideally a Web cam. In the seminar room, we use specially developed and customized audio- and video-technologies. This makes sure that the communication between all persons involved works in a convenient and fault-free way.
-
Online training
- You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.
-
Tailor-made courses
-
You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
You can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.
Hybrid Training
Trainer language German