VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage
• Apply vSAN cluster planning and deployment best practices
VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage
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1 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
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• Course objectives
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2 Introduction to vSAN
• Describe vSAN architecture
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• Describe the vSAN software components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT
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• Identify vSAN objects and components
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• Describe the advantages of object-based storage
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• Describe the difference between All-Flash and Hybrid vSAN architecture
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• Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN
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• Discuss the vSAN integration and compatibility with other VMware technologies
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3 Planning a vSAN Cluster
• Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters
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• Apply vSAN cluster planning and deployment best practices
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• Determine and plan for storage consumption by data growth and failure tolerance
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• Design vSAN hosts for operational needs
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• Identify vSAN networking features and requirements
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• Describe ways of controlling traffic in a vSAN environment
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• Recognize best practices for vSAN network configurations
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4 Deploying a vSAN Cluster
• Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility
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• Ensure the compatibility of driver and firmware versioning
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• Use tools to automate driver validation and installation
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• Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance
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• Use VMware vSphere® Lifecycle ManagerTM to perform upgrades
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• Deploy and configure a vSAN Cluster using the Cluster QuickStart wizard
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• Manually configure a vSAN Cluster using VMware vSphere® Client™
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• Explain and configure vSAN fault domains
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• Using VMware vSphere® High Availability with vSAN
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• Understand vSAN Cluster maintenance capabilities
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• Describe the difference between implicit and explicit fault domains
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• Create explicit fault domains
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5 vSAN Storage Policies
• Describe a vSAN object
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• Describe how objects are split into components
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• Explain the purpose of witness components
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• Explain how vSAN stores large objects
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• View object and component placement on the vSAN datastore
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• Explain how storage policies work with vSAN
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• Define and create a virtual machine storage policy
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• Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies
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• Change virtual machine storage policies dynamically
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• Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status
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6 vSAN Resilience and Data Availability
• Describe and configure the Object Repair Timer advanced option
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• Plan disk replacement in a vSAN cluster
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• Plan maintenance tasks to avoid vSAN object failures
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• Recognize the importance of managing snapshot utilization in a vSAN cluster
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7 Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency
• Discuss deduplication and compression techniques
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• Understand deduplication and compression overhead
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• Discuss compression only mode
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• Configure erasure coding
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• Configure swap object thin provisioning
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• Discuss reclaiming storage space with SCSI UNMAP
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• Configure TRIM/UNMAP
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8 vSAN Security Operations
• Identify differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption
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• Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security
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• Describe the workflow of data-in transit encryption
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• Identify the steps involved in replacing Key Management Server
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9 vSAN HCI Mesh
• Understand the purpose of vSAN HCI Mesh
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• Detail vSAN HCI Mesh technology and architecture
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• Perform mount and unmount of a remote datastore
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10 vSAN File Service and iSCSI Target Service
• Understand the purpose of vSAN File Services
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• Detail vSAN File Services architecture
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• Configure vSAN File Shares
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• Describe vSAN iSCSI Target Service
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11 vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters
• Describe the architecture and uses case for stretched clusters
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• Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN witness node
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• Describe the architecture and uses case for two- node clusters
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• Explain storage policies for vSAN stretched cluster
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12 vSAN Cluster Maintenance
• Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations
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• Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options
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• Assess the impact on cluster objects of entering maintenance mode
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• Determine the specific data actions required after exiting maintenance mode
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• Define the steps to shut down and reboot hosts and vSAN clusters
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• Use best practices for boot devices
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• Replace vSAN nodes
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13 vSAN Cluster Monitoring
• Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) enables VMware to improve products and services
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• Use VMware Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN cluster health
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• Manage alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in VMware vSphere® Client™
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• Create and configure custom alarms to trigger vSAN health issues
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• Use IOInsight metrics for monitoring vSAN performance
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• Use a vSAN proactive test to detect and diagnose cluster issues
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14 vSAN Troubleshooting
• Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems
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• Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and optimize troubleshooting efficiency
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• Use VMware Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions
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• Explain which log files are useful for vSAN troubleshooting
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15 vSAN Express Storage Architecture
• Understand the purpose of vSAN Express Storage Architecture
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• Describe the vSAN Express Storage Architecture components
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• Identify Storage Policy differences
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• Understand compression and encryption operation differences
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