VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy [V7] – On Demand
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- Formats:
Lab,
Subscription
- Length: 30 Days
Overview:
This training course, equivalent to 2 days of training, provides you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to plan and deploy a VMware vSAN™ cluster. In this course, you are taught the many considerations that the vSAN configuration has on the initial planning of the vSAN datastore. You also manually configure a vSAN cluster.
This course is also available in an Instructor-Led Training (ILT) format. For more information, select this link: VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy [V7]. Product Alignment • VMware vSAN 7.0 U1 |
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| Objectives: | By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: • Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN • Detail the underlying vSAN architecture and components • Describe the different vSAN deployment options • Detail vSAN cluster requirements and considerations • Apply recommended vSAN design considerations and capacity sizing practices • Explain the influence of vSAN objects and components on the initial cluster plan • Determine and plan for storage consumption by data growth and failure tolerance • Design vSAN hosts for operational needs • Explain Maintenance Mode use and its impacts on vSAN • Apply best practices for vSAN network configurations • Manually configure a vSAN cluster using VMware vSphere® Client™ • Explain and configure vSAN fault domains • Understand and apply vSAN storage policies • Define encryption in the vSAN cluster • Describe the architecture and use cases for stretched clusters • Configure a stretched cluster • Understand the steps involved in creating the vSAN iSCSI target services |
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| Intended Audience: | • Experienced VMware vSphere® administrators | |
| Prerequisites: | You should have the following understanding or knowledge: • Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course • Knowledge of basic storage concepts • Experience using vSphere Client to perform administrative tasks on vSphere clusters |
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| Outline: | 1 Course Introduction • Introductions and course logistics • Course objectives 2 Introduction to vSAN • Describe vSAN architecture • Describe the advantages of object-based storage • Describe the difference between All-Flash and Hybrid vSAN architecture • Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN • Discuss the vSAN integration and compatibility with other VMware technologies • Identify vSAN objects and components • Describe a vSAN object • Describe how objects are split into components • Explain the purpose of witness components • Explain how vSAN stores large objects • View object and component placement on the vSAN datastore 3 Planning a vSAN Cluster • Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters • Apply vSAN cluster planning and deployment best practices • Determine and plan for storage consumption by data growth and failure tolerance • Design vSAN hosts for operational needs • Identify vSAN networking features and requirements • Describe ways of controlling traffic in a vSAN environment • Recognize best practices for vSAN network configurations 4 Deploying a vSAN Cluster • Deploy and configure a vSAN cluster using the Cluster QuickStart wizard • Manually configure a vSAN cluster using vSphere Client • Explain and configure vSAN fault domains • Using VMware vSphere® High Availability with vSAN • Understand vSAN cluster maintenance capabilities • Describe the difference between implicit and explicit fault domains • Create explicit fault domains 5 vSAN Storage Policies • Explain how storage policies work with vSAN • Explain the role of storage policies in planning a vSAN cluster • Define and create virtual machine storage policies • Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies • Change virtual machine storage policies dynamically • Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status 6 Introduction to Advanced vSAN Configurations • Define and configure compression and deduplication in the vSAN cluster • Define and configure encryption in the vSAN cluster • Understand the remote vSAN datastore topology • Identify the operations involved in managing the remote vSAN datastore • Configure the vSAN iSCSI target service 7 vSAN Stretched and Two-Node Clusters • Describe the architecture and use cases for stretched clusters • Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN witness node • Describe the architecture and use cases for two-node clusters • Explain the benefits of vSphere HA and VMware Site Recovery Manager™ in a vSAN stretched cluster • Explain storage policies for vSAN stretched cluster |
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