SYLLABUS

Course Introduction

·      Introductions and course logistics

·      Course objectives

Introduction to vSAN

·      Describe vSAN architecture

·      Describe the vSAN software components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT

·      Identify vSAN objects and components

·      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

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

Deploying a vSAN Cluster

·      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 VMware vSphere® Lifecycle ManagerTM to perform upgrades

·      Deploy and configure a vSAN Cluster using the Cluster QuickStart wizard

·      Manually configure a vSAN Cluster using VMware 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

vSAN Storage Policies

·      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

·      Explain how storage policies work with vSAN

·      Define and create a virtual machine storage policy

·      Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies

·      Change virtual machine storage policies dynamically

·      Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status

vSAN Resilience and Data Availability

·      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

Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency

·      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

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

vSAN HCI Mesh

·      Understand the purpose of vSAN HCI Mesh

·      Detail vSAN HCI Mesh technology and architecture

·      Perform mount and unmount of a remote datastore

vSAN File Service and iSCSI Target Service

·      Understand the purpose of vSAN File Services

·      Detail vSAN File Services architecture

·      Configure vSAN File Shares

·      Describe vSAN iSCSI Target Service

vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters

·      Describe the architecture and uses case for stretched clusters

·      Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN witness node

·      Describe the architecture and uses case for two-node clusters

·      Explain storage policies for vSAN stretched cluster

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

vSAN Cluster Monitoring

·      Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) enables VMware to improve products and services

·      Use VMware Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN cluster health

·      Manage alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in VMware vSphere® Client™

·      Create and configure custom alarms to trigger vSAN health issues

·      Use IOInsight metrics for monitoring vSAN performance

·      Use a vSAN proactive test to detect and diagnose cluster issues

vSAN Troubleshooting

·      Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems

·      Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and optimize troubleshooting efficiency

·      Use VMware Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions

·      Explain which log files are useful for vSAN troubleshooting

vSAN Express Storage Architecture

·      Understand the purpose of vSAN Express Storage Architecture

·      Describe the vSAN Express Storage Architecture components

·      Identify Storage Policy differences

·      Understand compression and encryption operation differences