Learning VMware vSAN

3h 7mIntermediate2019-02-15

Authors

Rick Crisci

Technical Trainer and Information Technology Professional

Course details

vSAN is a popular software-defined storage solution from the leading virtualization company, VMware. This training course provide complete coverage of vSAN, including conceptual lessons and hands-on demos using the free labs at VMware.com. You can learn how to configure, monitor, and manage vSAN, and explore the different vSAN architecture options. VMware Certified Instructor Rick Crisci also covers important operations and maintenance considerations, such as high-availability configuration and vSAN recovery procedures. Plus, review popular deployment options: two-node clusters and stretched vSAN clusters.

Learning objectives
Managing vSAN capacity with disk groups
Comparing hybrid and flash architecture
Defining vSAN storage policies
Configuring a vSAN network
Configuring high availability
Performing vSAN maintenance operations
Deploying vSAN in two-node clusters

Skills covered

vSphereVMwareVirtualizationLearningNetwork and System Administration

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Introduction to vSAN
02 - vSAN basic architecture
03 - vSAN vs. storage array
04 - Resources

1. vSAN Basics

05 - Disk groups
06 - Hybrid vs. flash

2. Storage Policies

07 - vSAN object storage
08 - Storage policies, part 1
09 - Storage policies, part 2
10 - Fault domains

3. Configure vSAN

11 - Demo - Configure vSAN network
12 - Demo - Create a vSAN cluster
13 - Demo - Storage policies
14 - vSAN encryption

4. vSAN Operations

15 - Failure scenarios
16 - vSAN and HA, part 1
17 - vSAN and HA, part 2
18 - Demo - Host failures in a vSAN cluster
19 - Demo - vSAN maintenance, part 1
20 - Demo - vSAN maintenance, part 2
21 - Demo - vSAN disk removal

5. vSAN Deployment Options

22 - Stretched vSAN cluster
23 - Two-node clusters