VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage V8

Turn local server disks into resilient, policy-driven shared storage with vSAN 8.

4 daysIntermediate15 modules

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Overview

About this course

Turn local server disks into resilient, policy-driven shared storage with vSAN 8. You will learn the object-based architecture, size and build clusters with Lifecycle Manager and QuickStart, define storage policies and fault domains, and apply deduplication, compression, erasure coding and encryption. You will also work with HCI Mesh, File Service, iSCSI, stretched and two-node clusters, then maintain, monitor and troubleshoot your environment with Skyline Health and IOInsight.

What you'll learn

Understand core vSAN architecture and software components
Plan and deploy scalable vSAN environments with hardware compatibility in mind
Configure vSAN fault domains, storage policies, and deduplication settings
Perform Day 2 tasks such as cluster maintenance, node replacement, and upgrades
Apply troubleshooting best practices using VMware Skyline Health and IOInsight
Work with stretched clusters, HCI Mesh, and File Services
Enable and maintain vSAN security features like encryption and key management

Curriculum

15 modules

Logistics and expectations
Review of course goals and structure

Explore vSAN architecture and object-based storage
Key components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT
Hybrid vs. All-Flash configurations
Integration with other VMware technologies

Plan and deploy strategies
Sizing for growth and fault tolerance
vSAN cluster design and networking best practices

Hardware compatibility and validation
Use Lifecycle Manager and QuickStart
Install and configure clusters manually and via wizard
Define and apply fault domains

Object-based storage model
Create and manage VM storage policies
Monitor compliance and dynamic policy changes

Disk replacement planning
Maintenance task alignment
Snapshot usage and object repairs

Deduplication, compression, and erasure coding
Thin provisioning and TRIM/UNMAP

Compare VM and vSAN encryption
Data-in-transit encryption workflows
Key Management Server (KMS) operations

Architecture and use cases
Mounting and unmounting remote storage

Configure File Shares
Overview of vSAN iSCSI target service

Witness node configuration
Storage policy differences in stretched deployments

Node replacement and rebooting
Enter and exit maintenance mode safely
Object health and data evacuation procedures

Use VMware Skyline Health
Custom alarm configuration
Proactive testing and performance metrics with IOInsight

Structured troubleshooting methods
Log file analysis
Diagnose and resolve configuration issues

Components and policy differences
Efficiency, compression, and encryption behavior in ESA

Who it's for

vSphere administrators and storage engineers who design, deploy or support vSAN clusters.

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