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VMware Vsan Course

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Overview

This two-day, hands-on training course 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.

Product Alignment

  • VMware vSAN 7.0 U1

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Audience

Experienced VMware vSphere® administrators

Skills Gained

After completing this course you should be able to:

  • 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

Prerequisites

Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

  • 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

Outline

VMware Certifications for a Proofing IT Career Ahead

Today VMware is the biggest hitter in the world of virtualization. It was founded in 1998, and later in 2004 became a subsidiary of EMC Corporation. It has thousands of customers on its list of happy clients. It holds a reputable name in the IT sector.

Why go for VMware Certification program?

With the growing demand of IT professionals with the expertise to implement solutions that lower costs, enhances business agility and flexibility, more number of IT professionals are turning up to enroll in VMware certification courses to stay abreast with the present IT market. VMware certification courses have an edge in the IT market as they provide fresh growth opportunities and also enhance the IT skills of an IT professional. When you are certified with VMware, you have a proofing career ahead and an ideal platform to receive a lot of accolades. VMware training is an integral part of any VMware implementation. It's an industry standard for any solution that includes planning, implementing and managing solutions. When you get the certification, you get maximum out of your technology investment. It will make sure you are able to work above the technological curve.

General ideas of VMware Certification programs

As already said, VMware is the pioneer in the virtualization space. So, it is quite important for IT professionals to opt for this certification. The certifications are a good help for IT professionals who work at data centers and virtual support environment. VMware keeps on rolling out new courses to match with the new technologies. This makes these courses more attractive for professionals as they too want to enroll with courses which allow them to know and work on latest technology.

Different Categories of VMware Certification Courses

  • Cloud
  • Cloud Application Platform
  • Network Virtualization
  • End User Computing
  • Data Center Virtualization

The above certification courses are further divided into various certification courses.

The different levels are as follows:

  • VMware Certified Associate (VCA)
  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
  • VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP)
  • VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)

Requirements for enrolling in VMware Certification Courses

Although most of the associate courses with VMware allow you to pass a single examination to get certified, but, if you want to go for advance professional course, you must take a training course or must earn the required certification first. And, if you want to go for VCDX certifications, you need many pre-requisite certifications. You also need to make a production- ready solution, and successfully defend it in front of a panel of VCDX holders.

Re-certification policy - A good news for those interested in VMware certifications

Re-certification policy of VMware is a good news for individuals interested in VMware certifications. The re-certification policy for professional level certification program was implemented by VMware in March 2014 making VCP credentials valid for two years. Equip yourself with VMware certification program if you want to have a flourishing career ahead.


The goal of VMware certification is to get IT pros ready to work in a wide range of environments with VMware products. For IT professionals who want to keep their virtualization skills sharp, VMware offers a variety of certifications at various levels of expertise.

The VMware Certified Associate certification is the first step in becoming a VMware professional (VCA). This certification is geared towards people who are just getting started with virtualization. However, company executives tasked with making VMware-related technology decisions may find it useful.



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