VMware vRealize Operations and vSAN Integration Workshop EDU-VROVSANIWS

vSAN and VMware vSphere administrators vSAN and VMware vSphere administrators vSAN and VMware vSphere administrators

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• List and describe the uses of vRealize Operations when applied to vSAN
• Use the product UI to navigate through built-in vSAN specific dashboards
• Review the built-in vSAN specific dashboards for key vSAN information
• Create your own vSAN specific dashboards
• Assess performance and optimize vSAN workloads
• Perform vRealize Operation capacity optimization
• Assess policies related to vSAN
• Perform vSAN troubleshooting using vRealize Operations

List and describe the uses of vRealize Operations when applied to vSAN List and describe the uses of vRealize Operations when applied to vSAN List and describe the uses of vRealize Operations when applied to vSAN

Use the product UI to navigate through built-in vSAN specific dashboards Use the product UI to navigate through built-in vSAN specific dashboards Use the product UI to navigate through built-in vSAN specific dashboards

Review the built-in vSAN specific dashboards for key vSAN information Review the built-in vSAN specific dashboards for key vSAN information Review the built-in vSAN specific dashboards for key vSAN information

Create your own vSAN specific dashboards Create your own vSAN specific dashboards Create your own vSAN specific dashboards

Assess performance and optimize vSAN workloads Assess performance and optimize vSAN workloads Assess performance and optimize vSAN workloads

Perform vRealize Operation capacity optimization Perform vRealize Operation capacity optimization Perform vRealize Operation capacity optimization

Assess policies related to vSAN Assess policies related to vSAN Assess policies related to vSAN

Perform vSAN troubleshooting using vRealize Operations Perform vSAN troubleshooting using vRealize Operations Perform vSAN troubleshooting using vRealize Operations Intended Intended Intended Intended

At a minimum, students attending this course should have completed the VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.x] course or have equivalent knowledge. At a minimum, students attending this course should have completed the VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.x] course or have equivalent knowledge. At a minimum, students attending this course should have completed the VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.x] course or have equivalent knowledge. Some experience with basic operations of vRealize Operations might also be helpful. Some experience with basic operations of vRealize Operations might also be helpful. Some experience with basic operations of vRealize Operations might also be helpful. The course presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course: The course presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course: The course presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:

• Use VMware vSphere Client
• Perform routine VMware vCenter Server tasks
• Configure a vSAN datastore.
• Perform routine vSAN maintenance tasks.

Use VMware vSphere Client Use VMware vSphere Client Use VMware vSphere Client

Perform routine VMware vCenter Server tasks Perform routine VMware vCenter Server tasks Perform routine VMware vCenter Server tasks

Configure a vSAN datastore. Configure a vSAN datastore. Configure a vSAN datastore.

Perform routine vSAN maintenance tasks. Perform routine vSAN maintenance tasks. Perform routine vSAN maintenance tasks. Product Alignment Product Alignment Product Alignment Product Alignment

• vRealize Operations 7.0
• VMware ESXi
• vCenter Server 6.7
• VMware vSAN 6

vRealize Operations 7.0 vRealize Operations 7.0 vRealize Operations 7.0

VMware ESXi VMware ESXi VMware ESXi

vCenter Server 6.7 vCenter Server 6.7 vCenter Server 6.7

VMware vSAN 6 VMware vSAN 6 VMware vSAN 6

• Course objectives
• References and resources

• Describe basic vSAN architecture and components
• Explain the use of vSAN storage policies
• Describe the different vRealize Operations interfaces
• Enable data collection for vSAN

• Create custom dashboards to monitor vSAN data
• Create a view that displays information about vSAN metrics
• Create custom reports to display information for the vSAN datastore
• Use tags to create logical groups of objects in the vRealize Operations environment

• Locate key vSAN components in vRealize Operations
• Monitor important vSAN components
• Monitor vSAN network metrics

• Automate workload optimization and balancing
• Generate performance optimization reports
• Identify capacity planning concepts
• Use vRealize Operations to reclaim unused resources and right-size virtual machines
• Create what-if scenarios using existing or custom virtual machines

• Explain the hierarchy of polices in vRealize Operations
• Configure vSAN analysis settings

• Recognize how to troubleshoot issues by monitoring alerts
• Use step-by-step workflows to troubleshoot different objects
• Explain the importance of inventory trees for troubleshooting
• Recognize the importance of inventory trees
• Use inventory trees and objects from the Environment page as a part of troubleshooting