VMware vSAN: Production Operations [V6.7]

Main target audience for this training are:

• Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who are responsible for production support and administration of vSAN v6.x

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

•   Describe vSAN host operations

•   Discuss vSAN networking requirements

•   Define the tasks involved in hardware replacement in a vSAN cluster

•   Perform vSAN cluster scale-out and scale-up operations

•   Describe common vSAN maintenance operations

•   Define the tasks required for updating and upgrading vSAN

•   Describe vSAN security operations

•   Configure a key management server (KMS) cluster

•   Configure vSAN storage policies and observe the effects of a cluster-wide change

•   Explain vSAN resilience and availability features

•   Perform ongoing vSAN management tasks

•   Use the vSAN health service to monitor health and performance

• This course has the following prerequisites:

•   Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] course

  Storage administration experience with block or file storage devices

Completion of the VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [v6.x] course (VMVSAN) or equivalent experience with vSAN is desirable.

• The course presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling:

•   Use VMware vSphere Web Client

•   Create and manage VMware vCenter Server objects, such as data centers, clusters, hosts, and virtual machines

•   Create and modify a standard switch

•   Connect a VMware ESXi host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage

•   Create a VMware vSphere VMFS datastore

•   Use a wizard or a template to create a virtual machine

•   Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere vMotion

  Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere Storage vMotion

If you cannot complete all of these tasks, VMware recommends that you complete the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] (VSICM) and VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.x] (VMVSAN) courses before enrolling in VMware vSAN: Production Operations (VMVSANPO).

• 1.  Course Introduction

•   Introductions and course logistics

•   Course objectives 2.  Introduction to vSAN

•   Describe the vSAN architecture and components

•   Describe the differences between the vSAN hybrid and all-flash architectures

•   Describe the space-efficiency features of vSAN

•   Describe how vsanSparse snapshots work 3.  vSAN Host Management

•   Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility

•   Use tools to automate driver validation and installation

•   Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance

•   Describe NIC teaming, Link Aggregation Control Protocol, and the benefits of using VMware vSphere  Distributed     Switch in vSAN

•   Plan for networking configuration changes

•   Troubleshoot with ESXCLI commands 4.   vSAN Policies and Resiliency

•   Explain how storage policies work with vSAN

•   Create and modify virtual machine storage policies

•   Identify the effects of vSAN storage policy changes

•   Monitor using the Ruby vSphere Console

•   Describe vSAN resiliency, availability, and backup features and operations

•   Manage hardware device failures 5.  Cluster Maintenance

•   Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations

•   Upgrade and update vSAN

•   Replace vSAN hardware by using scale-in and scale-out strategies 6.  vSAN Security Operations

•   Describe vSAN datastore encryption and Key Management Server (KMS) architecture

•   Integrate a KMS

•   Configure encryption in the vSAN cluster

•   Compare virtual machine and vSAN encryption

•   Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security

•   Add an encrypted cluster to vCenter Server 7.  vSAN Monitoring and Performance

•   Identify common alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in vSphere Web Client

•   Use the health service to monitor vSAN health

•   Use the performance service to monitor vSAN performance

•   Proactively monitor and test the vSAN environment

•   Use the vSAN health CLI and Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) when vSphere Web Client is unavailable

•   Use ESXCLI commands to monitor the vSAN environment

•   Verify that the vSAN environment is functioning properly and performing as expected