Course Overview
This two-day, hands-on training course provides the knowledge to troubleshoot VMware vSAN™ clusters. In this course, you will learn the best practices to maintain a healthy vSAN environment and mitigate potential issues that may occur with operation of the software. You will learn the GUI and CLI vSAN monitoring and troubleshooting tools. The course provides a logical framework for a systematic troubleshooting approach. You will learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues with examples. The labs provided in the course simulate real-world problems to evaluate and enhance your troubleshooting skills.
Product Alignment
- VMware ESXi™ 8.0
 - VMware vCenter Server® 8.0
 - VMware vSAN 8.0
 
Who should attend
- Experienced system vSAN administrators
 - Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators
 
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you must complete at least one of the following courses:
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] (VSICM8)
 - VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] (VSANICM8)
 
You should also have understanding or knowledge of these technologies:
- Good understanding of storage concepts
 - Good understanding of network concepts
 
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Learn vSAN best practices for planning and availability
 - Outline vSAN networking best practices
 - Describe Skyline Advisor™ Pro
 - Learn about vSAN Skyline™ Health
 - Discuss vSAN monitoring and troubleshooting tools integrated within vSphere
 - Outline the common vSAN troubleshooting commands
 - Understand how to benchmark vSAN performance
 - Identify factors which may impact vSAN performance
 - Outline vSAN troubleshooting framework
 - List the most common vSAN issues
 - Learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues
 - Discuss how to get further support from the VMware community and knowledge base articles
 - Learn how to effectively contact VMware technical support
 - Enhance and test vSAN troubleshooting skills through labs
 
Course Content
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
 - Course objectives
 
vSAN Best Practice and Problems Prevention
- Discuss the importance of vSAN planning and availability best practice
 - Discuss vSAN networking best practice
 - Discuss the importance of vSAN Data protection
 - Understand the Data protection best Practice
 - Discuss the importance of vSAN hardware compatibility
 - Learn how to check hardware compatibility for vSAN
 - List the factors that impact vSAN performance
 - Learn how to benchmark vSAN performance
 - Discuss the importance of Skyline Advisor
 - Learn how to use Skyline Advisor
 
vSAN Monitoring and Troubleshooting tools
- Explain vSAN Skyline Health features
 - Discuss the other vSAN cluster-level monitoring in the VMware vSphere® client
 - Discuss vSAN host-level monitoring in the vSphere client
 - Discuss vSAN VM-level monitoring in the vSphere Client
 - Understand tasks and events views within the vSphere client
 - Describe vSphere Alarms
 - Learn how to use the CLI to find information about vSAN cluster
 
vSAN Best Practice and Problems Prevention
- Discuss the importance of vSAN planning and availability best practice
 - Discuss vSAN networking best practice
 - Discuss the importance of vSAN Data protection
 - Understand the Data protection best Practice
 - Discuss the importance of vSAN hardware compatibility
 - Learn how to check hardware compatibility for vSAN
 - List the factors that impact vSAN performance
 - Learn how to benchmark vSAN performance
 - Discuss the importance of Skyline Advisor
 - Learn how to use Skyline Advisor
 
Troubleshooting Process
- Learn the recommended vSAN troubleshooting process
 - Describe the PNOMA framework
 - Learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues
 
Getting Support
- Discuss how to get further support from the community and the knowledge base articles
 - Learn how to effectively contact VMware technical support
 
Troubleshooting Labs
- Enhance and test vSAN troubleshooting skills through labs