VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage

Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who want to use software-defined storage with Virtual SAN

This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:

• Storage administration experience on block or file storage devices
• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere 6.7: Install, Configure, Manage (VICM) course

Experience with working at the command line is helpful.

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

• 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 an 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 6.7: Install, Configure, Manage (VICM) course before enrolling in VMware Virtual SAN: Deploy and Manage.

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

• Describe the Virtual SAN architecture
• Identify Virtual SAN features and use cases
• Configure Virtual SAN networking components
• Configure a Virtual SAN cluster
• Deploy virtual machines on a Virtual SAN datastore
• Configure virtual machine storage policies
• Perform ongoing Virtual SAN management tasks
• Outline the tasks for upgrading to Virtual SAN 6.2
• Use the Virtual SAN health service to monitor health and performance
• Monitor Virtual SAN with VMware ESXi™ commands and the Ruby vSphere Console
• Configure a stretched cluster and observe failover scenarios
• Describe Virtual SAN interoperability with VMware vSphere® and other products
• Plan and design a Virtual SAN cluster

• Course Introduction
• Storage Fundamentals
• Introduction to Virtual SAN
• Virtual SAN Configuration
• Virtual SAN Policies and Virtual Machines
• Managing and Operating Virtual SAN
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting Virtual SAN
• Stretched Clusters and Two-Node Clusters
• Interoperability with vSphere Features
• Designing a Virtual SAN Deployment