VMware vSAN 5.5: Deploy and Manage (H4S50S)

COURSE OVERVIEW

This training course focuses on deploying and managing a software-defined storage solution with VMware® Virtual SAN™ 5.5. This course looks at how Virtual SAN is used as an important component in the VMware® software-defined data center (SDDC). Students gain practical experience with these concepts through the completion of hands-on labs. The course is based on the VMware® ESXi™ 5.5 Update 1 and the VMware® vCenter Server™ 5.5 Update 1.

PREREQUISITES

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

AUDIENCE

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

COURSE OBJECTIVES

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

• Define the key components of a software-defined data center
• Identify benefits of software-defined storage solutions
• Compare and contrast disk types and storage technologies
• Explain file, block, and object-oriented storage
• Identify Virtual SAN requirements, use cases, and architecture components
• Plan and design a Virtual SAN deployment
• Configure Virtual SAN clusters
• Identify benefits of storage policy-based management
• Scale a Virtual SAN deployment based on storage needs
• Monitor Virtual SAN
• Troubleshoot Virtual SAN
• Identify the integration of Virtual SAN with the VMware product portfolio

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
• Course outline
• Identify benefits of the software-defined data center

Module 2: Storage Fundamentals Overview

• Define common storage terminology
• Identify common SAN architectures
• Identify characteristics of hard-disk drives and solid-state disk drives
• Explain file, block, and object-oriented storage architectures
• Contrast local, centralized, and distributed storage architectures

Module 3: Architecture

• Describe the Virtual SAN architecture
• Describe Virtual SAN objects and components
• Identify Virtual SAN capabilities
• Identify Virtual SAN use cases
• Identify the Virtual SAN network interconnect

Module 4: Configuring Networks and Clusters

• Configure a Virtual SAN network
• Configure a Virtual SAN cluster

Module 5: Storage Policy-Based Management

• Define the purpose of virtual machine storage policies
• Apply virtual machine storage policies
• Deploy virtual machines to Virtual SAN
• Modify virtual machine storage policies

Module 6: Managing and Monitoring

• Scale a Virtual SAN cluster
• Identify failure scenarios and responses
• Manage Virtual SAN with the VMware vSphere® Web Client
• Monitor Virtual SAN with Ruby vSphere Console (RVC)
• Manage Virtual SAN with RVC
• Monitor Virtual SAN with Virtual SAN Observer

Module 7: Designing and Planning

• Plan Virtual SAN cluster sizing
• Design a Virtual SAN cluster
• Identify Virtual SAN interoperability options

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For whom it is intended:

• Storage administrator
• System administrator
• System engineer