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The VMware vSAN: Management and Operations [V7] (VSANMO7) training provides comprehensive guidance on managing and operating VMware vSAN 7. This course is designed to equip storage and virtual infrastructure administrators with the necessary skills to effectively support and administer VMware vSAN 7 environments. Participants will delve into various aspects of vSAN administration, focusing on tasks such as node management, cluster maintenance, security operations, and advanced cluster operations.
Module 1: Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Overview of course objectives
Module 2: vSAN Node Management
Understanding hardware compatibility and its significance
Ensuring compatibility of driver and firmware versions
Utilizing tools for automated driver validation and installation
Applying host hardware settings for optimal performance
Performing upgrades using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Module 3: vSAN Resilience and Data Availability Operations
Understanding vSAN storage policies
Managing the impact of vSAN storage policy changes
Configuring advanced options like Object Repair Timer
Planning disk replacement and maintenance tasks
Managing snapshot utilization and configuring fault domains
Module 4: vSAN Cluster Maintenance
Performing typical vSAN maintenance operations
Understanding vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation
Assessing impact on cluster objects during maintenance
Exiting maintenance mode and post-maintenance data actions
Best practices for host and vSAN cluster shutdowns, reboots, and node replacements
Module 5: vSAN Storage Space Efficiency
Discussion on deduplication and compression techniques
Configuring erasure coding and swap object thin provisioning
Exploring storage space reclamation with SCSI UNMAP and TRIM/UNMAP
Module 6: vSAN Cluster Performance Monitoring
Utilizing Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
Monitoring vSAN cluster health using vSphere Skyline Health
Managing alerts, alarms, and notifications
Configuring custom alarms and using IO Insight metrics for performance monitoring
Utilizing vsantop performance metrics and proactive tests for cluster diagnosis
Module 7: vSAN Security Operations
Differentiating between VM encryption and vSAN encryption
Performing ongoing data security operations
Understanding data-in-transit encryption workflow and replacing Key Management Server (KMS)
Module 8: vSAN Direct
Exploring use cases for vSAN Direct
Understanding vSAN Direct architecture and workflow
Configuring vSAN Direct datastore creation and storage policy tagging
Module 9: Remote vSAN
Discussing use cases and high-level architecture for remote vSAN
Understanding remote datastore operations and network requirements
Exploring interoperability with VMware vSphere High Availability
Module 10: vSAN Native File Service
Exploring use cases and architecture of vSAN file service
Configuring file shares, monitoring health, and managing capacity utilization
Module 11: Advanced vSAN Cluster Operations
Understanding stretched clusters and two-node clusters architecture
Importance of witness node and managing stretched cluster storage policies
Creating and applying specific policies, discussing failure scenarios and responses
