Module 1: Course Introduction.
• Introductions and course logistics.
• Course objectives.
Module 2: Introduction to vSAN.
• Describe vSAN architecture.
• Describe the vSAN software components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT.
• Identify vSAN objects and components.
• Describe the advantages of object-based storage.
• Describe the difference between All-Flash and Hybrid vSAN architecture.
• Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN.
• Discuss the vSAN integration and compatibility with other VMware technologies.
Module 3: Planning a vSAN Cluster.
• Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters.
• Apply vSAN cluster planning and deployment best practices.
• Determine and plan for storage consumption by data growth and failure tolerance.
• Design vSAN hosts for operational needs.
• Identify vSAN networking features and requirements.
• Describe ways of controlling traffic in a vSAN environment.
• Recognize best practices for vSAN network configurations.
Module 4: Deploying a vSAN Cluster.
• Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility.
• Ensure the compatibility of driver and firmware versioning.
• Use tools to automate driver validation and installation.
• Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance.
• Use VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ to perform upgrades.
• Deploy and configure a vSAN Cluster using the Cluster QuickStart wizard.
• Manually configure a vSAN Cluster using VMware vSphere® Client™.
• Explain and configure vSAN fault domains.
• Using VMware vSphere® High Availability with vSAN.
• Understand vSAN Cluster maintenance capabilities.
• Describe the difference between implicit and explicit fault domains.
• Create explicit fault domains.
Module 5: vSAN Storage Policies.
• Describe a vSAN object.
• Describe how objects are split into components.
• Explain the purpose of witness components.
• Explain how vSAN stores large objects.
• View object and component placement on the vSAN datastore.
• Explain how storage policies work with vSAN.
• Define and create a virtual machine storage policy.
• Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies.
• Change virtual machine storage policies dynamically.
• Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status.
Module 6: vSAN Resilience and Data Availability.
• Describe and configure the Object Repair Timer advanced option.
• Plan disk replacement in a vSAN cluster.
• Plan maintenance tasks to avoid vSAN object failures.
• Recognize the importance of managing snapshot utilization in a vSAN cluster.
Module 7: Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency.
• Discuss deduplication and compression techniques.
• Understand deduplication and compression overhead.
• Discuss compression only mode.
• Configure erasure coding.
• Configure swap object thin provisioning.
• Discuss reclaiming storage space with SCSI UNMAP.
• Configure TRIM/UNMAP
Module 8: vSAN Security Operations.
• Identify differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption.
• Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security.
• Describe the workflow of data-in transit encryption.
• Identify the steps involved in replacing Key Management Server.
Module 9: vSAN HCI Mesh.
• Understand the purpose of vSAN HCI Mesh.
• Detail vSAN HCI Mesh technology and architecture.
• Perform mount and unmount of a remote datastore.
Module 10: vSAN File Service and iSCSI Target Service.
• Understand the purpose of vSAN File Services.
• Detail vSAN File Services architecture.
• Configure vSAN File Shares.
• Describe vSAN iSCSI Target Service.
Module 11: vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters.
• Describe the architecture and uses case for stretched clusters.
• Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN witness node.
• Describe the architecture and uses case for two-node clusters.
• Explain storage policies for vSAN stretched cluster.
Module 12: vSAN Cluster Maintenance.
• Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations.
• Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options.
• Assess the impact on cluster objects of entering maintenance mode.
• Determine the specific data actions required after exiting maintenance mode.
• Define the steps to shut down and reboot hosts and vSAN clusters.
• Use best practices for boot devices.
• Replace vSAN nodes.
Module 13: vSAN Cluster Monitoring.
• Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) enables VMware to improve products and services.
• Use VMware Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN cluster health.
• Manage alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in VMware vSphere® Client™.
• Create and configure custom alarms to trigger vSAN health issues.
• Use IOInsight metrics for monitoring vSAN performance.
• Use a vSAN proactive test to detect and diagnose cluster issues.
Module 14: vSAN Troubleshooting.
• Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems.
• Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and optimize troubleshooting efficiency.
• Use VMware Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions.
• Explain which log files are useful for vSAN troubleshooting.
Module 15: vSAN Express Storage Architecture.
• Understand the purpose of vSAN Express Storage Architecture.
• Describe the vSAN Express Storage Architecture components.
• Identify Storage Policy differences.
• Understand compression and encryption operation differences.
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