Overview
This two-day, hands-on EDU-VSANPD7: VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy [V7] training course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to plan and deploy a VMware vSAN™ cluster.
In this course, you are taught the many considerations that the end vSAN configuration has on the initial planning of the vSAN datastore. You also perform a fully manual configuration of a vSAN cluster.
Skills Covered
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN
- Detail the underlying vSAN architecture and components
- Describe the different vSAN deployment options
- Detail vSAN cluster requirements and considerations
- Apply recommended vSAN design considerations and capacity sizing practices
- Determine and plan for storage consumption by data growth and failure tolerance
- Design vSAN hosts for operational needs
- Explain Maintenance Mode use and its impacts on vSAN
- Apply best practices for vSAN network configurations
- Manually configure a vSAN cluster using VMware vSphere® Client
- Explain and configure vSAN fault domains
- Understand and apply vSAN storage policies
- Define encryption in the vSAN cluster
- Describe the architecture and use cases for stretched clusters
- Describe the architecture and use cases for two-node clusters
- Understand the steps involved in creating the vSAN iSCSI target services
Who Should Attend
- Experienced VMware vSphere® administrators
Course Curriculum
Prerequisites
You should have the following understanding or knowledge:
- Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course
- Knowledge of basic storage concepts
- Experience using vSphere Client to perform administrative tasks on vSphere clusters
Course Modules
Exam & Certification
VMware Specialist – vSAN 2021 (vSANSpecialist2021)
The VMware Specialist – vSAN 2021 badge validates an earner’s understanding of vSphere and vSAN concepts and requirements. It also demonstrates proper vSAN design principles and best practices knowledge as well as working knowledge of storage, security and networking concepts and storage data services. The badge holder is able to install and configure vSAN. They are also capable of managing and monitoring a vSAN and performing basic troubleshooting and problem resolution.
