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Publication date : 02/02/2024

Course : VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy V7 (VSANPD7)

Official course, exam preparation 5V0-22.23 (Badge)

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. MWF

VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy V7 (VSANPD7)

Official course, exam preparation 5V0-22.23 (Badge)



With this training course, you'll have the knowledge, skills and tools you need to plan and deploy a VMware vSAN™ cluster. You'll also perform a fully manual configuration of a vSAN cluster.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. MWF
  2d - 14h00
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With this training course, you'll have the knowledge, skills and tools you need to plan and deploy a VMware vSAN™ cluster. You'll also perform a fully manual configuration of a vSAN cluster.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Explain the key features and use cases of vSAN
Details of the underlying vSAN architecture and components
Describe the different vSAN deployment options
vSAN cluster requirements and considerations in detail
Apply vSAN design considerations and recommended capacity sizing practices
Determine and plan storage consumption based on data growth and fault tolerance
Explain the use of maintenance mode and its impact on vSAN
Apply best practices for vSAN network configurations
Manually configure a vSAN cluster using VMware vSphere® Client™.
Understanding and applying vSAN storage policies
Define encryption in the vSAN cluster
Describe the architecture and use cases of extended clusters
Designing vSAN hosts for operational needs
Describe the architecture and use cases of two-node clusters
Understand the steps involved in creating vSAN iSCSI target services

Intended audience
Experienced VMware vSphere® administrators.

Prerequisites
Understanding of the concepts presented in the course Ref. MWA (VSICM7). Knowledge of basic storage concepts. Practical experience of vSphere Client for administrative tasks.

Certification
Passing the 5V0-22.23 exam earns you the "VMware Specialist - vSAN 2023" badge. To obtain this badge, it is recommended to have attended at least one of these training courses: Ref. MWF (VSANPD7) or Ref. MWJ (VSANMO7) or Ref. MWL (VSANT7).
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Practical details
Teaching methods
Training in French. Official course material in English.

Course schedule

1
Introducing vSAN

  • Describe the vSAN architecture.
  • Identify vSAN objects and components.
  • Describe the advantages of object-based storage.
  • Describe the difference between 100% Flash architecture and hybrid vSAN architecture.
  • Explain the key features and use cases of vSAN.
  • Discuss vSAN integration and compatibility with other VMware technologies.

2
Planning a vSAN cluster

  • Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters.
  • Apply best practices in vSAN cluster planning and deployment.
  • Determine and plan storage consumption according to data growth.
  • Determine and plan storage consumption based on fault tolerance.
  • Design vSAN hosts for operational needs.
  • Identify vSAN network features and requirements.
  • Describe how to control traffic in a vSAN environment.
  • Recognize best practices for vSAN network configurations.

3
Deploying a vSAN cluster

  • Deploy and configure a vSAN cluster using the Cluster Quick Start Wizard.
  • Manually configure a vSAN cluster using the vSphere Client.
  • Explain and configure vSAN fault domains.
  • Using VMware vSphere® High Availability with vSAN.
  • Understand the maintenance capabilities of the vSAN cluster.
  • Describe the difference between implicit and explicit fault domains.
  • Create explicit fault domains.

4
vSAN storage strategies

  • Describe a vSAN object.
  • Describe how objects are divided into components.
  • Explain the purpose of control components.
  • Explain how vSAN stores large objects.
  • Display the placement of objects and components on the vSAN database.
  • Explain how storage policies work with vSAN.
  • Define and create a virtual machine storage policy.
  • Apply and modify storage policies for virtual machines.
  • Dynamically modify virtual machine storage policies.
  • Identify the compliance status of virtual machine storage policies.

5
Introduction to advanced vSAN configurations

  • Define and configure compression and deduplication in the vSAN cluster.
  • Define and configure encryption in the vSAN cluster.
  • Understand the topology of the remote vSAN databank.
  • Identify the operations involved in managing the remote vSAN database.
  • Understand the steps involved in creating the vSAN iSCSI target service.

6
Extended and two-node vSAN clusters

  • Describe the architecture and use cases of extended clusters.
  • Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN control node.
  • Describe the architecture and use case of two-node clusters.
  • Explain the benefits of vSphere HA and vSphere Site Recovery Manager in an extended vSAN cluster.
  • Explain storage strategies for the vSAN extended cluster.