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Publication date : 03/07/2024

Course : VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage V8 (VSANICM8)

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

Practical course - 4d - 28h00 - Ref. MWQ

VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage V8 (VSANICM8)

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



With this training, you'll have the knowledge and skills to use the tools needed to plan and deploy a VMware vSAN™ cluster. You'll learn how to manage and operate vSAN. Through extensive hands-on work, you'll acquire the skills required to perform common Day-2 vSAN administrator tasks, such as vSAN node management, cluster maintenance, security operations, troubleshooting and advanced vSAN cluster operations.


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Available in English on request

Ref. MWQ
  4d - 28h00
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With this training, you'll have the knowledge and skills to use the tools needed to plan and deploy a VMware vSAN™ cluster. You'll learn how to manage and operate vSAN. Through extensive hands-on work, you'll acquire the skills required to perform common Day-2 vSAN administrator tasks, such as vSAN node management, cluster maintenance, security operations, troubleshooting and advanced vSAN cluster operations.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
vSAN concepts
Details of the underlying vSAN architecture and components
Explain the key features and use cases of vSAN
Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters
Explain the importance of vSAN node hardware compatibility
Describe the different vSAN deployment options
Explain how to configure vSAN fault domains
How to define and create a VM storage policy
Addressing the impact of changes to vSAN storage strategy
vSAN resilience and data availability in detail
Describing vSAN storage efficiency
Describe how vSAN encryption works
Details of VMware HCI Mesh™ technology and architecture.
Describe how to set up an extended two-node vSAN cluster
Describe vSAN maintenance mode and data evacuation options
Defining the steps to stop a vSAN cluster for maintenance
Explain how to use proactive tests to verify the integrity of a vSAN cluster
Use VMware Skyline Health™ to monitor vSAN health
Use VMware Skyline Health™ to investigate and help determine failure conditions.
Identify best practices for vSAN troubleshooting
Describe vSAN Express storage architecture concepts

Intended audience
Storage and virtual infrastructure consultants, solution architects and administrators responsible for production support and administration of VMware vSAN 8.0.

Prerequisites
Ref. MWA training or equivalent knowledge.

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, Ref. MWJ or Ref. MWL.
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Practical details
Teaching methods
Training in French. Official course material in digital format and in English. Good understanding of written English.

Course schedule

1
Introduction to vSAN

  • Describe the 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 of vSAN.VMware technologies.
  • vSAN integration and compatibility with other VMware technologies.

2
Planning a vSAN Cluster

  • Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters.
  • Apply best practices for planning and deploying vSAN clusters.
  • Determine and plan storage consumption according to data growth.
  • 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

  • Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility.
  • Ensure driver and firmware version compatibility.
  • Use tools to automate driver validation and installation.
  • Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance.
  • Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades.
  • Deploy and configure a vSAN cluster using the Cluster QuickStart wizard.
  • Manually configure a vSAN cluster using the VMware vSphere® Client.
  • Describe and configure vSAN fault domains.
  • Use 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 error domains.

4
vSAN Storage Policies

  • 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
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 failure of vSAN objects.
  • Recognize the importance of managing the use of snapshots in a vSAN cluster.

6
Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency

  • Learn about duplication and compression techniques.
  • Understand duplication and compression overload.
  • Compression mode only.
  • Configure erasure coding.
  • Storage space reclamation with SCSI UNMAP.
  • Configure TRIM/UNMAP.

7
vSAN Security Operations

  • Identify the differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption.
  • Perform operations to maintain data security.
  • Describe the encryption workflow for data in transit.
  • Identify the steps involved in replacing Key Management Server.

8
vSAN HCI Mesh

  • Understand the purpose of vSAN HCI Mesh.
  • Details of vSAN HCI Mesh technology and architecture.
  • Mount and dismount a remote database.

9
vSAN File Services

  • Understand the purpose of vSAN File Services.
  • Describe the architecture of vSAN File Services.
  • Configure vSAN file shares.

10
vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters

  • Describe the architecture and use case of extended clusters.
  • Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN control node.
  • Describe the architecture and use case of two-node clusters.
  • Explain storage strategies for "vSAN stretched cluster".

11
vSAN Cluster Maintenance

  • Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations.
  • Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options.
  • Evaluate the impact of entering maintenance mode on cluster objects.
  • Determine specific data actions required after exiting maintenance mode.
  • Define steps for shutting down and restarting vSAN hosts and clusters.
  • Use best practices for boot devices.
  • Replace vSAN nodes.

12
vSAN Cluster Monitoring

  • Describe how CEIP enables VMware to improve products and services.
  • Use VMware Skyline Health to monitor the health of the vSAN cluster.
  • Manage vSAN alerts, alarms and notifications in VMware vSphere® Client.
  • Create and configure custom alarms to detect vSAN reliability problems.
  • Use IOInsight metrics to monitor vSAN performance.
  • Use proactive vSAN testing to detect and diagnose cluster problems.

13
vSAN Troubleshooting

  • Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operating problems.
  • Apply troubleshooting methods to diagnose faults and optimize troubleshooting efficiency.
  • Use VMware Skyline Health to analyze failure conditions.
  • Explain which logs are useful for vSAN troubleshooting.

14
vSAN Express Storage Architecture

  • Understand the purpose of vSAN Express Storage Architecture.
  • Describe the components of vSAN Express Storage Architecture.
  • Identify differences in storage policies.
  • Understand the differences between compression and encryption operations.