VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting (v8.0)
This two-day, hands-on training course provides the knowledge to troubleshoot VMware vSAN™ clusters. In this course, you will learn the best practices to maintain a healthy vSAN environment and mitigate potential issues that may occur with operation of the software. You will learn the GUI and CLI vSAN monitoring and troubleshooting tools. The course provides a logical framework for a systematic troubleshooting approach. You will learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues with examples. The labs provided in the course simulate real-world problems to evaluate and enhance your troubleshooting skills.
Retail Price: $1,850.00
Next Date: 01/21/2025
Course Days: 2
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Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Learn vSAN best practices for planning and availability
- Outline vSAN networking best practices
- Describe Skyline Advisor™ Pro
- Learn about vSAN Skyline™ Health
- Discuss vSAN monitoring and troubleshooting tools integrated within vSphere
- Outline the common vSAN troubleshooting commands
- Understand how to benchmark vSAN performance
- Identify factors which may impact vSAN performance
- Outline vSAN troubleshooting framework
- List the most common vSAN issues
- Learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues
- Discuss how to get further support from the VMware community and knowledge base articles
- Learn how to effectively contact VMware technical support
- Enhance and test vSAN troubleshooting skills through labs
Who Should Attend
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Experienced system vSAN administrators
- Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, and data center administrators
Prerequisites:
Before taking this course, you must complete at least one of the following courses:
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
- VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
You should also have understanding or knowledge of these technologies:
- Good understanding of storage concepts
- Good understanding of network concepts
Course Outline
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 2: vSAN Best Practice and Problems Prevention
- Discuss the importance of vSAN planning and availability best practice
- Discuss vSAN networking best practice
- Discuss the importance of vSAN Data protection
- Understand the Data protection best Practice
- Discuss the importance of vSAN hardware compatibility
- Learn how to check hardware compatibility for vSAN
- List the factors that impact vSAN performance
- Learn how to benchmark vSAN performance
- Discuss the importance of Skyline Advisor
- Learn how to use Skyline Advisor
Module 3: vSAN Monitoring and Troubleshooting tools
- Explain vSAN Skyline Health features
- Discuss the other vSAN cluster-level monitoring in the VMware vSphere® client
- Discuss vSAN host-level monitoring in the vSphere client
- Discuss vSAN VM-level monitoring in the vSphere Client
- Understand tasks and events views within the vSphere client
- Describe vSphere Alarms
- Learn how to use the CLI to find information about vSAN cluster
Module 4: vSAN Best Practice and Problems Prevention
- Discuss the importance of vSAN planning and availability best practice
- Discuss vSAN networking best practice
- Discuss the importance of vSAN Data protection
- Understand the Data protection best Practice
- Discuss the importance of vSAN hardware compatibility
- Learn how to check hardware compatibility for vSAN
- List the factors that impact vSAN performance
- Learn how to benchmark vSAN performance
- Discuss the importance of Skyline Advisor
- Learn how to use Skyline Advisor
Module 5: Troubleshooting Process
- Learn the recommended vSAN troubleshooting process
- Describe the PNOMA framework
- Learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues
Module 6: Getting Support
- Discuss how to get further support from the community and the knowledge base articles
- Learn how to effectively contact VMware technical support
Module 7: Troubleshooting Labs
- Enhance and test vSAN troubleshooting skills through labs
| Course Dates | Course Times (EST) | Delivery Mode | GTR | |
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| 1/21/2025 - 1/22/2025 | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Virtual | Enroll | |
| 3/24/2025 - 3/25/2025 | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Virtual | Enroll | |
| 5/27/2025 - 5/28/2025 | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Virtual | Enroll | |
| 6/30/2025 - 7/1/2025 | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Virtual | Enroll | |
| 9/2/2025 - 9/3/2025 | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Virtual | Enroll | |
| 11/24/2025 - 11/25/2025 | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Virtual | Enroll |