VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage

Audience:

Storage & virtual-infrastructure consultants, solution architects, and administrators responsible for VMware vSAN 8 production environments.

Prerequisites:

Before attending, participants should have completed VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or possess equivalent hands-on vSphere experience

Course Description:

This intensive course equips you to plan, deploy, and administer VMware vSAN clusters. Through instructor-led discussions and hands-on labs, you’ll master Day 2 operations—including node management, cluster maintenance, security, troubleshooting, and advanced operations—so you can keep vSAN environments resilient, efficient, and secure.

Course Objectives:

• Describe vSAN concepts, architecture, and key use cases
• Plan, size, and deploy vSAN clusters—factoring in hardware compatibility, networking, and fault domains
• Define and apply VM storage policies, evaluate compliance, and assess impacts of policy changes
• Configure vSAN resilience, data-availability, and space-efficiency features (deduplication, compression, erasure coding)
• Secure vSAN data with encryption and perform ongoing security operations
• Operate and monitor vSAN clusters with Skyline Health, proactive tests, and IOInsight
• Perform Day 2 tasks such as node replacement, maintenance-mode operations, and cluster shutdown/start-up
• Implement advanced capabilities: HCI Mesh, vSAN File & iSCSI Target Services, stretched & two-node clusters, and vSAN Express Storage Architecture
• Troubleshoot vSAN issues using structured methodologies, Skyline Health, and log analysis