VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting [v7]
In this two-day course, you focus on learning the tools and skills you need to troubleshoot VMware vSAN™ 7 implementations. You gain hands-on experience with vSAN troubleshooting concepts by completing guided tasks by the instructor and practical exercises in the laboratory.
COD: VSANT7
Categorie: VMware
Teaching methodology
The course includes educational laboratories in which each student will be able to work in order to complete training exercises that will provide practical experience in using the instrument, for each of the topics covered during the course.
Who should participate
Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who want to be able to perform initial troubleshooting on software-defined storage with vSAN.
Prerequisites
Prior to taking this course, students should have taken the following courses or have equivalent knowledge and experience:
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy
- VMware vSAN: Management and Operations
The course assumes that the student is able to do the following without assistance or guidance before enrolling:
- Use VMware vSphere® Client™ for the most common operations.
- Create and manage VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers, clusters, hosts and virtual machines.
- Create and edit a standard switch
- Modify a distributed switch
- Creating a VMware vSphere® VMFS datastore
- Use a wizard or template to create a virtual machine.
- Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®.
Conoscenze/Competenze in uscita
Al termine del corso, dovreste essere in grado di raggiungere i seguenti obiettivi:
- Descrivere i componenti architetturali di vSAN e i loro ruoli
- Spiegare come i componenti interagiscono tra loro
- Spiegare le differenze tra gli stati degli oggetti e dei componenti.
- Descrivere come utilizzare Skyline Health per indagare e contribuire a determinare le condizioni di guasto.
- Spiegare come utilizzare gli strumenti della riga di comando per determinare le condizioni di guasto.
Educational program
1 Introduction to the course
- Introduction and logistics of the course
- Objectives of the course
2 vSAN architecture
- Describe the vSAN architecture and components
- Describe the object-based, policy-driven vSAN storage environment.
- Describe the vSAN CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT software components.
- Explain the relationship between objects and components
- Determine how specific storage policies affect components
- Describe the placement of components
3 Troubleshooting methodology
- Use a structured approach to troubleshoot configuration and operational issues.
- Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose failures and optimize troubleshooting efficiency.
4 Troubleshooting tools
- Discuss VMware Skyline Health and its associated service
- Describe the use of VMware Skyline Health to identify and fix problems in VMware vSAN.
- Apply the information presented by vSAN Health online to troubleshooting.
- Use vsantop to view vSAN performance metrics.
- Discuss how to run commands from vCenter Server and ESXi command lines.
- Discuss how to access vSphere ESXi Shell
- Use the commands to view, configure, and manage your vSphere environment.
- Discuss esxcli vsan namespace commands
- Discuss when to use Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) commands.
- Explain which log files are useful for troubleshooting vSAN.
- Use log files for vSAN troubleshooting
Duration – 2 days
Delivery – in Classroom, On Site, Remote
PC and SW requirements:
- Internet connection
- Web browser, Google Chrome
- Zoom
Language
Instructor: English
Labs: English
Slides: English
