Course Schedule
| Date | Time | Price | Option |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/21/2026 | 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT | $3,400.00 | |
| 08/10/2026 | 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT | $3,400.00 | |
| 05/04/2026 | 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT | $3,400.00 | |
| 06/22/2026 | 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT | $3,400.00 |
Overview
During this four-day course, you will gain the knowledge, skills, and tools to plan and deploy a VMware vSAN cluster. You will learn about managing and operating vSAN. This course focuses on building the required skills for common Day-2 vSAN administrator tasks such as vSAN node management, cluster maintenance, security operations, troubleshooting and advanced vSAN cluster operations. You will learn these skills through the completion of instructor-led activities and hands-on lab exercises.
Prerequisites:
Completion of the following course is required:
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge
Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Describe vSAN concepts
- Detail the underlying vSAN architecture and components
- Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN
- Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters
- Explain the importance vSAN node hardware compatibility
- Describe the different vSAN deployment options
- Explain how to configure vSAN fault domains
- Detail how to define and create a VM storage policy
- Discuss the impact of vSAN storage policy changes
- Detail vSAN resilience and data availability
- Describe vSAN storage space efficiency
- Explain how vSAN encryption works
- Detail VMware HCI Mesh™ technology and architecture
- Detail vSAN File Service architecture and configuration
- Describe how to setup a stretched and a two-node vSAN cluster
- Describe vSAN maintenance mode and data evacuation options
- Define the steps to shut down a vSAN cluster for maintenance
- Explain how to use proactive tests to check the integrity of a vSAN cluster
- Use VMware Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN health
- Use VMware Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions
- Discuss vSAN troubleshooting best practices
- Describe vSAN Express Storage ArchitectureTM concept
Who Should Attend
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Storage and virtual infrastructure consultants, solution architects, and administrators who are responsible for production support and administration of VMware vSAN 8.
FAQ
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