Learning VMware vSAN

Learn how to configure, monitor, and manage VMware vSAN, the popular software-defined storage solution, and explore different architecture and deployment options.

Introduction

• Introduction to vSAN
• vSAN basic architecture
• vSAN vs. storage array
• Resources

1. vSAN Basics

• Disk groups
• Hybrid vs. flash

2. Storage Policies

• vSAN object storage
• Storage policies, part 1
• Storage policies, part 2
• Fault domains

3. Configure vSAN

• Demo: Configure vSAN network
• Demo: Create a vSAN cluster
• Demo: Storage policies
• vSAN encryption

4. vSAN Operations

• Failure scenarios
• vSAN and HA, part 1
• vSAN and HA, part 2
• Demo: Host failures in a vSAN cluster
• Demo: vSAN maintenance, part 1
• Demo: vSAN maintenance, part 2
• Demo: vSAN disk removal

5. vSAN Deployment Options

• Stretched vSAN cluster
• Two-node clusters