VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting Workshop - VSTW

Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:

• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.5] course
• Completion of the VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.6] course or equivalent experience with vSAN
• Experience working with Linux command-line interfaces

The course presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling:

• Use VMware vSphere® Web Client for common operations
• Create and manage VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers, clusters, hosts, and virtual machines
• Create and modify a standard switch
• Modify a distributed switch
• Create a VMware vSphere® VMFS datastore
• Use a wizard or a template to create a virtual machine
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®

If you cannot complete all of these tasks, VMware recommends that you complete the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] and VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [v6.x] courses before enrolling in VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Describe the software components
• Diagram how the components relate to each other
• Describe vSAN object placement
• Explain the differences between object states
• Explain how storage policies affect object states
• Predict how specific failures affect object states

vSAN Software Architecture

Troubleshooting MethodologY

Troubleshooting Tools

This course requires completion of one of the following prerequisites:

• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.5] course
• Completion of the VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.6] course or equivalent experience with vSAN
• Experience working with Linux command-line interfaces

The course presumes that a student can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling:

• Use VMware vSphere® Web Client for common operations
• Create and manage VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers, clusters, hosts, and virtual machines
• Create and modify a standard switch
• Modify a distributed switch
• Create a VMware vSphere® VMFS datastore
• Use a wizard or a template to create a virtual machine
• Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®

If you cannot complete all of these tasks, VMware recommends that you complete the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] and VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [v6.x] courses before enrolling in VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting.