VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting Workshop

Tájékoztató

In this two-day course, you will focus on learning the tools and skills necessary to troubleshoot VMware vSAN™ 6.6 implementations. You will gain practical experience with vSAN troubleshooting concepts through the completion of instructor-led activities and hands-on challenge lab exercises.

Termékleírás

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

Kinek ajánljuk

Storage and virtual infrastructure administrators who want to use software-defined storage with Virtual SAN

Szükséges előképzettség

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 VMware 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 [V6.5] and VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage [V6.6] courses before enrolling in VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting.

Tematika

Outline:

1. Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2. vSAN Software Architecture
• Describe the vSAN architecture and components
• Describe the policy-driven, object-based vSAN storage environment
• Describe the vSAN software components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT
• Explain the relationships between the vSAN software components
• Explain the relationship between objects and components
• Determine how specific storage policies affect components
• Describe component placement

3. Troubleshooting Methodology
• Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems
• Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and optimize troubleshooting efficiency

4. Troubleshooting Tools
• Replace a failed witness appliance
• Discuss the ways to run various command-line tools
• Discuss the ways to access VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Shell
• Use commands to view, configure, and manage your VMware vSphere® environment
• Explain which log files are useful for vSAN troubleshooting
• Use log files to help troubleshoot vSAN problems
• Discuss the esxcli vsan namespace commands

Discuss how to use Ruby vSphere Console command