VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting [V8]

This two-day, hands-on training course provides the knowledge to troubleshoot VMware vSAN™ clusters. In this course, you will learn the best practices to maintain a healthy vSAN environment and mitigate potential issues that may occur with operation of the software. You will learn the GUI and CLI vSAN monitoring and troubleshooting tools. The course provides a logical framework for a systematic troubleshooting approach. You will learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues with examples. The labs provided in the course simulate real-world problems to evaluate and enhance your troubleshooting skills.

Duration

2 days

Audience

• Experienced system vSAN administrators

• Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you must complete at least one of the following courses:

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]

• VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]

You should also have understanding or knowledge of these technologies:

• Good understanding of storage concepts

• Good understanding of network concepts

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

• Learn vSAN best practices for planning and availability

• Outline vSAN networking best practices

• Describe VMware Skyline Advisor™ Pro

• Learn about VMware Skyline Health™ for VMware vSAN™

• Discuss vSAN monitoring and troubleshooting tools integrated in VMware vSphere®

• Outline the common vSAN troubleshooting commands

• Understand how to benchmark vSAN performance

• Identify factors which might impact vSAN performance

• Outline vSAN troubleshooting framework

• List the most common vSAN issues

• Learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues

• Discuss how to get further support from the VMware community and knowledge base articles

• Learn how to effectively contact VMware technical support

• Enhance and test vSAN troubleshooting skills through labs

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

2 vSAN Best Practice and Problems Prevention

• Discuss the importance of vSAN planning and availability best practices

• Discuss vSAN networking best practices

• Discuss the importance of vSAN data protection

• Understand the Data protection best practices

• Discuss the importance of vSAN hardware compatibility

• Learn how to check hardware compatibility for vSAN

• List the factors that impact vSAN performance

• Learn how to benchmark vSAN performance

• Discuss the importance of VMware Skyline Advisor™

• Learn how to use Skyline Advisor

3 vSAN Monitoring and Troubleshooting tools

• Explain the Skyline Health for vSAN features

• Discuss the other vSAN cluster-level monitoring in the VMware vSphere® Client™

• Discuss vSAN host-level monitoring in the vSphere client

• Discuss vSAN VM-level monitoring in the vSphere Client

• Understand task and event views in the vSphere client

• Describe vSphere Alarms

• Learn how to use the CLI to find information about vSAN cluster

4 vSAN Troubleshooting

• Learn the recommended vSAN troubleshooting process

• Describe the PNOMA framework

• Learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues

• Discuss how to get further support from the community and VMware knowledge base articles

• Learn how to effectively contact VMware technical support

5 Troubleshooting Labs

• Enhance and test vSAN troubleshooting skills through labs