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In this two-day course, you focus on learning the tools and skills necessary to troubleshoot VMware vSAN™ 7 implementations. You gain practical experience with vSAN troubleshooting concepts through the completion of instructor-led activities and hands-on lab exercises.

You must complete one of the following prerequisites:

Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere®: Install, Configure, Managecourse
Completion of the VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage course or equivalent experience with vSAN Experience working with command-line interfaces

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

Use VMware vSphere® 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 and VMware vSAN: Deploy and Manage courses before enrolling in VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting.

Describe the architectural components of vSAN and their roles
Explain how the components interact with each other
Explain the differences between object and component states
Describe how to use Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions
Explain how to use the command-line tools to help determine failure conditions

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 vSAN Architecture

Describe the vSAN architecture and components
Describe the policy-driven, object-based vSAN storage environment
Describe the CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT 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

Discuss VMware Skyline Health and the associated service
Describe the use of VMware Skyline Health to identify and correct problems in VMware vSAN
Apply information presented by vSAN Health online towards problem-solving
Use vsantop to view vSAN performance metrics
Discuss the ways to run commands from the vCenter Server and ESXi command lines
Discuss the ways to access vSphere ESXi Shell
Use commands to view, configure, and manage your vSphere environment
Discuss the esxcli vsan namespace commands
Discuss when to use Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) commands
Explain which log files are useful for vSAN troubleshooting
Use log files to help troubleshoot vSAN problems

Upcoming Trainings

Join our public courses in our New Zealand facilities. Private class trainings will be organized at the location of your preference, according to your schedule.

Classroom / Virtual Classroom

05 July 2024