VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting [V7]

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Course Overview

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. Product Alignment VMware ESXi 7 VMware vCenter Server 7 VMware vSAN 7 Objectives: By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the software components of vSAN and their roles Diagram how the components relate to each other Use Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions Use the command-line tools to help determine failure conditions

Course Outline

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

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