VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting [V8]

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Course Overview

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.

Who Should Attend

  • Experienced system vSAN administrators
  • Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators

Course Objectives

    • Learn vSAN best practices for planning and availability
    • Outline vSAN networking best practices
    • Describe Skyline Advisor™ Pro
    • Learn about vSAN Skyline™ Health
    • Discuss vSAN monitoring and troubleshooting tools integrated within vSphere
    • Outline the common vSAN troubleshooting commands
    • Understand how to benchmark vSAN performance
    • Identify factors which may 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

Course Outline

Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

vSAN Best Practice and Problems Prevention

  • Discuss the importance of vSAN planning and availability best practice
  • Discuss vSAN networking best practice
  • Discuss the importance of vSAN Data protection
  • Understand the Data protection best Practice
  • 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 Skyline Advisor
  • Learn how to use Skyline Advisor

vSAN Monitoring and Troubleshooting tools

  • Explain vSAN Skyline Health 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 tasks and events views within the vSphere client
  • Describe vSphere Alarms
  • Learn how to use the CLI to find information about vSAN cluster

vSAN Best Practice and Problems Prevention

  • Discuss the importance of vSAN planning and availability best practice
  • Discuss vSAN networking best practice
  • Discuss the importance of vSAN Data protection
  • Understand the Data protection best Practice
  • 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 Skyline Advisor
  • Learn how to use Skyline Advisor

Troubleshooting Process

  • Learn the recommended vSAN troubleshooting process
  • Describe the PNOMA framework
  • Learn how to troubleshoot vSAN common issues

Getting Support

  • Discuss how to get further support from the community and the knowledge base articles
  • Learn how to effectively contact VMware technical support

Troubleshooting Labs

  • Enhance and test vSAN troubleshooting skills through labs

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Class Dates & Times

Class times are listed Central time

This is a 2-day class

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Register 11/24/2025 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT
Register 01/26/2026 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT
Register 03/23/2026 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT