VMware vSphere 6.5 Advanced Storage

2h 16mAdvanced2019-05-14

Authors

Rick Crisci

Technical Trainer and Information Technology Professional

Course details

Learn how to set up and administer storage environments using vSphere 6.5, the data center virtualization platform from VMware. This course covers advanced vSphere storage concepts, topics which are part of the VMware Certified Professional exam. Instructor Rick Crisci starts the course by explaining the basics of storage performance and shows how to work with datastores, iSCSI, and independent hardware. Then, he moves on to advanced storage administration, covering host storage, DRS settings, vSAN, and virtual volumes. He wraps up by demonstrating how to use multipathing plugin, SIOC, and VMFS.

Learning objectives
Storage commands
Virtualized operating systems
Securing storage traffic
Network topology
Connections and arrays
VMkernel port
Local and shared storage
Storage adapters
Configuring encryption options
Creating clones and snapshots
Storage performance and availability
Failure management
Analyzing metadata

Skills covered

vSphereVMwareVirtualizationNetwork and System AdministrationDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

1. vSphere Storage Basics

01 - Storage performance overview
02 - VMFS and NFS datastores
03 - NFS 3 and NFS v4.1 datastores
04 - Demo - Create an NFS datastore
05 - Introduction to iSCSI
06 - Software iSCSI
07 - Demo - Configure software iSCSI
08 - Demo - Create a VMFS datastore on iSCSI
09 - Dependent hardware iSCSI
10 - Independent hardware iSCSI

2. vSphere Storage Advanced Concepts

11 - Demo - ESXi host storage configuration
12 - Storage DRS
13 - Introduction to vSAN (Virtual SAN)
14 - vSAN network and object storage
15 - Demo - Working with vSAN
16 - Virtual Volumes (VVOL)
17 - Demo - Storage multipathing plugins
18 - Demo - Storage I O Control (SIOC)
19 - VMFS metadata consistency