VMware vSphere: Advanced Storage Configuration and Administration

Course details

You have a lot of options when it comes to vSphere storage, physical and virtual alike. This course helps you understand the options, choose the right storage solution for you, and configure and administer vSphere storage, including services such as authentication and sharing. Learn how to create and manage data stores, use advanced monitoring and design techniques, and leverage exciting new software-driven storage technologies such as VSAN and Virtual Volumes. VMware Certified Instructor Rick Crisci demonstrates all the concepts using the free lab environments from VMware Hands-on Labs and Inspired vLabs, which you can use to follow along at home without having to set up your own vSphere environment.

Learning objectives
Comparing VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) and NFS (Network File System)
Working with Fibre Channel and FCoE
Configuring iSCSI storage and authentication
Working with block storage and VMFS
Managing storage filters
Using vSphere storage APIs
Sharing virtual disks
Configuring NFS storage
Using vSphere Virtual Volumes
Configuring VSAN data stores
Configuring SIOC data stores

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Before watching this course

1. Storage Virtualization

03 - VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) and NFS (Network File System)
04 - Array thin provisioning

2. Fibre Channel and FCoE

05 - Fibre Channel basics
06 - Fibre Channel zoning
07 - Fibre Channel masking
08 - FCoE basics
09 - FCoE adapters

3. iSCSI

10 - iSCSI basics
11 - iSCSI initiator types
12 - iSCSI target discovery
13 - Configuring a software iSCSI initiator
14 - Configuring iSCSI port bindings
15 - Discovering LUNs
16 - Creating a VMFS data store
17 - Configuring iSCSI CHAP
18 - iSCSI boot LUNs

4. Working with Block Storage

19 - Upgrading VMFS3 to VMFS5
20 - Create a new virtual machine
21 - Using raw device mappings
22 - Modifying VMFS data stores
23 - Data-store clusters
24 - Configuring storage policies

5. Advanced Storage Concepts

25 - Managing storage filters
26 - Storage multipathing basics
27 - SATPs (storage array type plugIns) and PSPs (path selection plugins)
28 - Configuring PSPs
29 - Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
30 - APD (all-paths-down) and PDL (permanent device loss) conditions
31 - VAAI (vStorage API for Array Integration) and VASA (vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness)
32 - VAAI primitives
33 - Sharing virtual disks across VMs

6. NFS

34 - NFS basics
35 - Creating an NFS data store
36 - Manage NFS data stores
37 - NFS 3 and NFS 4.1

7. Virtual Volumes (VVOL)

38 - VVOL basics
39 - VVOL objects
40 - Storage providers and VVOLs
41 - Configuring VVOLs

8. Virtual SAN (VSAN)

42 - VSAN basics
43 - VSAN objects and network
44 - VSAN fault domains
45 - Configuring VSAN
46 - Configure storage policies for VSAN
47 - Using VSAN Observer

9. Storage I O Control (SIOC)

48 - SIOC basics
49 - Configuring SIOC

Conclusion

50 - Next steps