vSphere 7: Configuring and Managing vSphere Storage

By David Davis
In this course, vSphere 7: Configuring and Managing vSphere Storage, you’ll learn how to configure all forms of vSphere storage including VMFS, iSCSI, NFS, VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN), and advanced multi-pathing.
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Course info
Level
Beginner
Updated
Sep 22, 2020
Duration
4h 30m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 1m
Introduction
Introduction 2m Pluralsight’s Learning Path for vSphere 7 2m What This Course Covers 2m
Connecting Shared Storage Devices to vSphere
What This Module Covers 3m Describe Storage Types for vSphere 5m Explain Storage Naming Conventions 6m Determine Use Case for iSCSI Initiators 3m Explain iSCSI Initiator Requirements 2m Enabling and Configuring the Software iSCSI Initiator 2m Create and Attach to an iSCSI LUN 3m Scan/rescan Storage 3m Creating a Datastore on an iSCSI LUN 2m Configure iSCSI Port Binding 2m Enable/configure/disable iSCSI Security 3m Configuring Boot from SAN 5m Describe Zoning and LUN Masking Practices 4m Create an NFS Share for Use with vSphere 4m Compare/contrast Array and Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning 7m Configure vCenter Server Storage Filters 3m Summary 2m
Configuring Software Defined Storage
What This Module Covers 3m Explain Virtual SAN (vSAN) Architecture 3m What’s New in vSAN 7? 3m Identify Virtual SAN Requirements 2m Create/delete vSAN Cluster 9m Manage vSAN Disk Groups 2m Monitor vSAN Storage 7m Add/remove vSAN Nodes 4m Deploying vSAN File Services 7m Creating Shares in vSAN File Services 5m Monitoring vSAN File Services 4m Determine the Role of Storage Providers in vSAN 4m Configure Storage Policies 2m Configure Storage Policies Using Tags 8m Configure Storage Policies Using VASA 5m Monitor Storage Policy Compliance 1m Explain vSAN Failure Domains Functionality 2m Enable/disable Virtual SAN Fault Domains 3m Explain vVol Architectural Components 8m Configuring and Consuming vVols 6m Summary 2m
Creating and Configuring VMFS and NFS Datastores
What This Module Covers 2m Compare and Contrast VMFS and NFS Datastore Properties 3m Identify NFS Requirements 4m Compare/contrast Supported NFS Versions 4m Configuring NFS Storage for vSphere 4m Create a NFS Datastore 3m Configuring NFS Storage Multi-pathing 2m Compare/contrast VMFS5 and VMFS6 2m Determine VMFS Requirements 1m Create a VMFS Datastore 4m Extend/expand VMFS Datastores 3m Place a VMFS Datastore in Maintenance Mode 2m Configure Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS) 3m Summary 3m
Configuring vSphere Storage Multi-pathing and Failover
What This Module Covers 3m Differentiate Available Storage Load Balancing Options 4m Explain Features of Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) 4m Differentiate Available Storage Multi-pathing Policies 4m Determine the Effect of Changing the PSP and SATP 2m Explain the Function of Claim Rule Elements 8m Configure/manage Storage Load Balancing 6m Configure Network Port Binding for MPIO 2m Change the Path Selection Policy Using the UI 2m Determine Required Claim Rule Elements to Change the Default PSP 3m Extend Windows Timeout for Delayed Write Operations 3m Summary 2m
Performing Advanced VMFS and NFS Configurations
What This Module Covers 2m Determine a Proper Use Case for Multiple VMFS/NFS Datastores 4m Mount/unmount VMFS and NFS Datastores 3m Connect an NFS 4.1 Datastore Using Kerberos 5m Understanding Raw Device Mappings 4m Enabling Windows Failover Clustering 4m Using vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) 5m Summary 2m
Next Steps
Next Steps 1m
Description
Course info
Level
Beginner
Updated
Sep 22, 2020
Duration
4h 30m
Description

VMware vSphere powers the majority of the on-premises datacenters in the world today, and vSphere administrators are highly sought-after in the job market. The VMware Certified Professional (or VCP) is the most popular virtualization certification in the world. In this course, vSphere 7: Configuring and Managing vSphere Storage, you’ll learn how to configure all forms of vSphere storage. First, you'll learn how to configure iSCSI, NFS, and VMFS storage for vSphere. Next, you'll discover the power of VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN) and how to configure it. Finally, you'll explore how to configure vSphere storage multi-pathing and failover. By the end of this course, you'll know everything you need to know to configure and manage your vSphere 7 storage infrastructure!

About the author
David Davis
About the author

David has authored over 50 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere.

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Course Overview
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