vSphere 8: Configuring and Managing vSphere Storage
This course will teach you how to configure and manage vSphere storage from local to shared to software defined, as well as how to administer and configure vSphere storage.
What you'll learn
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. With the launch of vSphere 8, VMware has unleashed a tremendous amount of innovation so it’s a great time to be learning vSphere. In this course, vSphere 8: Configuring and Managing vSphere Storage, you'll learn how to configure and manage vSphere storage from local to shared to software defined as well as how to administer and configure vSphere storage. First, you'll explore connecting shared storage devices to vSphere. Next, you'll discover how to plan, install, and setup VMware vSphere 8. Finally, you'll learn about the advanced VMFS and NFS configurations. By the end of this course, you'll have the necessary knowledge to create and configure vSphere shared storage, including iSCSI, VMFS, NFS--VMware Virtual SAN, vSphere storage policy-based management, the VMware pluggable storage architecture, storage multi-pathing, and advanced storage configurations.
Table of contents
- What This Module Covers 3m
- Describe Storage Types for vSphere 7m
- Explain Storage Naming Conventions 11m
- 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 5m
- Scan/Rescan Storage 3m
- Creating a Datastore on an iSCSI LUN 3m
- Configure iSCSI Port Binding 2m
- Enable/Configure/Disable iSCSI Security 4m
- Configuring Boot from SAN 4m
- Describe Zoning and LUN Masking Practices 4m
- Create an NFS Share for Use with vSphere 6m
- Compare/Contrast Array and Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning 7m
- Configure vCenter Server Storage Filters 3m
- Summary 3m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Explain Virtual SAN (vSAN) Architecture 3m
- What’s New in vSAN 8? 6m
- Identify Virtual SAN Requirements 2m
- Create/Delete vSAN Cluster 12m
- Manage vSAN Disk Groups 2m
- Monitor vSAN Storage 4m
- Add/Remove vSAN Nodes 5m
- Deploying vSAN File Services 7m
- Creating Shares in vSAN File Services 7m
- Monitoring vSAN File Services 4m
- Determine the Role of Storage Providers in vSAN 5m
- Configure Storage Policies 3m
- Configure Storage Policies Using Tags 8m
- Configure Storage Policies Using VASA 7m
- Monitor Storage Policy Compliance 1m
- Explain vSAN Failure Domains Functionality 2m
- Enable/Disable Virtual SAN Fault Domains 4m
- Explain vVol Architectural Components 8m
- Configuring and Consuming vVols 6m
- Summary 2m
- What This Module Covers 2m
- Compare and Contrast VMFS and NFS Datastore Properties 3m
- Identify NFS Requirements 5m
- Compare and Contrast Supported NFS Versions 3m
- Configuring NFS Storage for vSphere 6m
- Create a NFS Datastore 4m
- Configuring NFS Storage Multi-pathing 2m
- Compare and Contrast VMFS5 and VMFS6 3m
- Determine VMFS Requirements 1m
- Create a VMFS Datastore 4m
- Extend/Expand VMFS Datastores 4m
- Place a VMFS Datastore in Maintenance Mode 2m
- Configure Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS) 4m
- Summary 3m
- What This Module Covers 3m
- Differentiate Available Storage Load Balancing Options 6m
- Explain Features of Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) 4m
- Differentiate Available Storage Multi-pathing Policies 5m
- Determine the Effect of Changing the PSP and SATP 2m
- Explain the Function of Claim Rule Elements 9m
- Configure/Manage Storage Load Balancing 9m
- 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 3m
- 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 6m
- Understanding Raw Device Mappings 5m
- Enabling Windows Failover Clustering 4m
- Using vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) 6m
- Cloud Native Storage in vSphere 3m
- Summary 2m
About the author
David has authored over 100 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere. He is a partner at ActualTechMedia.com where he creates compelling enterprise technology content, moderates online events, and helps to connect some of the best-known technology companies in the industry with the end user community. With over 20 years in enterprise technology, he has served as an IT Manager, administrator, an... more