Résumé du cours
This course covers the knowledge necessary to administer and manage a VxRail Cluster. Key topics include management interfaces, managing cluster configurations, resource provisioning and expansion, monitoring, managing availability, and basic troubleshooting. Hands on labs included in the course provide a step-by step walkthrough of the key procedures to manage the cluster.
A qui s'adresse cette formation
This course is intended for customers, partners and Dell EMC employees who will be responsible for administering and managing VxRail clusters.
Pré-requis
This course assumes that the students are familiar with:
- VxRail appliance architecture and theory of operation
- IP networking and configurations
- VMware vCenter Server to configure virtual resources
- VMware vSAN and its policy based management
- The VxRail Technical Overview and the !VMware vSphere 6: Install, Configure, Manage (VICM) [V6.7] courses or equivalent knowledge are recommended.
Objectifs
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe system architecture and components
- Manage a VxRail cluster using VxRail Manager and vCenter
- Configure and provision resources on a VxRail cluster
- Monitor system status, health and performance
- Maintain the system and troubleshoot basic system issues
Contenu
Module 1 – VxRail Overview
- Benefits of hyper-converged infrastructure
- What is VxRail?
- VxRail documentation and resources
- VxRail network considerations
Module 2 – VxRail Administration and Management Overview
- Introduction to management interfaces
- vSAN Overview
- VxRail conventions
Module 3 – VxRail Manager
- VxRail Manager views
- VxRail Manager tasks
Module 4 – Managing vSAN
- vSAN Configuration
- Storage Policies
- Monitoring vSAN
- Availability Considerations
Module 5 – Managing virtualization
- vSphere concepts and functions
- Managing vSphere
Module 6 – Availability Management
- VxRail availability standard features
- VxRail additional availability features
- Stretched clusters
Module 7 – Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- VxRail health check and log collection
- VxRail maintenance procedures
- Troubleshooting