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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="30326" language="fr" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/fr/xml-course/vmware-vsanicm8" lastchanged="2026-03-19T09:08:28+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/fr/xml-courses"><title>VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]</title><productcode>VSANICM8</productcode><vendorcode>VM</vendorcode><vendorname>VMware</vendorname><fullproductcode>VM-VSANICM8</fullproductcode><version>8</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe vSAN concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Detail the underlying vSAN architecture and components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the importance vSAN node hardware compatibility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the different vSAN deployment options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how to configure vSAN fault domains&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Detail how to define and create a VM storage policy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss the impact of vSAN storage policy changes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Detail vSAN resilience and data availability&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSAN storage space efficiency&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how vSAN encryption works&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Detail VMware HCI Mesh&amp;trade; technology and architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Detail vSAN File Service architecture and configuration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to setup a stretched and a two-node vSAN cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSAN maintenance mode and data evacuation options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the steps to shut down a vSAN cluster for maintenance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how to use proactive tests to check the integrity of a vSAN cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware Skyline Health&amp;trade; for monitoring vSAN health&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss vSAN troubleshooting best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSAN Express Storage Architecture concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;Equivalent knowledge or completion of the following course is required:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/fr/course/vmware-vsicm8&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(VSICM8)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;Storage and virtual infrastructure consultants, solution architects, and administrators who are responsible for production support and administration of VMware vSAN 8.0.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Course Introduction&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to vSAN&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Planning a vSAN Cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploying a vSAN Cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN Storage Policies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN Resilience and Data Availability&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN Security Operations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN HCI Mesh&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN File Services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN Cluster Maintenance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN Cluster Monitoring&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN Troubleshooting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;vSAN Express Storage Architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><outline>&lt;h5&gt;Course Introduction&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Introduction and course logistics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Course objectives&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Introduction to vSAN&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe vSAN architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the vSAN software components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify vSAN objects and components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the advantages of object-based storage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the difference between All-Flash and Hybrid vSAN architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss the vSAN integration and compatibility with other VMware technologies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Planning a vSAN Cluster&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apply vSAN cluster planning and deployment best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Determine and plan for storage consumption by data growth and failure tolerance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design vSAN hosts for operational needs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify vSAN networking features and requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe ways of controlling traffic in a vSAN environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recognize best practices for vSAN network configurations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Deploying a vSAN Cluster&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ensure the compatibility of driver and firmware versioning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use tools to automate driver validation and installation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy and configure a vSAN Cluster using the Cluster QuickStart wizard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manually configure a vSAN Cluster using VMware vSphere&amp;reg; Client&amp;trade;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain and configure vSAN fault domains&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using VMware vSphere&amp;reg; High Availability with vSAN&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understand vSAN Cluster maintenance capabilities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the difference between implicit and explicit fault domains&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create explicit fault domains&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN Storage Policies&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe a vSAN object&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how objects are split into components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the purpose of witness components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how vSAN stores large objects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View object and component placement on the vSAN datastore&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain how storage policies work with vSAN&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define and create a virtual machine storage policy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Change virtual machine storage policies dynamically&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN Resilience and Data Availability&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe and configure the Object Repair Timer advanced option&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Plan disk replacement in a vSAN cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Plan maintenance tasks to avoid vSAN object failures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recognize the importance of managing snapshot utilization in a vSAN cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discuss deduplication and compression techniques&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understand deduplication and compression overhead&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss compression only mode&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure erasure coding&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure swap object thin provisioning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss reclaiming storage space with SCSI UNMAP&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure TRIM/UNMAP&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN Security Operations&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the workflow of data-in transit encryption&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the steps involved in replacing Key Management Server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN HCI Mesh&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Understand the purpose of vSAN HCI Mesh&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Detail vSAN HCI Mesh technology and architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform mount and unmount of a remote datastore&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN File Services&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Understand the purpose of vSAN File Services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Detail vSAN File Services architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure vSAN File Shares&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the architecture and uses case for stretched clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN witness node&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the architecture and uses case for two-node clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain storage policies for vSAN stretched cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN Cluster Maintenance&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assess the impact on cluster objects of entering maintenance mode&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Determine the specific data actions required after exiting maintenance mode&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the steps to shut down and reboot hosts and vSAN clusters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use best practices for boot devices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Replace vSAN nodes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN Cluster Monitoring&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) enables VMware to improve products and services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN cluster health&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in VMware vSphere&amp;reg; Client&amp;trade;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and configure custom alarms to trigger vSAN health issues&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use IOInsight metrics for monitoring vSAN performance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use a vSAN proactive test to detect and diagnose cluster issues&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN Troubleshooting&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and optimize troubleshooting efficiency&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use VMware Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain which log files are useful for vSAN troubleshooting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;vSAN Express Storage Architecture&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Understand the purpose of vSAN Express Storage Architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the vSAN Express Storage Architecture components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify Storage Policy differences&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understand compression and encryption operation differences&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:


- Describe vSAN concepts
- Detail the underlying vSAN architecture and components
- Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN
- Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters
- Explain the importance vSAN node hardware compatibility
- Describe the different vSAN deployment options
- Explain how to configure vSAN fault domains
- Detail how to define and create a VM storage policy
- Discuss the impact of vSAN storage policy changes
- Detail vSAN resilience and data availability
- Describe vSAN storage space efficiency
- Explain how vSAN encryption works
- Detail VMware HCI Mesh™ technology and architecture
- Detail vSAN File Service architecture and configuration
- Describe how to setup a stretched and a two-node vSAN cluster
- Describe vSAN maintenance mode and data evacuation options
- Define the steps to shut down a vSAN cluster for maintenance
- Explain how to use proactive tests to check the integrity of a vSAN cluster
- Use VMware Skyline Health™ for monitoring vSAN health
- Use VMware Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions
- Discuss vSAN troubleshooting best practices
- Describe vSAN Express Storage Architecture concepts</objective_plain><essentials_plain>Equivalent knowledge or completion of the following course is required:


- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] (VSICM8)</essentials_plain><audience_plain>Storage and virtual infrastructure consultants, solution architects, and administrators who are responsible for production support and administration of VMware vSAN 8.0.</audience_plain><contents_plain>- Course Introduction
- Introduction to vSAN
- Planning a vSAN Cluster
- Deploying a vSAN Cluster
- vSAN Storage Policies
- vSAN Resilience and Data Availability
- Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency
- vSAN Security Operations
- vSAN HCI Mesh
- vSAN File Services
- vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters
- vSAN Cluster Maintenance
- vSAN Cluster Monitoring
- vSAN Troubleshooting
- vSAN Express Storage Architecture</contents_plain><outline_plain>Course Introduction


- Introduction and course logistics
- Course objectives
Introduction to vSAN


- Describe vSAN architecture
- Describe the vSAN software components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT
- Identify vSAN objects and components
- Describe the advantages of object-based storage
- Describe the difference between All-Flash and Hybrid vSAN architecture
- Explain the key features and use cases for vSAN
- Discuss the vSAN integration and compatibility with other VMware technologies
Planning a vSAN Cluster


- Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters
- Apply vSAN cluster planning and deployment best practices
- Determine and plan for storage consumption by data growth and failure tolerance
- Design vSAN hosts for operational needs
- Identify vSAN networking features and requirements
- Describe ways of controlling traffic in a vSAN environment
- Recognize best practices for vSAN network configurations
Deploying a vSAN Cluster


- Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility
- Ensure the compatibility of driver and firmware versioning
- Use tools to automate driver validation and installation
- Apply host hardware settings for optimum performance
- Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades
- Deploy and configure a vSAN Cluster using the Cluster QuickStart wizard
- Manually configure a vSAN Cluster using VMware vSphere® Client™
- Explain and configure vSAN fault domains
- Using VMware vSphere® High Availability with vSAN
- Understand vSAN Cluster maintenance capabilities
- Describe the difference between implicit and explicit fault domains
- Create explicit fault domains
vSAN Storage Policies


- Describe a vSAN object
- Describe how objects are split into components
- Explain the purpose of witness components
- Explain how vSAN stores large objects
- View object and component placement on the vSAN datastore
- Explain how storage policies work with vSAN
- Define and create a virtual machine storage policy
- Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies
- Change virtual machine storage policies dynamically
- Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status
vSAN Resilience and Data Availability


- Describe and configure the Object Repair Timer advanced option
- Plan disk replacement in a vSAN cluster
- Plan maintenance tasks to avoid vSAN object failures
- Recognize the importance of managing snapshot utilization in a vSAN cluster
Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency


- Discuss deduplication and compression techniques
- Understand deduplication and compression overhead
- Discuss compression only mode
- Configure erasure coding
- Configure swap object thin provisioning
- Discuss reclaiming storage space with SCSI UNMAP
- Configure TRIM/UNMAP
vSAN Security Operations


- Identify differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption
- Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security
- Describe the workflow of data-in transit encryption
- Identify the steps involved in replacing Key Management Server
vSAN HCI Mesh


- Understand the purpose of vSAN HCI Mesh
- Detail vSAN HCI Mesh technology and architecture
- Perform mount and unmount of a remote datastore
vSAN File Services


- Understand the purpose of vSAN File Services
- Detail vSAN File Services architecture
- Configure vSAN File Shares
vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters


- Describe the architecture and uses case for stretched clusters
- Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN witness node
- Describe the architecture and uses case for two-node clusters
- Explain storage policies for vSAN stretched cluster
vSAN Cluster Maintenance


- Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations
- Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options
- Assess the impact on cluster objects of entering maintenance mode
- Determine the specific data actions required after exiting maintenance mode
- Define the steps to shut down and reboot hosts and vSAN clusters
- Use best practices for boot devices
- Replace vSAN nodes
vSAN Cluster Monitoring


- Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) enables VMware to improve products and services
- Use VMware Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN cluster health
- Manage alerts, alarms, and notifications related to vSAN in VMware vSphere® Client™
- Create and configure custom alarms to trigger vSAN health issues
- Use IOInsight metrics for monitoring vSAN performance
- Use a vSAN proactive test to detect and diagnose cluster issues
vSAN Troubleshooting


- Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems
- Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and optimize troubleshooting efficiency
- Use VMware Skyline Health to investigate and help determine failure conditions
- Explain which log files are useful for vSAN troubleshooting
vSAN Express Storage Architecture


- Understand the purpose of vSAN Express Storage Architecture
- Describe the vSAN Express Storage Architecture components
- Identify Storage Policy differences
- Understand compression and encryption operation differences</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="4">4 jours</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">2760.00</price><price country="SE" currency="EUR">2760.00</price><price country="IL" currency="ILS">9580.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">2890.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">2760.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">2450.00</price><price country="GB" currency="GBP">3230.00</price><price country="UA" currency="EUR">2700.00</price><price country="PL" currency="EUR">1510.00</price><price country="RU" currency="RUB">165600.00</price><price country="NL" currency="EUR">2760.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">2200.00</price></pricelist><miles><milesvalue country="SI" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">19.00</milesvalue><milesvalue country="AT" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">36.00</milesvalue></miles></course>