Course Description
This course presents the skills important to administer & control a VxRail cluster. Key topics include management interfaces, resource provisioning & expansion, managing cluster configurations, monitoring, managing Availability, & basic troubleshooting. Hands-on labs, video demonstrations, & interactive simulations are included in the course to provide a step-by-step walkthrough of the necessary procedures to manage the cluster.
Prerequisites
This course assumes that the students are familiar with the following:
- VxRail system architecture & theory of operations
- IP networking & configurations
- VMware vCenter Server to configure virtual resources
Audience Profile
This course is intended for customers, partners, & Dell employees who are responsible for administering & managing VxRail clusters.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the VxRail system architecture & components.
- Manage a VxRail cluster using vCenter & the VxRail Manager Plugin for vCenter.
- Configure & provision resources on a VxRail cluster.
- Monitor system status, health, & performance.
- Maintain the system & troubleshoot fundamental system issues.
Content Outline
- Review VxRail Architecture & vCenter Deployment Options
- Review VxRail Network Deployment Options
- Locate Documentation & Resources for Administering VxRail
- Identify the Interfaces Used to Manage VxRail
- Manage VxRail Using the VxRail Plugin for vCenter Server
- Lab: Manage VxRail Cluster with vSphere Client Using VxRail Plugin
- Review vSAN
- Lab: Explore the VxRail vSAN Cluster Configuration
- Monitor the Health & Performance of the VxRail vSAN Cluster
- Lab: Monitor Health, Capacity, & Performance of the VxRail vSAN Cluster
- Manage vSAN Services
- Lab: Manage vSAN Space Efficiency
- Manage & Use vSAN Storage Policies
- Lab: Manage & Use vSAN Storage Policies
- Manage vSAN HCI Mesh
- Demonstration: Manage vSAN HCI Mesh
- \Manage the VxRail vSAN Cluster Availability
- Lab: FTT, FTM, & Fault Domain Interactions
- Lab: Place a Node into Maintenance Mode
- Lab: Restart VM Using vSphere High Availability
- Lab: Node Utilization & Failover
- Explore SolVe Online & Generate VxRail Procedures
- Lab: Generate VxRail Procedures with SolVe Online
- VxRail Manager File-Based Backup & Restore
- Lab: VxRail Manager File-Based Backup
- Perform Cluster Expansion
- Interaction: Perform VxRail Cluster Expansion
- Upgrade VxRail Software
- Interaction: Perform VxRail Software Upgrade
- Perform Log Collection
- Lab: Perform Log Collection
- Troubleshoot VxRail Issues
- Interaction: Explore iDRAC & ESXi Shell
- Manage VxRail Networking
- Lab: Create & Configure VDS for Production Traffic
- Manage a Stretched Cluster Deployment
Certification
DCS-SA: Systems Administrator, VxRail
FAQs
A: This course presents the skills necessary to administer & manage a VxRail cluster. Key topics include management interfaces, controlling cluster configurations, resource provisioning & expansion, monitoring, managing Availability, & basic troubleshooting. Hands-on labs, video demonstrations, & interactive simulations are included in the course to provide a step-by-step walkthrough of the necessary procedures to manage the cluster.
A: To attend the training session, you should have operational Desktops or Laptops with the required specification and a good internet connection to access the labs.
A: We recommend you attend the live session to practice & clarify the doubts instantly & get more value from your investment. However, if, due to some contingency, you have to skip the class, Radiant Techlearning will help you with the recorded session of that particular day. However, those recorded sessions are not meant only for personal consumption & NOT for distribution or commercial use.
A: Radiant Techlearning has a data center containing a Virtual Training environment for participants’ hand-on-practice.
Participants can easily access these labs over Cloud with the assistance of a remote desktop connection.
Radiant virtual labs allow you to learn from anywhere in the world & in any time zone.
A: The learners will be enthralled as we engage them the real-world & industry Oriented projects during the training program. These projects will improve your skills & knowledge & you will gain a better experience. These real-time projects will help you a lot in your future tasks & assignments.