VxRail Administration (EN)

Description

This course presents the skills necessary to administer and manage a VxRail cluster.

Training is provided by authorized distributor DNS a.s.

Key topics include management interfaces, managing cluster configurations, resource provisioning and expansion, monitoring, managing availability, and basic troubleshooting. Hands-on labs, video demonstrations, and interactive simulations are included in the course to provide a step-by step walkthrough of the key procedures to manage the cluster.

Goals

• Describe the VxRail system architecture and components.
• Manage a VxRail cluster using vCenter and the VxRail Manager Plugin for vCenter.
• Configure and provision resources on a VxRail cluster.
• Monitor system status, health, and performance.
• Maintain the system and troubleshoot basic system issues.

Target

Contents

• Differentiate between various VxRail deployment options and implications for administration
• License VxRail using the vSphere client
• Manage VxRail using the VxRail Plugin for vCenter Server
• Explain the vSAN configuration of a VxRail cluster
• Monitor the vSAN health, capacity, and performance of a VxRail cluster
• Configure vSAN services
• Manage and use vSAN Storage Policies
• Manage vSAN HCI Mesh
• Manage vSAN Cluster Availability
• Generate VxRail Procedures with SolVe
• Perform Cluster Expansion (Add Nodes)
• Perform capacity expansion for an existing VxRail node (Add disks)
• Perform VxRail Manager File-Based Backup
• Perform VxRail Software Upgrade
• Manage VxRail Networking
• Manage a Stretched Cluster
• Perform VxRail troubleshooting
• Remove a VxRail node from a cluster
• Perform power control operations on a VxRail cluster
• Manage SSL Certificates
• Manage Passwords

Prerequisites

• VxRail system architecture and theory of operations
• IP networking and configurations
• VMware vCenter Server to configure virtual resources

Study Materials