Résumé du cours
This course presents the skills 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, 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.
Contenu
Review VxRail Deployment Options
- Review VxRail Architecture and vCenter Deployment Options
- Review VxRail Network Deployment Options
- Locate Documentation and Resources for Administering VxRail
Manage the VxRail Cluster
- 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 and Performance of the VxRail vSAN Cluster
- Lab: Monitor Health, Capacity, and Performance of the VxRail vSAN Cluster
- Manage vSAN Services
- Lab: Manage vSAN Space Efficiency
- Manage and Use vSAN Storage Policies
- Lab: Manage and Use vSAN Storage Policies
- Manage vSAN HCI Mesh
- Demonstration: Manage vSAN HCI Mesh
- Manage the VxRail vSAN Cluster Availability
- Lab: FTT, FTM, and Fault Domain Interactions
- Lab: Place a Node into Maintenance Mode
- Lab: Restart VM Using vSphere High Availability
- Lab: Node Utilization and Failover
Perform Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Explore SolVe Online and Generate VxRail Procedures
- Lab: Generate VxRail Procedures with SolVe Online
- VxRail Manager File-Based Backup and 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 and ESXi Shell
Perform Additional Administrative Tasks
- Manage VxRail Networking
- Lab: Create and Configure VDS for Production Traffic
- Manage a Stretched Cluster Deployment
A qui s'adresse cette formation
This course is intended for customers, partners, and Dell employees who are responsible for administering and managing VxRail clusters.
Pré-requis
This course assumes that the students are familiar with:
- VxRail system architecture and theory of operations
- IP networking and configurations
- VMware vCenter Server to configure virtual resources
The VxRail 7.0.XXX Concepts course and the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course or equivalent knowledge are recommended.
Objectifs
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- 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.