VMware vSAN with NTAI

This hands-on course, equivalent to one day of training, builds skills in post-deployment configuration and administration of VMware NTAI® 7. The configuration and administration skills ed on the inclusion of VMware vSANTM 6.7 storage datastores for desktop pools and virtual machines deployed and managed by VMware NTAI 7.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Identify vSAN and VMware NTAI 7 integration considerations
Recognize the benefits of using vSAN as the native storage for VMware NTAI 7
Describe basic vSAN architecture and components
Describe basic VMware NTAI 7 architecture and components
Identify the vSAN features that benefit VMware NTAI 7
Describe key vSAN characteristics
Identify ways to overcome vSAN limitations in a VMware NTAI 7 environment
Define hardware, software, and storage requirements for a given use case
Identify desktop pool use cases and how these cases affect vSAN datastore sizing
Configure a desktop pool for a given use case
Determine and configure the correct vSAN storage policies for VMware NTAI 7

Course Outline

1 - COURSE INTRODUCTION

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Describe the software-defined data center

2 - INTEGRATING VSAN WITH VMWARE NTAI 7

Identify vSAN and VMware NTAI 7 integration considerations
Describe basic vSAN architecture
Describe basic VMware NTAI 7 architecture
Identify key vSAN characteristics that affect VMware NTAI 7 design and sizing
Describe basic vSAN architecture and components
Identify ways that vSAN benefits VMware NTAI 7
Recognize vSAN features that are key to increasing storage performance in VMware NTAI 7
Identify ways to overcome vSAN limitations with VMware NTAI 7

3 - CONFIGURING VSAN FOR NTAI 7

Define hardware, software, and storage requirements for a specific use case.
Configure a desktop pool for a specific use case.
Recognize vSAN sizing considerations for VMware NTAI 7
Determine the appropriate vSAN sizing and cluster type for a VMware NTAI 7 environment or pool
Apply vSAN design considerations
Describe the expansion of a vSAN cluster
Configure vSAN disk groups

4 - CONFIGURING VMWARE NTAI 7 TO USE VSAN

Identify NTAI Connection Server requirements
Configure NTAI Connection Server storage settings
Describe how to configure the event database
Describe the function of View Composer
Describe replica tiering
Identify vSAN datastore requirements for linkedclone desktop pools
Deploy linked-clone desktops from a vSAN datastore
Optimize storage for instant-clone desktops
Describe replica and instant-clone virtual machine storage options

5 - VSAN POLICIES FOR VMWARE NTAI DESKTOPS

Explain how storage policies work with VMware NTAI 7
Explain virtual machine storage policies
Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status

Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.

Course Outline

1 - COURSE INTRODUCTION

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Describe the software-defined data center

2 - INTEGRATING VSAN WITH VMWARE NTAI 7

Identify vSAN and VMware NTAI 7 integration considerations
Describe basic vSAN architecture
Describe basic VMware NTAI 7 architecture
Identify key vSAN characteristics that affect VMware NTAI 7 design and sizing
Describe basic vSAN architecture and components
Identify ways that vSAN benefits VMware NTAI 7
Recognize vSAN features that are key to increasing storage performance in VMware NTAI 7
Identify ways to overcome vSAN limitations with VMware NTAI 7

3 - CONFIGURING VSAN FOR NTAI 7

Define hardware, software, and storage requirements for a specific use case.
Configure a desktop pool for a specific use case.
Recognize vSAN sizing considerations for VMware NTAI 7
Determine the appropriate vSAN sizing and cluster type for a VMware NTAI 7 environment or pool
Apply vSAN design considerations
Describe the expansion of a vSAN cluster
Configure vSAN disk groups

4 - CONFIGURING VMWARE NTAI 7 TO USE VSAN

Identify NTAI Connection Server requirements
Configure NTAI Connection Server storage settings
Describe how to configure the event database
Describe the function of View Composer
Describe replica tiering
Identify vSAN datastore requirements for linkedclone desktop pools
Deploy linked-clone desktops from a vSAN datastore
Optimize storage for instant-clone desktops
Describe replica and instant-clone virtual machine storage options

5 - VSAN POLICIES FOR VMWARE NTAI DESKTOPS

Explain how storage policies work with VMware NTAI 7
Explain virtual machine storage policies
Identify virtual machine storage policy compliance status

Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.

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