VxRail Administration (VXRA) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

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