• Introduction to vSAN

• Describe vSAN architecture

• Describe the vSAN software components: CLOM, DOM, LSOM, CMMDS, and RDT

• Planning a vSAN Cluster

• Identify requirements and planning considerations for vSAN clusters

• Apply vSAN cluster planning and deployment best practices

• Deploying a vSAN Cluster

• Recognize the importance of hardware compatibility

• vSAN Storage Policies

• Describe a vSAN object

• Describe how objects are split into components

• vSAN Resilience and Data Availability

• Describe and configure the Object Repair Timer advanced option

• Plan disk replacement in a vSAN cluster

• Managing vSAN Storage Space Efficiency

• Discuss deduplication and compression techniques

• vSAN Security Operations

• Identify differences between VM encryption and vSAN encryption

• Perform ongoing operations to maintain data security

• vSAN HCI Mesh

• Understand the purpose of vSAN HCI Mesh

• Detail vSAN HCI Mesh technology and architecture

• vSAN File Services

• Understand the purpose of vSAN File Services

• Detail vSAN File Services architecture

• vSAN Stretched and Two Node Clusters

• Describe the architecture and uses case for stretched clusters

• Detail the deployment and replacement of a vSAN witness node

• vSAN Cluster Maintenance

• Perform typical vSAN maintenance operations

• Describe vSAN maintenance modes and data evacuation options

• vSAN Cluster Monitoring

• Describe how the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) helps VMware improve products and services

• Use VMware Skyline Health for monitoring vSAN cluster health

• vSAN Troubleshooting

• Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems

• Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and optimize

• vSAN Express Storage Architecture

• Understand the purpose of vSAN Express Storage Architecture

• Describe the vSAN Express Storage Architecture components