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Lesson 6: vSAN

Datastores
Learner Objectives
After completing this lesson,
you should be able to meet the
following objectives:
• Explain the purpose of a
vSAN datastore
• Describe the architecture
and requirements of vSAN
configuration
• Explain the purpose of
vSAN storage policies

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About vSAN Datastores
vSAN is a software-defined storage solution
providing shared storage for vSphere clusters
without using traditional external storage. A vSAN
cluster requires:
• A minimum of three hosts to be part of the vSphere
cluster and enabled for vSAN
• A vSAN network
• Local disks on each host that are pooled to create a
virtual shared vSAN datastore

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Disk Groups
Disk groups are vSAN management constructs on all ESXi hosts in a vSAN cluster. A host can
include a maximum of five disk groups.
The disk groups are combined to create a single
vSAN datastore. A disk group requires:
• One flash device for caching
• One to seven capacity devices for storage

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vSAN Hardware Requirements
vSAN capabilities are native to ESXi and require no additional software.

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Viewing the vSAN Datastore Summary
The Summary tab of the vSAN datastore shows the general vSAN configuration information.

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Objects in vSAN Datastores
vSAN storage is object-based and policy-driven.

VMs created on a vSAN datastore include the vSAN Object Traditional VM Files
following objects: VM home .nvram, .vmsd, .vmx, vmx-
• One VM home namespace namespace *.vswp, .log, .hlog
• One or more VMDK objects VMDK -flat.vmdk
• Thin-provisioned VM swap object VM swap .vswp
• One or more VM memory objects VM memory .vmem
• vSAN performance data objects
Snapshot delta -00000#-delta.vmdk,
• iSCSI LUN objects -00000#-sesparse.vmdk

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VM Storage Policies
Storage policies define how objects that are included in a VM are stored.

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Storage policies have the following characteristics:
• Based on storage capabilities
• Defined for a VM or disk at the time of
deployment
• Can be applied later
• Can be changed at any time
• Cannot be deleted if they are in use

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Viewing VM Settings for vSAN
Information
The consumption of vSAN storage is
based on the VM’s storage policy. The
VM’s hard disk view provides the
following information:
• A display of the VM storage policy
• The location of disk files on a vSAN
datastore

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Lab 15: Using a vSAN Datastore
View a vSAN datastore configuration and a virtual machine's components on the vSAN datastore:
1. View a vSAN Datastore Configuration
2. View the vSAN Default Storage Policy
3. View a Virtual Machine on the vSAN Datastore

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Review of Learner Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Explain the purpose of a vSAN datastore
• Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
• Explain the purpose of vSAN storage policies

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Key Points
• ESXi hosts support various storage technologies: Direct-attached storage, Fibre Channel,
FCoE, iSCSI, and NAS.
• You use VMFS and NFS datastores to hold VM files.
• Shared storage is integral to vSphere features such as vSphere vMotion, vSphere HA, and
vSphere DRS.
• vSAN clusters direct-attached server disks to create shared storage designed for VMs.

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