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Getting Started with VMware Virtual SAN

Build optimal, high-performance, and resilient software-defined storage on VSAN for your vSphere infrastructure

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|Sep 2025
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Key Features

    Book Description

    This book is intended for server administrators and storage administrators who would like to successfully build and scale a VSAN-backed vSphere infrastructure. A basic understanding of vSphere concepts and storage fundamentals will be helpful.

    What you will learn

    • Understand what softwaredefined storage is and how it is implemented through VMware Virtual SAN
    • Install, configure, and administer VSAN
    • Architect VSAN to cater to your specific business requirements
    • Define storage tiering at the software layer by implementing storage policybased management
    • Understand how every I/O flows through the VSAN infrastructure
    • Monitor your VSAN infrastructure to discover issues at an early stage
    • Efficiently use utilities to troubleshoot and fix issues

    Who this book is for

    This book is intended for server administrators and storage administrators who would like to successfully build and scale a VSAN-backed vSphere infrastructure. A basic understanding of vSphere concepts and storage fundamentals will be helpful.

    Table of Contents

    1. Introduction to Software Defined Storage
    2. Understanding VSAN
    3. Setup Requirements
    4. Architecture Overview
    5. Getting Started with VMware VSAN
    6. Truly Software defined Policy Based Management
    7. Design Considerations & Guidelines
    8. Troubleshooting Methodology & Utilities
    9. What
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78439-369-4
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 162