Vmware Vsphere 6.7: Optimize and Scale: Document Version

VMWARE VSPHERE 6.
7: OPTIMIZE AND SCALE
Lab 4: Creating vSAN Storage Policies

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Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3
Objectives............................................................................................................................ 3
Lab Topology....................................................................................................................... 4
Lab Settings ......................................................................................................................... 5
1 Create a vSAN Datastore............................................................................................. 6
2 Examine the Default Storage Policy.......................................................................... 33
3 Create a Custom Policy with No Failure Tolerance................................................... 36
4 Assign the policy to a Virtual Machine ..................................................................... 38
5 Make the Virtual Machine Compliant....................................................................... 43
6 Create an Invalid Storage Policy ............................................................................... 46
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Introduction
In this lab, you will create a vSAN datastore, examine the default vSAN storage policy,
create a custom policy with no failure tolerance, assign the custom policy to a virtual
machine, make the virtual machine compliant, and create an invalid storage policy.
Objectives
 Create a vSAN datastore

 Create a custom policy with no failure tolerance
 Assign the custom policy to a virtual machine
 Make the virtual machine compliant
 Create an invalid storage policy

Lab Topology

Lab Settings
The information in the table below will be needed in order to complete the lab. The
task sections below provide details on the use of this information.
Virtual Machine IP Address Account Password
sa-esxi-01 eth0: 172.20.10.51 root Train1ng$
sa-aio eth0: 172.20.10.10 sysadmin vmware123
sa-student eth0: 172.20.10.80 sysadmin vmware123
sa-vcsa eth0: 172.20.10.94 sysadmin@vclass.local vmware123

1 Create a vSAN Datastore
In this task, you will create a vSAN datastore.
1. Launch the sa-student virtual machine to access the graphical login screen.
2. Log in as sysadmin using the password vmware123.
3. Launch the Mozilla Firefox web browser by either clicking on the icon shortcut
found on the bottom toolbar or by navigating to Start Menu > Internet > Firefox
Web Browser.

4. Notice the homepage is automatically configured to load the URL address of the
VMware vCenter Server Appliance (sa-vcsa virtual machine). Click on the Launch
vSphere Client (HTML5) button to launch the HTML5-based vSphere client.
If you cannot successfully load the VMware Getting Started webpage,

then please wait an additional 3-4 minutes and refresh the page to
continue. During this time, the vCSA is still booting up and requires
extra time to initialize.
5. In the User name text field, type sysadmin@vclass.local and in the Password text
field, type vmware123. Click on Login.
You may ignore the “browser-OS combination” warning message

presented on the VMware vCenter Single Sign-On page and continue
moving forward with the lab.

6. Add another ESXi host to the Datacenter

a. In the Hosts and Clusters view, expand the Datacenter inventory object.
b. Right-click the Datacenter inventory object and select Add Host.
c. In the Add Host window, type sa-esxi-03.vclass.local in the Host name or IP

address text field and click Next.

d. On the Connection settings step, type root in the User name field, and
Train1ng$ in the Password field and click Next.
e. On the Host summary step, click Next.

f. On the Assign license step, select the available license and click Next.
g. Click Yes on the License Assignment Warning window.
h. On the Lockdown mode step, make sure Disabled is selected and click Next.

i. On the VM location step, click Next.
j. On the Ready to complete step, click Finish.

k. Verify that sa-esxi-03.vclass.local is now in the Datacenter inventory object.
You may ignore the warning on sa-esxi-03.vclass.local.
7. Create a vSAN port group.

a. Click on the Networking inventory object.
b. Expand the Datacenter inventory object, also expand the dvs-Lab distributed
virtual switch.

c. Right-click on dvs-Lab and select Distributed Port Group > New Distributed Port
Group.
d. In the Name field, type vSAN and click Next.

e. On the Configure settings step, click the Customize default policies

configuration checkbox and click Next.
f. On the Security step, select Accept in the Promiscuous mode, MAC address
changes, and Forged transmits, then click Next.

g. On the Traffic shaping step, leave the defaults and click Next.
h. On the Teaming and failover step, leave the defaults and click Next.

i. On the Monitoring step, leave the defaults and click Next.
j. On the Miscellaneous step, leave the defaults and click Next.
k. On the Ready to complete step, click Finish.

8. Add sa-esxi-03.vclass.local to the dvs-Lab distributed switch.

a. Right-click on the dvs-Lab distributed switch and select Add and Manage Hosts.
b. On the Add and Manage Hosts window, make sure Add hosts is selected and
click Next.

c. On the Select hosts step, click New hosts.
d. On the Select New Hosts window, select sa-esxi-03.vclass.local and click OK.

e. On the Select hosts step, click Next.
f. On the Manage physical adapters step, select vmnic1 and click Assign uplink.
g. On the Select an Uplink window, select Uplink 2 and click OK.

h. On the Manage physical adapters step, click Next.
i. On the Manage VMkernel adapters step, click Next.
j. On the Migrate VM networking step, click Next.

k. On the Ready to complete step, click Finish.
9. Add VMkernel adapters to the hosts.

a. Right-click on the vSAN port group and select Add VMkernel Adapters.

b. On the Add VMkernel Adapters window, click Attached hosts.
c. On the Select Member Hosts window, select all three hosts and click OK.
d. On the Select hosts step, click Next.

e. On the Configure VMkernel adapter step, select vSAN and click Next. You will
need to scroll down on the windows with your mouse wheel or use the down
arrow key to see the Next button.
f. On the IPv4 settings step, click use static IPv4 settings. Use 172.20.11.51,
172.20.11.52, and 172.20.11.53 for sa-esxi-01.vclass.local, sa-esxi-
02.vclass.local, and sa-esxi-03.vclass.local, respectively, and use 255.255.255.0
for the subnet of each host and click Next.

g. On the Ready to complete step, click Finish.
10. In the left pane, click on the Hosts and Clusters object.
11. Click and drag sa-esxi-01.vclass.local to the Lab Cluster.

12. Click OK to move the host to the Lab Cluster.

15. Click on the Lab Cluster, then click on the Configure tab.
16. In the middle pane of the Configure tab, scroll down and click on vSAN > Services.
17. Click on the Configure button in the right pane.

18. In the Configure vSAN window, select Single site cluster and click Next.
19. In the Services step, leave the defaults and click Next.
20. In the Claim disks step, select VMware Virtual disk, 6 x 3… and click Disk Drive Type
and select Mark as Flash Disks.

If your drive types are already showing up as Flash, then you can skip
this step.
21. Use the inside scroll bar to scroll down and claim one disk for cache and one disk for
capacity on each host, click Next.

22. In the Create fault domains step, leave the defaults and click Next.
23. In the Ready to complete step, click Finish.
24. Wait on all the Update and Reconfigure vSAN configuration tasks to complete, and
the Reconfigure vSAN cluster tasks to complete. This process can take 5 to 8 minutes
to complete.

25. Also, make sure that the Create disk group on vSAN and Add disks to the vSAN
cluster tasks complete before moving to the next step.
26. Logout of the vSphere Client.
27. Log back into the vSphere Client with the username vsan-admin@vclass.local and
the password vmware123.
28. In the left pane, expand the Datacenter object.

29. Right-click on Lab Cluster and select Assign License.
30. In the Assign License window, select the vSAN license and click OK.

31. Logout of the vSphere Client.
32. Log back into the vSphere Client as sysadmin@vclass.local with the password
vmware123.
33. Leave vSphere Client open to continue with the next task.

2 Examine the Default Storage Policy
In this task, you will examine the VMware vSAN default storage policy.
1. In the vSphere Client, select Policies and Profiles from the Menu drop-down menu.
2. In the left pane, select VM Storage Policies.
3. In the right pane, select vSAN Default Storage Policy and click Edit Settings.

4. On the Name and description page, click Next.
5. On the vSAN page, examine the rules under Availability and Advanced Policy Rules.

6. After reviewing the information, click Cancel.

3 Create a Custom Policy with No Failure Tolerance
In this task, you will create a custom vSAN storage policy that does not provide failure
tolerance.
1. In the right pane, click Create VM Storage Policy.
2. On the Name and description page, type Custom vSAN Storage Policy in the Name
field, then click Next.
3. On the Policy structure page, check Enable rules for “vSAN” storage and click Next.

4. On the vSAN page, beside Failures to tolerate, select No data redundancy from the
drop-down and click Next.
5. On the Storage compatibility page, make sure the vsanDatastore is listed and click
Next.
6. On the Review and finish page, click Finish.

4 Assign the policy to a Virtual Machine
In this task, you will create a new virtual machine and assign the custom policy.
1. Select Hosts and Clusters from the Menu drop-down menu.
2. In the left pane, expand the Datacenter and Lab Cluster objects.

3. Clone Photon-01.
a. Right-click Photon-01 and select Clone > Clone to Virtual Machine.
Pay
b. In the Clone Existing Virtual Machine window, type Payload-02 in the Virtual
machine name field and click Next.

c. On the Select a compute resource page, expand Lab Cluster, select sa-esxi-
02.vclass.local, and click Next.
d. On the Select storage page, select Local02-1 and click Next.

e. On the Select clone options page, select Power on virtual machine after creation
and click Next.
f. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish.
g. Monitor Recent Tasks to see the clone completed.

4. Assign Custom vSAN Storage Policy to Payload-02.

a. In the left pane, right-click Payload-02 and select VM Policies > Edit VM Storage
Policies.
b. On the Edit VM Storage Policies window, select Custom vSAN Storage Policy
from the drop-down and click OK.
5. In the left pane, select Payload-02; in the Summary tab, scroll down to view VM
Storage Policies.
6. Leave the vSphere Client open and continue to the next task.

5 Make the Virtual Machine Compliant
In this task, you will migrate the Payload-02 virtual machine to make it compliant.
1. Migrate the Payload-02 virtual machine to the vSAN datastore to bring it into
compliance.
a. In the left pane, right-click Payload-02 and select Migrate.
b. On the Select a migration type page, click Change storage only and click Next.

c. Leave Keep existing VM storage policies selected in the VM Storage Policy drop-
down menu; in the datastore list, select vsanDatastore, then click Next.
d. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish.
e. Monitor the Recent Tasks pane until the task completes successfully.

2. In the right pane, view the VM Storage Policies panel and click the Check
Compliance link.
3. Verify that the compliance status of Payload-02 changes to Compliant.
4. Leave the vSphere Client open and continue to the next task.

6 Create an Invalid Storage Policy
In this task, you create a policy that is invalid for the vSAN datastore and apply it to a
virtual machine.
1. Select Policies and Profiles from the Menu drop-down menu.
2. In the left pane, click VM Storage Policies.

3. Use RAID 5/6 erasure coding to create a storage policy that tolerates one failure.
a. In the right pane, click Create VM Storage Policy.
b. On the Name and description page, enter RAID5 in the Name text box and click
Next.
c. On the Policy structure page, select the Enable rules for “vSAN” storage
checkbox and click Next.

d. On the Availability tab, select 1 failure - RAID-5 (Erasure Coding) from the
Failures to tolerate drop-down menu, then click Next.
e. On the Storage compatibility page, click Next. Compatible datastores do not

exist; click Next.
f. On the Review and finish page, click Finish.

4. Assign the RAID5 storage policy to Payload-02.

a. Select Hosts and Clusters from the Menu drop-down menu.
b. In the left pane, right-click Payload-02 and select VM Policies > Edit VM Storage
Policies.

c. Select RAID5 from the VM storage policy drop-down menu.
5. Expand VM home and Hard disk 1 to view the warnings.
6. After reviewing the information, click Cancel.
7. The lab is now complete; you may end the reservation.

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7: OPTIMIZE AND SCALE

Lab 4: Creating vSAN Storage Policies

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 Create a vSAN datastore

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Virtual Machine IP Address Account Password

sa-esxi-01 eth0: 172.20.10.51 root Train1ng$

sa-esxi-02 eth0: 172.20.10.52 root Train1ng$

sa-esxi-03 eth0: 172.20.10.53 root Train1ng$

sa-aio eth0: 172.20.10.10 sysadmin vmware123

sa-student eth0: 172.20.10.80 sysadmin vmware123

sa-vcsa eth0: 172.20.10.94 sysadmin@vclass.local vmware123

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1 Create a vSAN Datastore

In this task, you will create a vSAN datastore.

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If you cannot successfully load the VMware Getting Started webpage,

You may ignore the “browser-OS combination” warning message

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6. Add another ESXi host to the Datacenter

b. Right-click the Datacenter inventory object and select Add Host.

c. In the Add Host window, type sa-esxi-03.vclass.local in the Host name or IP

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e. On the Host summary step, click Next.

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g. Click Yes on the License Assignment Warning window.

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i. On the VM location step, click Next.

j. On the Ready to complete step, click Finish.

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k. Verify that sa-esxi-03.vclass.local is now in the Datacenter inventory object.

You may ignore the warning on sa-esxi-03.vclass.local.

7. Create a vSAN port group.

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d. In the Name field, type vSAN and click Next.

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e. On the Configure settings step, click the Customize default policies

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i. On the Monitoring step, leave the defaults and click Next.

j. On the Miscellaneous step, leave the defaults and click Next.

k. On the Ready to complete step, click Finish.

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8. Add sa-esxi-03.vclass.local to the dvs-Lab distributed switch.

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c. On the Select hosts step, click New hosts.

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e. On the Select hosts step, click Next.

g. On the Select an Uplink window, select Uplink 2 and click OK.

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h. On the Manage physical adapters step, click Next.

i. On the Manage VMkernel adapters step, click Next.

j. On the Migrate VM networking step, click Next.

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k. On the Ready to complete step, click Finish.

9. Add VMkernel adapters to the hosts.

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b. On the Add VMkernel Adapters window, click Attached hosts.

d. On the Select hosts step, click Next.