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VMware vSphere 8: Install, Configure, Manage
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VMwareProfessional3 daysUpdated: July 2026
VSANICM8 Training for Your Team — VMware vSAN 8: Install, Configure, Manage
vSAN moves storage from a specialist team with an array to the virtualization team with a checkbox — which is exactly why it deserves structured training. The checkbox works; the estate that grows from it needs someone who understands storage policies, rebuild behavior, capacity mathematics and what actually happens when a disk group dies at month-end. vSAN 8: Install, Configure, Manage builds that understanding, including the Express Storage Architecture that vSAN 8 introduced.
The course matters beyond standalone clusters: in VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN is the default storage layer, so VCF adoption quietly turns every platform team into a vSAN operations team. And with hardware refreshes increasingly framed as hyperconverged-versus-array decisions under Broadcom-era licensing, the people who understand both sides of that comparison are the ones the decision should not be made without.
We organize delivery through authorized partners with licensed labs — live online in your time zone, on site, or as a private group, optionally extended with a migration workshop from your current storage platform.
Who this course is for
- vSphere administrators inheriting storage responsibility as arrays give way to vSAN
- Storage engineers translating array experience into policy-based storage
- Teams adopting VCF, where vSAN is the default storage layer
- Infrastructure engineers planning a hyperconverged refresh
What your team will learn
Topic areas below are grouped in our own words. The full official agenda is available on request — it comes from the authorized partner as part of your quote.
- vSAN architecture — including the Express Storage Architecture and what it changes
- Building the cluster: hardware, networking and the prerequisites that decide success early
- Storage policies: capacity, performance and protection as per-VM decisions, not array settings
- What failure actually looks like — disk, host and network faults, and how vSAN rebuilds
- Stretched clusters and fault domains for teams that need site-level resilience
- Monitoring, capacity management and the maintenance-mode decisions that catch admins out
Key facts
| Duration | 3 days |
|---|---|
| Level | Professional |
| Prerequisites | vSphere administration experience; storage concepts helpful but not assumed |
| Formats | Live online (VILT), On-site at your location, Private group, Seats in scheduled groups |
| Languages | English + local-language instructors on request |
Formats and how we organize it
- Live online (VILT)
- On-site at your location
- Private group
- Seats in scheduled groups
One request → three options
Fill in the form below — it takes a couple of minutes. Within 5 business days you compare 2–3 concrete offers — provider, instructor, dates, price below the public list. We contract and administer the delivery end to end. Details:how we work and vendor training.
VSANICM8 vs alternatives: which to choose
Factual criteria only — level, duration, audience and certification. The right choice depends on your team's starting point and stack.
vSphere 8 ICM (VSICM8)
The platform foundation vSAN sits on. Admins without solid vSphere grounding should take it first — vSAN is administered through the same tools and concepts, and the storage course assumes them.
VCF 9.0 Build, Manage & Secure (VCF9-BMS)
Covers vSAN as one integrated layer of the full Cloud Foundation stack. Choose VCF9-BMS for platform generalists on a VCF roadmap; the dedicated vSAN course for whoever owns storage design and operations in depth.
A custom intensive
Migrating from a specific array platform? A custom program can combine vSAN operations with a migration workshop for your estate — data movement, policy mapping and the coexistence period no catalog course covers.
Need only part of VSANICM8?
If your team needs a subset of this program — or a mix of topics from several courses — we build a custom 2–4 day intensive on our own materials, shaped by your infrastructure. One custom program typically replaces 2–3 catalog courses.
Explore custom coursesVSANICM8: frequently asked questions
Do participants need a storage background?
No — the course teaches vSAN from the vSphere administrator’s side, and policy-based management deliberately replaces most classical array concepts. Storage engineers are equally at home; their adjustment is conceptual, from LUNs and array features to per-VM policies.
Does the course cover the Express Storage Architecture (ESA)?
Yes — vSAN 8 introduced ESA alongside the original architecture, and the differences affect hardware choices, performance behavior and data protection. Instructors address which architecture fits which estate, including implications for planned hardware refreshes.
Is dedicated vSAN training necessary if we are going to VCF?
The VCF platform courses cover vSAN as an integrated component, which suits generalists. Whoever owns storage sizing, policies and failure handling day to day benefits from this dedicated depth — in VCF estates, vSAN is where the data lives.
Does the course cover stretched clusters?
Yes, stretched clusters and fault domains are part of the curriculum — including witness placement and the failure scenarios that make site-level designs succeed or embarrass. Teams with an active stretched-cluster project can weight a private delivery toward it.
How do we organize VSANICM8 training?
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