vSAN

  • HCI-Bench-VMware-vSAN-testing-architecture

    What is HCI Bench VMware vSAN Performance Benchmark utility?

    When it comes to benchmarking VMware vSAN, especially with vSphere 6.5 update 1 and higher, there is really one standard tool that is utilized to benchmark proof of concept environments. The HCI Bench utility is the “gold standard” if you…

  • Message-that-patch-is-available-for-critical-vSAN-issue-for-all-flash-environments

    Update VMware vSAN Witness Appliance

    I noted a warning on my home lab VMware vSAN environment noting a missing critical patch with vSAN and deduplication environments. The patch was referencing the VMware KB article for all-flash clusters with deduplication enabled. This fit my environment in…

  • VMware-vSAN-Witness-Host-Not-Found-Error

    VMware vSAN Witness Host Not Found

    In continuing to work with the 2-node VMware vSAN stretched cluster in the home lab, I ran into a little issue with the network showing as partitioned and the witness host showing it was in STANDALONE mode when I could…

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    Configure vSAN Error Disk with VSAN uuid failed to appear in CMMDS

    In configuring a 2-node VMware vSAN cluster with a Witness host I ran into a strange issue that took a bit of head scratching and Googling to figure out. However, the solution was actually fairly simple. In attempting to configure…

  • A-look-at-the-configured-virtual-hardware-for-the-VMware-vSAN-Witness-Appliance

    Install and Configure VMware vSAN Witness Appliance in VMware Workstation

    Update 1.30.2018 – Password issues with the vSAN Witness Appliance on legacy VMware Workstation versions One of the really great features starting in VMware vSAN 6.1 was the introduction of the the new 2-node and stretched cluster implementations of vSAN.ย …

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    VMware vSAN 6.6 Configuration and new features

    With the recent release of the vSphere 6.5d update, VMware vSAN 6.6 is added as part of the update. ย VMware vSAN 6.6 includes many enhancements to the technology as each iteration brings maturity to the technology. ย VMware’s vSAN is one…