So, I was recently deploying vCenter server appliance VCSA 6.7 while bootstrapping the installation onto one of the ESXi hosts. I faced an issue with the VCSA installation which left me with a vSAN datastore created on the target ESXi…
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Recently I decided to decommission a node from my vSAN-based home lab cluster hosted on the cloud to decrease the cost of my powered on servers. I want to share with you the correct procedure so that it is beneficial…
Greetings, Great news from DELLEMC for VSAN users today ! I have encountered several limitations in VSAN designs using DELLEMC Poweredge servers where using PERC H730 controllers will enable you to operate either in RAID0 or pass-through mode but not…
In this post, we are going to demonstrate the best practices regarding vSphere HA configuration on a vSAN-enabled cluster. Configuration Order vSAN and vSphere HA must be configured in a specific order: – vSAN must be enabled before vSphere HA…
In one of my VSAN design engagements, we have VSAN 6.6 ESXi nodes with 512GB RAM while ESXi is installed on internal SD-Cards. The customer is planning to scale up RAM to 1TB per host, and to scale over with…
I have been working on a VSAN design and deploy engagement for one of our customers, and we went up having some limitations and decisions that have to be taken into consideration especially with the device selection for ESXi boot,…
Recently, I have been engaged in multiple VSAN HCI projects designs. One of the most interesting decisions to take was the kind of boot devices that will hold the ESXi installation as this will introduce a bunch of discussions that…
Introduced in vSAN 6.1, stretched clusters can be used in environments where disaster and downtime avoidance is a key requirement. It protects virtual machines across data centers, not just racks. A stretched cluster extends across the following sites: Two active-active…
Recently, I have been engaged in multiple deployments for customers trying to move out from their traditional datacenters to a VMware-based hyper-converged infrastructures. HCI and especially VMware VSAN brings a lot of benefits to customers such as: Simplicity to deploy…
vSAN Architecture 100 series playlist includes educational vSAN videos to help you learn more about product architecture, features, and benefits. This is a great set of beginner videos prepared by the amazing “Elver Sena Sosa“. It is a series of…