Below is an example to deploy it on Google Cloud Platform. But similar approach can be done for any cloud, AWS or Azure In today’s Enterprise, it is crucial to have a secure messaging portal where we can have multiple teams/groups set up. It should be easy to share information and files, with efficient search […]
Author: Ashish Singh
Deleting Inaccessible vSAN Objects
Sometimes you may see few objects in Inaccessible state in vSAN cluster. Any disruptive action like abrupt power failure, or swap objects could be the reason for inaccessible objects.If the objects are no longer needed, we can check and get rid of them. SSH into vCenter and browse to vSAN cluster in RVC : Run […]
vSAN Encryption
vSAN provides feature to encrypt the data at rest. Below are pre-requisites to enable vSAN encryption – You will need a Key Management Server (KMS) vCenter should establish a trusted connection with the KMS server and vice versa User should have privileges on vCenter :Host.Inventory.EditClusterCryptographer.ManageEncryptionPolicyCryptographer.ManageKMSCryptographer.ManageKeys To enable encryption, Go to cluster -> Configure tab -> […]
vSAN TRIM/UNMAP
Automated UNMAP/TRIM feature is available in VSAN 6.7U1 onwards. However it is disabled by default, and has to be enabled. This feature is supported only on VMs with Hardware version 11 or later (Windows) and Hardware version 13 (Linux VMs). Virtual Machines needs to be Power cycled after enabling TRIM/UNMAP. Enabling TRIM/UNMAP on cluster is […]
vDS Out of Sync
This blog is focused on rectifying the vDS and making it in sync state. First, please you are not hitting a known BUG in vDS 6.6, check VMware Release Notes. You might see below warning in summary page of vDS The vSphere Distributed Switch configuration on some hosts differed from that of the vCenter Server […]