To get the available virtual switches information on ESXi host :- # esxcfg-vswitch -l [root] esxcfg-vswitch -lSwitch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU UplinksvSwitch0 6656 4 128 9000 vmnic3 PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports UplinksVM Network 0 0 vmnic3Management Network 4095 1 vmnic3 DVS Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU […]
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Disable vSAN Modules during ESXi boot process
Sometimes the ESXi host may stuck for very long time while loading vSAN while ESXi reboot. To isolate the issue from vSAN, you may need to boot the host without vSAN. Note: This may not be a feasible option if the data still exists on the host and the objects do not have sufficient raid […]
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 […]
How to silence vSAN Health checks
vSAN Health checks can be silenced through UI as well as RVC. Using both methods, we can silence the check, also restore any silent check. Through vSphere UI :- Through vCenter Ruby Console (RVC) :- RVC method uses the check IDs to silence or restore vSAN health checks. To list the status of all checks, […]
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 -> […]