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Category: vSAN

Fix vSAN Build Recommendation Alarm vSAN Release Catalog Up-to-Date
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Fix vSAN Build Recommendation Alarm vSAN Release Catalog Up-to-Date

For those of you running VMware vSAN environments, have you seen a pesky error on your vSAN cluster referencing a vSAN Build Recommendation Alarm vSAN Release Catalog Up-to-Date? I have…

by Brandon LeeJuly 1, 2021October 26, 2023
Force Delete vSAN Datastore from ESXi Host
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Force Delete vSAN Datastore from ESXi Host

VMware vSAN provides an incredible technology that allows combining local storage from multiple ESXi hosts to form logical storage for both virtual machines and modern technologies such as containers. With…

by Brandon LeeMarch 23, 2021March 25, 2021
Upgrade to VMware vSAN 7.0 Update 2 Step-by-step
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Upgrade to VMware vSAN 7.0 Update 2 Step-by-step

With the release of VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 2, many great new features are contained in the VMware vSAN 7.0 Update 2 release. You can take a look at my…

by Brandon LeeMarch 17, 2021December 18, 2023
VMware vSAN 7.0 Update 2 Top New Features
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VMware vSAN 7.0 Update 2 Top New Features

With the update to vSphere 7.0 Update 2, one of the great new updates contained in this release is vSAN 7.0 Update 2. The new vSAN 7.0 Update 2 release…

by Brandon LeeMarch 10, 2021December 18, 2023
Change from vSAN Deduplication and Compression to Compression Only?
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Change from vSAN Deduplication and Compression to Compression Only?

VMware vSAN 7U1 provides many options for managing space in the environment. Up until the release of VMware vSAN 7U1, for space efficiency, you only had the option for compression…

by Brandon LeeOctober 27, 2020January 11, 2021
vSAN Daemon Liveness Check Failed – vSAN 7
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vSAN Daemon Liveness Check Failed – vSAN 7

***UPDATE*** Fix is detailed in the VMware KB below. One of the great things about running the home lab is you get to triage issues just like you would see…

by Brandon LeeOctober 5, 2020January 11, 2021
What is VMware vSAN HCI Mesh?
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What is VMware vSAN HCI Mesh?

If you have used VMware vSAN, you would probably agree it is one of the coolest storage technologies in the enterprise. It brings a tremendous amount of flexibility, scalability, performance,…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 25, 2020January 11, 2021
VMware vSAN 7 Update 1 Features and Improvements
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VMware vSAN 7 Update 1 Features and Improvements

Yesterday, VMware made some huge announcements as related to the next release of their flagship products across the board. This included vSphere 7 Update 1, vSAN 7 Update 1, VMware…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 16, 2020January 11, 2021
VMware LACP Load Balancing Mode in vSAN
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VMware LACP Load Balancing Mode in vSAN

When it comes to VMware vSAN and any other hyperconverged infrastructure, the network is vitally important. I have been doing some reworking of the home lab vSAN environment with the…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 8, 2020January 11, 2021
VMware vSAN Stretched Cluster Failover
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VMware vSAN Stretched Cluster Failover

If you are like me, what is the purpose of spinning up a stretched cluster in the home lab without being able to intentionally break things (queue the Tim Allen…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 4, 2020January 11, 2021

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