VMware vSAN Troubleshooting Commands
vSAN achieves high availability and performance through distribution of data across multiple hosts in the vSAN cluster. Data is transmitted over the vSAN network. There are cases where a large amount of data must be copied over the vSAN network. During the Resync operation there are chances that the VMs on the vSAN cluster might…
vCenter High Availability
vCenter High Availability (vCenter HA) protects vCenter Server against host and hardware failures. The active-passive architecture of the solution can also help you reduce downtime significantly when you patch the vCenter Server. You create a three-node cluster that contains Active, Passive and Witness nodes. vCenter Architecture Overview A vCenter HA cluster consists of three vCenter Server instances. The first instance,…
Recovering existing linked clone parent/master virtual machine from replica
This article provides information on recovering the parent virtual machine (and snapshot), when linked clone virtual machine is working and still exists in the pool. This can happen when the parent (golden/master, whatever you call it!!) virtual machine and snapshot of the pool is corrupted, deleted or is inaccessible. Resolution 1. Determining the MOID of…
Deleting Inaccessible Objects from vSAN
There may be times when you see some vSAN objects which are in an inaccessible state.Try to “Repair the absent or degraded vSAN objects immediately” or “Purge Inaccessible VM swap Objects” from VMWare vSAN Skyline Health option,and check if that helps. There’s a few reasons that objects could have been inaccessible, one being orphaned objects…
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