v101tv – vSAN Configuration
Now that the VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) is installed and networking is configured on our hosts, it's time to setup vSAN and go over some of the options.
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February 11, 2017
Why VSAN All-Flash is the right choice
VMware's HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure) solution is VSAN - or Virtual SAN. It's a kernel based solution built right into the ESXi Hypervisor, that allows each server to consume local storage, and pool it together and share it back out to…
September 18, 2016
VSAN Storage Profile Missing
Recently, I was moving my lab away from the VSAN beta code, and onto the ESXi 5.5 update 1 bits. I started fresh with my hosts, and simply upgraded my vCenter server. However, I ran into an issue once…
April 15, 2014
VSAN Announcement and Release
During the vmware.com/now event today, VMware announced some exciting news! Here's a quick rundown of some main points. VSAN will be Generally Available the week of March 10th! VSAN Licensing and pricing will be announced at GA Now scalable to…
March 6, 2014
VSAN – Installation
Installation of VMware's Virtual SAN (VSAN) couldn't be easier. No, really! To start with, in my lab environment, I have 4 servers that will participate in the VSAN cluster, and 3 of which will provide storage resources to the VSAN…
January 23, 2014
VSAN – Overview
This is part 1 in a new series covering VMware VSAN. Stay tuned for more! VMware VSAN (Virtual SAN) is a new storage offering from VMware, not to be confused with the VMware VSA (Virtual Storage Appliance), which serves a…
January 7, 2014
Running Nested ESXi 5.5 on VSAN
With vSphere 5.5 now out, it was time to refresh my lab. I have ESXi 5.5 installed on a DL160 G6, with 1 SSD and 3 SATA drives, so I decided to make a single node VSAN instance. (3…
November 5, 2013