Reading Time: 6 minutesAdding Hosts into an existing vSAN Cluster is an article that explains how to add hosts with minimal impact to an existing vSAN Cluster. In our case, we have a vSAN Stretched Cluster and we need to add more ESXi hosts to expand this cluster. So, we will show how to do it in a…
Reading Time: 6 minutesCreating a vSAN Stretched Cluster with vSAN 8 is an article that explains in a practical way how to create a Stretched Cluster using the new vSAN architecture called ESA – Express Storage Architecture. vSAN 8 is a new vSAN version released a few months ago. VMware vSAN 8, Introduces the revolutionary Express Storage Architecture (ESA). …
Reading Time: 16 minutesCreating a vSAN Stretched Cluster is an article that explains how to create another type of vSAN Cluster, called vSAN Stretched Cluster. Before we are starting to create a vSAN Cluster Stretched Cluster, I need to share one of the best places to get more details about vSAN. This place is the VMware vSAN Design Guide….
Reading Time: 12 minutesHow to create a vSAN Cluster is an article that explains what is vSAN and how steps are needed to create a vSAN Cluster. Before we are starting to create a vSAN Cluster, I need to share one of the best places to get more details about vSAN. This place is the VMware vSAN Design…
Reading Time: 4 minutesApplying a patch on the ESXi host is an article that explains how to update the ESXi host. There are some ways to perform it. But, in this example, we will apply the patch from the CLI (Command Line Interface). The VMware Article 2143832 shows the build numbers and versions of all ESXi systems. It’s…
Reading Time: 6 minutesConfiguring vCenter Server HA is an article that explains how to implement High Availability for the vCenter Server. In our lab, we are using one ESXi server to host all vCenter Server instances as necessary to demonstrate the procedures. How vCenter Server HA work? Firstly, it’s necessary to understand how vCenter Server HA works and…