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ESXi- vSAN command – VMware vSAN – CMMDS

Feb 21, 2018PGArango2 CommentsVMWare vSANCMMDS, virtual san, VMware, vSAN, vSAN command

Hello all, This post is related to the previous one vSAN commands – VMware vSAN – Part 1 Today, new ESXi vSAN commands will be explained for better vSAN understanding and it’s ESXi related which can be used for troubleshooting, but not in all cases. esxcli vsan storage list List storage disks claimed by vSAN.

~ # esxcli vsan storage list
naa.5000cca0310fxxxx
 Device: naa.5000cca0310fxxxx
 Display Name: naa.5000cca0310fxxxx
 Is SSD: true
 VSAN UUID: 5202288f-5789-4e4a-3a91-0036e789xxxx
 VSAN Disk Group UUID: 523c86ea-fe50-1e7f-4049-75bc2f3axxxx
 VSAN Disk Group Name: naa.55cd2e404c0dxxxx
 Used by this host: true
 In CMMDS: <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>true</strong></span>
 Checksum: 748541782027695xxxx
 Checksum OK: true

naa.5000cca0310fxxxx
 Device: naa.5000cca0310fxxxx
 Display Name: naa.5000cca0310fxxxx
 Is SSD: true
 VSAN UUID: 5204f75b-ce8f-1324-fbef-94908861xxxx
 VSAN Disk Group UUID: 523c86ea-fe50-1e7f-4049-75bc2f3axxxx
 VSAN Disk Group Name: naa.55cd2e404c0dxxxx
 Used by this host: true
 In CMMDS: <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>false</strong></span>
 Checksum: 831070650279256xxxx
 Checksum OK: true

~ # esxcli vsan storage list

naa.5000cca0310fxxxx

Device: naa.5000cca0310fxxxx

Display Name: naa.5000cca0310fxxxx

Is SSD: true

VSAN UUID: 5202288f-5789-4e4a-3a91-0036e789xxxx

VSAN Disk Group UUID: 523c86ea-fe50-1e7f-4049-75bc2f3axxxx

VSAN Disk Group Name: naa.55cd2e404c0dxxxx

Used by this host: true

In CMMDS: true

Checksum: 748541782027695xxxx

Checksum OK: true

naa.5000cca0310fxxxx

Device: naa.5000cca0310fxxxx

Display Name: naa.5000cca0310fxxxx

Is SSD: true

VSAN UUID: 5204f75b-ce8f-1324-fbef-94908861xxxx

VSAN Disk Group UUID: 523c86ea-fe50-1e7f-4049-75bc2f3axxxx

VSAN Disk Group Name: naa.55cd2e404c0dxxxx

Used by this host: true

In CMMDS: false

Checksum: 831070650279256xxxx

Checksum OK: true

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vSAN Troubleshooting Commands

Feb 12, 2018PGArango3 CommentsVMWare vSANClomRebalanceThreshold, ESX, MaxNumResyncCopyInFlight, PauseAllResync, SDS, VMware, vSAN, vSAN command

Hello all, This post will be mainly focused on vSAN commands at ESX level, so please use these commands under your responsability. I kindly recommend you to raise a VMware service request in case of doubts, issues or problems. When a hardware device, host, or network fails, or if a host is placed into maintenance mode, […]

RVC – vSAN commands – VMware vSAN – Part 1

Feb 10, 2018PGArango1 CommentVMWare vSANRVC, VMware, vSAN, vSAN commands

Hello all, Today, I’m going to show the most used vSAN commands I use, on a daily basis, for troubleshooting, for performance, etc….Please use these commands carefully, under your responsibility. To use these commands, you need to log in in the vCenter RVC console (a previous post was created to have RVC access and the […]

RVC – How to connect RVC vSAN? – VMware vSAN

Feb 9, 2018PGArangoVMWare vSANRVC, RVC command, VMware, vSAN, vSAN commands

Hello All, This is my first vSAN post so first of all, I hope you have same basic knowledge about it. vSAN is a “Software-Defined-Storage” (in advance – SDS). This terminology is not new, and it has been used for some time (for the last 4 years – I think). vSAN is a VMWare product […]