If you run vSAN in your production environment, it will be a mission-critical component and thus must be monitored closely. Fortunately, VMware has some tools to help you validate your configuration. The health check is only compatible with vSAN version 6.0 and higher. We will explore the following three health check items:
- Installing the health check plug on the vCenter server.
- Checking the health of the vSAN configuration.
- Running the vSAN Proactive tests.
To step through this recipe, you will need three or more running ESXi Servers in a cluster that has vSAN enabled. You will also need a vCenter Server and vSphere Web Client. No other prerequisites are required.
First, install the vCenter health check plugin on your vCenter server. For this installation, we assume that you are running the vCenter appliance. We will install the plugin on the vCenter server, then enable the plugin that will require a reboot of all hosts. If DRS is enabled on...