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VMware Virtual SAN Cookbook

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VMware Virtual SAN Cookbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
VMware Virtual SAN Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Examining VSAN resync activity (vSphere 6.0)


Monitoring VSAN resync activity in vSphere 5.5 involves the use of the Ruby vSphere Console (RVC); in vSphere 6.0, the process can be monitored directly in the vSphere Web Client. This addition to the vSphere Web Client is available only with version 6.0.

Getting ready…

You should be logged in to the vSphere Web Client as an administrator or user entitled to view VSAN configurations.

How to do it…

From the vSphere Web Client, navigate to Home | Hosts and Clusters | Datacenter | Cluster | Monitor | Virtual SAN | Resyncing Components. Any resyncing components will be reflected in the window:

While there are no resyncing components in this example, you can see how much data is left to sync and how long the operations will take to complete. Any VMs associated with syncing components will be listed in the lower pane.

How it works…

Internally, VSAN keeps track of all component states at all times. Whether a component is missing, damaged, synchronizing, and...