A couple months back, I published a YouTube video of my deploying/setting up a 2 Node vSAN cluster with nothing but PowerCLI. It got a few views and several people internally at VMware asked for the source code. Well, this has been a long time coming, with my working on it on/off for a while,… Read More »
With the addition of Data at Rest Encryption to vSAN in 6.6, I get this question… A LOT. Typical questions The typical question is something like this: “Hey Jase, how long will it take me to enable vSAN Encryption on my vSAN cluster?” Sometimes I’ll also get a “And I have 6 nodes with X… Read More »
My buddy Pete Koehler put together a good post a few days ago about SPBM Policies with vSAN Stretched Clusters: vSAN Operations: Use separate SPBM policies for VMs in stretched clusters In that post, he covers definition changes from Number of Failures to Tolerate (FTT) which was available in pre vSAN 6.6 builds, to Primary… Read More »
Just a quick post asking for your votes for some sessions I’ve submitted and/or been included in. Successful vSAN Stretched Clusters [1118] GS Khalsa, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager, VMware Jase McCarty, Staff Technical Marketing Architect, VMware This session will provide a deep dive into using Stretched Clusters with VMware vSAN. Topics covered will include the foundation… Read More »
I work in the lab a lot. One of the tasks that I often perform is: Blowing away my VCSA (or Windows vCenter Server), Redeploying it, and Reattaching it to a cluster that is running vSAN. As a result of a new VCSA deployment, only a few SPBM policies will be present. Any previously available… Read More »