The virtual SAN Configuration is finished.Navigate to Manage -> Settings -> Virtual SAN Licensing.Give the cluster a name and activate Virtual SAN, DRS and vSphere HA.On the Getting started tab click Create a cluster.Navigate to Manage -> Networking -> VMkernel Adapters.Click on the host within the web client.Activate Virtual SAN traffic on all 3 hosts.Add the 3 ESXi to the vCenter Server at Datacenter level.When the installation is finished, you can access the vSphere Web Client (.The virtual appliance does now configure itself.Open the vCenter Server Appliance Configuration Webpage (.If you do not have a DHCP Server, you have to specify the IP address. When you have a DHCP Server, the the vCenter Server Appliance boots up.Specify the Path where the Appliance should be deployed.Select the VCSA Image (VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.0-1440531_OVF10.ova).Repeat above steps two times to get 3 ESXi Hosts.After the installation, boot the ESXi Host and configure a static IP-Address (vSAN does not work well with DHCP).Make sure to select the 8GB disk for the installation.
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Mount the ESXi Installer ISO (VMware-VMvisor-Installer-vsanbetaref-1439689.x86_64.iso).Specify the path to where you local SSD is mounted.The location for the third disk has to be changed to the local SSD.Set the capacity to 10GB and select Store virtual disk as a single file.Do not change the location, just click Finish. Set the capacity to 100GB and select Store virtual disk as a single file.After finishing the virtual machine creation, click on Edit virtual machine settings.Set the capacity to 8GB and select Store virtual disk as a single file.Select VMware ESXi 5 as guest operating system.Select I will install the operating system later.Select Workstation 10.0 Hardware compatibility.Each ESXi Host has the following configuration: vCenter Server Appliance (VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.0-1440531_OVF10.ova)Ī vCenter Server and at least 3 ESXi Hosts are required to build a Virtual SAN.ESXi Image (VMware-VMvisor-Installer-vsanbetaref-1439689.x86_64.iso).Physical Host with at least 16GB Memory.Instead of emulating an SSD, I am going to use a real SSD with the new SSD Passthrough feature in VMware Workstation 10. As you might know, a SSD is required for vSAN. To get into the initial setup, scale out and failover functionality and the various command line options, a virtual lab is definitely a reasonable option. There are a lot of features that does not necessary need a real physical lab. This week VMware has published a new version of its Virtual SAN Beta.
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