Investigating disk failures
When a disk fails in VSAN, it is important to address the problem by replacing the disk. A key part of this may be determining why the failure was triggered. Determining which disks have failed is a straightforward operation in vSphere Web Client. Determining the cause of the failure will involve investigating the ESXi system logs.
Getting ready
- You should be logged into vSphere Web Client as an administrator
- You should be logged in to the affected ESXi host as the root, preferably via SSH
How to do it…
- If you have configured VSAN alarms according to Chapter 4, Monitoring VSAN, when a disk fails you will be presented with an alert icon on the ESXi host and Triggered Alarms will reflect a disk error:
- The failed disk will also ...
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