Chapter 8. Support Success

In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics, with a recipe for each:

  • Formulating a problem description
  • Formulating a problem summary
  • Collecting logging information
  • Collecting other diagnostic information

Introduction

During the course of your VSAN deployment or during production following deployment, you may encounter a problem that requires deep, low-level troubleshooting or complex issue analysis. If this should occur, you may need to open a case with VMware Support or your third-party support provider.

As we have seen, VSAN is tightly integrated with vSphere once it is deployed, so in some ways, preparing for a support engagement with VSAN is quite similar to the regular vSphere support process. VSAN does, however, ...

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