Enable NFS File Service in VMware vSAN Storage Cluster

The go to Configure > vSAN > Services. Click “ENABLE” under the File Service section. Review requirements in the Introduction page and hit Next if the checklist is satisfied. In the File service agent page there are two options to choose from for downloading the OVF files.

1. How do I enable vSAN performance service?
2. What file system does vSAN use?
3. How many datastores does a vSAN cluster have?
4. What is FTT in vSAN?
5. How do I turn off network diagnostic mode?
6. Is vSAN a file system?
7. Is vSAN a VMFS?
8. Does vSAN use iSCSI?
9. What is the maximum number of vSAN datastores per cluster?
10. What are the minimum and maximum number of physical hosts in a vSAN cluster?
11. What is the maximum virtual machines per cluster?
12. How do I check my vSAN FTT?
13. How is vSAN capacity calculated?
14. Is vSAN a block storage?

How do I enable vSAN performance service?

How to Enable vSAN Performance Service

1. Login to vSphere Web Client. Select your vSAN Cluster. Go to Monitor Tab > Choose Performance. ...
2. You can also enable by going into Configure tab. Go to Configure Tab > Choose Health and Performance. ...
3. Check the box to turn on the service and select storage policy. Click OK.

What file system does vSAN use?

Scaling SMB and NFS Shares

The VMware vSAN Virtual Distributed File System (VDFS) is a purpose-built distributed file system designed specifically to provide access for consumable protocols such as NFS. It is currently exposed through protocol containers that export SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3 or NFSv4.

How many datastores does a vSAN cluster have?

What is FTT in vSAN?

The Number of Failures to Tolerate capability addresses the key customer and design requirement of availability. With FTT, availability is provided by maintaining replica copies of data, to mitigate the risk of a host failure resulting in lost connectivity to data or potential data loss.

How do I turn off network diagnostic mode?

The network diagnostic mode is only used for troubleshooting, if the troubleshooting is done:

1. In the vCenter HTML5 client, go to vCenter and select the cluster object.
2. Click Configure > vSAN > Service > Performance Service > Edit.
3. Disable the network diagnostic mode in the performance service configuration.

Is vSAN a file system?

1 file shares. vSAN File Service comprises of vSAN Distributed File System (vDFS) which provides the underlying scalable filesystem by aggregating vSAN objects, a Storage Services Platform which provides resilient file server end points and a control plane for deployment, management, and monitoring.

Is vSAN a VMFS?

VSAN 5.5 was based on a modified version of VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS); VSAN 6.0 gets its own file system, cleverly called VSAN file system. This new file system supports "instant clones" and more efficient snapshots. ... As VSAN is a feature of vSphere, it now supports 64 hosts per VSAN cluster.

Does vSAN use iSCSI?

vSAN 6.7 now supports iSCSI target with SCSI Persistent Reservations for iSCSI shared disks. We can present the iSCSI-shared disks from vSAN to Virtual machines on the same vSAN cluster and officially support Microsoft WSFC “Windows Server Failover Clusters “.

What is the maximum number of vSAN datastores per cluster?

vSAN Configuration Maximums 6. X

What are the minimum and maximum number of physical hosts in a vSAN cluster?

A vSAN cluster supports any number of physical hosts from two up to a maximum of 64 hosts in a cluster.

What is the maximum virtual machines per cluster?

We support 1024 volumes shared within a cluster of maximum 32 ESXi hosts. 1MB is the default block size. Upgraded VMFS5 volumes inherit the VMFS3 block size value.

How do I check my vSAN FTT?

If you have a standard vSAN cluster, choose None (standard cluster).
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Availability Attributes for vSAN VM Storage Policies.

How is vSAN capacity calculated?

Raw Capacity

Multiply the total number of disk groups in the cluster by the size of the capacity devices in those disk groups. Subtract the overhead required by the vSAN on-disk format.

Is vSAN a block storage?

VMware vSAN. Centralized storage enables the consolidation of storage resources both at the block and file level. It allows servers to access the same pool of storage space, making for efficient use of storage capacity.