Virtualization

The "vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide" series explains how to manage your VMware Virtual SAN environment with the Ruby vSphere Console. RVC is an interactive command line tool to control and automate your platform. If you are new to RVC, make sure to read the Getting Started with Ruby vSphere Console Guide. All commands are from the latest vSAN 6.6 version.

In the fifth part, I'm working with commands related to the vSAN performance service. These commands are used to enable and configure the vSAN Performance Service and gather performance related information.

• vsan.perf.cluster_info
• vsan.perf.resync_dashboard
• vsan.perf.stats_object_create
• vsan.perf.stats_object_info
• vsan.perf.stats_object_delete
• vsan.perf.stats_object_setpolicy

Read More »vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide Part 5 - Performance Service

The "vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide" series explains how to manage your VMware Virtual SAN environment with the Ruby vSphere Console. RVC is an interactive command line tool to control and automate your platform. If you are new to RVC, make sure to read the Getting Started with Ruby vSphere Console Guide. All commands are from the latest vSAN 6.6 version.

In the fourth part, I'm working with commands related to the vSAN health plugin. These commands are only available when the Health Services are installed.

• vsan.health.cluster_status
• vsan.health.health_summary
• vsan.health.cluster_rebalance
• vsan.health.cluster_debug_multicast
• vsan.health.multicast_speed_test
• vsan.health.hcl_update_db
• vsan.health.cluster_repair_immediately
• vsan.health.cluster_attach_to_sr
• vsan.health.health_check_interval_status
• vsan.health.health_check_interval_configure
• vsan.health.cluster_proxy_status
• vsan.health.cluster_proxy_configure
• vsan.health.cluster_load_test_run
• vsan.health.cluster_load_test_prepare
• vsan.health.cluster_load_test_cleanup
• vsan.health.silent_health_check_configure
• vsan.health.silent_health_check_status

Read More »vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide Part 4 - Cluster Health

The "vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide" series explains how to manage your VMware Virtual SAN environment with the Ruby vSphere Console. RVC is an interactive command line tool to control and automate your platform. If you are new to RVC, make sure to read the Getting Started with Ruby vSphere Console Guide. All commands are from the latest vSAN 6.6 version.

The third part explains commands related to the object management in vSAN. These commands are used for troubleshooting or reconfiguration of objects. They also provide an insight on how vSAN works.

• vsan.disks_info
• vsan.disks_stats
• vsan.cmmds_find
• vsan.vm_object_info
• vsan.disk_object_info
• vsan.object_info
• vsan.object_reconfigure
• vsan.vmdk_stats

Read More »vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide Part 3 - Object Management

The "vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide" series explains how to manage your VMware Virtual SAN environment with the Ruby vSphere Console. RVC is an interactive command line tool to control and automate your platform. If you are new to RVC, make sure to read the Getting Started with Ruby vSphere Console Guide. All commands are from the latest vSAN 6.6 version.

The second part explains commands related to vSAN cluster administration tasks. These commands are required to gather information about ESXi hosts and the cluster itself. They also provide important information when you want to maintain your vSAN cluster or configure a stretched cluster:

• vsan.host_info
• vsan.cluster_info
• vsan.check_limits
• vsan.whatif_host_failures
• vsan.enter_maintenance_mode
• vsan.resync_dashboard
• vsan.proactive_rebalance
• vsan.proactive_rebalance_info
• vsan.host_evacuate_data
• vsan.host_exit_evacuation
• vsan.ondisk_upgrade
• vsan.v2_ondisk_upgrade
• vsan.upgrade_status
• vsan.stretchedcluster.config_witness
• vsan.stretchedcluster.remove_witness
• vsan.stretchedcluster.witness_info

Read More »vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide Part 2 - Cluster-Administration

The "vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide" series explains how to manage your VMware Virtual SAN environment with the Ruby vSphere Console. RVC is an interactive command line tool to control and automate your platform. If you are new to RVC, make sure to read the Getting Started with Ruby vSphere Console Guide. All commands are from the latest vSAN 6.6 version. The first part explains basic configuration tasks that are required for the initial setup:

• vsan.enable_vsan_on_cluster
• vsan.disable_vsan_on_cluster
• vsan.cluster_change_autoclaim
• vsan.apply_license_to_cluster
• vsan.host_consume_disks
• vsan.cluster_set_default_policy
• vsan.host_wipe_vsan_disks
• vsan.host_wipe_non_vsan_disk

Read More »vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide Part 1 - Basic Configuration