VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5

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Configure the VMkernel Adapters for Witness Traffic

Enable witness traffic for the witness traffic VMkernel adapter on each ESXi host
  1. Log in to the vSphere Client.
  2. Click
    Menu
    Hosts and Clusters
    .
  3. For each host in the stretched cluster, click
    Configure
    Networking
    VMkernel adapters
     to determine which VMkernel adapter to use for witness traffic. For example,
    vmk5
    .
  4. In a web browser, log in to the first ESXi host in the stretched cluster using the VMware Host Client.
  5. In the navigation pane, click
    Manage
     and click the
    Services
     tab.
  6. Select the
    TSM-SSH
     service and click
    Start
     if not started.
  7. SSH to the first ESXi host in the stretched cluster.
  8. Log in as root and run the following command:
    esxcli vsan network ip add -i 
    <vmkernel_adapter>
     -T=witness
    For example:
    esxcli vsan network ip add -i vmk5 -T=witness
  9. Verify that the VMkernel adapter is configured for witness traffic:
    esxcli vsan network list
  10. Verify that the ESXi host can access the witness host:
    vmkping -I 
    <vmkernel_adapter>
    <witness_host_ip_address>
    Replace
    <vmkernel_adapter>
     with the VMkernel adapter configured for witness traffic, for example
    vmk5
    . Replace
    <witness_host_ip_address>
     with the witness host IP address.
  11. In the VMware Host Client, select the
    TSM-SSH
     service for the ESXi host and click
    Stop
    .
  12. Repeat for each ESXi host in the stretched cluster.

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