Delete Routes to the Witness Host

When you stretch a cluster, a route to the witness host is added to each ESXi host in the stretched cluster. You must delete these routes to use witness traffic separation.
  1. In a web browser, log in to the first ESXi host in the stretched cluster using the VMware Host Client.
  2. In the navigation pane, click
    Manage
    and click the
    Services
    tab.
  3. Select the
    TSM-SSH
    service and click
    Start
    if not started.
  4. Open an SSH connection to the first ESXi host in the stretched cluster.
  5. Log in as
    root
    .
  6. Run the following command:
    esxcli network ip route ipv4 list
    The output returns something like:
    Network Netmask Gateway Interface Source ----------- ------------- ------------ --------- ------ default 0.0.0.0 172.18.15.1 vmk2 MANUAL 169.254.0.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 vmk1 MANUAL 172.18.7.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 vmk3 MANUAL 172.18.13.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 vmk5 MANUAL 172.18.14.0 255.255.255.0 172.18.7.253 vmk3 MANUAL 172.18.15.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 vmk2 MANUAL 172.18.21.0 255.255.255.0 172.18.7.253 vmk3 MANUAL
  7. Delete the route to the witness host. For example:
    esxcfg-route -d 172.18.14.0/24 172.18.7.253
  8. In the VMware Host Client, select the
    TSM-SSH
    service for the ESXi host and click
    Stop
    .
  9. Repeat these steps for each ESXi host in the stretched cluster.