Monitoring and Managing
vSAN
Storage
vSAN
StoragevSAN
is a
distributed layer of software that runs natively as a part of the
ESXi
hypervisor.
vSAN
aggregates
local or direct-attached storage disks of a host cluster and creates a single
storage pool shared across all hosts of the cluster.
While supporting VMware features
that require shared storage, such as HA, vMotion, and DRS,
vSAN
eliminates
the need for an external shared storage and simplifies storage configuration
and virtual machine provisioning activities.
You can use ESXCLI commands to
retrieve
vSAN
information, manage
vSAN
clusters,
perform network management, add storage, set the policy, and perform other
monitoring and management tasks. Type
esxcli vsan --help
for a complete list of commands.