VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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Add and Remove
vSAN
 Storage

You can use ESXCLI commands to add and remove
vSAN
 storage. You can also retrieve information about the
vSAN
 storage configuration.
  1. Add an HDD or data disk for use by
    vSAN
    . 
    esxcli vsan storage add --disks <device_name>
    The command expects an empty disk, which is partitioned or formatted. Specify a device name, for example,
    mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
    .
  2. Add an SSD disk for use by
    vSAN
    . 
    esxcli vsan storage add --ssd <device_name>
    The command expects an empty disk, which is partitioned or formatted. Specify a device name, for example,
    mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
    .
  3. List the
    vSAN
     storage configuration. You can display the complete list, or filter to show only a single device. 
    esxcli vsan storage list --device <device>
  4. Remove disks or disk groups.
    You can remove disks or disk groups only when
    vSAN
     is in manual mode. For the automatic disk claim mode, the remove action is not supported.
    • Remove an individual
      vSAN
       disk. 
      esxcli vsan storage remove --disk <device_name>
      Instead of specifying the device name, you can specify the UUID if you include the
      --uuid
       option.
    • Remove a disk group's SSD and each of its backing HDD drives from
      vSAN
       usage. 
      esxcli vsan storage remove --ssd <device_name>
      Instead of specifying the device name, you can specify the UUID if you include the
      --uuid
       option. Any SSD that you remove from
      vSAN
       becomes available for such features as Flash Read Cache.

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