Good afternoon,
I have 6 hosts with 7 SSDs each in a single cluster.
I have previously configured the SSDs on some hosts as datastores. I have just finished my vSphere course and would like to configure vSAN. I have noticed that the SSDs that have previously been used as datastores are not available to contribute towards the vSAN.
I have read a KB https://www.viktorious.nl/2014/04/15/vsan-local-disks-showing-wipe-disks-straight-esxi-console/ regarding the requirement to erase partitiions from the disks to remove artefacts. One explained the fdisk process which has now been deprecated and replaced by partedUtil
When i explore a particular disk i can see legacy partitions:
When i try to delete partitions I receive a READ ONLY error:
Via VCenter i can see the drive and legacy vSAN partitions:
If i try to erase the partitions it fails.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated
Daz
I am not sure why it fixed it however a restart of the physical host has now allowed me to delete the legacy VSAN partitions.
I am not sure why it fixed it however a restart of the physical host has now allowed me to delete the legacy VSAN partitions.
That is normal. When you delete a vSAN Filesystem, the partitions are still there and locked. A reboot unlocks and allows deletion.