vSan Disk Polices

[seamusobr1]

I wonder if somebody can help

I have recently been going through a list of our disk polices in vSan

I have noticed a lot of objects listed under other with guid names

Can anyone explain what these are and if there is an effective way to remove them

I have listed below an example of what I mean

Name                                                                                                                                                                   vsan object health                                                                       Compliance status   

8ac2065d-5a1e-cdd5-0f72-246e96d7d06e	Healthy	Out of Date
2e3e285d-8451-43cb-091b-246e96d7baea	Healthy	Out of Date
17baac5b-d870-84ca-e428-246e96d7d48c	Healthy	Out of Date
43c4065d-147c-3385-e2df-246e96d7d48c	Healthy	Out of Date
c502d85b-a033-c892-dc88-246e96d7d008	Healthy	Out of Date

[TheBobkin · Accepted solution]

Hello Seamus,

Before considering removing data objects, one should always identify them and confirm they are not needed.

This can be achieved a number of ways:

SSH to host:

# esxcli vsan debug object list -u <objectUUID>

# /usr/lib/vmware/osfs/bin/objtool getAttr -u <objectUUID>

RVC:

> vsan.object_info <objectUUID> <pathToCluster>

If the namespace and/or descriptors are present normally in Datastore Browser via the clients then removal of Objects from here should be possible.

Bob

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