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  • 1.  Type of maintenance mode for vSAN node

    Posted Jun 04, 2021 07:49 AM

    Hello,

    Maybe this is straightforward and I'm missing it, however how can you tell what type of maintenance was used for a vSAN node after it gets into MM?

     

    My use case exactly: I'm trying to determine if a colleague used full data migration when he entered a host in MM earlier in the day.

     

    Thanks!



  • 2.  RE: Type of maintenance mode for vSAN node

    Posted Jun 04, 2021 08:29 AM

    Ciao 

    Have you checked if there is any information in the Hostd.log log file (present on node/ var/log..)?

    Has the ESXi node been restarted following activation of maintenance mode? If it has been restarted you must be sure that you have changed the settings of where the node logs are saved because if they are not saved on a persistent space the logs are deleted.



  • 3.  RE: Type of maintenance mode for vSAN node

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jun 04, 2021 10:49 AM

    the hostd.log shows that maintenance mode was invoked, but I don't see the type that was invoked either. I Will file a feature request for it. if you look at the clomd.log you should see that the host was decommisioned.



  • 4.  RE: Type of maintenance mode for vSAN node
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jun 07, 2021 07:44 AM

    Just spoke with an engineer:

     

    Pre ESXi 7.0 the info is stored in the "esx.conf" file, just grep for "hostDecommission". Let me show you:


    If the ESX is at 7.0 or later, just run the below config store command: