vSAN Policy

[elieqt]

Hello Support,

I'm trying to create a new vSAN policy using RAID5 but I'm not able to find the Failure tolerance method in the vSAN policy as per the below screen shot.

[TheBobkin]

Hello elieqt​

Are you perchance using a vSAN cluster with Standard Licensed and/or a Hybrid cluster here?

RAID5/6 requires All-Flash and a minimum of Advanced vSAN licensing:

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsan/vmware-vsan-66-licen...

Using RAID 5 or RAID 6 Erasure Coding

Bob

[elieqt]

Hello Bob,

Thanks for the information.

I tried to add the vSAN Enterprise license from the vCenter server but the CPU number is still 0. How can I activate the vSAN license per CPU?

Regards,

[elieqt]

I added the license as per the below screen shot, but I'm still not able to find the RAID Method in the policy.

[TheBobkin]

Hello elieqt​,

Are there at least 4 nodes in the cluster and out of Maintenance Mode etc.?

This is an All-Flash cluster?

Is this a 4-node single-CPU cluster? (This is the only configuration that could be licensed as per the image)

If yes to both then try resyncing the VASA providers and restarting vmware-sps service on the vCenter.

VMware Knowledge Base

Bob

[elieqt]

It is a Hybrid cluster.

[TheBobkin]

Hello elieqt​,

Theres the reason so.

"RAID 5 or RAID 6 erasure coding is available only on all-flash disk groups."

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.virtualsan.doc/GUID-6D818555-8DE8-4...

Bob

[elieqt]

Thanks a lot.