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djblue
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Shutting down VSA 6.7 cluster

Hello I just built and tested my first VSAN 6.7 cluster.  Now I need to shut it down and physically move the whole thing to a new location for production.

I have Cluster/HA/DRS running.  vCenter is running on the cluster and one other virtual machine.  Can anyone help me with the sequence in how to shut it all down?

Here is how I think it should go:

1.Turn off HA

2. Turn off DRS

3. Turn off Cluster (not sure about this one).

4. Power off VM

5.  Power off vCenter

6. Login into vSphere client of each host and place host into maintenance mode.

7. Power off each host.

I just want to make sure that when i power it all back up, everything comes up nicely.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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KocPawel
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I  would do that:

1) Power off VMs

2) Enter Maintenance mode for hosts (do not data migration)

Place a Member of vSAN Cluster in Maintenance Mode

3) Power off hosts

Interesting article:

Virtual Blocks: A Closer Look at vSAN Maintenance Mode

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