topic Re: Remove server from vSAN in VMware vSAN Discussions

Remove server from vSAN

JohnB52 — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:32:36 GMT

I have a 4-server vSAN and am attempting to remove one server (HP DL380 Gen9). The server shows it is not in the vSAN and the vSAN does not have the associated disk group however, I am not able to repurpose the disks on the server as it says they are associated with a vSAN. Anyone have an idea how I can get this back to a stand-alone server?

Re: Remove server from vSAN

a_p_ — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:37:16 GMT

Did you follow the steps in https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2148975 ?

André

Re: Remove server from vSAN

JohnB52 — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:43:22 GMT

These steps have been followed. When I restart the server and look at Storage Devices, all SCSI disks partitioning is still to the vSAN thus I can't combine them to RAID so I can create a local Datastore.

Re: Remove server from vSAN

MJMSRI — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:09:24 GMT

Hi @JohnB52 have you tried erasing the disk partitons? https://williamlam.com/2015/09/erasing-existing-disk-partitions-now-available-in-the-vsphere-web-client-vsphere-6-0-update-1.html