HOW TO: Fix Inaccessible objects in VMware vSphere vSAN when all components show as Active
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
EE Fellow, MVE, Expert of the Year 2021,2017-11, Scribe 2016-2012, Author of the Year 2018-6,2013-2012 VMware vExpert Pro, vExpert 2025-2011
In this video presentation which is part of the Hancock's VMware Half Hour I will show you HOW TO: Fix Inaccessible objects in VMware vSphere vSAN when all
components show as Active.
There is a known issue in VMware vSAN which is documented by Broadcom here
Inaccessible objects in vSAN when all components show as Active
It is not clear why some ESXi hosts set the value to 1, and block all vSAN communications. But it can cause issues on your vSAN Cluster.
The VMware vSphere vCenter Server web client has difficulty in performing some vSAN actions, so we need to connect via SSH to the bash shell of the ESXI host to perform this action using the following commands
vsish -e get /config/VSAN/intOpts/DOMPa
esxcfg-advcfg -g /VSAN/IgnoreClusterMemberL
both of the returned values should be 0.
components show as Active.
There is a known issue in VMware vSAN which is documented by Broadcom here
Inaccessible objects in vSAN when all components show as Active
It is not clear why some ESXi hosts set the value to 1, and block all vSAN communications. But it can cause issues on your vSAN Cluster.
The VMware vSphere vCenter Server web client has difficulty in performing some vSAN actions, so we need to connect via SSH to the bash shell of the ESXI host to perform this action using the following commands
vsish -e get /config/VSAN/intOpts/DOMPa
esxcfg-advcfg -g /VSAN/IgnoreClusterMemberL
both of the returned values should be 0.
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