This webinars covers everything you need to know about planning, purchasing, and implementing Hyperconverged setups with VMware VSAN. It’s no longer out of your reach! If you’re interested in VMware’s VSAN technology, this is the webinar for you!
I've uploaded the slide deck and it can be downloaded HERE.
You will still be able to remove a host from the VSAN cluster for maintenance. Due to the fact that there are many different reasons to do maintenance I would recommend reviewing this article which covers the different types of VSAN maintenance you may require. Each maintenance type is just slightly a little bit different depending on the work you are doing. https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2016/02/18/choosing-the-correct-vsan-maintenance-mode-option/
The VSAN logs are stored in many locations and typically can be accessed through the Linux-based command line you are familiar with. For debugging there are a few options:
1) Depending on the Issue you are troubleshooting this VSAN Troubleshooting guide provides a lot of useful feedback on looking at log files that pertain to your situation
http://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsan/vsan-troubleshooting-reference-manual.pdf
2) If your issues are performance related to VSAN then the VSAN Observer can be valuable as well https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2064240
No, the objects must be within the same disk group for this to work correctly.
Disks can absolutely be added to scale out your VSAN relatively easily through the console. If you are planning to add hosts though, you will need to put your environment in maintenance mode, the networking will need to be updated to include the new host to enable virtual SAN traffic on the NIC for the new host.
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