It is normal. A replication partner went down and therefore it was not serving storage; it needs time to catch up with the remaining node. Please see why full sync can start https://knowledgebase.starwindsoftware.com/explanation/reasons-why-full-synchronization-may-start/ . Please connect to the CV...

Thanks yaroslav, I understand it now, I need to perform scp file copy into ESXi's storage as the vSAN storage will appear there.. I do a lot of testing, and shutdown the vSAN systems but after rebooting it shows the below notification, and the the disks now shows as Limited Availability, is this nor...

Hi, I have created a tes tVM in an HA vSAN setup (vSAN Free) the VM is deployed successfully but I can't seem to find where the files are actually in the StarWind system.. Can anyone share the location of where the VM files are stored. I have checked the below directories, there is nothing in either...

I'm running into the same issue — trying to deploy StarWind vSAN via Ansible and the network parameters in the OVF (ipaddress, netmask, gateway) just won’t populate during deployment. Not sure if it's an issue with the OVF environment settings or how Ansible is passing the values. Has anyone manage...

Hi, I came up with a workaround :) -create 1 GB HA device -remove its partner -clean up the counterpart headers -run AddHA script. If the test is successful, remove the HA partner again and expand the HA device. This should give you a so-called "standalone HA", the device that allows for ...

I guess there is some misunderstanding here. You are replicating the device to somewhere? That starWind VSAN VM needs to be up. Once the 2nd host is there, please log a call with us using this thread as the reference > we will arm the trial key > do the job > roll back to free (one time exclusion I...

I think the easiest will be arming the trial key and completing the work with the trial key. Please log the call on MON with support to convert back to free (use this thread as your reference). Sorry, for clarity I'm not sure what you mean by completing the work, the 2nd server is not here yet so I...

Thanks yaroslav,

I have requested the Trial Key, and will check and then revert back..

Appreciate all the help..

You are right, yet the device will be misconfigured. It means that the HA device was created. Please review the HA device header and remove the replication partner. Once removed, log to the destination node (i.e., where you intend replicating the drvices to) remove the swdsk files from /headers and...

Thanks yaroslav, Powershell would interpret the {0} -f $addr as the IP address, anyway I try and edit that and see.. While the StarWind.cfg shows the below, which I think might be the issue, its showing device name as HAImage1 but when the enumdevices script is run without setting up HA, it shows th...

It looks like the StarWind.cfg file is referring to a broken Header (check StarWind.cfg for anything that points to HA). Try removing HA partner with the script and running AddHA Partner one. I'll check the Starwind.cfg and see what it has regarding HA.. As for the AddHApartner.ps1 it shows the bel...

Hi, Remove the HA headers on the underlying storage and under /headers. Storagename is missing. Please run EnumDevices script and fill in the field. Please review my script once again and rework yours. Thanks yaroslav.. Seems I'm reaching there, updated the script with the storagename, and now the ...

Thanks yaroslav, I'm unsure when you say wrong slashes, what are you referring to, all values are the same as in my original script which worked.. I renamed the original vlab directory in the headers folder to vl , and ran the script again and it creates the vlab directory again with HA files in it,...

Hi yaroslav, The test storage in VMware Workstation setup is as follows. Server 1 - 6 x 100 GB = 600 GB Server 2 - 6 x 100 GB = 600 GB RAID-5 setup on both servers Storage Pool. Server 1 - Usable Capacity = 499.66 GB Server 2 - Usable Capacity = 499.66 GB Server 1 - Volume 1 - Usable Capacity = 499....

Thanks yaroslav for the script, and time and effort, much appreciated..

I'll test this and see how it goes..