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by john37
Wed May 13, 2026 7:28 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up
Replies: 11
Views: 14994

Re: Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up

Can you check for me if that case was tested?
Think that I will change and deploy the heartbeat option for now.

Will this function (SMB witness share) using CVM become available and tested in the future?
by john37
Tue May 12, 2026 2:43 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up
Replies: 11
Views: 14994

Re: Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up

So it is a gui glitch in the CVM apliance?

Is SMB witness share not supported in the CVM appliance underneath vsan free?

it is parity, not mirror.
by john37
Tue May 12, 2026 12:33 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up
Replies: 11
Views: 14994

Re: Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up

In starwind Management console (installed on Windows) I can see the LUN on both appliances with the status synchronized. So I should not use the CVM appliances with smb witness? Don't want to use the windows service based starwind vsan option, because I understand support of it will end and it is re...
by john37
Tue May 12, 2026 12:11 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up
Replies: 11
Views: 14994

Re: Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up

Just did the following: 1. Mark HAimage on one appliance as synchronized. result: Script awnsered back synchronized, and in appliances a saw no change. 2. shutdown the other appliance, not the one I just marked as synchronized. result: my lun now displays the following: availibility = down, state = ...
by john37
Tue May 12, 2026 10:00 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free], StarWind x Proxmox VE SAN Integration Services
Topic: Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up
Replies: 11
Views: 14994

Virtual SAN free Witness never gets up

Hi all, I'm trying to setup Virtual SAN free using the SMB witness failover strategy. I Have a setup of 2 Hyper-V servers. Each server has a CVM appliance. I have used the following script to create the LUN based on the SMB witness failover strategy. Small sumary: LAN (management) network = 172.27.1...