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It all depends on the use case.Received email with License key, instruction, and the OVF link as well, but is there an ISO to install the vSAN Free on Baremetal ?
Not quite. The solution can be deployed as a standalone server, 2-way mirror, or 3-way mirror/2-way mirror +witness. See our help for more info on replication strategies https://www.starwindsoftware.com/help/C ... ation.htmlI also read somewhere (can't find the page now) Free vSAN only allows 2 nodes, are these storage or ESXi nodes ?
That's just enough to start. You can add more and replicate the existing storage (short iSCSI blip will happen; make sure to schedule downtime for VMs).Currently I only have 1 storage server, I also want to know if vSAN Free allows to add more Storage Servers to the system.
In our case we have a separate server to be used for Storage so I'm looking for where to download the ISO from.ISO is only meant to be installed on the physical server (i.e., compute and storage separated scenario).
In our case we have 3 ESXi Hosts Cluster, and 1 Storage Server for now (1 to be added later), in this case will StarWind vSAN Free work ?Not quite. The solution can be deployed as a standalone server, 2-way mirror, or 3-way mirror/2-way mirror +witness. See our help for more info on replication strategies
You need 2 or 3 nodes for storage high availability. A single node can still act as an iSCSI..
The resource library comes first. That's where we keep info, and we tend to update it more often than forum entries.The outdated link was found pinned in the forum, thanks for the updated links..
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/downlo ... s#download select Linux Bare metalIn our case we have a separate server to be used for Storage so I'm looking for where to download the ISO from.
Yes. Make sureIn our case we have 3 ESXi Hosts Cluster, and 1 Storage Server for now (1 to be added later), in this case will StarWind vSAN Free work ?
Thanks for the link..The resource library comes first. That's where we keep info, and we tend to update it more often than forum entries.
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/downlo ... s#download select Linux Bare metal
Got it, thanks again yaroslav..Yes. Make sure
-not to use cache while StarWind devices are not replicated.
-system with HA meets system requirements https://www.starwindsoftware.com/system-requirements (see the networking part).
Good luck with your project.
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Connection to 192.168.1.162 ( 192.168.1.162 ) : 3261 has failed
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login root Password123$
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104 Username or password you entered is invalid.
Authentication attempts from '192.168.1.175' address are blocked for 5 minute(s)..
Connection has not been initialized
At C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\a.ps1:123 char:2
+ $server.Disconnect()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMExceptionCode: Select all
Pinging 192.168.1.162 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.162: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.162:
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Control-C
Pinging 192.168.1.163 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.163: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.163:
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss)Code: Select all
param($addr="192.168.1.162", $port=3261, $user="root", $password="Password123$",
$addr2="192.168.1.163", $port2=$port, $user2="root", $password2="Password123$",
#common
$initMethod="NotSynchronize",
$size=1048576,
$sectorSize=512,
$failover=0,
$bmpType=1,
$bmpStrategy=0,
#primary node
$imagePath="/mnt/sdb1/volume1",
$imageName="device1",
$createImage=$true,
$storageName="",
$targetAlias="target1",
$poolName="pool1",
$syncSessionCount=1,
$aluaOptimized=$true,
$cacheMode="none",
$cacheSize=0,
$syncInterface="#p2=172.16.20.2:3260,172.16.21.2:3260",
$hbInterface="#p2=172.16.10.2:3260,192.168.0.2:3260",
$createTarget=$true,
$bmpFolderPath="",
#secondary node
$imagePath2="/mnt/sdb1/volume1",
$imageName2="device1",
$createImage2=$true,
$storageName2="",
$targetAlias2="target1",
$poolName2="pool1",
$syncSessionCount2=1,
$aluaOptimized2=$false,
$cacheMode2=$cacheMode,
$cacheSize2=$cacheSize,
$syncInterface2="#p1=192.168.1.164:3260,192.168.1.166:3260",
$hbInterface2="#p1=192.168.1.171:3260,192.168.1.173:3260",
$createTarget2=$true,
$bmpFolderPath2=""
)
Import-Module StarWindX
try
{
Enable-SWXLog -level SW_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
$server = New-SWServer -host $addr -port $port -user $user -password $password
$server.Connect()
$firstNode = new-Object Node
$firstNode.HostName = $addr
$firstNode.HostPort = $port
$firstNode.Login = $user
$firstNode.Password = $password
$firstNode.ImagePath = $imagePath
$firstNode.ImageName = $imageName
$firstNode.Size = $size
$firstNode.CreateImage = $createImage
$firstNode.StorageName = $storageName
$firstNode.TargetAlias = $targetAlias
$firstNode.AutoSynch = $autoSynch
$firstNode.SyncInterface = $syncInterface
$firstNode.HBInterface = $hbInterface
$firstNode.PoolName = $poolName
$firstNode.SyncSessionCount = $syncSessionCount
$firstNode.ALUAOptimized = $aluaOptimized
$firstNode.CacheMode = $cacheMode
$firstNode.CacheSize = $cacheSize
$firstNode.FailoverStrategy = $failover
$firstNode.CreateTarget = $createTarget
$firstNode.BitmapStoreType = $bmpType
$firstNode.BitmapStrategy = $bmpStrategy
$firstNode.BitmapFolderPath = $bmpFolderPath
#
# device sector size. Possible values: 512 or 4096(May be incompatible with some clients!) bytes.
#
$firstNode.SectorSize = $sectorSize
$secondNode = new-Object Node
$secondNode.HostName = $addr2
$secondNode.HostPort = $port2
$secondNode.Login = $user2
$secondNode.Password = $password2
$secondNode.ImagePath = $imagePath2
$secondNode.ImageName = $imageName2
$secondNode.CreateImage = $createImage2
$secondNode.StorageName = $storageName2
$secondNode.TargetAlias = $targetAlias2
$secondNode.AutoSynch = $autoSynch2
$secondNode.SyncInterface = $syncInterface2
$secondNode.HBInterface = $hbInterface2
$secondNode.SyncSessionCount = $syncSessionCount2
$secondNode.ALUAOptimized = $aluaOptimized2
$secondNode.CacheMode = $cacheMode2
$secondNode.CacheSize = $cacheSize2
$secondNode.FailoverStrategy = $failover
$secondNode.CreateTarget = $createTarget2
$secondNode.BitmapFolderPath = $bmpFolderPath2
$device = Add-HADevice -server $server -firstNode $firstNode -secondNode $secondNode -initMethod $initMethod
while ($device.SyncStatus -ne [SwHaSyncStatus]::SW_HA_SYNC_STATUS_SYNC)
{
$syncPercent = $device.GetPropertyValue("ha_synch_percent")
Write-Host "Synchronizing: $($syncPercent)%" -foreground yellow
Start-Sleep -m 2000
$device.Refresh()
}
}
catch
{
Write-Host $_ -foreground red
}
finally
{
$server.Disconnect()
}
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IMPORTANT: If the script should be executed again with the same parameters, (for example, the first time execution has failed) make sure to do the following for one node at a time before the next attempt to execute the script:
1. Stop StarWind Service:
sudo systemctl stop starwind-virtual-san
2. Go to /opt/starwind/starwind-virtual-san/drive_c/starwind/headers and delete the headers you do not need.
3. Go to the underlying storage specified as $imagePath and delete the header and imagefile there.Code: Select all
root@vSAN1:~# cd /opt/starwind/starwind-virtual-san/drive_c/starwind/
root@vSAN1:/opt/starwind/starwind-virtual-san/drive_c/starwind# ls
ConfigUpdater.exe iSCSITransportLib.dll logwatcher sptdintf.dll SysMan.dll
DiskBridge.dll libcrypto-3-x64.dll logwatcher.py StarWind.cfg third-party-licenses.txt
events libiconv-1.14.dll mkimage.exe StarWindService.exe Tools.dll
HAImage.dll libssl-3-x64.dll NativeLib.dll starwind-virtual-san vcruntime140.dll
hba_rescan_conf.py libswnwrapper.so NotifyDB storage VersionTracker.dll
hba_rescan.ps1 Localizations NvmfConf SWBuild.Number VirtualDvd.dll
hba_rescan.py LogLib.dll PerformanceDB SwCache.dll VTL
ImageFile.dll logs RamDisk.dll symbols VTL.dllCode: Select all
https://forums.starwindsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6852&p=37208&hilit=HINT8#p37208
HINT4
/ and \ in imagePath are not the same :)Code: Select all
Request to 192.168.1.162 ( 192.168.1.162 ) : 3261
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control ImageFile -CreateImage:"/mnt/md1/volume1\vsn.img" -Size:"1024" -Flat:"True" -DeferredInit:"True" -Password:"starwind"
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param($addr="192.168.1.162", $port=3261, $user="root", $password="starwind",
$addr2="192.168.1.163", $port2=$port, $user2=$user, $password2=$password,
#common
$initMethod="NotSynchronize",
$size=1024,
$sectorSize=512,
$failover=0,
$bmpType=1,
$bmpStrategy=0,
#primary node
$imagePath="/mnt/md1/volume1",
$imageName="vsn",
$createImage=$true,
$storageName="",
$targetAlias="vsn",
$poolName="pool1",
$syncSessionCount=1,
$aluaOptimized=$true,
$cacheMode="none",
$cacheSize=0,
$syncInterface="#p2=192.168.1.164:3260,192.168.1.171:3260",
$hbInterface="#p2=192.168.1.162:3260,192.168.1.162:3260",
$createTarget=$true,
$bmpFolderPath="",
#secondary node
$imagePath2="/mnt/md1/volume1",
$imageName2="vsn",
$createImage2=$true,
$storageName2="",
$targetAlias2="vsn",
$poolName2="pool1",
$syncSessionCount2=1,
$aluaOptimized2=$false,
$cacheMode2=$cacheMode,
$cacheSize2=$cacheSize,
$syncInterface2="#p1=192.168.1.166:3260,192.168.1.173:3260",
$hbInterface2="#p1=192.168.1.163:3260,192.168.1.163:3260",
$createTarget2=$true,
$bmpFolderPath2=""Hi yaroslav,yaroslav (staff) wrote: ↑Fri Jul 25, 2025 5:00 pmStrange. Please delete the targets and /headers contents and try again, but with different slashes.
It looks like it does create the header, but cannot lay out the file.
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root@vSAN1:/opt/starwind/starwind-virtual-san/drive_c/starwind/headers/vsn# ls
vsn_HA.swdsk vsn.swdskCode: Select all
Synchronizing: 0%
Synchronizing: 0%
Synchronizing: 0%
Synchronizing: 0%
Synchronizing: 0%
Synchronizing: 0%
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root@vSAN1:/mnt/md0/vSANStrg# ls
starwind-volume-config.json vsn vsn_HA.swdsk.bak vsn.img vsn.swdsk.bak