Understanding vSAN Encryption – “Erase disks before use”
by A few questions routinely come up when using “Erase disks before use” with vSAN Encryption. What occurs when “Erase disks before use” is used? …
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Understanding vSAN Encryption – Booting when vCenter is Unavailable
Since the introduction of vSAN Encryption in vSAN 6.6 some of the routine questions that get asked include: Do vSAN hosts get encryption key information …
Understanding the vSAN Witness Appliance – Cluster Membership, Versioning, and Hosting
The vSAN Witness Appliance virtual machine provides a virtualized ESXi host that acts as a tie breaker for vSAN Stretched Cluster and 2 Node configurations. …
Understanding vSAN Encryption – KMS Server Accessibility
vSAN 6.6 introduced data at rest encryption as a new feature that provides another choice (in addition to VM Encryption introduced in vSphere 6.5) for …
Understanding the vSAN Witness Host – Traffic Tagging
With 2 Node and Stretched Cluster vSAN, a vSAN Witness Host is used. This can be a physical vSphere host or a VMware provided virtual …