{"id":4949,"date":"2015-07-25T17:32:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T09:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2015-07-25T17:32:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T01:32:02","slug":"vmware-vsan-reusing-ssd-disks-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=4949","title":{"rendered":"VMware VSAN reusing SSD disks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#VMware VSAN reusing SSD disks<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1OtfPqp' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/d3utlhu53nfcwz.cloudfront.net\/171901\/cdnImage\/article\/a183fe68-2f61-4410-a8dc-a0627974d46b\/?size=Box320'><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1OtfPqp' style='text-decoration: none;' target='_blank'>VMware VSAN reusing SSD disks<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Ealier this week I\u2019ve been configuring a new VSAN cluster. The old configuration was using hardware that wasn\u2019t complying with the VMware vSAN HCL. We ordered new raid controllers and HDD\u2019s and reused the SSD disks, as those where compliant with the HCL. Adding and configuring the new hardware went well and ESXi was installed without a problem. After doing some network configurations on the hosts it was time to turn on VSAN. And that is where I ran into an issue. The moment I turned on VSAN (manual mode) each host created a disk group containing the SSD\u2019s present in the host. Each disk group however was showing only absent HDD\u2019s. Seeing as I was using SSD\u2019s from a previous configuration I wasn\u2019t that suprised and tried removing the disk&#8230;<a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1OtfPqp' target='_blank'>Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/advocacy.vmware.com' target='_blank'>VMware Advocacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#VMware VSAN reusing SSD disks VMware VSAN reusing SSD disks Ealier this week I\u2019ve been configuring a new VSAN cluster. The old configuration was using hardware that wasn\u2019t complying with the VMware vSAN HCL. We ordered new raid controllers and HDD\u2019s and reused the SSD disks, as those where compliant with the HCL. 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