10. Click OK.
Add the ESXi host to vCenter
Complete the following steps to add the new ESXi host to vCenter.
Procedure
1. In an internet browser, launch the VMware vSphere Web Client and access the
IDPA vCenter Server.
2. Select Hosts and Clusters.
3. Right-click the DPAppliance-VSAN icon and select Add Host.
a. Specify the previously recorded server hostname and click Next.
b. Specify
root
as the username, and type the previously recorded root
password.
c. In the Certificate Error window that appears, click Yes.
d. At the Host Summary, click Next.
e. Select the ESXi License Key, and click Next.
f. Verify Lockdown Mode is disabled, and click Next.
g. Select the option to pull a list of virtual machine rather than create a new
pool, and click Next.
h. Click Finish.
4. Select the DPalliance-VSAN Cluster, and expand it with the triangle icon.
5. Select the IDPA Cluster.
6. In the right-hand pane, select the Manage tab.
7. Select Settings.
8. Select Disk Management, and verify that the new ESXi host disk groups match
the other ESXi hosts as follows:
a. Verify the number of Disk Groups are the same.
b. Verify the number of Disks per Group are the same.
If the number of Disk Groups or Disks per Group do not match, call support.
9. Add the new server to the vSAN cluster.
a. Using the previously recorded information, connect to one of the other ESXi
hosts with SSH.
b. Identify the vSAN Sub Cluster UUID.
Run the following command:
esxcli vsan cluster get
Record the
Sub-Cluster UUID
value.
c. Connect to the new ESXi host with SSH.
d. Join the new ESXi host to the vSAN Sub Cluster
Run the following command, using the recorded Sub Cluster ID:
esxcli vsan cluster join
<sub-cluster-UUID>
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