Deploy vSAN Snapshot Service appliance for vSAN Data Protection

Products

• VMware vSAN 8.x

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to enable vSAN Data Protection 

Environment

vSAN 8.0.x (The native Snapshot Service is supported by vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) but not by vSAN Original Storage Architecture (OSA).

Resolution

1). Download the VMware Snapshot Service appliance from the Broadcom website at https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/downloads.

2). Right-click the vSAN cluster in the vSphere Client, and select Deploy OVF Template to open the wizard.

3) On the Select an OVF template page, specify the location of the appliance OVA file and click Next.

4) On the Select a name and folder page, you can enter a unique name for the appliance, select your data center as the deployment location.

5) On the Select a compute resource page, select the vSAN cluster as the compute resource.

6) On the Select storage page, select a datastore.

7) On the Select networks page, select the same network as the vCenter, and click Next.

8) On the Customize template page:

>Application: 

Note:  Hostname = Full FQDN (Short name is not supported)

- Initial Root Password =

> Networking Setting: 

- Host Network IP Address Family = (IPV4 or IPV6)
- Default Gateway =
- Domain Name = 
- Domain Search Path
- Domain name Server =
- Network IP Address =
- Network IP Profiel = (e.g 24)

> vCenter Server Configuration 

- vCenter Server Hostname  = Full FQDN (Short name is not supported)
- Administrator Username =
- Administrator Password =
- vCenter Server Certificate = enter the certificate text example  ---BEGIN CERTIFICATE--- | ---END CERTIFICATE---

- vCenter Single Sing-On Domain =

Please Note: This appliance requires a trusted vCenter Server certificate. From the vCenter home page, click Download trusted root CA certificates. Extract the certificate files, open Certs > lin, and copy text from the file with .0 extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the following KB article: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/330833/how-to-download-and-install-vcenter-serv.html

 

 

 

Additional Information

vSAN Data Protection requires the Snapshot Service appliance to manage vSAN snapshots. After you deploy the appliance, vSAN Data Protection becomes visible in the vSphere Client.

 

Please see: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsan/vsan/8-0/vsan-administration/expanding-and-managing-a-vsan-cluster/using-vsan-data-protection/deploying-the-vsan-snap-service-appliance.html#:~:text=vSAN%20data%20protection%20requires%20the,the%20VMware%20Snapshot%20Service%20appliance.