vSAN hard disk health status show as Evacuated.
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Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
- Cache disk status show as Evacuated in disk management for a vSAN node.
No footprints of any disk failure seen from the logs.
Environment
VMware ESXi 7.x
VMware ESXi 8.x
Cause
When vSAN detects an impending disk failure, it puts the disk in evacuated state to migrate the data on other healthy disks.
The health of the disk can be validated using the below command,
[root:/var/log] esxcli storage core device smart get -d naa.##############Parameter Value Threshold Worst RawHealth Status IMPENDING FAILURE N/A N/A N/A
Resolution
Place the host in maintenance mode with ensure accessibility.
Reboot the ESXi host that has error with disk.
Remove Disk Group
Navigate to the vSAN cluster.
Click the Configure tab.
Under vSAN, click Disk Management.
Remove a disk group
Under Disk Group, select the disk group to remove, and click …, then Remove.
Recreate a Disk Group
Navigate to the vSAN cluster in the vSphere Client.
Click the Configure tab.
Under vSAN, click Disk Management.
Under Disk Groups, select the disk group to recreate.
Click …, then click the Recreate the disk group.
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