Mount old vSAN data on re-imaged ESXI host

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

You have re-imaged your ESXI hosts that were participating in a vSAN cluster. 

Environment

Vmware vSAN

Cause

ESXI hosts re-imaged due to loss of root password

Resolution

There are two ways to get the re-imaged hosts to participate in the vSAN cluster:

If the vCenter is available or able to be restored from backup: How to add a host back to a vSAN cluster after an ESXi host rebuild

If the vCenter is unavailable or unable to be restored from backup:  a new vCenter will need to be deployed and then you can migrate the vsan