Not able to download the less size witness host

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

A newly deploying the witness appliance it is taking up more space then expected. 

A newly deployed witness may be taking over 300gb of space compared to a witness appliance that was deployed in the past with out 30gb of space. 

Environment

vSAN 

Cause

When deploying the witness the incorrect sizing was selected 

Resolution

There is only a single OVF per build / version of vSAN for the witness appliance

When you deploy the vSAN witness appliance, you must configure the size of the witness supported by the vSAN stretched cluster. Choose one of the following options:

• Tiny supports up to 750 components (10 VMs or fewer).
• Medium supports up to 21,833 components (500 VMs). As a shared witness, the Medium witness appliance supports up to 21,000 components and up to 21 vSAN two-node clusters.
• Large supports up to 45,000 components (more than 500 VMs). As a shared witness, the Large witness appliance supports up to 24,000 components and up to 24 vSAN two-node clusters.
• Extra Large supports up to 64,000 components (more than 500 VMs). As a shared witness, the Extra Large witness appliance supports up to 64,000 components and up to 64 vSAN two-node clusters.

The size option above will also affect the amount of storage the witness appliance will utilize 

Additional Information

Deploying a vSAN Witness Appliance