Impact on ESXi when replacing local disks in a Hardware RAID environment
Article ID: 420142
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Some disk failure has occurred in the hardware RAID configuration, requiring a hot-swap of the drive.
This article describes the impact this will have on the ESXi host and running virtual machines.
Environment
VMware ESXi 8.0
Resolution
Since Hardware RAID is a function of the physical server, please contact your hardware vendor regarding the impact of hot-swapping disks.
For safety purposes, it is recommended to place the ESXi host into maintenance mode when performing a disk hot-swap.
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