vSAN Health Service - Data - vSAN object policy health

Products

• VMware vSAN
• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

This article introduces the new vSAN Health check 'vSAN object policy health' in vSAN and provides details on why it might report the error and how to fix it

Environment

VMware vSAN 9.1

Resolution

Q: What does the 'vSAN object policy health' check do? 

• Check for vSAN object policy issues, such as the compliant status between cluster configuration and policy rules, compatibility check between the policy rules and vSAN version, etc. 

Q: What does it mean when it is in an error state?

• If the health check state is unhealthy, it indicates that the current object policy may not be optimal.
• It is recommended to follow the troubleshooting guide to ensure optimal performance and data availability.

Q: How does one troubleshoot and fix the error state?

• This health check will report an alert when the following issues have been detected:

Issue	Health State	Troubleshooting Steps
Some objects are detected to be applied with the "vSAN ESA Auto RAID Policy" which is only applicable for vSAN 9.1 or higher versions	WARNING	Replace the "vSAN ESA Auto RAID Policy" and specify the failure tolerance rule manually. If this is a client cluster and the server cluster is vSAN 9.1 or higher versions, you can enable "Apply Auto-RAID to all objects" on server cluster and continue to use the "vSAN ESA Auto RAID Policy" on client cluster. OR Upgrade the cluster to vSAN 9.1 or higher versions and then re-apply the "vSAN ESA Auto RAID Policy" to the objects.
The "vSAN ESA Auto RAID Policy" is not applied to any objects	INFO	Apply the "vSAN ESA Auto RAID Policy" to all objects for optimal performance and data availability
The "3 failures - RAID-1 (Mirroring)" policy will be deprecated	INFO	Replace with the "vSAN ESA Auto RAID Policy" for optimal performance and data availability