Download location of vSAN Witness Appliance and File Service Appliance

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

How to find the location of the vSAN Witness Appliance and File Service Appliance in the Broadcom downloads portal.

Environment

• VMware vSAN 7.x, 8.x, 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.1.0, 9.1.1

• VMware VCF 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.1.0, 9.1.1

Resolution

Follow these steps to find the download link for vSAN 7.x or 8.x.

• Go to the Broadcom support portal.
• Sign in.
• From "My Dashboard - VMware Cloud Foundation", click on "My Downloads" on the left side.
  
  
  
  
• In the Search box, enter "vSphere".
• Click on "VMware vSphere".
• Click on "VMware vSphere - Standard".
• Click on the appropriate release version.
• On the top, go to "Drivers & Tools".
• Type "Appliance" in the search box and download the version of either the witness appliance or file service appliance required for your environment.
  • For vSAN 8.x witness appliance, choose either OSA or ESA as appropriate for the vSAN cluster.

Follow these steps to find the download link for vSAN 9 after signing into the support portal:

• In the Search box, enter "Cloud Foundation".
• Click on "VMware Cloud Foundation".
• Click on "VMware Cloud Foundation 9".
• Click on the appropriate release version.
• On the top, go to "Drivers & Tools".
• Type "Appliance" in the search box and download the version of either the witness appliance or file service appliance required for your environment.
  • For vSAN 9.0 witness appliance, choose either OSA or ESA as appropriate for the vSAN cluster.

NOTE: Click on both "Terms" links in 'I agree to Terms and Conditions and Compliance Reporting Terms and Conditions' before you can check ' I agree' which is required for downloads to become available. 

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