Cluster

[clincha]

Currently, I have three separate ESXi nodes in Hawkfield Lodge. These need to be connected to each other so that I can use the high availability features and learn about setting up clusters.

[clincha]

Options are available for Terraform, CLI and GUI.

I tried the Terraform version first but kept hitting an issue with the feature not being available?

Plan: 5 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
vsphere_datacenter.hl_dc: Creating...
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│ Error: failed to create datacenter: ServerFaultCode: The operation is not supported on the object.
│ 
│   with vsphere_datacenter.hl_dc,
│   on hawkfield.tf line 37, in resource "vsphere_datacenter" "hl_dc":
│   37: resource "vsphere_datacenter" "hl_dc" {
│ 
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Releasing state lock. This may take a few moments...
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

[clincha]

Running through the CLI prerequisites.

Setup NTP to point at: time.google.com,time.cloudflare.com,pool.ntp.org Started the NTP service

That has resulted in three hosts connected to NTP. Easy peasy

[clincha]

This might be an issue:

Network Prerequisites
If you plan to assign a static IP address and an FQDN as a system name in the network settings of the appliance, verify that you have configured the forward and reverse DNS records for the IP address.

I think I need to setup a Raspberry Pi at some point with a DNS server running on it and point everything at that.

[clincha]

I'm running the installer but I'm hitting this helpful error:

Error message: Failed: General vSAN error.

I've tried the following:

• Rerun the installer
• Restart the host
• Put the host into maintenance mode
• Assign a licence to the host

[clincha]

I tried moving to another host but the same issue occurred

[clincha]

It could be a disk compatibility issue.

Thread: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSAN-Discussions/vSAN-adding-disk-fails/m-p/2310084#M10198

Compatibility guide: https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

[clincha]

I should try deploying without vSAN. I could move the storage to a separate device and use an old PC to host it