To configure vSAN storage in vSphere to provide a highly available shared storage solution, follow these steps:
1. Ensure that you have 3 or more ESXi hosts (minimum requirement) with vSphere 6.0 or above version.
1. Create a dedicated vSAN network for the vSAN traffic with a minimum of 10 Gbps Ethernet connectivity.
1. Enable vSphere HA on all ESXi hosts in the cluster.
1. Enable vSAN on all ESXi hosts in the cluster.
1. Create a vSAN datastore by selecting the “vSAN” storage policy while creating a datastore.
1. Assign the vSAN datastore to the vSphere cluster.
1. To ensure high availability, configure vSAN to use RAID 1 mirroring or RAID 5/6 erasure coding for redundancy.
1. Configure vSAN storage policies to specify the number of failures to tolerate based on the number of ESXi hosts in the cluster.
1. To ensure efficient use of resources, configure vSAN to use deduplication, compression, and/or thin provisioning.
1. Monitor vSAN health and performance using vSAN health checks and performance monitoring tools.
1. Configure backup and disaster recovery solutions for vSAN data protection.
By following these steps, you can configure vSAN storage in vSphere to provide a highly available shared storage solution.
