After disable vsan in vsphere, executing this script within each ESXi host can decommission all disk groups.
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- VSAN DIsk Decommission Script
- Sample 2 Node vSAN Deployment ScriptI started some of this with PowerCLI 6.x and have recently only used it with PowerCLI 10.x vSphere 6.5 Update 1 (July 2017) is the earliest build I've validated it on lately - Your Mileage May Vary o ...VMware PowerCLI PowerShell
- Delete all disk groups of a vSAN ruthlesslyThis script is to delete all disk groups when vSAN is enabled, and you just want to delete the existing DGs without caring the data on it. Please use it when you only want to delete them all and want ...vSAN PowerShell
- Retrieving detailed per-VM space utilization on VSANFor more details, please see https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2018/06/retrieving-detailed-per-vm-space-utilization-on-vsan.html Get-VSANVMDetailedUsage -Cluster "VSAN-Cluster" VM File Type physica ...vSAN PowerShell
- List Folders on a VSAN Datastore using PowerCLIThis sample lists the "friendly name" of the top level folders of a VSAN Datastore. VSAN uses UUID to reference everythign and you just need to use the vSphere API to translate to the friendly name pr ...VMware Cloud on AWS VMware PowerCLI PowerShell
- Sample RVC Style Report using PowerCLI 11This is the first of many RVC Style Functions that use PowerCLI 11 to mimic some of the tasks available in the Ruby vSphere Console for vSAN Requires William Lam's VSANUUIDtoVM Function, located here: ...VMware PowerCLI PowerShell
- vSAN Cluster ManagementExploring VSAN APIs Part 1 - Enable VSAN Cluster | virtuallyGhettohttp://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2014/03/exploring-vsan-apis-part-1-enable-vsan-cluster.html vGhetto Script Repository This repositor ...vSphere Perl SDK Perl
- Backup or Restore SPBM Profiles in vCenterThis script will either export SPBM policies to a folder or import SPBM policies from a folder. Tested on vCenter 6.5 with PowerCLI 6.5, but should work with earlier versions. Syntax is: To Backup SPB ...VMware PowerCLI PowerShell
- Disable Dedupe Scan for Hybrid vSAN 6.2Simple PowerCLI scripts to Get/Set the Deduplication Scanner settings for a Hybrid vSAN 6.2 Not officially supported by VMware. Syntax: Set-DedupeScan.ps1 -ClusterName <ClusterName> -DedupeScan disabl ...VMware PowerCLI PowerShell
- 2 Node Forced Warm Cache for Hybrid vSANThis script forces reads to occur across both hosts in a 2 Node vSAN configuration. More information on the how and why, can be found here: https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2016/04/18/2node-read ...VMware PowerCLI PowerShell