Great Tool - vSAN Objects Viewer


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When troubleshooting vSAN issues, we need to complete understanding of the vSAN environment. Today I will introduce a good tool "vSAN Objects Viewer" that quickly converts vSAN information from text to graphics, including the followings:

  • vSAN cluster topology
  • vSAN nodes information
  • vSAN disk group information
  • VM and object composition
  • Component distribution and status

Requirements

  • VMware vSAN OSA 6.x/7.x/8.x
  • Docker

Deploying the Tool

Pull the Docker image by running the following command:

docker pull projects.registry.vmware.com/fling_vsan_objects_viewer/fling_vcmd:v1.5.7

Deploy the container by running the following command:

docker run -d -p 30000:80 projects.registry.vmware.com/fling_vsan_objects_viewer/fling_vcmd:v1.5.7

Run the following command on any ESXi hosts within the vSAN cluster and download the output file to your local host or a remote web server:

cmmds-tool find -f json > /tmp/output.txt

Uploading the output file

Access the tool by a web browser and entering the correct IP address and port, e.g. http://<<Tool's IP address>>:30000/vcmd/graph/

Click "Choose File" and select your output file. Click "Upload".

Remark: It supports two methods for uploading the output file to the tool.

vSAN Viewer Overview

Once you uploaded the output file, you can obtain a comprehensive overview of your vSAN cluster.

There are four colors to indicate component status.

Green: Healthy

Yellow: Absent. Blue: Reconfiguration

Red: Degraded

For details, please refer to this link https://flings.vmware.com/vsan-objects-viewer


4 comments

Userlevel 7
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Nice! Pretty cool Fling. Thanks for sharing @victorwu 

Userlevel 7
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Very cool fling.  Thanks for sharing Victor.

Userlevel 7
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Amazing tool, Thank you @victorwu 

Userlevel 7
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Interesting tool, thanks for sharing this @victorwu 

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