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Downloading and Deploying the vSAN Witness Appliance

Download considerations: where to get the appliance

Broadcom Support Portal

To download the vSAN Witness Appliance, users must navigate the (which recently replaced MyVMware). The process generally involves: download vsan witness appliance

What is the vSAN Witness Appliance?

The vSAN Witness Appliance is a small, virtual appliance that acts as a witness to the availability of a vSAN stretched cluster. It's a key component in ensuring that data is properly replicated across sites, allowing for seamless failover in the event of a site failure. Log in to the VMware Customer Connect portal

In a standard vSAN cluster (three nodes or more), data replication and availability are managed through a distributed voting system. If one node fails, the remaining nodes can still form a quorum. However, in a two-node cluster—designed for cost-effective redundancy at a single site or across two locations—there is no third node to break a tie. vSAN 2-Node Cluster If you are setting up

  1. Log in to the VMware Customer Connect portal.
  2. Navigate to the Products tab and select vSAN.
  3. Click on vSAN Appliances and then select vSAN Witness Appliance.
  4. Click on the Download button to download the vSAN Witness Appliance OVA file.

vSAN 2-Node Cluster

If you are setting up a or a vSAN Stretched Cluster , you’ve likely realized you need a "tie-breaker" to maintain quorum in case of a site failure. That is exactly what the vSAN Witness Appliance does.