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Planning Guide—vSAN 2-Node Cluster on VxRail

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Deployment Types
Centralized management (Option 1) Centralized management, localized Witness (Option 2) Localized management and Witness (Option 3)

Centralized management, localized Witness (Option 2)

  • In this deployment option, the vCenter server is located at the main data center, but the vSAN Witness appliance and the two VxRail nodes are at the same location. An additional ESXi host is required to host the vSAN Witness appliance. vSAN Witness appliance cannot be hosted in the VxRail 2-node cluster.

    Figure 9.              Centralized vCenter with local Witness Appliances