Revert the vSAN Default Storage Policy of the Management Cluster for VMware Cloud Foundation in Region A

In an environment with multiple availability zones, change the vSAN default storage policy of the management cluster in Region A back to its original configuration after the SDDC failback is complete. In this way, vSAN can provision management virtual machines by using the stretched cluster capabilities again.You perform this operation only when multiple availability zones are configured in your environment.

Procedure

1. In a Web browser, log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.

   Setting	Value
   URL	https://sfo01m01vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local/ui
   User name	[email protected]
   Password	vsphere_admin_password

2. In the Policies and profile inventory, click VM storage policies.
3. On the VM storage policies page, select the vSAN default storage policy and click Edit settings.

   The Edit VM storage policy wizard opens.

4. On the Name and description page, leave the default values and click Next.
5. On the vSAN page, click the Advanced policy rules tab, turn off the Force provisioning toggle switch and click Next.
6. On the Storage compatibility page, leave the default values and click Next.
7. On the Review and finish page, click Finish.

   VM Storage Policy in Use dialog box appears.

8. In the vSAN Storage Policy in Use dialog box, from the Reapply to VMs drop-down menu, select Manually later and click Yes.

   During this operation, vSAN performance might be affected as objects are recreated to match the storage policy.