A vSAN administrator has an existing cluster where each ESXi host has the following:
Disk group #1 with one cache device and three capacity devices.
Disk group #2 with one cache device and two capacity devices.
What must the vSAN administrator do to expand disk group #2 to have three capacity devices?

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A vSAN administrator has an existing cluster where each ESXi host has the following:

Disk group #1 with one cache device and three capacity devices.

Disk group #2 with one cache device and two capacity devices.

What must the vSAN administrator do to expand disk group #2 to have three capacity devices?

Gale Morgan · Accepted Answer

Add the new capacity device to the disk group and vSAN will automatically rebalance

Gale Morgan · Answer

Create a new disk group with a single capacity device and then migrate the existing capacity devices

Gale Morgan · Answer

Put the entire ESXi host in maintenance mode, evacuate all data, then add the new capacity device

Gale Morgan · Answer

Put the disk group in maintenance mode, evacuate all data, then add the new capacity device

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