This technical document provides best practices and configuration guidance for implementing VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols) in a Metro/Stretched Storage Cluster environment using vSphere 8. It explores how to properly configure vSphere High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and storage components across two data centers to ensure workload availability and balanced resource usage. The paper also details various failure scenarios and their handling, emphasizing the importance of proper site affinity configuration and VASA Provider availability for optimal cluster performance.
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