PowerCLI Reference

Start-VsanClusterRebalance

Synopsis

This cmdlet starts the proactive rebalance of the vSAN objects on the cluster hosts based on the vSAN disks usage when the disks are in imbalanced state.

Syntax

Start-VsanClusterRebalance [-Cluster] <Cluster[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online Version
Stop-VsanClusterRebalance

Detailed Description

This cmdlet starts the proactive rebalance of the vSAN objects on the cluster hosts based on the vSAN disks usage when the disks are in imbalanced state. The typical use case is to add a new host or disk to the vSAN cluster. Rebalancing increases the background I/O requirements for data movements.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
Cluster	Cluster[]	Specifies the vSAN cluster on which you want to start the proactive rebalance of the vSAN objects.	true	True (ByValue)
Confirm	SwitchParameter	If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.	false	False
Server	VIServer[]	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.	false	False
WhatIf	SwitchParameter	Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified.	false	False

Return Type

The task object to track the proactive rebalance operation

Notes

Examples

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Start-VsanClusterRebalance -Cluster $vsanCluster

Starts the proactive rebalance of the $vsanCluster vSAN cluster.