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vSAN HCI Mesh environmentRemote vSAN datastoreYou see the below messages in the vsan health service logs2021-01-29T06:43:01.801Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_CheckCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-64': targetVersion 142021-01-29T06:43:01.801Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_CheckCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-68': targetVersion 142021-01-29T06:43:01.802Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_CheckCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-72': targetVersion 142021-01-29T06:43:01.803Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_CheckCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-76': targetVersion 142021-01-29T06:43:01.804Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_CheckCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-80': targetVersion 142021-01-29T06:43:01.977Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_ComputeTargetVersionForCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-104': targetVersion 142021-01-29T06:43:01.978Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_ComputeTargetVersionForCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-117': targetVersion 142021-01-29T06:43:01.978Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_ComputeTargetVersionForCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-121': targetVersion 142021-01-29T06:43:01.979Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_ComputeTargetVersionForCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-129': targetVersion 132021-01-29T06:43:01.980Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_ComputeTargetVersionForCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-133': targetVersion 132021-01-29T06:43:01.980Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_ComputeTargetVersionForCluster opID=noOpId] 'vim.HostSystem:host-137': targetVersion 132021-01-29T06:43:02.118Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanClusterConfigHelper::GetRemoteVersionsSupported opID=noOpId] Supported version list for client cluster version 14: [13, 14]2021-01-29T06:43:04.569Z INFO vsan-mgmt[64234] [VsanVcDiskFormatConverterImpl::_RunPreCheck opID=noOpId] Finished precheck on 'vim.ClusterComputeResource:domain-c164': (vim.cluster.VsanDiskFormatConversionCheckResult) {issues = (vim.VsanUpgradeSystem.PreflightCheckIssue) [(vim.vsan.upgradesystem.MixedEsxVersionIssue) {msg = 'Detected host(s) are running in mixed mode, please upgrade ESX servers to the same version.'}],isSupported = false,isDataMovementRequired = false}Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.
The client & server clusters participating in the HCI Mesh are on different ESXi versions resulting in the DFC pre-check failing with "Detected host(s) are running in mixed mode, please upgrade ESX servers to the same version."HCI Mesh checks the server cluster's compatibility with the client cluster as part of the DFC pre-check.
Ensure all vSAN clusters participating in the HCI Mesh are on the same ESXi version.