To download the vSAN Witness Appliance, you must use the , which is the official repository for all VMware-related downloads following Broadcom's acquisition. The appliance is distributed as an OVA file , a pre-configured virtual machine running a "nested" version of ESXi designed specifically to act as a tie-breaker for 2-node or stretched vSAN clusters. How to Download the vSAN Witness Appliance
: In the search box, enter "vSphere" and select "VMware vSphere" followed by "VMware vSphere - Standard" (or your specific edition). download vsan witness appliance
: Click on "My Downloads" in the left-hand sidebar. To download the vSAN Witness Appliance, you must
During the deployment of the downloaded OVA, you must choose a configuration size based on your environment's scale: Deploying a vSAN Witness Appliance - Broadcom TechDocs : Click on "My Downloads" in the left-hand sidebar
: On the top tabs, select "Drivers & Tools" .
: Click on the release version that matches your data nodes (e.g., 8.0, 7.0).
The download path on the Broadcom portal can be non-intuitive. Use these specific steps to locate the correct file: