While vSAN is integrated with the vSphere management environment, many details of its configuration and status are not immediately visible, because the architecture can become complex depending on the deployment, the amount of hardware involved, and the amount and kind of workloads assisted.

The vSAN Health Check Plug-In, distributed as an additional software component to add to the vCenter Server installation (either vCenter Server or vCenter Server Appliance), monitors every aspect of the vSAN configuration, including the following:

The main benefits for the use of the plug-in are to gain immediate feedback about the supportability, functionality, and operational status of the components of a vSAN. The Health Check Plug-In also has the ability to upload logs to a support request, streamlining the customer experience and case troubleshooting for any Cloud Service Provider encountering configuration or operation issues.