I am trying to get a host (call it "new" host) that was previously a member of a different VSAN cluster to join an existing cluster. "esxcli vsan cluster join -u <existing UUID>" works, but the new host ends up as its own master with the same UUID as the existing cluster. The VSAN disk view sees the new host but none of the disks on it.
Existing cluster:
Cluster Information
Enabled: true
Current Local Time: 2018-09-20T19:31:01Z
Local Node UUID: 593fcd1f-04aa-a2e4-ad96-0cc47ad3fb4e
Local Node Type: NORMAL
Local Node State: AGENT
Local Node Health State: HEALTHY
Sub-Cluster Master UUID: 59440460-205e-0c14-63fd-0cc47ad3f8de
Sub-Cluster Backup UUID: 5943b368-15f8-8c06-a9d7-0cc47ad353ae
Sub-Cluster UUID: 52aac3f6-0daf-b3df-2ab7-f444ee7a223a
Sub-Cluster Membership Entry Revision: 13
Sub-Cluster Member Count: 8
Sub-Cluster Member UUIDs: 5943b368-15f8-8c06-a9d7-0cc47ad353ae, 59440460-205e-0c14-63fd-0cc47ad3f8de, 5943b0f8-59f6-941c-fff1-0cc47ad3f8d2, 593fe58f-8160-c534-2522-0cc47ad39596, 593f09f8-dd5d-0478-dd5e-0cc47ad3f8ea, 59401516-e700-fb7a-2517-0cc47ad3fb52, 593fcd1f-04aa-a2e4-ad96-0cc47ad3fb4e, 593ff9b8-6eb7-f2f4-73ea-0cc47ad35846
New Host:
Enabled: true
Current Local Time: 2018-09-20T20:33:29Z
Local Node UUID: 594420d7-0fe4-c512-f94b-0cc47ad3960a
Local Node Type: NORMAL
Local Node State: MASTER
Local Node Health State: HEALTHY
Sub-Cluster Master UUID: 594420d7-0fe4-c512-f94b-0cc47ad3960a
Sub-Cluster Backup UUID:
Sub-Cluster UUID: 52aac3f6-0daf-b3df-2ab7-f444ee7a223a
Sub-Cluster Membership Entry Revision: 0
Sub-Cluster Member Count: 1
Sub-Cluster Member UUIDs: 594420d7-0fe4-c512-f94b-0cc47ad3960a
How can I wipe the new host clean so it can join the existing cluster? "esxcli vsan cluster leave" does not work for this, and it cause the host to immediately trigger a "vSphere HA host status" failure and a "Host connection and power state" failure even though the host is fine.
All hosts are running VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 8294253.
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