Direct access storage for persistent services in a distributed storage system

A method of deploying a persistent application in a virtualized computing system, the virtualized computing system including a cluster of hosts having a virtualization layer executing thereon and configured to manage virtual machines (VMs), a virtualization management server configured to manage the cluster, and an orchestration control plane, integrated with the virtualization layer, the orchestration control plane including a master server managing suite of the orchestration control plane, the method comprising:

• configuring a first local storage device in a first host of the cluster as part of a virtual storage area network (vSAN);
• configuring a second local storage device in the first host of the cluster as exclusive of the vSAN;
• deploying, by the orchestration control plane, the persistent application executing on a first VM of the VMs;
• deploying, by the orchestration control plane, a persistent volume on the second storage device, the persistent application storing persistent data on the second storage device;
• modifying, by the virtualization management server in cooperation with the orchestration control plane, the stale to notify the master server of a virtual infrastructure (VI) event.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions to be executed in a computing device to cause the computing device to carry out a method of deploying a persistent application in a virtualized computing system, the virtualized computing system including a cluster of hosts having a virtualization layer executing thereon and configured to manage virtual machines (VMs), a virtualization management server configured to manage the cluster, and an orchestration control plane, integrated with the virtualization layer, the orchestration control plane including a master server managing state of the orchestration control plane, the method comprising:

• configuring a first local storage device in a first host of the cluster as part of a virtual storage area network (vSAN);
• configuring a second local storage device in the first host of the cluster as exclusive of the vSAN;
• deploying, by the orchestration control plane, the persistent application executing on a first VM of the VMs;
• deploying, by the orchestration control plane, a persistent volume on the second local storage device, the persistent application storing persistent data on the second local storage device;
• modifying, by the virtualization management server in cooperation with the orchestration control plane, the state to notify the master server of a virtual infrastructure (VI) event.