This article provides information on best practices and advanced features for a vSphere High Availability (HA) environment.

Each new version of Virtual Center Server provides new features that you can configure to change how VMware HA functions. You can configure the features using the VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client.

This section lists the features available in each version of vCenter Server:

For a detailed description of how vSphere High Availability works, see How vSphere HA works

For more information on best practices and when to consider configuring the new features, see the Appendix section in the document 1002080_HA_Best_Practices.pdf attached to this article (VMware HA: Overview & Technical Best Practices).