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Best Practices and Advanced Features for VMware High Availability

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What are the best practices and advanced features for a VMware High Availability (HA) environment?

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Each new version of VirtualCenter Server provides new features that you can configure to change how VMware HA functions. You can configure the features using the Virtual Infrastructure Client.  The following is a list of features available in each version of VirtualCenter Server.
 
VirtualCenter 2.0.0+:
  • Setting the preferred failover host
  • Changing the default isolation response address
VirtualCenter 2.0.2+:
  • Changing the default timeout for failure and isolation detection
  • Setting multiple isolation response addresses
VirtualCenter 2.5.0+:
  • Changing the default isolation response settings at the cluster level
  • Adjusting the default slot size used for HA admission control
  • Individual virtual machine failure monitoring (Experimental)

For more details on the best practices and when to consider configuring the new features, refer to the attached document VMware HA: Overview & Technical Best Practices (HA_Best_Practices.pdf). The Appendix in the attached file provides instructions for configuring the features.

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