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Limited configurations are supported for VMware HA and ESX Server 3i hosts

Details

VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1 extends support for VMware High Availability (HA) to ESX Server 3i hosts, but currently requires some additional restrictions: swap space must be enabled on individual ESX Server 3i hosts (KB 1004177), and only homogeneous (non-mixed) clusters are supported at this time.

Solution

Homogeneous (non-mixed) clusters are fully supported when composed entirely of non-ESXi hosts, or entirely of ESXi hosts.  More specifically:

  • Homogeneous cluster of ESX Server 3.0.x hosts or ESX Server 3.5 hosts or ESX Server 3i hosts are supported.
  • Heterogeneous cluster of ESX Server 3.0.x and ESX Server 3.5 is supported.
  • Heterogeneous cluster of ESX Server 3.0.x, ESX Server 3.5, and ESX Server 3i are currently NOT supported. 
Virtual Center 2.5 Update 2 extends support for Heterogeneous clusters of ESX Server 3.0.x, ESX Server 3.5, and ESX Server 3i.

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  • KB Article: 1004656
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
    VMware ESXi
    VMware VirtualCenter
  • Product Versions:
    VMware VirtualCenter 2.5.x