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Disabling VMware High Availability (HA) (1008025)
Details
You might need to disable the VMware High Availability (HA) feature. For example, if you are downgrading a license, VMware HA might not be supported by the downgraded license. In this case, you must first disable VMware HA.
Solution
Note: You may need to complete this process for multiple clusters. VMware HA can be disabled only if there are no virtual machines with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) enabled. If there are virtual machines with VMware FT enabled in the cluster you are disabling, turn off VMware FT before disabling VMware HA. The process of turning off VMware FT is described in Disabling or Turning Off VMware FT (1008026) .
Note: Virtual Machine Monitoring will also be disabled when HA is disabled.
To disable VMware HA:
In the vSphere Client, right-click the cluster and click Edit Settings.
Deselect the Turn On VMware HA check box.
Click OK.
Note: The process may take some time to complete.
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