Fault tolerance and multiple vCPU
I am trying to turn on Fault Tolerance for my MS Exchange 2010 server. I configured the server to have 4 vCPU, and now of course Fault Tolerance cannot be enabled. Couple Questions: Is VMWare...
View ArticlevSphere 5.0 HA Failure
Hi all,Please find our VMware Environment, vCenter=5.0 standard editionCluster have Three ESXi 4.1 hosts and one 5.0 ESXi host.ESXi 4.1:10.200.2.7410.200.2.7610.200.2.77ESXi 5.0:10.200.2.75 I enabled...
View ArticleNetwork Isolation and Host Isolation
What is the difference between network isolation and host isolation?
View ArticleNic configuration and HA isolation response setting
On new hosts that we have been ordering, HP 580 G7s and 380 G8s, the built in 1 GB nic ports are single quad port cards.In the past I have always used the built in ports for the management network. On...
View ArticleFT CPU Limitation
Hi There, I'm new to VMware so here's a silly question. As I understand it there is a limitation of 1 on the number of vCPUs a VM can have when using FT. Firstly, is this limitation only for FT or is...
View ArticleHA and IP Storage (Blog)
Hi All I have posted a blog discussing HA and IP Storage for those who are interested. http://joshodgers.com/2012/05/30/vmware-ha-and-ip-storage/
View ArticleInsufficient resources to satisfy HA failover level on Cluster and Unable to...
Insufficient resources to satisfy HA failover level on ClusterUnable to contact a primary HA agent in Cluster I walked in tthis morning and I have a RED EXCLAIMATION on my CLUSTER .... I go into the...
View Articletotal no. of slots are lesser than used slots in a cluster
Hi All, In our infrastructure, when i check "Advanced Runtime Info". I see total no. of slots are lesser than used slots in cluster. In which scenari it it can b epossible to have more no. of used...
View ArticleHA, Host Down, not restart VM on second node
Hi... I'm testing the Esxi5 and i'm having trouble with HA.I configured a Cluster and two hosts on it.Cluster - name CLUSTERHost 1 - name VMWARE0 - IP 10.0.0.9 (Master - vMotion Enabled) - Dell...
View ArticleHeartbeat Datastores!
Hi all,My vCenter Cluster have four ESXi 5.0 Hosts and 53 datastores. But, i can see two datastores only on datastore heartbeating. how only two datastores assigned for DS heartbeating? please let me...
View ArticleHA leave powered on
Hi all, If i configure my cluster HA with the "Leave powered on" option enabled....in which situation my VMs will be restarted ??. Thanks all js
View ArticleHA and affinity rules & Duncan & Frank's book
Reading VMware vSphere 5 clustering deepdive by Duncan & Frank (paperback v1.0), I'm confused. On page 212, second paragraph, it says (roughly) VMware HA is unaware of VM-VM anti affinity rules,...
View ArticlePrimitive HA Question
Hi New to vmware. I know that I will need Essentials Plus for HA but my client has next to no budget and I need to repurpose his existing 3 physical servers into vmware. The plan is to use one physical...
View Articleneverfail vapp ha
anyone ever use neverfail vapp ha?i am looking for a fault tolerance solution that supports multiple vcpu's.thanks.
View Articleremove a VM from HA
Hello, How can I make a machine not participate in HA? Running ESXi 5.0, vCenter, cluster with two hosts, blah blah etc etc. Thanks.
View ArticleHA, how to synchronize two servers with one data storage each
Hello, i do not have any experience with ESX5.0i and vSphere5.0, but I need some help for planning a hardware infrastructure. So, I try to approach the problem from the hardware side (with the...
View Articleft and new intel e5 processors
hi guys i have dl380 g8 servers with esx5 u1 fully patched and need ft on this systems. the servers have a e5-2650 cpu which is officially not supported by ft. my question: why is it not supported? to...
View ArticleVMs showing uprotected for HA
Hello, I have two clusters running esxi 5.0.0, 474610 on all hosts, I have some VMs showing that they are unprotected by HA. Some searching has returned that I should just uncheck and recheck the HA...
View ArticleFault tolerance on DL580 G7
Hi can anybody help with Fault tolerance suppor on HP DL580 G7. Compatibility matrix says it’s not supported...
View ArticleVM restart sequence after host failure
Hi,We have a new installation with 2 HA hosts. Is there a way to configure dependecies that can be checked when the VMs are restarted after a failure?I have configured the "VM Restart Priority" in the...
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