FT-Record/Replay functionality is not supported by this virtual machine...
I ran across a bug recently when I created a VM with the latest versions of ESXi 5.1.0-838463, Client ver 5.1.0-860230, vCenter ver 5.1.0-880146. If you create a VM for a Windows 2012 Server OS for...
View ArticlevSphere HA Waiting for cluster election to complete Operation timed out
I have enough of re-installing ESX5i (so far this was trhe quickes way to get it working on number of separate incidents - as a side not, vSphere4 just worked fine in my environment, without THAT MUCH...
View ArticlevSphere HA state stuck in "Election"
Hello, I am currently playing with several test environments , and I have the following case :- 1 vCenter 5.0 913577 that has 1 cluster with 2 ESXi hosts 5.0 1117897 , HA enabled and 3 powered on...
View ArticleQuestion about HA
Hello everybody, I have few questions about HA. We have 2 SAN (with LUN replicated) and there are 2 sites (active / active) site A = 3 ESXi serverssite B = 3 ESXi servers vSphere 4 Entreprise, vCenter...
View Articleft vms Backup
Hi, What is the best backup soltion can be implemented for FT vmS ,as per vmware FT VMs can not be backed up using VDP so what is the best up tool can be implemented for FT . Will vdp work with HA and...
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 Articlevm restart Priority disabled
In HA Cluster vm restart Priority is disable but still it is used in the Slots calculation. I want to understand why it is included in slots calculation?
View ArticleHA Heartbeat Network Change
By Default in HA your Management network is the heartbeat network as well but can we dedicate a particular vmkernel port only for HA heartbeat rather than using the default management network vmkernel...
View ArticleSoftware to monitor process and do a HA hearbeat?
Let's start with I know I have not really done my homework like I should on this question, but here is it anyway... I have an application (MS Windows) that runs all the time and other processes rely on...
View ArticleESXi server sizing for HA
Hi, How ESXi server sizing can be calculated for HA ,We have 2 ESXi servers with 20 VMs .i need to implement HA and i am planning to add one more ESXi server .what could be ideally the HA calculation ....
View ArticleDouble-Take Licence Linux
First, I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this.If anyone is working with Vision Solution's Double-Take, we recently bought two licences that we would like to sell/transfer. Both licenses...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Host HA status is showing as Election
Hi, I have a 4 node ESXi 5.1 HA and DRS Cluster. Recently I have replaced the SSL certificates of all these hosts and before performing this activity I had disabled the HA. Now, post replacing the SSL...
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vmotion from one HA cluster to another--nonshared storage
I was attempting to vmotion both host and datastore of a vm between HA clusters(non-shared storage). The web client gives me this warning and i am curious what it is talking about: **If this operation...
View ArticleIs this behaviour normal with Master isolation?
Hi, I am testing HA in a vSphere 5.1 cluster and I want to know if the behaviour seen when a Master is isolated is normal. I have 2 nodes in my dev setup. When I isolate my slave (Host B) the VM stays...
View Articlecannot enable HA,create again new cluster
hello,because of a power down of the cluster of ESX the HA doesnt work when it came back.i have tried vcenter services to restart and then i enable it but again it says cannot update the agent in the...
View ArticleHA App Monitoring Supported Applications List
Is there any web page available where i can check all those application names those are supported for application monitoring feature of HA?
View ArticleWhat is fault tolerance menu in vCenter ?
By right clicking Guest OS from vCenter, I found fault tolerance menu.What could I do by this fault tolerance ?
View ArticlevSphere HA Futures - join the discussion
The vSphere HA engineering team collecting feedback from the community on improving HA's ability to enforce VM restart orders after a failure. If you are interested in this topic, please join the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Failover Clusters with Shared Disks: FCOE vs. FC Support?
Hello Everyone, From reviewing the following KB, I know that VMware is providing limited support for FCOE when virtualizing Microsoft Failover Clusters with shared disks:VMware KB: Microsoft Clustering...
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HA and Automatic VM Startup & Shutdown
Hi all, I've read in several places now about automatic VM startup and shutdown being disabled for VMs in a HA cluster. In my 5.1 lab I've always been able to do this, so looked up the official...
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