High Availability – Installation and Configuration

  • Preinstallation
    • Verify all hosts, in the HA enabled cluster, have access to the same shared storage locations.
    • Verify all hosts, in the HA enabled cluster, have an identical virtual network configuration.
  • Interactive Installation
    • Enable vSphere High Availability (HA).
    • Verify the tasks have been completed.
    • If necessary, enable Virtual Machine Monitoring.
  • Postinstallation
    • Identify the vSphere HA master.
    • Test the vSphere HA configuration by performing a vMotion between each host in the cluster.