Tuesday, May 15, 2012

How to Configure VMwareHA Cluster

Step by Step tutorial for configuring the VMwareHA Cluster.

1. We need two ESXi 5.0 servers.
2. Install and configure the vCenter Server.
3. Add the esxi hosts to data center.
4. NAS or SAN Storage data store is required.
5. NAS or SAN Storage is added to both the ESXi servers.

Then, right click the data center and create New Cluster.


Type the cluster name and select the vmwareHA.



HA Cluster configuration Summary.


Cluster created successfully. Now you add the esxi hosts to the cluster.



Esxi hosts are added to the cluster successfully.



For testing the HA, shutdown the any one Esxi server. The vm is in that Esxi server will move to another Esxi server immediately using vmotion.




Now shutdown process has started,


If you see,  the senthil_san(VM) moved to another Esxi Server.



Configuring VMwareHA Demo.




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