VMware High Availability
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VMware High Availability is a vSphere feature that automatically detects host failures and restarts affected virtual machines on healthy hosts to minimize downtime.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high availability solution
ⓘ
vSphere feature ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
VMware HA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
vSphere HA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| configurationScope | per-cluster ⓘ |
| configuredAt | cluster level in vSphere ⓘ |
| configuredUsing | vSphere Client NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
cluster resource capacity
ⓘ
reliable management network ⓘ |
| detects |
ESXi host failures
ⓘ
application failures (with App Monitoring) ⓘ guest operating system failures ⓘ |
| developedBy | VMware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
automate recovery from host failures
ⓘ
increase availability of virtualized workloads ⓘ reduce unplanned downtime ⓘ |
| hasComponent | HA agent on each ESXi host ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Admission Control
ⓘ
Application Monitoring ⓘ Datastore Heartbeating ⓘ Host Monitoring ⓘ Proactive HA (with hardware health integration) ⓘ VM Monitoring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInProduct |
VMware Infrastructure 3
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early versions of VMware vSphere ⓘ |
| monitors |
VM heartbeat via VMware Tools
ⓘ
application heartbeat (when configured) ⓘ host heartbeats ⓘ |
| partOf | VMware vSphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
minimize virtual machine downtime
ⓘ
provide automatic virtual machine restart after host failure ⓘ |
| protects | virtual machines in a vSphere cluster ⓘ |
| reactsTo |
application hangs (with App Monitoring)
ⓘ
guest OS crashes ⓘ host hardware failures ⓘ host isolation events ⓘ |
| requires |
ESXi hosts
ⓘ
shared storage or vSAN for protected VMs ⓘ vCenter Server NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsOn | vSphere cluster ⓘ |
| supports |
automatic VM restart on application failure (with VMware Tools/App Monitoring)
ⓘ
automatic VM restart on guest OS failure ⓘ automatic VM restart on host failure ⓘ automatic VM restart on host isolation ⓘ |
| uses |
admission control policies
ⓘ
cluster heartbeats ⓘ datastore heartbeats ⓘ master and slave host roles (pre-vSphere 6.5) ⓘ network heartbeats ⓘ primary and secondary agents (older versions) ⓘ |
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