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If you are looking for HA between VM's you could use Vmware FT (which does keep two vm's in sync with one another but has many restrictions) The other option is to use Vmware ESXi 5.1 Vm replication
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If you are looking for HA between VM's you could use Vmware FT (which does keep two vm's in sync with one another but has many restrictions) The other option is to use Vmware ESXi 5.1 Vm replication

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my comment answered the initial question
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Hi<br />
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I need some advice on creating High Availability on server 2008. Not the 2008 R2 version.<br />
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I have two Windows Server 2008 VMWare machines in different locations within VCenter. I want one to act as the failover should the other fail. I can not see the high availability option in Server 2008 like we have in 2008 R2<br />
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Firstly, any ideas on installing this HA feature in server 2008 via powershell or any other method?<br />
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Secondly, why can I not see the HA feature in server 2008 standard, but its in 2008 R2?<br />
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Any help greatly appreciated. Please dont give a link to how HA works. I understand the concept but need help on getting HA installed and working on server 2008 (non R2 version)
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Hi

I need some advice on creating High Availability on server 2008. Not the 2008 R2 version.

I have two Windows Server 2008 VMWare machines in different locations within VCenter. I want one to act as the failover should the other fail. I can not see the high availability option in Server 2008 like we have in 2008 R2

Firstly, any ideas on installing this HA feature in server 2008 via powershell or any other method?

Secondly, why can I not see the HA feature in server 2008 standard, but its in 2008 R2?

Any help greatly appreciated. Please dont give a link to how HA works. I understand the concept but need help on getting HA installed and working on server 2008 (non R2 version)

High Availability and Server 2008

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.