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I am looking for some specific detail on VMware HA. My understanding is a cluster is created with two hosts, I create a VM on the first host it gets created on the clusters shared storage.
If the host that the VM is running off goes down then the other host takes over? It's a little grey at this point. Does the second host have a second mirror image of the VM or is the second host just looking at the same VM on shared storage and simply being restarting the VM so it now shows up on the second host?
If the host that the VM is running off goes down then the other host takes over? It's a little grey at this point. Does the second host have a second mirror image of the VM or is the second host just looking at the same VM on shared storage and simply being restarting the VM so it now shows up on the second host?
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Ravi Kumar Atrey
While implementing HA, data is stored on shared storage. Primary and secondary Host communicatea with same VM image in HA cluster. In your question, VM would be created shared storage. In case your primary Host fails, then your secondary Host would become primary host and starts communicate with VM. In such case VM won't need to restart.
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@RaviAtrey Not sure, we understand your post!
it's simple - Host A fails, VM gets restarted on Host B in the Cluster! using VMware HA (or FDM Agent on each host!)
vCenter Server does not do this, vCenter Server is only used to configure VMware HA.
Duncan's website is here, and is the most comprehensive VMware HA and DRS resource and explains all the basics, give it a read, and if you need to ask further questions please post back.
see here
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/vmware-high-availability-deepdiv/
I would recommend purchasing the HA DeepDive books!
Is the Best Resource for VMware HA and DRS.
@RaviAtrey Not sure, we understand your post!
it's simple - Host A fails, VM gets restarted on Host B in the Cluster! using VMware HA (or FDM Agent on each host!)
vCenter Server does not do this, vCenter Server is only used to configure VMware HA.
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