Vmware High Availability: What Is Vmware Ha?
Vmware High Availability: What Is Vmware Ha?
Vmware High Availability: What Is Vmware Ha?
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Figure 1: VMware HA provides cost effective availability for all applications running
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VMware High Availability (HA) provides easy-to-use, costeffective high availability for applications running in virtual
machines. In the event of physical server failure, affected virtual
machines are automatically restarted on other production
servers with spare capacity. In the case of operating system
failure, VMware HA restarts the affected virtual machine on the
same physical server. The combination of VMware HA and the
other availability features of the VMware vSphere platform
provides organizations the ability to select and easily deliver the
level of availability required for all of their important applications.
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Figure 2: VMware HA addresses server failures and OS failures within virtual machines.
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Supports up to 32 nodes in a cluster for high application
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VMware HA automates the monitoring of physical server
availability. HA detects physical server failures and initiates the
new virtual machine restart on a different physical server in the
resource pool without human intervention.
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Ensure that capacity is always available in order to restart all
virtual machines affected by server failure. HA continuously
and intelligently monitors capacity utilization and reserves
spare capacity to be able to restart virtual machines.
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VMware HA helps VMware vSphere users identify abnormal
configuration settings detected within HA clusters.
The VMware vSphere client interface reports relevant
health status and potential error conditions and suggested
remediation steps.
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Ensures reliability in confirming network failure by allowing
multiple addresses to be pinged before declaring that a node is
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Automate the optimal placement of virtual machines
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VMware HA detects operating system failures within virtual
machines by monitoring heartbeat information. If a failure is
detected, the affected virtual machine is automatically
restarted on the server.
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