Enable vSphere for HA

Use the following instructions to modify the settings for the vSphere HA cluster created in the previous section:

Step 1:Right click on the cluster in vCenter and select ‘Edit Settings’.

Step 2: In the “Cluster Features” panel, enable the “Turn on vSphere HA” option.

Step 3: In the left navigation menu, select the “vSphere HA” option and configure the following parameters.

  • Enable the “Enable Host Monitoring” option.

  • In the same panel, enable Admission Control.

  • Under “Admission Control Policy” section, select “Host failures the cluster tolerates” and set the number of failures as 1.

Step 4: In the left navigation menu, select the “Virtual Machine Options” and configure the following parameters.

  • Set the “VM restart priority” to ‘High’.

  • Set the “Host Isolation response” to ‘Leave powered on’.

Step 5: In the left navigation menu, select the “VM Monitoring” option and configure the following parameters:

  • Set the “VM Monitoring” to ‘VM and Application Monitoring’.

  • Set the “Monitoring sensitivity” slider to ‘High’.