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Vsphere Esxi Vcenter Server 55 Availability Guide
Vsphere Esxi Vcenter Server 55 Availability Guide
ESXi 5.5
vCenter Server 5.5
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Contents
About vSphere Availability 5
1 Business Continuity and Minimizing Downtime 7
Reducing Planned Downtime 7
Preventing Unplanned Downtime 8
vSphere HA Provides Rapid Recovery from Outages 8
vSphere Fault Tolerance Provides Continuous Availability 9
2 Creating and Using vSphere HA Clusters 11
How vSphere HA Works 11
vSphere HA Admission Control 19
vSphere HA Checklist 25
Creating a vSphere HA Cluster 26
Customizing vSphere HA Behavior 30
Best Practices for vSphere HA Clusters 33
3 Providing Fault Tolerance for Virtual Machines 37
How Fault Tolerance Works 38
Using Fault Tolerance with DRS 39
Fault Tolerance Use Cases 39
Fault Tolerance Checklist 40
Fault Tolerance Interoperability 41
Preparing Your Cluster and Hosts for Fault Tolerance 42
Providing Fault Tolerance for Virtual Machines 45
Viewing Information About Fault Tolerant Virtual Machines in the vSphere Web Client 49
Best Practices for Fault Tolerance 50
vSphere Fault Tolerance Configuration Recommendations 52
Index 53
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About vSphere Availability
vSphere Availability describes solutions that provide business continuity, including how to establish
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