Specification

Configuring VMware vSphere vCenter Server
9 Dell EMC Best Practices for Running VMware ESXi 6.5 or Later Clusters on XC Series Appliances and XC Core
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3. Configure DRS by navigating to Configure > vSphere DRS and click Edit.
4. Click the vSphere DRS check box to enable.
5. From the DRS Automation drop-down menu, leave the default migration threshold at 3 (this the
default configuration) in a fully automated configuration as it is recommended for the Nutanix
deployments. This configuration automatically manages data locality so that whenever VMs migrate
to another host, writes are always written on one of the replicas locally to maximize the subsequent
read performance.
6. Click OK.
2.3 Configuring VMware HA
Use the steps below to configure VMware high availability (HA).
1. Define the following high availability settings in the cluster:
Setting
Use option
Host Failure Response
Restart VMs
Response for Host Isolation
Power off and restart VMS
Admission Control
Refer to vSphere HA Admission Control Settings for
Nutanix Environment before enabling this feature
vSphere HA restart Priority for all CVMs
Disabled
VM Monitoring for all CVMs
Disabled
Datastore with PDL
Disabled
Datastore with APD
Disabled
2. Verify that the cluster is now configured as shown below.