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4 To instruct vSphere HA about how to select the datastores and how to treat your preferences, choose

from the following options:

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Datastore Heartbeating Options

Select only from my preferred datastores

Select any of the cluster datastores

Select any of the cluster datastores taking into account my preferences

5 In the Datastores Available for Heartbeating pane, select the datastores that you want to use for

heartbeating.

The datastores listed are those shared by more than one host in the vSphere HA cluster. When a

datastore is selected, the lower pane displays all the hosts in the vSphere HA cluster that can access it.

6 Click OK.

Customize an Individual Virtual Machine in the vSphere Client

Each virtual machine in a vSphere HA cluster is assigned the cluster default settings for VM Restart Priority,

Host Isolation Response, and VM Monitoring. You can specify specific behavior for each virtual machine by

changing these defaults. If the virtual machine leaves the cluster, these settings are lost.

Prerequisites

Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

1 Select the cluster and select Edit Settings from the right-click menu.

2 Select Virtual Machine Options under vSphere HA.

3 In the Virtual Machine Settings pane, select a virtual machine and customize its VM Restart Priority or

Host Isolation Response setting.

4 Select VM Monitoring under vSphere HA.

5 In the Virtual Machine Settings pane, select a virtual machine and customize its VM Monitoring

setting.

6 Click OK.

The virtual machine’s behavior now differs from the cluster defaults for each setting you changed.

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