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Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, browse to the vSphere HA cluster.
2 Click the Manage tab and click Settings.
3 Under Settings, select vSphere HA and click Edit.
4 Expand Datastore for Heartbeating to display the configuration options for datastore heartbeating.
5 To instruct vSphere HA about how to select the datastores and how to treat your preferences, choose
from the following options:
Table 2‑3.
Datastore Heartbeating Options
Automatically select datastores accessible from the host
Use datastores only from the specified list
Use datastores from the specified list and complement automatically if needed
6 In the Available heartbeat datastores 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.
7 Click OK.
Set Advanced Options
To customize vSphere HA behavior, set advanced vSphere HA options.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have cluster administrator privileges.
NOTE Because these options affect the functioning of vSphere HA, change them with caution.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, browse to the vSphere HA cluster.
2 Click the Manage tab and click Settings.
3 Under Settings, select vSphere HA and click Edit.
4 Expand Advanced Options.
5 Click Add and type the name of the advanced option in the text box.
You can set the value of the option in the text box in the Value column.
6 Repeat step 5 for each new option that you want to add and click OK.
The cluster uses the options that you added or modified.
What to do next
Once you have set an advanced vSphere HA option, it persists until you do one the following:
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Using the vSphere Web Client, reset its value to the default value.
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Manually edit or delete the option from the fdm.cfg file on all hosts in the cluster.
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