6.0.1

Table Of Contents
interoperability 47
logging 50
migrate secondary 54
networking configuration 50
options 51
overview 45
prerequisites 49
restrictions for turning on 52
suspending 54
test failover 54
test restart secondary 55
turning off 53
turning on 53
use cases 46
validation checks 52
version 49
vSphere configuration 49
Fault Tolerance licensing 46
Fault Tolerance limits 46
Fault Tolerance requirements 46
fdm.isolationpolicydelaysec 38
firewall ports 22, 40
H
Hardware Virtualization (HV) 49, 52
Host Failures Cluster Tolerates 23, 43
host isolation response 35
Host Isolation Response setting 15
Host Monitoring feature 34, 40
hosts
maintenance mode 14, 31
network isolation 14
I
I/O stats interval 18
intended audience 5
interoperability, Fault Tolerance 47
IPv4 32, 33, 48, 57
IPv6 32, 33, 48, 50, 57
iSCSI SAN 49
ISO images 55
isolation response, host 35
L
legacy FT 45, 50, 57
log files 22
M
management network 33, 40
master host election 14
Maximum per-VM resets 18
migrate secondary, Fault Tolerance 54
minimizing downtime 9
modifying cluster settings 34
monitoring sensitivity 18
monitoring vSphere HA 43
N
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) 48
network isolation address 40
network labels 40
network partition 14, 21, 55
networking configuration, Fault Tolerance 50
NIC teaming 40
O
On-Demand Fault Tolerance 46
P
paravirtualization 48
PDL 19
Percentage of Cluster Resources Reserved 26,
43
planned downtime 9
planning a vSphere HA cluster 13
port group names 40
PortFast 40
prerequisites, Fault Tolerance 49
R
Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI) 48, 57
RDM 48, 49
resource fragmentation 29
S
slot 23
slot size calculation 23
snapshots 47
Specify Failover Hosts 28
SSL Certificates 22
storage
iSCSI 49
NAS 49
NFS 49
Storage DRS 42
Storage vMotion 9, 42, 47
suspending, Fault Tolerance 54
Symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) 48
symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) virtual
machines 57
T
TCP port 22
test failover, Fault Tolerance 54
vSphere Availability
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