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Disabling Fault Tolerance manually on the ESXi host when vCenter Server is not available
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Article ID: 345244
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VMware vCenter Server
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Issue/Introduction
This article provides steps to disable Fault Tolerance through the ESXi host when vCenter server is not available.
Environment
VMware vCenter Server 6.7.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.5.x
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x
Resolution
Open an SSH session to the ESXi host that has virtual machine on which Fault Tolerance needs to be disabled.
Change the directory to:
/vmfs/volumes/[datastore_name]/[vm_name]
.
Create a backup copy of the
vm_name.vmx
file.
Open the
vm_name.vmx
file using a text editor. For information on editing files, see
Adding/Deleting/Editing a host entry on vCenter server or ESXi host using vi editor
.
Find and delete the line beginning with
UUID.FT
.
For example:
uuid.ft = “52 85 35 7b ## ## ## ##-## ## ## ## 8c 90 4d 71”
Save and close the file.
In the
vm_name
directory, find the file named
shared.vmft
.
Create a backup of this file and delete or rename the original file.
Additional Information
Adding/Deleting/Editing a host entry on vCenter server or ESXi host using vi editor
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