Administrators must not attempt to enable HA on a Small deployment using any method.
This includes bypassing the UI using direct API calls or automation scripts.
Forcing this configuration will place the system into an unsupported, broken, and unrecoverable state.
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1
This is by design.
Do not attempt to enable HA on small deployments in VCF 9.1. If HA is required, plan a scale up to medium size.