Best practices and advanced features for vSphere High Availability

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on best practices and advanced features for a vSphere High Availability (HA) environment.

Environment

VMware vSphere vCenter Server 6.x
VMware vSphere vCenter Server 7.x
VMware vSphere vCenter Server 8.x

Cause

Each new version of VirtualCenter Server provides new features that you can configure to change how VMware HA functions. You can configure the features using the VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client.

Resolution

This section lists the features available in each version of vCenter Server:

vCenter Server 8.0.x

Best Practices for VMware HA Clusters information is provided in the vSphere 8.0 Availability Guide .

vCenter Server 7.0.x

Best Practices for VMware HA Clusters information is provided in the vSphere 7.0 Availability Guide .

 

vCenter Server 6.7.x

Best Practices for VMware HA Clusters information is provided in the vSphere 6.7 Availability Guide .

 

vCenter Server 6.5.x

Best Practices for VMware HA Clusters information is provided in the vSphere 6.5 Availability Guide.

Additional Information

For a detailed description of how vSphere High Availability works, see How vSphere HA works

For more information on best practices and when to consider configuring the new features, see the Appendix section in the document 1002080_HA_Best_Practices.pdf attached to this article (VMware HA: Overview & Technical Best Practices).

For Best Practices for Interoperability with other vSphere Products, see: Best Practices for Interoperability