Enable and Configure vCSA HA

The configuration and management of the VCHA cluster is performed through vSphere Web Client. Before starting vCenter HA deployment, make sure that you have configured a dedicated network for node communication.

vCenter HA and the management networks must be configured on different subnets (the three nodes can be configured on different subnets) and the vCenter HA network must have a latency less than 10 milliseconds.

The VCHA cluster can be deployed in two ways:

  • Basic: This requires a HA network to be available. This is a deployment type that's suitable for medium to small businesses. The wizard takes care of active/passive/witness node creation as well as vNIC interfaces. Only a little bit of information must ...

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