VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

vCenter database clustering

A few valid facts about the database clustering of the vCenter DB are as follows:

• The vCenter database is the most important data source of configuration and inventory data within a vCenter system. Clustering this component can increase the availability of the vCenter system to cover additional maintenance and failure scenarios. Almost all vCenter deployment topologies can benefit from clustering the vCenter database. In deployment topologies, where the vCenter server itself gets clustered, the clustering of the vCenter database is a logical design decision.
• vCenter database clustering is only supported with the Windows version of vCenter Server, and is only supported when choosing Microsoft SQL Server as the ...