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3 Replies Last post: Jun 24, 2009 7:46 AM by Troy Clavell
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Vcenter Server and Scratch Config for HA

Jun 24, 2009 7:29 AM

Click to view ITVMguy's profile Novice ITVMguy 4 posts since
Dec 8, 2008
I recently installed VCenter server to manage my ESXi 3.5u2 environment. After enabling HA i realized that i had not configured the userworld swap locations for each of the host. HA did not error out when i enabled it and vCenter server reports HA as enabled. My question is: Are the scratch config files no longer required for HA to function with the new vCenter server?
Reply Re: Vcenter Server and Scratch Config for HA Jun 24, 2009 7:36 AM
Click to view Troy Clavell's profile Guru Troy Clavell 6,042 posts since
Oct 12, 2007
I am unaware of any configuration that needs to be made with regards to a "scratch config". HA is dependent on name resolution, and if HA configured correctly in your cluster, then more than likely you are ok.
Reply Re: Vcenter Server and Scratch Config for HA Jun 24, 2009 7:41 AM
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Click to view ITVMguy's profile Novice ITVMguy 4 posts since
Dec 8, 2008
When i was using the old version (virtual infrastructure manager) i had to configure the user world swap and scratch config for HA to configure properly. Otherwise i would get an error when i enabled HA on the cluster.
Reply Re: Vcenter Server and Scratch Config for HA Jun 24, 2009 7:46 AM
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Click to view Troy Clavell's profile Guru Troy Clavell 6,042 posts since
Oct 12, 2007
If you don't have errors, I would say you are ok, but I am not that familiar with ESXi. I did find this thread regarding scratch configs

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/214420
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