https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Learning-Platform/HA-setup-for-ESXi-7/m-p/2850197#M54 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5484020">@sash2003_</a>&nbsp;</P><P>Yes, a shared storage/datastore is required for HA.</P><P>Check out the screenshot below. It's from the&nbsp;<A href="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-70-availability-guide.pdf" target="_self">vSphere Availability technical documentation</A>.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="niyijr_0-1622539087910.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89242i3922FCA7B9E09380/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="niyijr_0-1622539087910.png" alt="niyijr_0-1622539087910.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:22:22 GMT niyijr 2021-06-01T09:22:22Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Learning-Platform/HA-setup-for-ESXi-7/m-p/2836757#M53 <P>Hi Guys,</P><P>I am kinf of new with HA installation on ESXI 7.</P><P>I have two questions:</P><P>1. Does it require shared/virtual storage to setup HA with 2/3 ESXI v7 hosts ?</P><P>2. Is it possible to setup HA with 2/3 ESXI v7 with out the shared storage ?</P><P>Thank you in advance for your answears.</P><P>Regards,</P><P>Aleks</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:52:31 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Learning-Platform/HA-setup-for-ESXi-7/m-p/2836757#M53 sash2003_ 2021-03-18T22:52:31Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Learning-Platform/HA-setup-for-ESXi-7/m-p/2850197#M54 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5484020">@sash2003_</a>&nbsp;</P><P>Yes, a shared storage/datastore is required for HA.</P><P>Check out the screenshot below. It's from the&nbsp;<A href="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-70-availability-guide.pdf" target="_self">vSphere Availability technical documentation</A>.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="niyijr_0-1622539087910.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89242i3922FCA7B9E09380/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="niyijr_0-1622539087910.png" alt="niyijr_0-1622539087910.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:22:22 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Learning-Platform/HA-setup-for-ESXi-7/m-p/2850197#M54 niyijr 2021-06-01T09:22:22Z