HA in vCenter 5.0 and ESXi 4.1

[JThesin]

Hi guys,

I know that since v5.0 of vSphere HA DNS requirement is not needed anymore, but my customer have  only ESXi 4.1 managed by vCenter 5.0 ...

Wondering to know if in that particular case HA will work or not !!!

Thanks to let me know

Regards

Julien 

[a_p_]

Since vCenter Server 5.0 installs the new FDM agent on the hosts, it should not matter which ESXi host version you use.

André

PS: Discussion moved from vSphere Upgrade & Install to Availability: HA & FT

[Chaz999]

Hello JThesin,

technically if your hosts only ESXi 4.1 then there will be compatiblity issue with your vCenter 5.0,

compare to if you have ESXi4.1 U3 then should not be an issue in term of HA

basically based on your enviorment you can check compatibilty  with below link

http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php?

thanks

[depping]

JThesin wrote:

Hi guys,

I know that since v5.0 of vSphere HA DNS requirement is not needed anymore, but my customer have  only ESXi 4.1 managed by vCenter 5.0 ...

Wondering to know if in that particular case HA will work or not !!!

Thanks to let me know

Regards

Julien 

vCenter 5.0 installs the FDM agent on your host, so no DNS requirement any longer. However, I would suggest using DNS as many other products / components might require it.

[ramkrishna1]

Hi  depping

it would be great if you specify other component .

After some googleing not able to findout myself.

"concentrate the mind on the present moment"

[depping]

ramkrishna1 wrote:

Hi  depping

it would be great if you specify other component .

After some googleing not able to findout myself.

"concentrate the mind on the present moment"

--> vShield Manager

--> vSphere Replication

There are more out there, but with those two I had problems in the past.