Service that Continue to be Available if vCenter is lost

[herevirtually]

Hi,

This isn't strictly a HA or FT question but it's an availability question and this is the best forum I could find :smileyblush:

On vSphere 4, suppose my VC server is a physical box without heartbeat for vCenter set up. It's not a VM so it's not protected by HA / FT and no heartbeat so when it's gone, it's gone. Assume I have the top vSphere license (Enterprise Plus). Is there a definitive document available from VMware that states what continues to be available if the vCenter server goes down. I'm thinking things like HA, DRS, licensing etc. Obviously the configuration that I describe is not ideal but I just wanted to describe that artificial scenario to illustrate my requirement for this definitive list. I've googled this and found some information but would be interested to get the most definitive information I could, hopefully a VMware doc.

Thanks,

herevirtually.

[AntonVZhbankov]

HA will continue to work for sure, and I suppose FT also.

DRS is fully done by vCenter, so it's gone. VMotion too.

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