CAN Default Gateway and the das.isolationaddress0 HA Advanced Option IP Address be same ?

[amitrao2009ce]

As a part of action plan I am asked to configure Isolation Address in VMware HA cluster. My question is can I use the Default Gateway IP Address to specify with option "das.isolationaddress0" in HA Advanced Options Settings?

I understand VMware mentioned if the Default Gateway is not pinging then use some other reliable IP Address in "das.isolationaddress0" but in my case Default Gateway is pinging and I have no other IP Address to specify other than default gateway in "das.isolationaddress0" settings ? Can I still use the default Gateway IP address in "das.isolationaddress0" ?

Thanks & Regards,

Amit Kumar

[a_p_]

To be honest, I never even thought about this, as it actually doesn't seem to make any sense to replace an IP address with the same one!?

Anyway, according to VMware KB: Setting Multiple Isolation Response Addresses for VMware High Availability (Step 5) you may enter "A valid IP address other than the default gateway address".

André

[NavalgundRaj]

Hi Amit,

Answer is Yes,they are the same.

i.e isolation and default gateway ip are same.

The default isolation response address is the default gateway but other reliable IP addresses can be configured along with the default gateway or the default gateway can also be disabled as an isolation response address.

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Basavaraj.R Navalgund

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Message was edited by: Basavaraj R Navalgund