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whitejack08
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Enthusiast
‎09-15-2013 09:38 AM

How could I add vSphere HA heartbeat datastore ?

I use ESX5.1 and vCenterApplicance by Nested VM.

I found in vCenter that it says number of vSphere HA heartbeat datastore is zero.

How could I add vSphere HA heartbeat datastore ?

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leonhardtla
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‎09-15-2013 09:45 AM

On properties of HA cluster, can you see "datastore heartbeat"?

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a_p_
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Leadership
‎09-15-2013 09:48 AM

Do you have shared storage, i.e. datastores accessible by all your ESXi hosts? By default HA will automatically select two shared datastores, so there's nothing you need to configure manually.

André

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whitejack08
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‎09-15-2013 07:47 PM

Thank you.

>shared storage, i.e. datastores accessible by all your ESXi hosts


Is it possible to use SCSI disk of ESX5.1, or NFS, CIFS file share ?

If it is impossible , is there any SAN storage vSphere appliances which is usable ?

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Immortal
Immortal
‎09-17-2013 01:51 PM

Hi ,

It is not possible to use the SCSI disk on its own, but this can be accomplished by using the VMware Virtual Storage appliance (VSA).

VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) for Shared Storage - United States

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Avinash

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