VMware HA - All ESX service console in cluster goes out of network for sometime

[Sam30]

Hi

What if in a HA/DRS cluster all ESX servers service console go out of network for sometime.

What would happen to the VM's running on them in the below cases?

Case 1:

Host Isolation respone = Power Off

Host Monitoring = Enabled

Case 2:

Host Isolation respone = Leave Power On

Host Monitoring = Enabled

And in which case the HA will restart the VM's on other Host ?

I've guess I know the answer but want to verify it.

Thanks

Sam

[bulletprooffool]

If the full network goes down in these instances:

Case 1:

Host Isolation respone = Power Off

Host Monitoring = Enabled

Host gets powered down.

Case 2:

Host Isolation respone = Leave Power On

Host Monitoring = Enabled

Host stays running.

In both instances, your host thinks it is isolated - so behaves like an isolation.

[Sam30]

BTW that host isolation response is for the VM's & not for the host itself as in what will happen to the VM's running on the host when host is in isolated state & NOT what will happen to the host when it's in isolated state.

What I need to know is if in a HA/DRS cluster

Case

Host Isolation response = Shutdown

& Host monitoring is enabled

Now if Host service console loses network connectivity i.e. host is in isolation state.

What will happen? As per Hoost isolation response the VM's should shutdown but then when HA will happen to reboot the servers on other ESX of a cluster ?

[AndreTheGiant]

VM will be guest shutdown on the isolated host.

Then, VM that was powered on will be restarted on other nodes.

Andre