Configuring vSphere HA Isolation Responces 5.1

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May 2, 20131 min read

How vSphere 5.1 High Availability isolation responses behave, and how to choose between leaving powered on, powering off and shutting down guests.

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When carrying out maintenance on Vcenter it is important to disable Enable Host Monitoring.

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You can also configure advanced isolation response address's.  for more information, please see VMware's support document :

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/documentLinkInt.do?micrositeID=&popup=true&languageId=&externalID=2033250

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