Vcap-Dca, Objective 4.2 - Commands And Steps

Front 1

Enable Host Certificate Checking

Back 1

Availability Guide, P 41

1. Click on Administration and select vCenter Server Settings.
2. Click SSL Settings.
3. Ensure that "vCenter requires verified host SSL certificates" checkbox is checked.

Front 2

Best practices for performing host upgrades when using FT

Back 2

1. vMotion both the primary and secondary FT virtual machines off of the two hosts that you will be upgrading.

NOTE: If you only have three hosts in your cluster, instead disable FT and re-enable it after host upgrades/patching.

2. Upgrade the two host you moved the FT VMs off of.
3. On the primary VM, turn off FT.
4. vMotion the primary VM back to one of the newly upgraded hosts.
5. Turn FT back on.

Front 3

Configure FT Logging

Back 3

Availability Guide, pages 41 -42

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Select a host.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Under Hardware, click on Networking
4. Click the Properties link for the switch you will be using for FT logging.
5. Click the Add button, select VMkernel, click Next.
6. Enter a network label such as "FT Logging"
7. Check the "Use this port group for Fault Tolerance logging" and click Next.
8. Enter in the IP address and subnet mask, click Next.
9. Click Finish.

Front 4

Prepare the infrastructure for FT compliance

Back 4

Availability Guide, pages 43, 46

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Select an HA-enabled cluster.
2. Click on the Profile Compliance tab.
3. Click the Check Compliance Now hyperlink.
4. Ensure that the Compliance Status is marked as Compliant.
5. If not, go to the host(s) that is (are) Non-Compliant
6. Click the Summary tab
7, In the General pane, you will see "Host Configured for FT"; it will say either Yes or No and it has a small dialog icon next to it.
8. Click the dialog icon.
9. This will show you it the host does or does not meet FT requirements. If it does not, it will list the issues.

Front 5

Turn on fault tolerance on a VM

Back 5

1. Right-click the virtual machine that you want to enable FT on (ensure that the virtual machine is POWERED OFF).
2. Click Fault Tolerance.
3. Select Turn On Fault Tolerance.
4. Click Yes on the message displayed.
5. Once complete, the icon for the virtual machine will be blue.
6. Right-click on the VM and select Power -> Power On.
7. Once it is powered on, click the VM.
8. In the fault tolerance pane, ensure that the Fault Tolerance Status shows as Protected.

Front 6

Test FT Failover

Back 6

1. Right-click on an FT protected VM.
2. Select Fault Tolerance and click Test Failover.

Front 7

Test Secondary Restart

Back 7

1. Right-click on an FT protected VM.
2. Select Fault Tolerance and click Test Restart Secondary.