VMware vSphere is a virtualization platform that forms the foundation for building and managing an organization's virtual, public, and private cloud infrastructures. VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) sits at the heart of vSphere and provides services to manage various components of a virtual infrastructure like ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and storage and networking resources.
As large virtual infrastructures are built using vSphere, vCenter Server becomes an important element in ensuring the business continuity of an organization. vCenter Server must protect itself from a set of hardware and software failures in an environment and must recover transparently from such failures. vSphere 6.5 provides a high availability solution for vCenter Server, known as vCenter High Availability, or VCHA.
This paper shows:
- VCHA performance characterization: A preliminary performance evaluation of the VCHA feature.
- VCHA best practices: Some guidelines for VCHA deployment and configuration.
