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→‎Enable a Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine: Added "Not Protected" reasons and some deffinitions
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== Enable a Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine ==
== Enable a Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine ==
* vLockstep - Keeps Primary and Secondary VM's in sync
* vLockstep - Keeps Primary and Secondary VM's in sync
* vLockstep Interval - Time required for secondary to sync with primary (normally < .5s ec)
* Log Bandwidth - Bandwidth required to keep VM's in sync across FT network
* On-Demand Fault Tolerance - Temporary manually managed FT, configured for a VM during a critical time
* On-Demand Fault Tolerance - Temporary manually managed FT, configured for a VM during a critical time
* Recommenced max of 4 FT VM's per ESX (primary or secondary)
* Recommenced max of 4 FT VM's per ESX (primary or secondary)
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# Create HA Cluster and perform Profile Compliance
# Create HA Cluster and perform Profile Compliance
# Turn on FT for appropriate VM's
# Turn on FT for appropriate VM's
'''Not Protected''' caused by...
* VM's are still starting up
* Secondary VM is not started, possible causes...
** No suitable host on which start secondary
** A fail-over has occurred but FT network link down, so new secondary not started
* Disabled - FT has been disabled by user or VC (because no suitable secondary host can be found)
* Primary VM is not on, so status is ''Not Protected, VM not Running''


== Create and Configure Resource Pools ==
== Create and Configure Resource Pools ==

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