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Working with Proactive HA

VMware vSphere v6.5 adds the new Proactive HA feature, which is an enhancement of the original High Availability (HA) feature. Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter supports the Proactive HA feature by registering a Lenovo Proactive HA provider to VMware vCenter.

Before you begin

  • Ensure that VMware vSphere v6.5 or later is installed.

  • Ensure that Lenovo XClarity Integrator is successfully registered in VMware vCenter.

  • Enabling VMware vCenter Proactive HA with Lenovo Proactive HA Provider for a cluster
  • Adding a host to a Proactive HA enabled (with Lenovo Provider) cluster
  • Re-using Lenovo Proactive HA Provider
    The Lenovo Proactive HA provider is automatically registered in VMware vCenter when registering Lenovo XClarity Integrator in VMware vCenter, either in the wizard or administration page. When users deregister Lenovo XClarity Integrator from VMware vCenter, a window will be prompted to ask whether to also deregister Proactive HA provider. Normally users can keep the provider in VMware vCenter so that it can be reused the next time registering Lenovo XClarity Integrator to VMware vCenter and the provider setting in VMware vCenter is kept.
  • Proactive HA Heartbeat
    Lenovo XClarity Integrator needs the heartbeat with VMware vCenter to ensure Proactive HA work correctly. If the message “Provider com.lenovo.HealthUpdateProvider_ver101 has not posted an update in 300 seconds” is displayed in the event list of Proactive HA enabled cluster, the heartbeat might be dead because of some corner reasons. Check the network to check whether Lenovo XClarity Integrator can correctly communicate with VMware vCenter, and whether the Lenovo XClarity Integrator appliance is available. If the problem still exists, restart Lenovo XClarity Integrator.