8.12.4. Configuring a Highly Available Virtual Machine

Summary
High availability must be configured individually for each virtual server.

Note

You can only set high availability for virtual servers. You can not set high availability for virtual desktops.

Procedure 8.30. Configuring a Highly Available Virtual Machine

  1. Use the Virtual Machines resource tab, tree mode, or the search function to find and select a virtual server in the results list.
  2. Click Edit to open the Edit Server Virtual Machine window.
  3. Click the High Availability tab.
    Set virtual machine high availability

    Figure 8.24. Set virtual machine high availability


  4. Select the Highly Available check box to enable high availability for the virtual server.
  5. Use the radio buttons to set the Priority for Run/Migrate Queue of the virtual machine to one of Low, Medium, or High. When migration is triggered, a queue is created in which the high priority virtual machines are migrated first. If a cluster is running low on resources, only the high priority virtual machines are migrated.
  6. Click OK to save changes and close the window.
Result
You have configured high availability for a virtual machine. You can check if a virtual machine is highly available when you select it and click on its General tab in the details pane.