Virtual Infrastructure Failover Cluster Configurator APIs
FailoverClusterConfigurator provides operations to create and configure a vCenter High Availability Cluster (VCHA Cluster).
A VCHA Cluster consists of three VMs. One is the Active vCenter VM that serves client requests. Second is the Passive VM that is identical to the Active vCenter VM in terms of resources and capabilities. Passive VM constantly receives updates from Active VM and takes over the role of Active vCenter VM in the event of failover. Third is the Witness VM that acts as a quorum VM in a VCHA Cluster. Sole purpose of Witness VM is to avoid classic split-brain problem in a VCHA Cluster. A VCHA Cluster can be deployed in two possible ways - 1. Automatic deployment - Configuration (described below) inputs for each node in a VCHA Cluster is provided by the user. A Deployment workflow is used that automatically deploys Passive and Witness VM and configures each node to form a VCHA Cluster. 2. Manual deployment - User provisions and creates Passive and Witness VMs and uses Configuration workflow to configure Active, Passive and Witness VM to form a VCHA Cluster. Passive and Witness VMs must be created using the VM-Clone operation with Active VM as the source.