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On Workstation 9, add Network Adapter 4 as NAT as on ESXi2
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Right Click on ESXi2 and Reboot
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Yes to Continue
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Enter an appropriate reason to proceed
- Go back to vSphere Client and on ESXi2, Configuration Tab>Networking. Open Properties for vSwitch0
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Select Network Adapters Tab and Add
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Select vmnic3 and Next
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Select Management Network and select vmnic3 to move down to Standby Adapters
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Finish
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After adding vmnic3, it shows up as below
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On the properties of vSwitch0, Select VM Network> NIC Teaming> Turn on Override switch failover order
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select Management network and Edit > NIC Teaming> select vmnic3 to move down to standby adapters
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Still on vSwitch0 properties> click ADD
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Click VMKernel
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Change the network label to vMotion and check Use this port group for vMotion
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Set vMotion IP for ESXi2 as 192.168.72.142
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Finish
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On vMotion Properties, NIC Teaming > Check Failover Order> and move down vmnic0 to Standby Adapters
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The network settings will be shown as like below
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Repeat to ESXi1
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On ESXi1, set vMotion IP to 192.168.72.141
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Finish
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Open vMotion Properties
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On Workstation 9, open Virtual Network Editor> create a VMnet2 network with Host-Only
- It assigns 192.168.148.0 network automatically
- On ESXi1, set 192.168.148.141 for Fault Tolerance Network, and on ESXi2, set 192.168.148.142.
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Power down ESXi Hosts and add two new network adapters and assign on 192.168.148.0 network.
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On ESXi1, Configuration> Networking> click Add Networking
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Select VMKernel
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Select both new vmnic4 and vmnic5
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Name it to Fault Tolerance and check on Use this port group for Fault Tolerance Logging
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Set F.T. IP to 192.168.148.141/24
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Finish
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The network setting will be as below image
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Click Properties of vSwitch2> select Fault Tolerance> Edit to open Properties
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On NIC Teaming, Turn on Failover Order and move down vmnic5 to standby adapters
- Repeat to ESXi2 Host
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Set F.T. IP for ESXi2 to 192.168.148.142/24
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Set NIC Teaming Failover order and move down vmnic5 to Standby Adapters side
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The network settings on ESXi2 will be shown as below
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On DC3, right click and Fault Tolerance> Turn On Fault Tolerance
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Yes
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After completion, open VM setting, options>Advanced>General> Configuration Parameters, check replay.allowFT value is true
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