You may have noticed that after Turning On vSphere HA in Cluster settings from the Sphere Client that a Configuration Issues warning yellow box may appear on the Summary page of ALL host ESXi servers in the vSphere Cluster.
VMware vSphere HA will still function correctly, the configuration issue, is warning that there is only one physical network interface connected to the virtual vswitch which has the service console (ESX) or management network interface (ESXi) connected.
These configuration issues and warnings alert triangles can be suppressed as follows
- Using the VMware vSphere Client, Login and Connect to the VMware vSphere vCenter Server
- Select the Cluster in Inventory > Hosts and Clusters, Right Click the Cluster in the right-hand panel, and select Edit Settings
- Right Click the Cluster in the right-hand panel, and select Edit Settings
The vSphere Cluster settings dialogue box will be opened.
- vSphere Cluster Settings
- Select vSphere HA and click Advanced Options, bottom right
- vSphere HA Advanced Options
The Advanced Options (vSphere HA) dialogue box will open.
- To suppress the configuration issues box and warning triangles, the das.ignoreRedundantNetWa
rning needs to be added with a value of TRUE.
Click the left-hand column under Option, and enter das.ignoreRedundantNetWarn
- enter das.ignoreRedundantNetWarning
Click the right-hand column under Value, and enter TRUE.
- enter TRUE
Click OK to return to Cluster Settings.
- Click Cluster Features and remove the Tick from Turn On vSphere HA.
This action will disable HA on ALL ESX/ESXi hosts in the cluster. Please note I would recommend any changes to a production environment be carried out and schedule out of core SLA hours.
- Turn OFF HA
Click OK. The HA cluster will be reconfigured, this will take a few seconds.
- Right Click the Cluster in the right-hand panel, and select Edit Settings
The vSphere Cluster settings dialogue box will be opened.
Select Turn ON vSphere HA (by clicking and ensuring a Tick appears in the box)
Click OK.
The HA cluster will be reconfigured, this will take a few seconds (test with five hosts took 40 seconds).
- HA Configuration Issues Suppressed
The Configuration Issues yellow box in the Summary Page and Warning Triangle will disappear immediately.