Enabling VMware HA Integration with LifeKeeper Single Server Protection

By default LifeKeeper Single Server Protection integration with VMware HA is disabled when installed on a VMware VM. To enable integration requires the following steps:

1. Installation of VMware tools in the LifeKeeper Single Server Protection VM.

2. Edit %LKROOT%\etc\default\LifeKeeper and change the VMware HA integration tunable HA_DISABLE value from 1 to 0.

3. Set the VMware HA parameter das.iostatsinterval to 0. This setting disables the I/O stats interval for VM Monitoring sensitivity. The default is 120 seconds.

4. Restart LifeKeeper Single Server Protection. If LifeKeeper Single Server Protection is currently running, it must be stopped and restarted to pick up the above change in %LKROOT%\etc\default\LifeKeeper.