What are active host / primary host in HA? Explain it? ANS--> When you add a host to a VMware HA cluster, an agent is uploaded to the host and configured to communicat with other agents in the cluster. The first five hosts added to the cluster are designated as primary hosts, and all subsequent hosts are designated as secondary hosts. The primary hosts maintain and replicate all cluster state and are used to initiate failover actions. If a primary host is removed from the cluster, VMware HA promotes another host to primary status.Any host that joins the cluster must communicate with an existing primary host to complete its configuration (except when you are adding the first host to the cluster). At least one primary host must be functional for VMware HA to operate correctly. If all primary hosts are unavailable (not responding), no hosts can be successfully configured for VMware HA. One of the primary hosts is also designated as the active primary host and its responsibilities include: Deciding where to restart virtual machines. Keeping track of failed restart attempts. Determining when it is appropriate to keep trying to restart a virtual machine. If the active primary host fails, another primary host replaces it
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