Hi there,
I am hoping to get a bit of advice on what I am trying to do. First off I will explain our setup.
We have vCenter Server 4.0.0 and manage a variety of clusters and standalone hosts within this vCenter. We have a couple of standalone hosts, that are also managed within this vCenter. They are both running VMware ESXi 4.0.0. Both hosts are identical hardware wise, and all VMs on both hosts are hosted on the same SAN. For some reason, when the environment was first setup, these were not configured as a cluster.
The licensing will allow us to cluster them, and a vMotion network is already configured on both hosts. I have tried migrating a VM from one host to another, but it failed saying there was no vMotion connection. I will check the physical connection when I am next at the site.
I have very basic administration experience with VMware, so wanted to check on here to ensure I am thinking on the right track.
So after I have resolved the issue with the vMotion network, all I need to do is place both hosts into a cluster and hopefully it will work. I can test by migrating machines. Is there anything I need to check or avoid doing? Both hosts contain critical servers, so I want to make sure I have covered everything before attempting any changes.
Thanks in advance 