Hi,
I am testing HA in a vSphere 5.1 cluster and I want to know if the behaviour seen when a Master is isolated is normal.
I have 2 nodes in my dev setup. When I isolate my slave (Host B) the VM stays powered on as expected (isolation response Leave Powered On).
Host B shows as not responding and the VM has disconnected so this works as expected.
When I isolate my master (Host A) from management network the election process takes place. Host A shows as not responding as we'd expect. My VM appears as powered off on Host B.
The events log for the VM tells me that
-the vm is powered off on host B
-host B cannot open VMX file
-vSphere HA unsuccessfully failed over this VM
During all this time my VM is accessible and functional. As soon as Host A is no longer isolated my VM appears as powered on again it.
So everything seems to work as it should but the messages in vCenter say otherwise. Is this normal?
When I simulate a failed host everything works as expected, regardless whether it is Master or Slave