vCenter (vcsa) High Availability - native vs FT

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Rand__

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I run a size tiny VCSA (ESX 6.5) in my homelab and want to make that high available to prevent future vsan issues;)

Officially native VCSA clustering should start at size small only; can it be used with tiny as well?
Or should I simply use FT instead? My network is ample sized to cover the FT bandwith requirements, so that wouldn't be an issue. I have a VMUG license so thats no issue either.
I am primarily concerned with host (or network failures) and subsequent loss of the vSan datastore
 
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Rand__

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Well decided to use FT for ease of use but can't :p

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Thats one way to ensure the use of new features, that's for sure:p

(And yes FT works for other VMs)
 

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Can't. 2 is the smallest value available.
But the other VM i enabled FT on has 2 CPUs as well so that shouldnt be it;)
 

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So in the end I am running native VCSA clustering for my tiny installation vCenter and FT for the other VMs.
Native Clustering is a bit annoying since failover takes 5 mins but better than nothing;)