[pve-devel] [PATCH docs 5/7] ha-manager: expand requirements
Aaron Lauterer
a.lauterer at proxmox.com
Tue Apr 29 15:57:47 CEST 2025
* make it clear that the corosync/cluster communication is important
* mark hardware watchdogs as optional
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer at proxmox.com>
---
ha-manager.adoc | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ha-manager.adoc b/ha-manager.adoc
index 3d6fc4a..592ef96 100644
--- a/ha-manager.adoc
+++ b/ha-manager.adoc
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ Requirements
You must meet the following requirements before you start with HA:
* at least three cluster nodes (to get reliable quorum)
++
+NOTE: A stable {pve} cluster communication is the foundation for the high
+availability feature of {pve}. Follow the recommendations in
+xref:pvecm_cluster_requirements[{pve} cluster requirements] to avoid issues
+like nodes fencing themselves, due to an unreliable cluster communication.
* shared storage for VMs and containers
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ You must meet the following requirements before you start with HA:
* use reliable “server” components
-* hardware watchdog - if not available we fall back to the
+* optional hardware watchdog - if not available we fall back to the
linux kernel software watchdog (`softdog`)
* optional hardware fencing devices
--
2.39.5
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