Settings

General

The settings in this tab will be synchronized across all hosts in the cluster.

Host Auto Selection

  1. When host auto selection is enabled, an optimal host will be selected according to the performance and resources available to power on virtual machines. If you want to change the running host of a virtual machine, please go to Virtual Machine > Action > Move.

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Virtual DSM License Mapping

  1. On power-on Virtual DSM without license, find and map the available license automatically.
  2. The priority of license mapping is as follow:
    1. Free license
    2. License within upgrade period
    3. New license (never activated)
    4. Expired license

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Default Keyboard Layout

  1. This setting will apply to the settings when creating a new virtual machine.

Host Shutdown Behavior

  1. You can choose between Ask me everytime, Shut down, and Suspend.

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Cluster Notification

You can enable/disable cluster email notifications to receive notifications when cluster status changes or errors occur.

To enable email notifications:

  1. Go to Virtual Machine Manager > Settings > Cluster Notification.
  2. Tick the Enable email notifications checkbox.
  3. Enter one or more email addresses in the field Recipient’s email address.
    Note: Separate different addresses with a semicolon (;).
  4. You can add additional information in the field Subject prefix, which will be added to the subject of each email, helping you to distinguish and filter the notifications.
  5. The number of Available SMTP Servers represents the number of hosts enabled to send DSM email notifications in the cluster. To enable DSM email notifications, log into individual hosts in the cluster, and go to Control Panel > Notification > Email.
  6. Click SMTP Server List to view the list of all usable hosts in the cluster and the SMTP settings.
  7. Click Apply to save the settings.

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High Availability

You can configure high vailability settings which will be synchronized across all hosts in the cluster.

To set failure detection interval:

  1. Go toVirtual Machine Manager > Settings > High Availability.
  2. Set Failure detection interval by selecting a number from the drop-down list. If the failure lasts longer than the set interval, the virtual machine will be automatically switched over to the passive server.

To set events to be monitored:

  1. Go to Virtual Machine Manager > Settings > High Availability to set the events which you would like to monitor. Virtual Machine Manager will detect the events you have set and automatically switch the virtual machine to the passive server if any of them happens.