High Availability Overview -------------------------- High Availability (HA) is an approach to IT `system design `_ and configuration that ensures |VOSS Automate| is operational and accessible during a specified time frame. This is achieved using redundant hardware and resources. If there is a failure, an automatic failover will occur to the secondary database node. This section outlines the configuration steps to deploy a HA enabled |VOSS Automate| Platform on VMware. It presupposes familiarity with the |Installation Guide| and |Platform Guide| - for the latter guide, in particular the topics on DR Failover and Recovery. .. |VOSS Automate| replace:: VOSS Automate .. |Installation Guide| replace:: Installation Guide .. |Platform Guide| replace:: Platform Guide .. |Operations Guide| replace:: Operations Guide