Starting the Cluster Server high availability daemon on the hosts in a cluster

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
In the Management Server console, you can start the Cluster Server high availability daemon (HAD) on the hosts in a cluster. You can start the Cluster Server HAD on the selected hosts, or on all hosts in a cluster.
To perform this task, your user group must be assigned the Admin role on the cluster or the Availability perspective. The permission on the cluster may be explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization.
To start the Cluster Server HAD on the hosts in a cluster
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Availability perspective and selectManage in the left pane.
  2. Expand the Organization or Uncategorized Clusters to locate the cluster.
  3. Right-click on the cluster and select Start VCS.
  4. In the Start VCS wizard panel, do the following:
    • To start the Cluster Server HAD on a specific host, select the host. Choose All Systems to start the Cluster Server HAD on all hosts in the cluster.
    • Click OK.
  5. In the Result panel, click OK.
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