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FortiGate VM loses GUI access after configuring HA in VMware vSphere.

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April 24, 2025
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Hello,

I have 2 FortiGate VMs that I want to configure HA in Active-passive mode. I immediately lost GUI access when I applied the HA configuration to the first VM. The same thing happened to the second FortiGate VM.

For context, both VMs are deployed on vSphere and are connected to the same port group.

Does anyone know why this happens and how I can resolve this problem?

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Best answer by funkylicious

have a look at https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate-private-cloud/7.6.0/vmware-esxi-administration-guide/397100/ha

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Try connect to the console (from VMware) of each FG-VM and share the HA status of each node.

get sys ha status

AEK

yaoranAuthor

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Here you go.

SuperUser

The cluster is not up. Each node is standalone.

Did you configure the heartbeat?

Can you share HA config and the network diagram?

AEK

funkyliciousAnswer

SuperUser

have a look at https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate-private-cloud/7.6.0/vmware-esxi-administration-guide/397100/ha

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yaoranAuthor

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Worked like a charm. Thanks for the help.