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

[yaoran]

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?

[AEK]

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

get sys ha status

[yaoran]

Here you go. 

[AEK]

The cluster is not up. Each node is standalone.

Did you configure the heartbeat?

Can you share HA config and the network diagram?

[yaoran]

The VMs are connected directly to each other via a port group. The port group is connected to the vSwitch with an uplink to the internet.

Here is my HA config:
FTG1:
confi sys ha
config system ha
set mode a-p
set group-name test
set group-id 5
set password testing
set hbdev port2 0
set session-pickup enable
set override disable
set priority 200
end

FTG2:
confi sys ha
config system ha
set mode a-p
set group-name test
set group-id 5
set password testing
set hbdev port2 0
set session-pickup enable
set override disable
set priority 100
end

[funkylicious · Accepted solution]

have a look at https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate-private-cloud/7.6.0/vmware-esxi-administration-guide/39... 

[yaoran]

Worked like a charm. Thanks for the help.