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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide
- Configuring and Managing vCenter Operations Manager
- Configuring Adapters
- Configuring Resources
- Configuring Attribute Packages
- Configuring Applications
- Configuring and Managing Users
- Configuring Alert Notifications
- Performing Basic System Administration Tasks
- View Performance Information
- View Status Information
- vCenter Operations Manager Service Names
- Start or Stop vCenter Operations Manager Services
- Viewing and Managing System Log Files
- Delete Old Data in the File System Database
- Run the Audit Report
- Modify Global Settings
- Modify Global Settings for Virtual Environments
- Create a Support Bundle
- Resolving Administrative System Alerts
- Analytics FSDB Overloaded
- Analytics Threshold Checking Overloaded
- Collector Is Down
- Controller Is Unable to Connect to MQ
- DataQueue Is Filling Up
- Describe Failed
- Failed to Connect to Replication MQ
- Failed to Repair Corrupted FSDB Files
- File Queue Is Full
- FSDB Files Corrupted for Resources
- FSDB Storage Drive Free Space Is Less Than 10%
- No DT Processors Connected
- One or More Resources Were Not Started
- Outbound Alert Send Failed
- Replication MQ Sender Is Blocked
- Backing Up and Recovering Data
- Backing Up and Recovering Data Components
- Backing Up and Recovering Processing Components
- Configuring the Repository Adapter
- Repository Adapter Requirements and Limitations
- Repository Adapter Configuration Steps
- Creating a Database User for the Repository Adapter
- Configure the Source Database Connection for the Repository Adapter
- Configure the Output Destination for the Repository Adapter
- Configuring the Source and Destination Columns for the Repository Adapter
- Configure Data Export Values for the Repository Adapter
- Customizing Repository Adapter Operation
- Start the Repository Adapter
- Using System Tools
- Using the Database Command Line Interface
- Index
4 Set enabled=true to enable replication of FSDB content.
NOTE Because the synchronization process is independent from the replication process, you do not
need to enable replication to run the synchronization process.
5 Save your changes and close the replication.properties file.
6 Restart the Analytics service on the primary vCenter Operations Manager server.
If a resource file is deleted on the primary vCenter Operations Manager server, it is also deleted on the
replication server.
Switch the Primary and Backup Replication Servers
You can use the Configure VMware vCenter Operations utility to switch the replication server configuration
from primary to backup, and the reverse.
NOTE The vCenter Operations Manager vApp does not support replication, remote collectors, or
distributed analytics.
Prerequisites
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Set up FSDB replication. See “Set Up FSDB Replication,” on page 128.
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In a clustered environment, verify that the cluster resources are offline.
Procedure
1 From the Start menu, select All Programs > VMware > vCenter Operations Enterprise > Configure
VMware vCenter Operations to start the Configure VMware vCenter Operations utility on each server.
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On the primary vCenter Operations Manager server, on the Analytics page, select the Enable
Replication check box and set the host to the backup vCenter Operations Manager server.
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On the backup vCenter Operations Manager server, on the Replication Server page, set the host to
be the local server.
2 Click Finish to save the configuration.
NOTE Because the vCenter Operations Manager services are reinstalled and restarted when you click
Finish, click Exit, not Finish, to close the utility if you do not make any changes.
Enable FSDB Synchronization
Enable synchronization of FSDB content between the primary and backup vCenter Operations Manager
servers only if missing or different data must be updated on the backup vCenter Operations Manager
server. For example, if you configure and start the backup server after vCenter Operations Manager was
already collecting data.
When synchronization is enabled, the task is sent to the replication server on the backup
vCenter Operations Manager server. If the replication server is running, it returns a response to the primary
Analytics service, which sends all missing and different data to the replication server.
If replication is enabled, the Analytics service continues to send real-time incoming data to the backup
server, but not data from the FSDB.
NOTE The vCenter Operations Manager vApp does not support replication, remote collectors, or
distributed analytics.
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