6.3
Table Of Contents
- Installation Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started
- Installation
- vCenter Server Heartbeat Implementation
- Installing vCenter Server Heartbeat on Identical Nodes
- Installing vCenter Server Heartbeat on Non-Identical Nodes
- Appendix - Setup Error Messages
- Glossary
Installation Guide
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Common Requirements
The following requirements are in addition to those required for vCenter Server and SQL Server.
Supported vCenter Server Versions
VirtualCenter Server 2.5
VirtualCenter Server 2.5 Update 1
VirtualCenter Server 2.5 Update 2
VirtualCenter Server 2.5 Update 3
VirtualCenter Server 2.5 Update 4
VirtualCenter Server 2.5 Update 5
VirtualCenter Server 2.5 Update 6
vCenter Server 4.0
vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1
vCenter Server 4.0 Update 2
vCenter Server 4.1
vCenter Server 4.1 Update 1
Operating Systems
Windows Server 2003 x86 Standard SP2
Windows Server 2003 x86 Enterprise SP1 and SP2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard/Enterprise SP2
Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Standard/Enterprise SP2
Windows Server 2008 x86 Standard/Enterprise SP1 and SP2
Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard/Enterprise SP1 and SP2
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Enterprise
Prior to installing vCenter Server Heartbeat, verify that vCenter Guided Consolidation, vCenter Update
Manager, and vCenter Converter are configured using Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) rather
than IP addresses.
During the setup process, vCenter Server Heartbeat verifies that a minimum of 1GB RAM is available. To
ensure proper operation, vCenter Server Heartbeat requires a minimum of 1GB RAM (2GB is
recommended) in addition to any other memory requirement for the Operating System or vCenter Server.
Verify that 2GB of disk space is available on the installation drive for vCenter Server Heartbeat.
Obtain and use local administrator rights to perform vCenter Server Heartbeat installation.
Apply the latest Microsoft security updates.
All applications that will be protected by vCenter Server Heartbeat must be installed and configured on
the Primary server prior to installing vCenter Server Heartbeat.
N
OTE If you are intending to deploy vCenter Server Heartbeat with non-identical nodes, you must use
vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 or later.
N
OTE vCenter Server Heartbeat supports protection of both standalone instances of vCenter Server 4.0.x
and also when in Linked Mode groups.