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4The Setup Type page appears. Because this is a new installation of vCenter Server Heartbeat, select Install
vCenter Server Heartbeat and click Next.
5 Select the physical identity of the server on the Physical Hardware Identity page. Select Primary as the
server identity and click Next.
6 Read the license agreement carefully and select I accept terms of the License Agreement. Click Next.
7Click Add to enter a valid production serial number for production mode or click Next to install in the
evaluation mode.
8 Select the intended topology of the installation. Select either LAN (if the Primary and Secondary server
will use the same Principal (Public) IP address) or WAN (if the Primary and Secondary server will use
different Principal (Public) IP addresses).
9 Select the intended identity mode. Select Identical nodes since the servers will use the same Fully
Qualified Domain Names (FQDN). Click Next.
10 Select the cloning options.
You have the following options:
 For installation using the Install Clone technique, continue with Step 11.
 For installation using the Pre-Clone technique, continue with Step 12.
11 Select Not a clone of the Primary server, click Next, and go to Step 13.
12 If a virtual Secondary server was created using vCenter Converter, the cloning option in the Virtual
Infrastructure Client, or a third-party utility, select Pre-cloned and click Next.
13 Configure the installation paths. The default installation location is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware
vCenter Server Heartbeat, but you can change it by manually typing a path to another install location.
N
OTE The left pane of each page in the setup wizard provides information about the setup process.
N
OTE If .Net 2.0 is not currently installed on the server, vCenter Server Heartbeat Setup installs this
required component, taking some additional time during the installation process.