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Chapter 3 Installing vCenter Server Heartbeat on Identical Nodes
Installing the View Composer Plug-in
Installation of the View Composer Plug-in can occur during the installation of vCenter Server Heartbeat as a
part of the installation process or can be installed post-installation.
To install the View Composer Plug-in after vCenter Server Heartbeat has been installed
1 Ensure that View Composer has been installed on both the Primary and Secondary servers with the same
configuration settings.
2 Launch the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console.
3 Navigate to Applications: Plug-ins and click Install.
4 Browse to the plug-in file located at:
<unzipped_folder>\<vCenterServerHeartbeatVersion-x86/x64>\plugins\ViewComposer\Vie
wComposerNFPlugin.dll
5Click OK to install the View Composer Plug-in.
Installation of Client Tools
vCenter Server Heartbeat allows installation of vCenter Server Heartbeat Client Tools for remote management
of vCenter Server Heartbeat clusters.
To install vCenter Server Heartbeat Client Tools
1 Copy the WinZip Self-Extracting file to the client where it is to be installed.
2 Double-click the WinZip Self-Extracting file to initiate the installation process. The Setup Introduction
dialog appears. Review the information and click OK.
3The WinZip Self-Extractor dialog appears. Click Setup to continue.
4The Setup Type page appears. Because this is a vCenter Server Heartbeat Client Tools installation, select
Install Client Tools Only and click Next.
5 Read the license agreement carefully and select I accept terms of the License Agreement. Click Next.
6 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.
Alternatively, click Browse to select one of these locations. Select Create icons on Desktop and click Next.
7 Review the summary of options and configuration information for the installation. Click Next.
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MPORTANT Do not configure the VMware Managed IP address using the Virtual Infrastructure Client. The
Managed IP field from Administration > VirtualCenter Management Server Configuration > Runtime
Settings must be clear.
NOTE When installing vCenter Server Heartbeat Client Tools on Windows XP, the following Service Pack
levels are required.
 Windows XP 32 bit SP3
 Windows XP 64 bit SP2
NOTE The path of the VMware installation folder cannot contain Unicode characters. The path of the
VMware installation folder can only contain lower and upper case letters A to Z, digits from 0 to 9, and
the following special characters: space \ _ - ( ) . :
Additionally, vCenter Server Heartbeat does not support file or folder names ending with a period “.” or
space “ “.