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Chapter 4 Installing vCenter Server Heartbeat on Non-Identical Nodes
The selection of Group or Pair you make in the navigation panel “points” the vCenter Server Heartbeat
Console to that Group or Pair and vCenter Server Heartbeat Console provides information related to only the
selected Group or Pair. To avoid confusion, pay particular attention to the selection in the navigation panel
when you are managing more than one Group or Pair.
Select a Pair in the navigation panel of vCenter Server Heartbeat to show a set of tabs and sub-tabs that offer
detailed status and control of the associated vCenter Server Heartbeat servers in the Pair.
Add a vCenter Server Group
The Add Group feature in vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to add new vCenter Server Heartbeat
Groups to manage.
To add a vCenter Server Heartbeat Group
1 Open vCenter Server Heartbeat Console and click Add Group in the tool bar, select Add Group from the
File menu, or right-click an existing group in the navigation panel and select Add Group form the menu.
2 Type the name for the new group into the text box and click OK. The newly created group appears in the
navigation panel on the left of the vCenter Server Center Heartbeat window.
Add a New Connection
The Add Connection feature in the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to add a new Pair
Connection to an existing vCenter Server Heartbeat Group.
To Add a new connection
1 In the navigation panel, select the vCenter Server Heartbeat Group to receive the new connection. Click
Add Connection in the tool bar, select Add Connection from the File menu, or right-click an existing
group in the navigation panel and select Add Connection to invoke the Add Connection dialog.
2 Type the Host Name or IP address for the new connection into the text box, select the Port Number (if
different from the default value of 52267), and select a group from the Add to Group drop-down list (to
add the connection to a Group other than the one currently selected).
3Click OK. The newly created connection appears in the navigation panel on the left of the vCenter Server
Heartbeat Console window, and the Server: Summary page updates to represent any existing network
relationships of the added server.
4 Enter the remaining connections necessary to define the new vCenter Server Heartbeat Group.
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OTE Groups and Pairs are not automatically detected by vCenter Server Heartbeat Console. Each Group or
Pair you want to manage must be added to vCenter Server Heartbeat Console before you can use it to view
status or change settings for that Group or Pair Connection.
NOTE When a you attempt to connect to vCenter Server Heartbeat for the first time, you are presented the
option to accept the SSL certificate from the server. To continue connecting to vCenter Server Heartbeat, you
must accept the SSL certificate.
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OTE When a you attempt to connect to vCenter Server Heartbeat for the first time, you are presented
the option to accept the SSL certificate from the server. To continue connecting to vCenter Server
Heartbeat, you must accept the SSL certificate.
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OTE You may be prompted to login. If so, login using a valid administrator-level Username and
Password for the server for which you are adding a connection, and click OK.