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Table Of Contents
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Contents
AboutThisBook 7
GettingStarted
1 Introduction 11
Overview 11
vCenterServerHeartbeatConcepts 11
Architecture 11
ProtectionLevels 13
Communications 16
vCenterServerHeartbeatSwitchoverandFailoverProcesses 17
2 ConfiguringvCenterServerHeartbeat 21
ServerConfigurationWizard 22
ConfiguringtheMachineIdentity 22
ConfiguringtheServerRole 23
ConfiguringtheClientConnectionPort 23
ConfiguringChannelRouting 23
ConfiguringtheDefaultChannelPort 24
ConfiguringLowBandwidthModule 24
ConfiguringPublicIPAddressing 24
ConfiguringforIdenticalNodes 25
ConfiguringforNonIdenticalNodes 25
ManagingvCenterServerHeartbeatLicenseKeys 26
ConfiguringMessageQueueLogs 27
ConfiguringtheMaximumDiskUsage 27
SystemAdministrationandManagement
3 ServerProtection 31
ServerProtectionOverview 31
CheckingtheServerPairStatus 31
MonitoringtheStatusofServers 33
ConfiguringHeartbeatSettings 33
ConfigurePings 33
ConfigureFailover 33
ConfiguringResponseTimes 34
CommonAdministrativeTasksinvCenterServerHeartbeat 34
ForcingaSwitchover 34
RecoveringFromaFailover 35
ConfiguringSplitBrainAvoidance 36
4 NetworkProtection 39
CommunicationStatus 39
ReviewingtheVMwareChannelStatus 39