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Eachtargetisallowed5seconds(default)torespond.Onslowernetworkswherelatencyandnetwork
collisionsarehigh,increasethisintervalbychangingthePingechotimeoutvalue.
ThefailureofallthreetargetstorespondisalloweduptotheAutoswitchoverifclientnetworkislostfor
threshold
value.Ifthefailurecountofallthreetargetsexceedsthisvalue,vCenterServerHeartbeatinitiates
anautoswitchover.
Setting Max Server Time Difference
vCenterServerHeartbeatgeneratesawarningifthePrimaryandSecondaryserversystemclocksarenot
synchronized.
To override the warning
1OpentheServer:SummaryConfiguredialogbyclickingtheConfigurebutton.
2Typeanumber(seconds)orusethearrowbuttonstoselectanalertthresholdvaluefortimedifference
betweenservers,whichis
checkedathandshakefollowingstartup.
3ClickOK.