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Chapter7PerformanceProtectiondescribeshowvCenterServerHeartbeatmonitorssystemand
applicationattributestopreventanunexpectedsystemorapplicationfailure.
Chapter8DataProtectiondiscusseshowvCenterServerHeartbeatinterceptsalldatawrittenbyusers
andprotectedapplicationsandmaintainsacopyofthisdataforuseincaseoffailure.
Chapter9OtherAdministrativeTasksdiscussesadditionaltasksfortheadministratortoconfigure
systemloggingandalertingfunctions.
Chapter10Troubleshootingprovidestechniquestotroubleshootcommonissuesandunexpected
behaviors.
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Table 1. Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
Channel VMwareChannel
NIC NetworkInterfaceCard
P2P PhysicaltoPhysical
P2V PhysicaltoVirtual
V2V VirtualtoVirtual