6.3
Table Of Contents
- Administrator Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started
- Introduction
- Configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Server Configuration Wizard
- Configuring the Machine Identity
- Configuring the Server Role
- Configuring the Client Connection Port
- Configuring Channel Routing
- Configuring the Default Channel Port
- Configuring Low Bandwidth Module
- Configuring Public IP Addressing
- Configuring for Identical Nodes
- Configuring for Non-Identical Nodes
- Managing vCenter Server Heartbeat License Keys
- Configuring Message Queue Logs
- Configuring the Maximum Disk Usage
- System Administration and Management
- Server Protection
- Network Protection
- Application Protection
- Status and Control
- vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
- About vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
- Work with Groups and Pairs
- Add, Edit, Move, and Remove Pairs in VCenter Server Heartbeat Groups
- Review the Status of vCenter Server Heartbeat Groups and Pairs
- Exit vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
- Shut Down Windows Without Stopping vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Performance Protection
- Data Protection
- Data Protection Overview
- Other Administrative Tasks
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Unexpected Behaviors
- Two Active Servers
- Two Passive Servers
- Synchronization Failures
- Registry Status is Out of Sync
- Channel Drops
- Subnet or Routing Issues
- MaxDiskUsage Errors
- MaxDiskUsage Error Messages
- [L9]Exceeded the Maximum Disk Usage (VCChannelExceededMaxDiskUsageException)
- [L9]Exceeded the Maximum Disk Usage on the ACTIVE Server
- [L9]Exceeded the Maximum Disk Usage on the PASSIVE Server
- [L20]Out of Disk Space (VCChannelOutOfDiskSpaceException)
- Application Slowdown
- Poor Application Performance
- Both Servers Can Accommodate the Initial Load but the Load Has Increased
- One Server Can Provide Adequate Resource Support, but the Other Cannot
- Scheduled Resource Intensive Tasks
- Glossary
Reference Guide
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ChannelNIC(NetworkInterfaceCard)
AdedicatedsubnetusedbytheVMwareChannel.
ClonedServers
Twoserversinapairwiththesameconfigurationsettings,names,applications,SecurityIdentifiers(SIDs)
andIPaddresses,followingtheinstallationofvCenterServerHeartbeat.
CloningProcess
ThevCenterServerHeartbeatprocesswherebyallinstalledapplications,configurationsettings,
the
machinename,securityidentifier(SID),andIPaddressarecopiedtoasecondserver.
CrossoverCable
Anetworkcablethatcrossestransmitandreceivelines.
D DataReplication
Thetransmissionofprotecteddatachanges(filesandregistry)fromtheactivetothepassiveserver
throughtheVMwareChannel.
DeviceDrivers
Aprogramthatcontrolsahardwaredevice,linkingittotheoperatingsystem.
DisasterRecovery(DR)
Atermindicatinghowyoumaintainandrecoverdatainlightofa
disastersuchasahurricaneorfire.
vCenterServerHeartbeatachievesDRprotectionbyplacingtheSecondaryserveratonoffsitefacilityand
replicatingthedatathroughaWANlink.
DNS(DomainNameSystem)Server
ResponsibleforprovidingacentralizedresourceforclientstoresolveNetBIOSnamestoIPaddresses.
Domain
Alogical
groupofclientserverbasedmachineswheretheadministrationrightsacrossthenetworkare
maintainedinacentralizedresourcecalledadomaincontroller.
DomainController(DC)
Theserverresponsibleformaintainingprivilegestodomainresources,sometimescalledADcontrollerin
Windows2000andabovedomains.
F Failover
Theprocessbywhichthepassiveserverassumestheactiverolewhenitnolongerdetectsthattheactive
serverisaliveasaresultofacriticalunexpectedoutageorservercrash.
FullSystemCheck(FSC)
Theinternalprocessprogrammaticallystartedattheinitialconnectionofaserverpairor
manually
triggeredthroughthevCenterServerHeartbeatConsole.TheFSCverifiesthefilesandregistrykeys,and
synchronizesthedifferences.
FullyQualifiedDomainName(FQDN)
Alsoknownasanabsolutedomainname,aFQDNspecifiesitsexactlocationinthetreehierarchyofthe
DomainNameSystem(DNS).Itspecifiesalldomain
levels,includingthetop‐leveldomain,relativetothe
rootdomain.Example: somehost.example.com.,wherethetrailingdotindicatestherootdomain.
G Graceful(Clean)Shutdown
vCenterServerHeartbeatshutsdownwithnodatalossaftercompletingreplicationusingthevCenter
ServerHeartbeatConsole.