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UnprotectedApplication
AnapplicationthatisnotmonitoredoritsdatareplicatedbyvCenterServerHeartbeat.
V VMwareChannel
TheIPcommunicationslinkusedbyvCenterServerHeartbeatforheartbeatandreplicationtraffic.
VMwarevCenterServerHeartbeat
Thecorereplicationandsystemmonitoringcomponent.
VMwarevCenterServerHeartbeatPacketFilter
Thenetworkcomponentinstalledonbothserversthatcontrolsnetworkvisibility.
VMwarevCenterServerHeartbeatSwitchoverandFailoverProcess
AvCenter
ServerHeartbeatuniqueprocesswherebythepassiveservergracefully(Switchover)or
unexpectedly(Failover)assumestheroleoftheactiveserverprovidingapplicationservicestoconnected
clients.
VirtualPrivateNetwork(VPN)
Aprivatedatanetworkthatusesthepublictelecommunicationinfrastructure,maintainingprivacy
throughtheuseofatunnelingprotocolandsecurityprocedures.
VMwareWebSite
TheVMwarewebsitededicatedtosupportpartnersandcustomersprovidingtechnicalinformation,
softwareupdates,andlicensekeygeneration.
W WindowsManagementInstrumentation(WMI)
Amanagementtechnologyusingscriptstomonitorandcontrolmanagedresourcesthroughoutthe
network.Resourcesincludeharddrives,filesystems,operatingsystemsettings,processes,services,
shares,registrysettings,networkingcomponents,eventlogs,users,andgroups.