6.4
Table Of Contents
- Administrator Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started
- Introduction
- Configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat
- System Administration and Management
- Server Protection
- Network Protection
- Application Protection
- Application Protection Overview
- Applications: Applications Tab
- Reset the Application Health Status
- View Application Status
- Setting the Application Timeout Exception
- Remove an Application
- Manually Start and Stop Applications
- Configuring Applications
- Application Maintenance Mode
- Reviewing the State of an Application
- Reviewing the Applications Log
- Filtering Application Log Entries
- Applications: Services Tab
- Applications: Tasks Tab
- Applications: Plug-ins Tab
- 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
- Controlled Shutdown
- vSphere Client Plug-in
- Uninstall vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Performance Protection
- Data Protection
- Alerts and Events
- 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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The following table lists the possible system statuses and their meanings.
When viewing the status of the passive server, the status of the file system and registry are displayed
graphically. The following tables list possible synchronization statuses and their meanings.
Table 3-1. System Status
Status Icon Description
Heartbeat service
shutdown
The Heartbeat service is shut down
Initializing
Replicating (Normal status.) File and registry changes on the active server are
intercepted and replicated to the passive server. The protected applications
are monitored.
Not replicating File and registry replication is in the process of stopping and all protected
applications may be closing down.
Switching active
server
The system is in the process of performing a switchover.
Connecting to peer
server
VMware Channel connections have been established between the two
servers.
Disconnecting from
peer server
VMware Channel connections have been lost between the two servers.
Stopping replication File replication is in the process of being stopped and, optionally, all
protected applications may be closing down.
Starting replication The replication process is starting and protected applications are optionally
starting.
Starting as active
server
The Heartbeat service is initializing on the active server and starting
protected applications.
Heartbeat service
shutting down
The Heartbeat service is stopping. The Heartbeat service is shutting down,
and will no longer participate in replication. Optionally, protected
applications may be stopped.
Lost active server The passive server has lost connection to the active server. If this condition
persists for the failover timeout, and failover is permitted between the pair
of servers, then a failover will occur.
Active following
failover
Not participating
Server not
responding
The Heartbeat service cannot be contacted on the server.
Table 3-2. File Synchronization Status
Status Icon Description
Synchronized Fully synchronized
Unchecked There are files that are currently unchecked. A full system check did not
complete
Out of Sync Not synchronized
Uninitialized