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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
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Contents
About This Book 7
Getting Started
1 Introduction 11
vCenter Server Heartbeat Concepts 11
Architecture Overview 11
vCenter Server Heartbeat Protection Levels 12
vCenter Server Heartbeat Communications 15
vCenter Server Heartbeat Switchover and Failover Processes 16
2 Configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat 19
Server Configuration Wizard 19
Configuring the Machine 20
Configuring the Channel 20
Configuring Public IP Addressing 22
Configuring Principal (Public) IP Addressing 22
Managing vCenter Server Heartbeat License Keys 23
Configuring the Logs 23
System Administration and Management
3 Server Protection 27
Server Protection Overview 27
Checking the Server Pair Status 27
Monitoring the Status of Servers 29
Configuring Heartbeat Settings 29
Configure Pings 29
Configure Failover 29
Configuring Response Times 30
Configuring Split-Brain Avoidance 30
Common Administrative Tasks in vCenter Server Heartbeat 31
Forcing a Switchover 31
Recovering From a Failover 32
Applying Patches with vCenter Server Heartbeat Installed 33
4 Network Protection 37
Communication Status 37
Reviewing the VMware Channel Status 37
Configuring Public Network Connection Checks 37
Setting Max Server Time Difference 38
5 Application Protection 39
Application Protection Overview 39