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After acknowledging the problem and solving it, click Clear to reset the Application Health status. The status
updates to provide the actual current Application Health status.
View Application Status
After an application starts and is running, you can view its status in the Applications pane of the Applications:
Summary page.
Setting the Application Timeout Exception
vCenter Server Heartbeat can alert the Administrator if the time taken to start or stop the entire application
exceeds the expected time during the following operations:
 vCenter Heartbeat startup
 Shutdown with protected applications
 Switchover
 Failover
 When the Administrator selects Start Application
 When the Administrator selects Stop Application
Configure timeout settings
1 Right-click on the application and select Edit from the menu or select the application and click Edit at the
top of the pane to invoke the Edit Application dialog.
2 Enter new values into the Stop Timeout and Start Timeout text boxes or use the arrow buttons to adjust
the values (seconds). Click OK.
Remove an Application
To remove an application, select the application (in the Applications pane) and do one of the following:
 Right-click on the application and select Remove from the menu.
Alternatively, click Remove at the top of the pane.
Manually Start and Stop Applications
To stop all protected applications, click Stop Applications (at the top of the Applications: Summary page).
The protected applications set stops. You can view the progress of the stopping in the Applications Log pane.
To start the stopped applications, click Start Applications (at the top of the Applications: Summary page). The
applications start. You can view the progress of the starting in the Applications Log pane.
N
OTE vCenter Server Heartbeat does not issue the timeout warning when it is performing the service
restart recovery action provided by the periodic service monitoring. If there are multiple applications
installed, vCenter Server Heartbeat will total the individual timeouts set for each application and issue a
single Application Timeout Exception alert.
N
OTE The Start Timeout value should be configured according to vCenter inventory size and the Stop
Timeout values according to inventory size and operational load. For example, if the inventory is large (more
than 500 hosts and 15K Virtual machines, the Start time can be 20-30 minutes. Use the Start Timeout
experienced as a guide to assist in determining the Stop Timeout value.