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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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This chapter includes the following topics:
“vCenter Server Heartbeat Console” on page 47
“About vCenter Server Heartbeat Console” on page 47
“Navigate vCenter Server Heartbeat Console” on page 48
“Change the Font for vCenter Server Heartbeat Console” on page 48
“Work with Groups and Pairs” on page 48
“Add or Remove a vCenter Server Group” on page 48
“Add, Edit, Move, and Remove Pairs in VCenter Server Heartbeat Groups” on page 49
“Controlled Shutdown” on page 51
“vSphere Client Plug-in” on page 52
“Uninstall vCenter Server Heartbeat” on page 53
vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
vCenter Server Heartbeat operates over a Pair of vCenter Server Heartbeat servers and is administered in these
Pairs.
The vCenter Server Heartbeat Console is used to carry out the day-to-day administration of one or more Pairs
of servers.
The vCenter Server Heartbeat Console runs from either of the two servers in the Pair or remotely from another
machine in the same subnet that has vCenter Server Heartbeat or the vCenter Server Heartbeat Client Tools
installed.
About vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
You can start vCenter Server Heartbeat Console from any server in the vCenter Server Heartbeat Pair.
To start vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
1 Right-click the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat interactive status icon on the Windows too tray (located
on the right side of the Windows tool bar). The vCenter Server Heartbeat quick access menu opens.
2 Select Manage Server The vCenter Server Heartbeat Console opens in a window and shows the Heartbeat
Servers (overview) pane.
Status and Control
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NOTE You can install vCenter Server Heartbeat on a Windows XP and Windows Vista SP1 or later workstation
to act as a client to the server Pair or Windows Server 2003. Run setup.exe from the setup CD folder on the
workstation and select Install Client Tools under the installation set.