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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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Chapter 6 Status and Control
5 The Heartbeat Plug-in is displayed.
Performing a switchover using vSphere Client
1 Select the Heartbeat tab of vSphere Client.
2 Click either Make Primary Active or Make Secondary Active as appropriate.
3 When prompted accept the security certificate to complete the operation.
Stop or start replication
1 Select the Heartbeat tab of vSphere Client.
2 Click either Stop Replication or Start Replication as appropriate.
Uninstall vCenter Server Heartbeat
Under normal conditions it is not necessary to uninstall vCenter Server Heartbeat. Should the need arise,
vCenter Server Heartbeat can be uninstalled easily allowing you to retain current log information.
N
OTE Each time you perform a Make Active opearation from the vSphere Client you must accept the
security certificate.
After performing a Make Active operation, the Heartbeat tab may fail to display properly. To update the
Heartbeat tab, restart vSphere Client.
N
OTE After a switchover or failover, should vSphere Client fail to authenticate when it attemps to
connect, select the use Windows Credentials checkbox.