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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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The Administrator Guide provides information about configuring VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat network
protection, application protection, data protection, Split-brain Avoidance, and more. To help you protect your
VMware vCenter Server, this book provides an overview of the protection offered by vCenter Server
Heartbeat and the actions that vCenter Server Heartbeat can take in the event of a network, hardware, or
application failure.
Intended Audience
This guide assumes the reader has a working knowledge of networks including the configuration of TCP/IP
protocols and domain administration on the Windows™ 2003 and 2008 platforms, notably in Active Directory
and DNS.
VMware Technical Publications Glossary
VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that might be unfamiliar to you. For definitions
of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
Overview of Content
This guide is designed to give guidance on the configuration and administration of vCenter Server Heartbeat,
and is organized into the following sections:
Preface — About This Book (this chapter) provides an overview of this guide and the conventions used
throughout.
Chapter 1 — Introduction presents an overview of vCenter Server Heartbeat concepts including the
Switchover and Failover processes.
Chapter 2 — Configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat shows you how to use the Server Configuration Wizard
to configure your new installation of vCenter Server Heartbeat.
Chapter 3 — Server Protection gives an overview of how vCenter Server Heartbeat provides protection
against server system crash or server hardware failure, shows you how to check the server pair status, and
explains how to configure settings, shutdown options, and Split-Brain Avoidance.
Chapter 4 — Network Protection describes how vCenter Server Heartbeat protects against network failure
and provides a way to monitor communication status. It also explains how to configure public network
connection checks and maximum server time difference.
Chapter 5 — Application Protection discusses how vCenter Server Heartbeat maintains the protected
application environment ensuring that applications and services stay alive on the network.
Chapter 6 — Status and Control introduces you to the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console and shows you
how to configure its look and feel.
About This Book