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Chapter 3 Installation Verification
Exercise Three
Perform a switchover using vCenter Server Heartbeat Console. Perform this exercise after completing
Exercises One and Two.
Local users are aware that the service is unavailable for the duration of this exercise.
Starting Conditions
Both the File System and Registry Status are Synchronized.
Actions
Results
Application service transferred from the originally active machine to the originally passive machine.
Document the application-client behavior for future reference.
Table 3-3. Exercise Three Actions
Machine Activity Result
vCenter Server
Heartbeat Console
Click Switchover and confirm. The vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
displays the services stopping on the active
server. Once all services are stopped, the active
server becomes passive and the passive server
becomes active. The Console shows the
services starting on the newly active server.
Both the File and Registry status are
Synchronized.
Any Confirm application performance and
availability meets previously defined criteria.
Verify that client applications are running as
expected after the switchover process.
Service as usual. You might have to refresh or
restart some client applications as a result of a
switchover.