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Chapter 2 vCenter Server Heartbeat Installation
Server Architecture
Virtual to Virtual (V2V) is the supported architecture when vCenter Server is already installed on the
production (Primary) server running on a virtual machine. VMware vCenter virtual machine is used for
creating a cloned image of the Primary server (Pre-Clone) for use as a Secondary server. The Secondary virtual
machine must meet the following minimum requirements.
 Similar CPU (including resource management settings)
 Memory configuration (including resource management settings)
 Appropriate resource pool priorities
 Operating System version and Service Pack
 Each virtual machine used in the V2V pair must be on a separate ESX host to guard against failure at the
host level.
 Each virtual NIC must use a separate virtual switch.
Application Component Options
vCenter Server Heartbeat provides protection for the following components:
 vCenter Server Version 4.0
 VMware vCenter Server
 VMware Guided Consolidation Service
 VMware License Sever
 VMware ADAM
 VMware vCenter Management Web Server
 VMware vCenter Update Manager
 VMware vCenter Converter
 VMware vCenter Orchestrator
 VMware vSphere Host Update Utility
 VMware vSphere Client
 vCenter Server Version 4.1
 VMware vCenter Server
 VMware Guided Consolidation Service
 VMware License Sever
 VMware ADAM
 VMware vCenter Management Web Server
 VMware vCenter Update Manager
 VMware vCenter Converter
 VMware vCenter Orchestrator
 VMware vSphere Host Update Utility
 VMware vSphere Client
 VMware View Composer 1.1 and 2.0
 VMware View Composer
 VMware Universal File Access
 vCenter Converter Enterprise
 SQL Server Versions
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP1-SP3
 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 including SP2