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QuickStart Guide
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9The Setup Type page appears. Because this is a new installation of vCenter Server Heartbeat, select Install
vCenter Server Heartbeat and click Next.
10 Select the physical identity of the server on the Physical Hardware Identity page. Select Primary as the
server identity and click Next.
11 Read the license agreement carefully and select I accept terms of the License Agreement. Click Next.
12 Click Add to enter a valid serial number for production mode or click Next to install in the evaluation
mode.
13 Select LAN for the network topology and in the Deploy Heartbeat Cluster across pane, select
Non-identical since you are using a non-updatable DNS server. Click Next.
14 The Pre-Clone option uses the VMware vCenter virtual machine cloning to create a clone of the Primary
server in a V2V architecture while the Install Clone option is used for a P2V or P2P architecture. Select the
Pre-Clone option and click Next.
15 Configure the installation paths. The default installation location is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware
vCenter Server Heartbeat, but you can change it by manually typing a path to another install location.
Alternatively, click Browse to select a different location. Select Create icons on Desktop and click Next.
16 Identify the network adapter(s) for use in the VMware Channel on the Channel Adapter Identification
page. Select the network adapters (NICs) for the VMware Channel from the list. Click the adapter name
to display the selected NIC properties in the lower pane. You must select at least one NIC to proceed with
the installation.
N
OTE The left pane of each page in the setup wizard provides information about the setup process.
N
OTE The path of the VMware installation folder cannot contain Unicode characters. If vCenter Server
Heartbeat is installed in a folder that has a path containing Unicode characters, this causes the Neverfail
Server R2 service to fail to start. The path of the VMware installation folder can only contain lower and
upper case letters A to Z, digits from 0 to 9, and the following special characters: space \ _ - ( ) . :
Additionally, vCenter Server Heartbeat does not support file or folder names ending with a period “.” or
space “ “.