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Chapter 2 vCenter Server Heartbeat Installation
To install vCenter Server Heartbeat Client Tools
1 Copy the self-extracting file to the client where it is to be installed.
2 Double-click the self-extracting file to initiate the installation process. The Setup Introduction dialog
appears. Review the information and click OK.
3The Self-Extractor dialog appears. Click Setup to continue.
4The Setup Type page appears. Because this is a vCenter Server Heartbeat Client Tools installation, select
Install Client Tools Only and click Next.
5 Read the license agreement carefully and select I accept terms of the License Agreement. Click Next.
6 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 one of these locations. Select Create icons on Desktop and click Next.
7 Review the summary of options and configuration information for the installation. Click Next.
8 Pre-install checks run to ensure the options selected are compatible with the environment. The Report
pane displays the results of the pre-install checks. If some pre-install checks are unsuccessful, click Back
to go back through the wizard, make the necessary changes, and run the pre-install checks again. If the
pre-install checks are successful, click Next.
9 The next page displays the progress of the installation. During this process, Setup installs the necessary
files and folders onto your system and applies the configuration you specified. Click Next after vCenter
Server Heartbeat Client Tools components are complete.
10 The Client Tools Installation Complete page is displayed. Click Finish.
Administering vCenter Server Heartbeat
To administer a pair of servers you must connect to them through the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console.
vCenter Server Heartbeat Console does not connect until vCenter Server Heartbeat initializes.
You can start vCenter Server Heartbeat Console from any server in the vCenter Server Heartbeat Pair.
To start vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
1 Right-click the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat interactive status icon on the Windows too tray. Select
Manage Server. The vCenter Server Heartbeat Console opens in a window and shows the Heartbeat
Servers (overview) pane.
Navigate vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
After vCenter Server Heartbeat Console is running, use the navigation panel on the left of the vCenter Server
Heartbeat Console window to view and select Groups and Pair connections you can manage with vCenter
Server Heartbeat Console. A group is an arbitrary collection of vCenter Server Heartbeat Pairs used for
organization while a Connection or Pair Connection allows vCenter Server Heartbeat Console to communicate
with a vCenter Server Heartbeat Pair either on the same machine or remotely.
N
OTE The path of the VMware installation folder cannot contain Unicode characters. 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 “ “.
NOTE Alternatively you can start vCenter Server Heartbeat Console from the VMware program group
on the Windows Start menu. This is the only method supported if vCenter Server Heartbeat Console has
been installed on a workstation that is not part of the Pair (using vCenter Server Heartbeat Client Tools).