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4 Enter the credentials of a domain account that is a member of the Domain Admins group, Enterprise
Admins group, or one that has been delegated Administrator rights and click OK.
5 Once the account has been successfully added to the list, click Close.
6In the Tasks pane, select the Network Configuration task Set SPN (Primary).
7Click Edit.
8In the Edit Task dialog, in the Run As: drop-down field, select an account with appropriate rights (the
account previously added).
9Click OK.
10 In the Tasks pane, select the Network Configuration task Set SPN (Secondary).
11 Click Edit.
12 In the Edit Task dialog, in the Run As: drop-down field, select an account with appropriate rights (the
account previously added).
13 Click OK.
14 After successfully configuring the correct credentials, select the Set SPN (Primary) task and click Run
Now.
Installing the View Composer Plug-in
After installation you must install the View Composer Plug-in.
To install the View Composer Plug-in after vCenter Server Heartbeat has been installed
1 Ensure that View Composer has been installed on both the Primary and Secondary servers with the same
configuration settings.
2 Launch the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console.
3 Navigate to Applications: Plug-ins and click Install.
4 Browse to the plug-in file located at:
<unzipped_folder>\<vCenterServerHeartbeatVersion-x86/x64>\plugins\ViewComposer\Vie
wComposerNFPlugin.dll.
5Click OK to install the View Composer Plug-in.
6View the Plugins pane to verify that ViewComposerNFPlugin.dll is present and was successfully
installed
vCenter Server with SQL Server on a Separate Host
When vCenter Server Heartbeat is installed in an environment where SQL Server is on a separate host from
vCenter Server, increase the default Heartbeat interval for the vCenter Server from 20 to 30 seconds to ensure
proper failover.