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Table Of Contents
- Administrator Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Server Protection
- Checking the Server Pair Status
- Monitoring the Status of Servers
- Configuring Heartbeat Settings
- Network Protection
- Application Protection
- Applications: Summary Tab
- Resetting the Application Health Status
- Viewing Application Status
- Setting the Application Timeout Exception
- Remove an Application
- Manually Stop and Start Applications
- Configuring Applications
- Application Maintenance Mode
- Reviewing the State of an Application
- Reviewing the Applications Log
- Filtering Application Log Entries
- Applications: Services Tab
- Applications: Tasks Tab
- Applications: Plug-ins Tab
- Applications: Summary Tab
- Status and Control
- About vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
- Working with Groups
- Working with Pairs in vCenter Server Heartbeat Groups
- Reviewing the Status of vCenter Server Heartbeat Groups and Pairs
- Exiting vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
- Shutting Down Windows Without Stopping vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Controlled Shutdown
- vSphere Web Client Plug-in
- Uninstalling vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Performance Protection
- Data Protection
- Alerts and Events
- Troubleshooting
- Two Active or Two Passive Servers
- Synchronization Failures
- Registry Status is Out-of-Sync
- Channel Drops
- Performance Issues
- Passive Server Does Not Meet Minimum Hardware Requirements
- Hardware or Driver Issues on VMware Channel NICs
- Firewall Connection
- Channel Fails to Connect After Configuring Firewall Ports
- Incorrect VMware Channel Configuration
- VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Packet Filter Is Enabled on the Channel NIC(s)
- Subnet or Routing Issues
- MaxDiskUsage Errors
- Application Slowdown
- Glossary
Configuring the Client Connection Port
Clients such as the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console use the Client Connection Port to connect to vCenter Server
Heartbeat. Do not change this port unless another application is using it.
Procedure
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To change the Client Connection Port, click the Machine tab, edit the default entry (52267) and click Next
or Finish.
Configuring the VMware Channel
The Congure Server wizard Channel tab is used to congure the Channel Routing, Default Channel Port, and
Low Bandwidth Optimization.
Configuring Channel Routing
Channel IP routing denes the IP addresses used to communicate between the Primary and Secondary servers.
Each link has a pair of addresses, one for the Primary, and one for the Secondary.
To add an additional VMware Channel after installing the NICs and conguring them:
Procedure
1 Click the Channel tab. Click Add Row to add the new IP addresses for both the Primary and Secondary
server to the VMware Channel IP Routing table.
2 Use the drop-down menu to view a list of available IP addresses on the local server.
3 Type the remote server IP address.
Figure 2- 3. Configure Server wizard — Channel Tab
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