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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
Contents
About This Book 5
Introduction 9
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vCenter Server Heartbeat Concepts 9
vCenter Server Heartbeat Protection Levels 10
vCenter Server Heartbeat Communications 13
vCenter Server Heartbeat Switchover and Failover Processes 15
Conguring vCenter Server Heartbeat 19
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Launching the Congure Server Wizard 20
Conguring the Machine 21
Conguring the VMware Channel 22
Conguring Public IP Addressing 24
Managing vCenter Server Heartbeat License Keys 26
Conguring the Logs 27
Server Protection 29
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Checking the Server Pair Status 29
Monitoring the Status of Servers 31
Conguring Heartbeat Settings 31
Network Protection 41
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Communications Status 41
Reviewing the VMware Channel Status 41
Conguring Public Network Connection Checks 42
Enabling Automatic Switchover in a WAN 42
Setting Max Server Time Dierence 43
Application Protection 45
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Applications: Summary Tab 45
Applications: Services Tab 48
Applications: Tasks Tab 51
Applications: Plug-ins Tab 53
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