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Table Of Contents
Contents
About This Book 5
Introduction 9
1
vCenter Server Heartbeat Concepts 9
vCenter Server Heartbeat Protection Levels 10
vCenter Server Heartbeat Communications 13
vCenter Server Heartbeat Switchover and Failover Processes 15
Conguring vCenter Server Heartbeat 19
2
Launching the Congure Server Wizard 20
Conguring the Machine 21
Conguring the VMware Channel 22
Conguring Public IP Addressing 24
Managing vCenter Server Heartbeat License Keys 26
Conguring the Logs 27
Server Protection 29
3
Checking the Server Pair Status 29
Monitoring the Status of Servers 31
Conguring Heartbeat Settings 31
Network Protection 41
4
Communications Status 41
Reviewing the VMware Channel Status 41
Conguring Public Network Connection Checks 42
Enabling Automatic Switchover in a WAN 42
Setting Max Server Time Dierence 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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