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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
5Application Protection
vCenter Server Heartbeat incorporates an Application Management Framework (AMFx) to manage vCenter
Server Heartbeat plug-ins.
The AMFx provides additional functions while maintaining the traditional stability of VMware software. Use
the AMFx to install and remove plug-ins on the y while vCenter Server Heartbeat continues to provide
protection to currently installed applications.
The AMFx also employs sponsorship for protected application les and services. With sponsorship, multiple
plug-ins can share les or services. When removing a plug-in, sponsorship prevents removal of a shared le
or service that is still required by a remaining plug-in.
vCenter Server Heartbeat uses the System plug-in to monitor the server performance. With the System plug-in,
you can congure a variety of counters and assign actions when associated rules are exceeded.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Applications: Summary Tab,” on page 45
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“Applications: Services Tab,” on page 48
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“Applications: Tasks Tab,” on page 51
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“Applications: Plug-ins Tab,” on page 53
Applications: Summary Tab
The Applications: Summary page displays the identity of the active server, the application state and health, details
of application types and their corresponding running status and health. From this page, you can start, stop,
and congure all protected applications. The lower pane provides an Applications Log that allows viewing of
application events as they occur. This page also provides controls to edit, remove, start, and stop applications,
and to congure and edit the conguration of all protected applications.
Resetting the Application Health Status
If a problem occurs (for example, a failed service or rule), the Application Health status becomes Degraded. Even
if vCenter Server Heartbeat corrects the problem (for example, restarts the failed service) or the user corrects
the problem, the Degraded status remains until manually cleared. In this state, the Service Discovery Task will
not run.
To reset the Application Health status
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