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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
Procedure
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After acknowledging the problem and solving it, click Clear in the Application Health pane of the Applications:
Summary page to reset the Application Health status.
The status updates to provide the actual current Application Health status.
Viewing Application Status
After an application starts and is running, you can view its status in the Applications pane of the Applications:
Summary page.
Setting the Application Timeout Exception
vCenter Server Heartbeat can alert the Administrator if the time taken to start or stop the entire application
exceeds the expected time during the following operations:
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vCenter Heartbeat startup
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Shutdown with protected applications
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Switchover
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Failover
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When the Administrator selects Start Application
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When the Administrator selects Stop Application
Note If there are multiple applications installed, vCenter Server Heartbeat will total the individual timeouts
set for each application and issue a single Application Timeout Exception alert.
Configuring Timeout Settings
Note The Start Timeout value should be congured according to vCenter inventory size and the Stop Timeout
values according to inventory size and operational load. For example, if the inventory is large (more than 500
hosts and 15K Virtual machines, the Start time can be 20-30 minutes. Use the Start Timeout experienced as a
guide to assist in determining the Stop Timeout value.
Procedure
1 Right-click on the application and select Edit from the menu or select the application and click Edit at the
top of the pane to invoke the Edit Application dialog.
2 Enter new values into the Stop Timeout and Start Timeout text boxes or use the arrow buttons to adjust the
values (seconds).
3 ClickOK.
Remove an Application
Procedure
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To remove an application, select the application in the Applications pane of the Applications: Summary page
and click Remove at the top of the pane.
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