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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
Manually Stop and Start Applications
Procedure
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To stop all protected applications or start the stopped applications, at the top of the Applications: Summary
page, click the appropriate button.
DescriptionOption
The protected applications set stops. You can view the progress of the
stopping in the Applications Log pane.
Stop Applications
The applications start. You can view the progress of starting in the Applications
Log pane.
Start Applications
Configuring Applications
Use the Applications: Summary page to congure protected applications, enable, and disable protection and
monitoring. You can maintain applications without stopping vCenter Server Heartbeat or taking the full server
oine. During installation, vCenter Server Heartbeat sets default settings for application congurations but
accepts modications to the congurations settings.
To congure applications:
Procedure
1 Click Congure on the Applications: Summary page.
Within the Applications Conguration dialog, you can perform the following:
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Protect services and start monitoring applications
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Unprotect currently protected services and stop monitoring currently monitored applications
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Enable/disable Verbose Plugin logging
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Enable/disable Discover protected data at startup
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Congure the rule trigger count reset
2 After making modications to the conguration, click OK.
Application Maintenance Mode
Use the Applications: Summary page to disable application protection and service monitoring for maintenance
purposes.
To perform manual maintenance:
Procedure
1 On the Applications: Summary page, click Congure.
2 Select Unprotect services and stop monitoring all applications (for manual application maintenance).
3 Perform the required maintenance.
4 When maintenance is complete, on the Applications: Summary page of vCenter Server Heartbeat Console,
click Congure.
5 Select Protect services and monitor all applications (recommended).
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