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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
Editing a Task
You can edit the interval of a task or disable a task.
To edit a task:
Procedure
1 Right-click on an existing task and select Edit from the menu or select the task and click Edit at the top of
the pane to invoke the Edit Task dialog.
2 Edit the parameters of the task.
3 Click OK.
Removing a Task
Procedure
1 To remove a task, select the task on the Applications: Task page and click Remove.
A conrmation message is displayed.
2 Click Yes.
Changing the Order of Tasks
Procedure
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To change the order of tasks, use the Up and Down arrows (near the top of the pane) or on the right-click
menu to change the order in which the tasks appear in the tasks list.
Starting a Task Manually
vCenter Server Heartbeat provides options to launch a task immediately, to launch a task after a designated
time period elapses, or following the occurrence of a specied event.
To launch the task immediately:
Procedure
1 Select the task from the task list.
2 Right-click on the existing task and select Run Now from the menu or clickRun Now at the top of the
pane.
vCenter Server Heartbeat immediately launches the task.
Viewing, Adding, and Removing User Accounts
vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to view, add, and remove user accounts used to run tasks.
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