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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
4 Click OK.
A conrmation message appears.
5 Click Yes to conrm the changes and restart vCenter Server Heartbeat Console to apply the new font
settings. Click No to restart later; the changes will be applied the next time vCenter Server Heartbeat
Console is started.
Working with Groups
vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to Group server pairs based upon logical organization such as business
function or category.
Adding a vCenter Server Group
The Add Group feature in vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to add new vCenter Server Heartbeat
Groups to manage.
Procedure
1 Open vCenter Server Heartbeat Console and click Add Group in the tool bar, select Add Group from the
File menu, or right-click an existing group in the navigation panel and select Add Group form the menu.
2 Type the name for the new group into the text box and click OK.
The newly created group appears in the navigation panel on the left of the vCenter Server Center Heartbeat
window.
Removing a vCenter Server Heartbeat Group
The Remove Group feature in vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to remove existing vCenter Server Heartbeat
Groups from management.
Procedure
1 Select the Group to be removed in the navigation panel of vCenter Server Heartbeat Console. Click Remove
Group in the tool bar or select Remove Group from the File menu.
A conrmation message appears.
2 Click Yes.
Working with Pairs in vCenter Server Heartbeat Groups
When you created a vCenter Server Heartbeat Group using the instructions in “Adding a vCenter Server
Group,” on page 57, you created an empty container. Next you must add the connections to the Pair or Pairs
that make up your new vCenter Server Heartbeat Group.
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