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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 Connection
The Edit Connection feature in the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to change the Port Number for
existing connections.
Procedure
1 In the navigation panel, select the connection you want to change and select Edit Connection from the File
menu or right-click an existing connection in the navigation panel and select Edit Connection from the
menu to display the Edit Connection dialog.
Note When a congured connection is not found, an error message may be displayed. Click Edit
Connection to recongure the connection.
2 Type the new value for the Port Number into the text box, or use the Up or Down arrow controls to the
right of the text box to select a new value.
3 Click OK.
Moving a Connection
The Move Connection feature in vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to reassign an existing Pair to a
dierent Group.
Procedure
1 Select the Pair in the navigation panel and click Move Connection in the tool bar, select Move Connection
from the File menu, or right-click on the Connection in the navigation panel and select Move Connection
from the menu to display the Move Connection dialog.
2 Select the destination Group to receive the Connection from the drop-down list.
3 click OK.
Removing a Connection
The Remove Connection feature in vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to remove an existing Connection.
Procedure
1 Select the Connection in the navigation panel and click Remove Connection in the tool bar, select Remove
Connection from the File menu, or right-click on the connection in the navigation panel and select Remove
Connection from the menu.
A conrmation dialog appears.
2 Click Yes.
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