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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
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Chapter 4 — Network Protection describes how vCenter Server Heartbeat protects against network failure
and provides a way to monitor communication status. It also explains how to congure public network
connection checks and maximum server time dierence.
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Chapter 5 — Application Protection discusses how vCenter Server Heartbeat maintains the protected
application environment ensuring that applications and services stay alive on the network.
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Chapter 6 — Status and Control introduces you to the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console and shows you
how to congure its look and feel.
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Chapter 7 — Performance Protection describes how vCenter Server Heartbeat monitors system and application
attributes to prevent an unexpected system or application failure.
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Chapter 8 — Data Protection discusses how vCenter Server Heartbeat intercepts all data written by users
and protected applications and maintains a copy of this data for use in case of failure.
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Chapter 9 — Alerts and Events discusses additional tasks for the administrator to congure system logging
and alerting functions.
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Chapter 10 — Troubleshooting provides techniques to troubleshoot common issues and unexpected behaviors.
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Abbreviations Used in Figures
DescriptionAbbreviation
VMware ChannelChannel
Network Interface CardNIC
Physical to PhysicalP2P
Physical to VirtualP2V
Virtual to VirtualV2V
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