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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 User Name and Password Settings
The Edit User Name and Password feature in vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to change the User
Name and Password settings used to connect to a given Pair.
Procedure
1 Select a connection in the navigation panel and select Edit User Name and Password from the File menu or
right-click on the Connection in the navigation panel and select Edit User Name and Password from the
menu to display the Edit User Name and Password dialog.
2 Type new values for User Name and Password into the corresponding text boxes.
3 Click OK.
Reviewing the Status of vCenter Server Heartbeat Groups and Pairs
Click on the top level of the Heartbeat Servers page in the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console to view a list of all
managed Pairs and a quick status of the protected applications, network, les system, and registry settings for
each Group. The status hyperlinks in the overview window links to pages that provide more specic related
information and management controls.
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The Server connection name to view the Server: Summary page
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The Applications status to view the Applications: Summary page
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The Network status to view the Network Monitoring page
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The File System or Registry status to view the Data: Replication page
Exiting vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
Procedure
1 Click Exit on the File menu.
The Conrm Exit message appears.
2 Click Yes.
Shutting Down Windows Without Stopping vCenter Server Heartbeat
Always stop vCenter Server Heartbeat before attempting to shut down Microsoft Windows. If an attempt is
made to shut down Windows without stopping vCenter Server Heartbeat, a conrmation message is displayed.
When the conrmation message is displayed, click Cancel and stop vCenter Server Heartbeat before attempting
Windows shut down again.
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