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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
Controlled Shutdown
A Controlled Shutdown is the process where the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat service is able to delay a
system shutdown for a sucient period to perform all of the necessary steps required to stop the applications
and replication in a synchronized state. The Controlled Shutdown is intended for situations where an unattended
planned shutdown of the server is necessary. When congured in the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console Data:
Replication page, this feature allows vCenter Server Heartbeat to gracefully shutdown in the absence of the
administrator.
vSphere Web Client Plug-in
During installation of vCenter Server Heartbeat, Setup installs a plug-in for vSphere Web Client that allows
you to view or manage vCenter Server Heartbeat, depending on your user account permissions, from the
integrated vSphere Web Client. The Heartbeat tab of the vSphere Web Client provides the status of vCenter
Server Heartbeat and provides administrators the ability to perform basic vCenter Server Heartbeat management
functions such as perform a switchover or stop and start replication.
Note Use of vCenter Server Heartbeat Plug-in for vSphere Web Client requires that Adobe Flash Player 10.0
or later is installed. If Adobe Flash Player 10.0 or later is not installed prior to installation of vCenter Server
Heartbeat, selecting the Heartbeat tab in vSphere Web Client for the rst time will provide an opportunity to
download Adobe Flash Player 10.0 from the internet and install it.
When using the Heartbeat Plug-in for the rst time (selecting the Heartbeat tab), you must be connected to the
internet.
Launching the Heartbeat Plug-in for vSphere Web Client
The Heartbeat Plug-in is integrated with vSphere Web Client and allows you to administer your server Pair.
Procedure
1 Login to vSphere Web Client.
2 Select vCenter in the navigation pane of vSphere Web Client.
The vCenter pane is displayed.
3 Under the Inventory Lists, select vCenter Servers.
A list of manageable vCenter Servers is displayed by Fully Qualied Domain Names (FQDN).
4 Select the FQDN of the vCenter Server to be managed.
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