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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
Starting or Stopping Replication Using vSphere Web Client
Procedure
1 Select the Heartbeat tab of vSphere Web Client.
2 Click either Stop Replication or Start Replication as appropriate.
Uninstalling vCenter Server Heartbeat
Under normal conditions it is not necessary to uninstall vCenter Server Heartbeat. Should the need arise,
vCenter Server Heartbeat can be uninstalled easily allowing you to retain current log information.
Note To ensure that protected application(s) are available after VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat has been
uninstalled, it is necessary to ensure that only one server (Primary or Secondary) be left on the network. VMware
strongly recommends that only one of the two servers is left on the network. You should leave only the currently
active server on the network. An unstable environment may result if both servers are left connected. If the
passive server is a virtual machine, the image can be deleted and the uninstall procedure applied only to the
active server.
Procedure
1 From the Windows Start menu, navigate to the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat program group and
select Uninstall or Modify. The Setup wizard starts and detects the presence of installed components and
provides a means for their removal.
2 Select the Uninstall option and click Next.
3 Follow the instructions provided in the Setup wizard to stop vCenter Server Heartbeat. You can shut
down vCenter Server Heartbeat from the system tray icon or from its console.
4 After the application is stopped, click Next.
5 Verify that all programs associated with VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat are closed. Click Next.
6 The Setup wizard prompts you to select whether to leave the current server on the network. In a typical
uninstall process, the active server remains on the network to continue providing application services to
end users, and the passive server is removed from the network.
7 Select whether to leave the server on the network or to remove it from the network following completion
of the uninstall process.
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If you select Leave this server on the network after uninstall and click Next to proceed to the next step,
the uninstall process starts and the vCenter Server Heartbeat components are removed.
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If you select Leave this server o the network after uninstall, the Rename server to text box becomes active
and you can specify the new computer name for the server that will be renamed. Click Next to start
the uninstall process.
Note After the uninstall process completes, you will be notied of any les that could not be removed
and advised to delete them manually. The SupportLogs directory is also left behind. This is intentional
and should not be deleted in the event you need to submit a support request.
8 Click Next.
The Setup wizard noties you that VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat and its associated components have
been uninstalled from the system.
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