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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
File Filters
File lters dictate which les are protected and the disk I/O operations to intercept and replicate to the passive
server. File lters also allow you to customize the inclusion and exclusion of les from the replication process.
The File Filters pane of the Data: File Filters page allows you to set up and manage Inclusion and Exclusion
lters.
The File Filters pane contains three columns:
Table 8- 2. File Filter Pane
DescriptionColumn
The Filter column lists the pattern for protecting les and folders on the active server.Filter
The State column identies the lter as Eective, Subset (contained within another lter), or Not Eective (not
contained within another lter). An Eective lter is properly congured and functions to protect (replicate)
the stipulated les to the passive server.
State
The Detail column describes the le lter details based upon the state of the le lter.Detail
Determining Effective Filters
An Eective Filter is the result of the remainder of the les and folders stipulated in the Inclusion Filter after
removing the les and folders in the Exclusion Filter. Filters are compared with each other, and if one lter is
a superset of another, the superset lter is used. You can congure a single, general lter to replace le servers
with 1000s of individual shares requested by a plug-in.
Adding a User-Defined Inclusion Filter
Inclusion lters create a subset of les to specify items to include for protection.
Procedure
1 In the Data: File Filters pane, click Add Inclusion Filter to display the Add Inclusion Filter dialog.
2 Type the complete path and pattern, specify a pattern containing wildcards, or click Browse to locate the
le or folder.
3 Click OK.
There are two forms of wildcards available, * which matches all les in the folder and **, which matches
all les, subfolders, and the les in the subfolders of the folder. After dening the lter, you can add
additional Inclusion Filters.
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