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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
Adding a User-Defined Exclusion Filter
Exclusion lters create a subset of an Inclusion Filter to specify items to exclude from protection.
Procedure
1 In the Data: File Filters pane, click Add Exclusion Filter to display the Add Exclusion 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.
Editing User Defined Inclusion/Exclusion Filters
Existing Inclusion and Exclusion Filters can be edited using the procedure below.
Procedure
1 Selecting the lter on the Data: File Filters page.
2 Click Edit at the top of the File Filters pane or right-click the lter and select Edit from the menu. Edit the
value in the Pattern: text box by typing over the current le lter denition.
3 Click OK.
Removing User-Defined Filters
When necessary, user dened Inclusion Filters and Exclusion lters can be removed.
Procedure
1 Select the lter in the Data: File Filters list and click Remove, or right-click on the lter in the Data: File
Filters list and select Remove from the menu.
A conrmation message appears.
2 ClickYes to remove the lter.
Automatic Filter Discovery
When Administrators make changes to the conguration, vCenter Server Heartbeat automatically adjusts le
lter protection for protected locations. Additionally, the SQL Server plug-in provides database protection
including changes or additions to the database and log les.
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