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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Server Heartbeat Administrator's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- vCenter Server Heartbeat Monitoring
- Supported vCenter Server Heartbeat Clients
- vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
- vSphere Web Client Plug-in
- vSphere Client Plug-in
- Server Monitoring
- Network Monitoring
- Application Monitoring
- Performance Monitoring
- Monitoring Data Replication
- Managing vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Server Configuration Wizard
- Managing Heartbeat Settings
- Managing Application Protection
- Managing Services
- Managing Tasks
- Managing Rules
- Managing Plug-ins
- Managing Data Protection
- Maintaining vCenter Server Heartbeat
- vCenter Server Heartbeat Diagnostics
- Collecting Diagnostic Logs
- Two Active or Two Passive Nodes
- Synchronization Failures
- Registry Status is Out-of-Sync
- Channel Drops
- Performance Issues
- Passive Node 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 vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
Start vCenter Server Heartbeat Console from any node of the vCenter Server Heartbeat Pair.
Procedure
1 Right-click the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat interactive status icon on the Windows tool tray (located
on the right side of the Windows tool bar). The vCenter Server Heartbeat quick access menu opens.
2 Select Manage Server.
The vCenter Server Heartbeat Console opens in a window and displays the Heartbeat Servers (overview)
pane.
Note Alternatively you can start vCenter Server Heartbeat Console from the VMware program group on
the Windows Start menu.This is the only method supported if vCenter Server Heartbeat Console has
been installed on a workstation that is not part of the Pair.
Navigate vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
After vCenter Server Heartbeat Console is running, use the navigation panel on the left of the vCenter Server
Heartbeat Console window to view and select Groups and Pair connections you can manage with vCenter
Server Heartbeat Console.
Note A Group is an arbitrary collection of vCenter Server Heartbeat Pairs used for organization.
A Connection, or Pair Connection allows vCenter Server Heartbeat Console to communicate with a vCenter
Server Heartbeat Pair either on the same machine or remotely.
See “Adding a vCenter Server Group,” on page 22 and “Adding a New Connection,” on page 23 for information
on how to add Groups and Pair Connections to vCenter Server Heartbeat Console.
The selection of the Group or Pair you make in the navigation panel provides information related to only the
selected Group or Pair. To avoid confusion, pay particular attention to the selection in the navigation panel
when managing more than one Group or Pair.
Note Groups and Pairs are not automatically detected by vCenter Server Heartbeat Console. Each Group
or Pair you intend to manage must be added to vCenter Server Heartbeat Console before you can use it to
view status or change settings for that Group or Pair Connection.
Select a Pair in the navigation panel of vCenter Server Heartbeat to show a set of tabs and sub-tabs that offer
detailed status and control of the associated vCenter Server Heartbeat node in the Pair.
Changing the Font for vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
You can change the font used in the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console interface.
Procedure
1 Select Font Selection from the Preferences menu.The Font Selection dialog opens.
2 In the Style pane, scroll to and click to select a font.
3 In the Size: text box, type a new numeric (point) size or use the arrow buttons to change the font size.
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