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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
4 Click OK.
A confirmation message appears.
5 Click Yes to confirm the changes and restart vCenter Server Heartbeat Console to apply the new font
settings. Click No to restart later; the changes will be applied the next time vCenter Server Heartbeat
Console is started.
Working with Groups
vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to Group pairs based upon logical organization such as business function
or category.
Adding a vCenter Server Group
The Add Group feature in vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to add new vCenter Server Heartbeat
Groups to manage.
Procedure
1 Open vCenter Server Heartbeat Console and click Add Group in the tool bar, select Add Group from the
File menu, or right-click an existing group in the navigation panel and select Add Group from the menu.
2 Type the name for the new group into the text box and click OK.
The newly created group appears in the navigation panel on the left of the vCenter Server Center Heartbeat
window.
Removing a vCenter Server Heartbeat Group
The Remove Group feature in vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to remove existing vCenter Server Heartbeat
Groups from management.
Procedure
1 Select the Group to be removed in the navigation panel of vCenter Server Heartbeat Console. Click
Remove Group in the tool bar or select Remove Group from the File menu.
A confirmation message appears.
2 Click Yes.
Working with Pairs in vCenter Server Heartbeat Groups
When you created a vCenter Server Heartbeat Group using the instructions in “Adding a vCenter Server Group,”
on page 22, you created an empty container.You must add connections to the Pair or Pairs that make up your
new vCenter Server Heartbeat Group to enable management of them.
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