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Adding a New Connection
The Add Connection feature in the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to add a new Pair Connection
to an existing vCenter Server Heartbeat Group.
Procedure
1 In the navigation panel, select the vCenter Server Heartbeat Group to receive the new connection. Click
Add Connection in the tool bar, select Add Connection from the File menu, or right-click an existing group
in the navigation panel and select Add Connection to invoke the Add Connection dialog.
2 Type the Host Name or IP address for the new connection into the text box, select the Port Number (if
different from the default value of 52267), and select a group from the Add to Group drop-down list (to add
the connection to a Group other than the one currently selected).
3 Click the Alternate IPs button to add additional IPs for the node. Click OK.
Note The Add Connection dialog allows you to add additional Management IP addresses to the connection
for the node. In the event that the main IP address becomes unavailable, the vCenter Server Heartbeat
Console will attempt to use the alternate IP addresses to connect to vCenter Server Heartbeat.
The newly created connection appears in the navigation panel on the left of the vCenter Server Heartbeat
Console window and vCenter Server Heartbeat Console attempts to connect to the node.You may be
prompted to accept a secure connection certificate from the node.This allows communications between
vCenter Server Heartbeat Console and the node to be encrypted. To accept the certificate, click OK.
4 You may be prompted for credentials that allow you to have access to the node.Typically you will be
asked for these credentials the first time you connect from a particular client system. If so, enter a Username
that has administrator rights on the node that you are connecting to, enter the Password, and click OK.
Once you have connected to a particular node and have a valid secure connection certificate, the next
time you use vCenter Server Heartbeat Console on this client system it will automatically connect to the
node. If the certificate expires or becomes invalid, the connection may be removed from vCenter Server
Heartbeat Console requiring you to reconnect and accept the new certificate. If the IP address of the client
system changes, you may have to re-enter the username and password credentials.
Note The Server: Summary page updates to represent any existing network relationships of the added
node.
5 Enter the remaining connections necessary to define the new vCenter Server Heartbeat Group.
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