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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
Contents
About This Book 5
Introduction 7
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vCenter Server Heartbeat Concepts 7
vCenter Server Heartbeat Protection 9
vCenter Server Heartbeat Communications 12
vCenter Server Heartbeat Failover Processes 14
vCenter Server Heartbeat Monitoring 19
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Supported vCenter Server Heartbeat Clients 19
vCenter Server Heartbeat Console 20
vSphere Web Client Plug-in 25
vSphere Client Plug-in 27
Server Monitoring 29
Network Monitoring 30
Application Monitoring 34
Performance Monitoring 35
Monitoring Data Replication 36
Managing vCenter Server Heartbeat 39
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Server Configuration Wizard 39
Managing Heartbeat Settings 48
Managing Application Protection 53
Managing Services 56
Managing Tasks 58
Managing Rules 61
Managing Plug-ins 62
Managing Data Protection 63
Maintaining vCenter Server Heartbeat 71
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Common Administrative Tasks in vCenter Server Heartbeat 71
Controlled Shutdown 72
Application Maintenance Mode 72
Reviewing Event Logs 74
Checking for Orphaned Files 75
Applying Patches with vCenter Server Heartbeat Installed 76
Shutting Down Windows 78
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