6.6

Managing Plug-ins
Plug-ins support specific applications and contain all of the components to protect the designated application.
Plug-ins start and stop the application, monitor the application, and provide all rules necessary to ensure that
the application is available in the event of failure by initiating a failover when configured.
Installing a Plug-in
vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to install and upgrade plug-ins as needed to support applications without
stopping vCenter Server Heartbeat.
Important Plug-ins should be installed only on the active node. Plug-ins will be replicated automatically to
the passive node. Installation of a plug-in on a passive node may cause an Exception to occur.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the Applications: Plug-ins page.
2 Right-click any existing plug-in and select Install from the menu or click Install at the top of the pane to
invoke the Install Plugin dialog.
3 Type a path to the plug-in location or click Browse to navigate to the plug-in location.The path statement
is case-sensitive.
4 Select the plug-in <plug-in_name>.dll file at the plug-in location.
5 Click OK.
Editing a Plug-in
vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to edit the configuration of user installed plug-ins.
Procedure
1 On the Applications: Plug-ins page, right-click on an existing plug-in from the Plugins list and select Edit
from the menu or select the plug-in and click Edit at the top of the pane to invoke the Edit Plugin dialog.
2 Review the configuration options before making modifications as they are specific to each plug-in.
Note When configuring the SQL Server Plug-in, vCenter Server Heartbeat Console allows you to exclude
specific databases from rule checks to prevent false alarm triggering when databases are intentionally
taken offline.
3 Click OK.
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