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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
Configuring Orphaned Files Check Options
Prior to initiating an Orphaned Files Check, you must configure the actions to take in the event orphaned files
are found. By default, Orphaned Files Check is configured to delete orphaned files. Should you want to log the
files presence rather than delete, follow the steps below.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the Data: Replication page and click Configure.
2 Select the Orphaned Files tab.
3 Select the Detect orphaned files check box.
4 In the On detection, take the following action drop-down, select either Delete to automatically delete the
orphaned files or Log to file to add the list of files to the log file.
5 After selecting options, click OK to close the dialog.
6 On the Data: Replication page, click Orphaned Files Check.
Orphaned Files Check runs.
Applying Patches with vCenter Server Heartbeat Installed
vCenter Server Heartbeat's unique architecture allows you to install updates to the operating system or apply
hotfixes without interrupting end-users.The active/passive pair allows you to install an update or hotfix on one
node and ensure functionality before installing on the other.
Applying Operating System Patches and Hotfixes
Before implementing this procedure, ensure that the Automatic Update feature supplied by Microsoft is configured
so that Updates are NOT applied automatically. It is acceptable to allow updates to be downloaded automatically.
This procedure assumes that vCenter Server Heartbeat is configured with the Primary node as active and both
File System Status and Registry Status are synchronized.
Procedure
1 On the Secondary (passive) node, launch Windows Update.
2 Download and install patches or hotfixes, but DO NOT reboot the node if instructed to do so.
3 Launch vCenter Server Heartbeat Console.
4 Shutdown vCenter Server Heartbeat selecting the option to Shutdown vCenter Server Heartbeat, but leave
protected applications running.
5 Reboot the Secondary node if previously prompted at Step 2 to complete installation of OS patches or
hotfixes.
6 Verify all patches or hotfixes are installed properly.
7 On the Secondary (passive) node, launch Windows Update again and check for any further updates that
may be required. If additional updates are required, repeat Steps 2 to 6.
8 Start vCenter Server Heartbeat on the Primary node and also on the Secondary node if no reboot was
required at Step 5 allowing the nodes to synchronize.
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