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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
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
Also known as an absolute domain name, a FQDN specifies its exact location in the tree hierarchy of the
Domain Name System (DNS). It specifies all domain levels, including the top-level domain, relative to the
root domain. Example: somehost.example.com., where the trailing dot indicates the root domain.
Global Catalog Server
A global catalog is a domain controller that stores a copy of all Active Directory objects in a forest. The
global catalog stores a full copy of all objects in the directory for its host domain and a partial copy of all
objects for all other domains in the forest.
Graceful (Clean) Shutdown
A shutdown of vCenter Server Heartbeat based upon completion of replication by use of the vCenter
Server Heartbeat Console, resulting in no data loss.
Group
An arbitrary collection of vCenter Server Heartbeat Clusters used for organization.
Hardware Agnostic
A key vCenter Server Heartbeat feature allowing for the use of nodes with different manufacturers, models,
and processing power in a single vCenter Server Heartbeat Cluster.
Heartbeat
The packet of information issued by the passive node across the Channel, which the active node responds
to indicating its presence.
Heartbeat Diagnostics
The umbrella name for the vCenter Server Heartbeat process and tools used to verify the production nodes
health and suitability for the implementation of a vCenter Server Heartbeat solution.
Heartbeat Diagnostics Report
A report provided upon the completion of the Heartbeat Diagnostics process that provides information
about the node, system environment, and bandwidth.
High Availability (HA)
Keeping users seamlessly connected to their applications regardless of the nature of a failure. LAN
environments are ideally suited for HA.
Hotfix
A single, cumulative package that includes one or more files that are used to address a problem in a
product.
Identity
The position of a given node in the vCenter Server Heartbeat Cluster: Primary or Secondary.
Install Clone
The installation technique used by vCenter Server Heartbeat to create a replica of the Primary node using
NTBackup or Wbadmin and to restore the replica to the Secondary node.
Low Bandwidth Module (LBM)
A module that compresses and optimizes data replicated between nodes over a WAN connection.This
delivers maximum data throughput and improves application response time on congested WAN links.
Machine Name
The Windows or NETBIOS name of a computer.
Management IP Address
An additionally assigned unfiltered IP address used for node management purposes only.
Many-to-One
The ability of one physical node (hosting more than one virtual node) to protect multiple physical nodes.
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