VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat - 6.4 QuickStart Guide
QuickStart Guide
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.4 Update 1
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Contents
About This Book 5
1 Getting Started with vCenter Server Heartbeat 7
vCenter Server Heartbeat Overview 7
Installation Prerequisites 8
Installation Process 8
Primary Server 9
Secondary Server 12
Renaming the Servers 14
Post Installation Configuration 14
Configuring SQL Server Plug-in to run with the Correct Credentials 15
Installing the View Composer Plug-in 15
Configure the Application Timeout Exception 16
vCenter Server with SQL Server on a Separate Host 16
Installation Verification 16
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About This Book
This Quick Start Guide provides an introduction to VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat and guides you through
the steps required to install vCenter Server Heartbeat in the most common environment and to perform basic
configuration. This guide also provides a brief introduction to basic administration tasks and advanced
configuration features, and provides pointers to more detailed information in other manuals.
Intended Audience
This guide assumes the reader has working knowledge of networks including the configuration of TCP/IP
protocols and domain administration on the Windows
and DNS.
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™ 2003 and 2008 platforms, notably in Active Directory
Abbreviations Used in Figures
The figures in this book use the abbreviations listed in Tab le 1.
Table 1. Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
NIC Network Interface Card
P2P Physical to Physical
P2V Physical to Virtual
V2V Virtual to Virtual
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