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Chapter 4 Unattended Installation of vCenter Server Heartbeat

To rename the Secondary server

1 Navigate to Start > Administrative Tools > Services and set the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat service

to Manual, Stopped, and close the dialog.

2 Right-click the Secondary server image and select Edit Settings.

3 Disable the virtual network adapters for both the VMware Channel and Principal (Public) NICs.

4 Open Network Connections, right-click the Principal (Public) network connection and select Properties.

Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.

5 Change the IP address to the match that of the Secondary Passive (management) IP address previously

entered in the Configure Server wizard. Click OK twice to close the dialogs.

6 Navigate to the server’s System Properties, select the Computer Name tab, and click Change to rename

the Secondary server and join a Workgroup. When requested, restart the server.

7 Right-click the Secondary server image and select Edit Settings.

8 Re-enable the virtual network adapters for both the VMware Channel and Principal (Public) NICs.

9 Navigate to the server’s System Properties, select the Computer Name tab, and click Change to join the

domain. When requested, restart the server.

To rename the Primary Server

1 Navigate to Start > Administrative Tools > Services and set the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat service

to Manual, Stopped, and close the dialog.

2 Navigate to the server’s System Properties, select the Computer Name tab, and click Change to rename

the Primary server. When requested, restart the server.

3 On both the Primary and Secondary servers, navigate to Start > Administrative Tools > Services and set

the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat service to Automatic, and close the dialog. See “Post Installation

Configuration” on page 61 for additional instructions on configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat.

Post Installation Configuration

Upon completion of installation, a series of tasks must be performed to ensure that vCenter Server Heartbeat

is properly configured.

1 Before starting VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat, verify the time synchronization between the Primary

and Secondary servers. When a difference exists, synchronize the Secondary (passive) server to the

Primary (active) server across the VMware Channel. Type the following command at the command

prompt:

net time \\<Primary_Channel_IP_address> /set

2 When protecting SQL Server, verify that the SetSPN.exe tool present on both the Primary and the

Secondary servers at the following locations:

 On Windows Server 2003 environments, in Program Files\Support Tools. If Support Tools are

not installed on your system, download them from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926027 and

copy SetSPN.exe to <install_path>\R2\bin.

 On Windows Server 2008 environments, in Windows\System32. This is normally present as a

component of the Windows 2008 operating system.

SetSPN.exe is a Microsoft command-line tool that reads, modifies, or deletes the Service Principal Names

(SPN) directory property for an Active Directory service account and is required to be present on both

servers prior to starting vCenter Server Heartbeat for the first time.

3 Start vCenter Server Heartbeat on the Primary server. Right-click the vCenter Server Heartbeat System

Tray icon and select Start VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat. The icons change from a double dash to a

P, indicating the server is the Primary server, and an A indicating the server is acting in an active role.

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