VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 2 Release

justinking — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:34:15 GMT

Available for download this evening!!

h1. VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 2 Release Notes

VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 2| XX OCTOBER 2009| Build 3117

Last Document Update: XX OCTOBER 2009

Check frequently for additions and updates to these release notes.

This release of VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat provides protection for the following products:

vCenter Server 2.5
vCenter Server 2.5 Update 1
vCenter Server 2.5 Update 2
vCenter Server 2.5 Update 3
vCenter Server 2.5 Update 4
vCenter Server 2.5 Update 5
vCenter Server 4.0
vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1

These release notes include the following topics:

What's New

Learning about vCenter Server Heartbeat

Prior Releases of vCenter Server Heartbeat

Before You Begin

Known Issues

Resolved Issues

What's New

The following information provides highlights of some of the enhancements available in this release of vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 2.

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Note: The features available depend on the version of vCenter Server installed.

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Support for Windows Server 2008 SP1 and SP2 (x86/x64) â€" VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat now supports running on Windows Server 2008 SP1 and SP2 (including x86 and x64 versions) operating systems.

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Support for Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 (x64) â€" VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat now supports running on the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 (x64) operating system.

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Protection of VMware vCenter Management Web Services â€" This release of VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat adds the vCenter Management Web Server to its list of protected vCenter Server components.

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Introduction of the WinZip Self-Extracting executable file for Setup â€" Installation and setup of VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat is initiated through the use of a WinZip Self-Extracting executable file.

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60-day evaluation mode â€" This release of VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat provides a built-in 60-day evaluation mode that is triggered from the date of installation. Either prior to or upon expiration of the 60-day evaluation period, administrators will need to provide a valid license key to continue to leverage VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat functionality.

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Tomcat Monitoring Rule â€" A new rule has been added for vCenter 4.0 Tomcat Web Server availability.

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Note: The term vSphere Client is applicable to both vSphere Client and VI Client except where VI Client is specifically stated.

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Justin King
Product Specialist - VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat

http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-server-heartbeat/

virtual machine heartbeat delay

MickMcLovin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:55:13 GMT

I have a cluster of 14 hosts with 150+ VMs. The VC is 2.5 U2 and the hosts 3.5 U2. I have enabled an alarm to alert when a VM heartbeat is lost. The problem being is that if the VM is under load it may occassionally lose heartbeats and trigger the alarm. If I edit the file /etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml and set the heartbeatDelayInSecs tag under vmsvc to 0 seconds as below:
<vmsvc>
<heartbeatDelayInSecs>#</heartbeatDelayInSecs>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</vmsvc>

Will this delay the heartbeat alarm triggers?

Also VM monitoring is not enabled at the cluster level.

Experiences conversion program Neverfail Hearthbeat to VMware vCenter Hearthbeat

RobMokkink — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:42:57 GMT

I am curious if anyone has any experience with the conversion program, to switch from Neverfail Heartbeat to Vmware vCenter Hearthbeat?

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VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 2 Release

h1. VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 2 Release Notes

What's New

Features*

virtual machine heartbeat delay

Experiences conversion program Neverfail Hearthbeat to VMware vCenter Hearthbeat