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4 Replies Last post: Sep 28, 2009 4:37 PM by MartinHolt  

Heartbeat Alarm Problems posted: Feb 27, 2008 6:17 PM

Click to view DanDill's profile Enthusiast 43 posts since
Apr 26, 2007

Hello,

Does anyone else have problems with heartbeat alarms? I've configured our VC to generate a heartbeat alarm however it seems that nearly every time I reboot a VM the heartbeat alarm chirps (which is to be expected momentarily) however even after the host has come back up the heartbeat alarm still shows red.

If I go onto the VM and restart the vmware tools service it then will flip the alarm back to green. This happens 99.9% of the time when I have to reboot a host and is always resolved by bouncing that service... What's the point of the heartbeat if it doesn't sync back up when the VM comes back on?

VC 2.5 / ESX3.0.2 Build 61618

Re: Heartbeat Alarm Problems

1. Mar 7, 2008 5:14 AM in response to: DanDill
Click to view cshenberger's profile Novice 7 posts since
Feb 3, 2006
Dan,

I have the same setup VC 2.5 / ESX 3.0.2 b 61618 and am having the same issue. The heartbeat also changes to red when I vmotion to a different host. I did find however that instead of logging in and restarting the tools service, I can click edit settings on the VM and not change anything but click ok and this will set the heartbeat back to green.

Casey

Re: Heartbeat Alarm Problems

2. Sep 14, 2009 5:24 PM in response to: cshenberger
Click to view MartinHolt's profile Novice 6 posts since
Jan 26, 2009

Hi Dan and Casey,

I'm experiencing this problem with the VM Heatbeat alarm I have created in vSphere. I'm also finding that opening the console or editing the settings will return the alarm to green.

Did either of you find a way to get this to return to green after acknowledging the alarm perrhaps??

Martin

Re: Heartbeat Alarm Problems

4. Sep 28, 2009 4:37 PM in response to: DanDill
Click to view MartinHolt's profile Novice 6 posts since
Jan 26, 2009

I ended up getting a response from VMWare saying that "we have found a bug that is pertaining to the exact issue at hand".

Would be very interested to hear of anyone else has experienced this though..

Cheers

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