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farkasharry
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Hot Shot
‎08-01-2011 03:52 AM

Server Heartbeat Test with local SQL Express

As a test install I am about to install Server Heartbeat with a locally installed SQL Express DB on the primary vCenter.

It is known to me, that in case of a failure, the DB would not be accessible from the secondary, but this is only a test to see how and what to do during the install in order to plan the "real one".  Any experiences with this one?

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farkasharry
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‎08-02-2011 12:11 AM

Well, if I see it correctly, it can even protect the SQL DB on a locally installed vCenter DB. IF there are any other informations, please let me know it!

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godra
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‎08-02-2011 01:09 AM

Server Heartbeat with a SQL Express DB works just fine. Smiley Happy

enjoy Smiley Happy

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godra
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‎08-02-2011 01:17 AM

if you are installing on a X64 env then you should be carefull when adding into the ODBC the System DSN. Some apps from vmware are using the odbcad32

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