vCenter Heartbeat 6.5 / SQL Server Clone

[don1304]

I need some help to understand the setup for the vCenter Heartbeat 6.5 installation .

Enviornemnt Details -

I have a VCenter and SQL 2008 Server setup on seperate Virtual servers

Need to setup vCenter Heartbeat 6.5 on two new Vcenter / SQL Server Virtual servers

Steps Implemented  -

Cloned Vcenter and installed the Heartbeat on both of them with proper Channel network

SQL  Clone /replication - Pending

Question -

Do I need to clone the existing SQL server with database and install the HeartBeat on both SQL virtual servers? Please let me know

[don1304]

NOT sure if I place my question correctly .

Can we clone the SQL server virtual server with Vcenter database on it  to install Heartbeat ? OR Is it different

[dmihaescu]

Yes, you need to clone also the SQL server if you want to protect it by using vCSHB. The intall procedure is similar to the one used to install vCSHB on the vCenter Server.

[don1304]

So will thier be no impact on the database schema as we are clonning the SQL server with existing database ?