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    <title>topic NeverFail BCP product and VCM in vCenter Configuration Manager: VCM Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;We have 2 Windows 2008 servers - hostnames are server1 and server2.&amp;nbsp; Both have the VCM (SCM) agent installed and can successfully communicate with the VCM server.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Our users want to use a BCP client called NeverFail to provide proper redundancy to the 2 servers.&amp;nbsp; The way NeverFail works (in a nutshell) is it creates a heartbeat between the current primary server and the secondary.&amp;nbsp; So, when installed and working - server1 has a hostname of server1 and server2 has a hostname of server1.&amp;nbsp; Server2 becomes unavailable to the rest of the network, only addressable through the primary server (Server1).&amp;nbsp; When a change is made to server1 the same change is applied to server2 through the NeverFail heartbeat connection.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; With the Neverfail software installed/working, server2 does not communicate back to the VCM server.&amp;nbsp; VCM can not monitor the changes on server2.&amp;nbsp; It can on server1, just not on server2. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So we have tried to add a second IP to each server and attempt to communicate to it through those IPs, however we still fail with server2.&amp;nbsp; I suspect it is because the hostname on server2 has become server1 and identifies itself as server1 regardless of the IP used to communicate with the server.&amp;nbsp; With this scenario, the machine names do not match the domain names. Help!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any suggestions?&amp;nbsp; Anybody else run use this NeverFail product with VMC?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Help!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:47:32 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>davemeyer</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-09-03T13:47:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>NeverFail BCP product and VCM</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Configuration-Manager/NeverFail-BCP-product-and-VCM/m-p/2196980#M789</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;We have 2 Windows 2008 servers - hostnames are server1 and server2.&amp;nbsp; Both have the VCM (SCM) agent installed and can successfully communicate with the VCM server.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Our users want to use a BCP client called NeverFail to provide proper redundancy to the 2 servers.&amp;nbsp; The way NeverFail works (in a nutshell) is it creates a heartbeat between the current primary server and the secondary.&amp;nbsp; So, when installed and working - server1 has a hostname of server1 and server2 has a hostname of server1.&amp;nbsp; Server2 becomes unavailable to the rest of the network, only addressable through the primary server (Server1).&amp;nbsp; When a change is made to server1 the same change is applied to server2 through the NeverFail heartbeat connection.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; With the Neverfail software installed/working, server2 does not communicate back to the VCM server.&amp;nbsp; VCM can not monitor the changes on server2.&amp;nbsp; It can on server1, just not on server2. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So we have tried to add a second IP to each server and attempt to communicate to it through those IPs, however we still fail with server2.&amp;nbsp; I suspect it is because the hostname on server2 has become server1 and identifies itself as server1 regardless of the IP used to communicate with the server.&amp;nbsp; With this scenario, the machine names do not match the domain names. Help!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any suggestions?&amp;nbsp; Anybody else run use this NeverFail product with VMC?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Help!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:47:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>davemeyer</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-03T13:47:32Z</dc:date>
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