Knowledge Base

Registry Check

The Registry Check is a task, which starts along with the File System Check. It ensures that the protected registry keys and values are the same on both active and passive servers.

• The Registry Check has started – Heartbeat started the Registry Check operation
• The Registry Check has finished – Heartbeat finished the Registry Check operation

Full File System Check

A Full System Check is done whenever VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat needs to verify that the protected data on the passive server is in-sync with the protected data on the active server. Any time that replication is stopped, and there is an opportunity for the protected data to change, VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat performs a Full System Check upon restart. Subsequently, a Full System Check happens when VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat is shutdown and restarted and when replication is restarted for other reasons. This happens after a failover when the systems become reconnected, but it does not happen during a switchover operation because the protected application cannot update the protected data during the switchover operation

• A Full File System Check has started – Heartbeat has started the Full File System Check task
• A Full File System Check has finished – Heartbeat has finished the Full File System Check task

The File System Synchronization and the File System Verify & Synch Tasks

When a file or folder has been detected as Out of Sync, a new pane is introduced to the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Console displaying the detected files. The folder structure to the left side of the Console changes, replacing standard folder icons with red folder icons from the Out of Sync file up the tree to the parent drive.

Out of Sync files can be manually synchronized by clicking Synchronize All, which rather than resynchronizing the entire protected file structure, just resynchronizes the files listed in the right pane. Any files may be resynchronized at any time by selecting their entry in the file list and clicking Synchronize in the controls frame.

Where folders are selected, the Include Subdirectories option can be selected to ensure all files within the selected folder have been synchronized.

• File System Synchronization task started – Clicking Synchronize from the Data section and Files Synch and Verify tab, Heartbeat started to synchronize a selected file or folder from the protected set.
• File System Synchronization task completed – VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat finished synchronizing a selected file or folder from the protected set.

To verify and synchronize is identical except that you click Verify and Synchronize. Select the Include Sub-directories option to ensure all underlying files and sub-folders are included in the verification and synchronization operation. When a verification or synchronization operation is underway, the progress bar graphic displays the status.

Each manual or automatically scheduled synchronization and verification request is defined as a Task. Other tasks are queued for processing until the current task is completed. Each task is listed in the task list to the right of the current task frame.

• File System Verify & Synch task has started - Clicking Verify & Synchronize from the Data section and Files Synch and Verify tab, causes VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat to verify and synchronize a selected file or folder from the protected set.
• File System Verify & Synch task has completed – VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat finished to verifying and synchronizing a selected file or folder from the protected set.