Configuring application monitoring for Symantec High Availability Console

Perform the following steps to configure application monitoring for Symantec High Availability Console on a virtual machine.

Note:

After you have configured application monitoring for Symantec High Availability Console, you can administer application monitoring by using either the Symantec High Availability tab or the Symantec High Availability dashboard.

See Administering application monitoring using the Symantec High Availability tab.

See Administering application monitoring using Symantec High Availability dashboard.

To configure application monitoring for Symantec High Availability Console

  1. Launch the vSphere Client and connect to the vCenter Server that manages the virtual machine.
  2. From the vSphere Client's Inventory view in the left pane, select the virtual machine where you have installed Symantec High Availability Console, and then click the Symantec High Availability tab on the right pane.
  3. On the Symantec High Availability tab, provide the administrator account's credentials for the virtual machine. Then, Symantec High Availability Console sets up a permanent account for performing various operations on the virtual machine.
  4. Click Configure Application Monitoring to launch the ApplicationHA Configuration Wizard.
  5. On the Welcome panel, review the information, and then click Next.
  6. On the Application Selection panel, select Symantec High Availability Console to configure application monitoring for Symantec High Availability Console services on the virtual machine, and then click Next.
  7. On the Symantec High Availability Console Services panel, the wizard lists the Symantec High Availability Console services that will be configured. Click Configure to configure these services for application monitoring.
  8. On the ApplicationHA Configuration panel, the wizard initializes Symantec ApplicationHA, configures Symantec High Availability Console services for application monitoring, and enables application heartbeat. When these tasks are completed, click Next.
  9. On the Finish panel, click Finish to exit the wizard.

    This completes the application monitoring configuration for Symantec High Availability Console. On the Symantec High Availability tab, the Description box displays the list of services configured for application monitoring. The status of the application appears as configured and running on the virtual machine.