Ports and firewall settings

Table: Services and ports used during the installation and configuration of the Symantec High Availability Console displays the services and ports used during the installation and configuration of the Symantec High Availability Console.

Table: Services and ports used during the installation and configuration of the Symantec High Availability Console

Component Name/Process

Port/Protocol

Description

File and Printer Sharing

Used by the installer during the Console server installation.

The installer uses this to copy the installation files to the machine.

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service

Used by the installer during the Console server installation, to discover the virtual machines.

VMware Web Service

443/ https

(Default port)

Used by the installer during the Console server installation, to register High Availability plugin and add High Availability privileges to the vCenter Server.

Symantec ApplicationHA Service

14151, 14152/ TCP

Used by the High Availability Console host to run Java Servlets that fetch the application monitoring status from the virtual machines and display the information on the High Availability tab in the vSphere Client.

Symantec ApplicationHA Authentication Service

14153/ TCP

Used by the High Availability Console to authenticate the single sign-on account configured for a virtual machine.

Symantec ApplicationHA Database Service

14154/ TCP

Used by the High Availability Console to read and update the Sybase database.

Veritas Storage Foundation Messaging Service (xprtld)

5634 / TCP

Used for communications between the High Availability Console host machine and the virtual machines.

VMwareDisksAgent

443/https

Used for communication between virtual machines and the ESX hosts.