Configuring additional heartbeat links (optional)
You can configure additional heartbeat links to exchange ICMP heartbeats between the clusters.
To configure an additional heartbeat between the clusters (optional)
- On Cluster Explorer's menu, click .
- In the Heartbeat configuration dialog box, enter the name of the heartbeat and select the check box next to the name of the cluster.
- Click the icon in the column to open the Heartbeat Settings dialog box.
- Specify the value of the Arguments attribute and various timeout and interval fields. Click to add an argument value; click to delete it.
If you specify IP addresses in the Arguments attribute, make sure the IP addresses have DNS entries.
- Click .
- Click in the Heartbeat configuration dialog box.
Now, you can monitor the state of both clusters from the Java Console.