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Pause and Resume Heartbeat

The Arcserve UDP solution lets you pause and resume the heartbeats that are detected by the monitoring server. The heartbeat is the process where the source server and monitoring server communicate about the health of the source server. If the monitoring server does not detect a heartbeat after a specified length of time, the virtual standby feature provisions the virtual machine to function as the source node.

Examples: When to Pause or Resume Heartbeats

The following examples describe when to pause and resume heartbeats:

Be aware of the following behavior:

Follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
  2. Click the resources tab.
  3. From the left pane, navigate to Virtual Standby and click All Nodes.

    If you have added any nodes, then the nodes will be displayed in the center pane.

  4. Select the node that you want to pause or resume.
  5. On the center pane, click Actions, Heartbeat, Pause or Resume.

    The heartbeat of the selected node is paused or resumed.