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Isolate a vCenter Server Instance from a Linked Mode Group
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Chapter 5 After You Install vCenter Server The vCenter Server instance is now part of a Linked Mode group. After you form a Linked Mode group, you can log in to any single instance of vCenter Server and view and manage the inventories of all the vCenter Servers in the group. It might take several seconds for the global data (such as user roles) that are changed on one machine to be visible on the other machines. The delay is usually 15 seconds or less. It might take a few minutes for a new vCenter Server instance to be recognized and published by the existing instances, because group members do not read the global data very often. For information about configuring and using your Linked Mode group, see the vCenter Server and Host Management documentation. Isolate a vCenter Server Instance from a Linked Mode Group You can isolate a vCenter Server instance from a Linked Mode group. Procedure 1 Select Start > All Programs > VMware > vCenter Server Linked Mode Configuration. 2 Click Modify linked mode configuration and click Next. 3 Click Isolate this vCenter Server instance from linked mode group and click Next. 4 Click Continue and click Finish. vCenter Server restarts. Depending on the size of your inventory, the change to Linked Mode configuration might take from a few seconds to a few minutes to complete. The vCenter Server instance is no longer part of the Linked Mode group. Set the IP Address for a Linked Mode vCenter Server with Multiple Network Interfaces If a vCenter Server in a Linked Mode group has multiple network interfaces, you must set the IP address that the vCenter Server advertises to the other vCenter Servers in the Linked Mode group. Unless you set the IP address, the vSphere Web Client will not work properly with the vCenter Server. Procedure 1 On the vCenter Server host machine, using a text editor, open the file Inventory_Service_installation_directory/lib/server/config/query-server-config.xml. 2 Find the following line. !-- /-3 Change the line as follows. IP_address is the IP address of this machine on a subnet that will be used to communicate with other vCenter Server instances in the Linked Mode group. 4 Restart the vCenter Inventory Service. a In the Administrative Tools control panel, select Services. b Right-click vCenter Inventory Service and select Start. The status changes to Started. The IP address is configured. VMware, Inc. 115