In this chapter, you learned how to obtain basic information about clusters in order to troubleshoot their common problems. You also learned how this information can be used in advance to prevent any problems from occurring later. Performance monitoring of cluster is a very important ingredient, and it helps you with your business continuity and with managing workloads.
The topic of troubleshooting the heartbeat datastore and DRS storage issues provided a basic insight about some of the very common problems occurring in these areas, how to solve them, and some tips to prevent them from happening. I also covered troubleshooting tips on managing resources, especially when there aren't enough available. Configuring SNMP traps help resource monitoring at one place and you can configure them further to receive severe alerts by texts or email.