HP Insight Control Virtual Machine Management 7.3 User Guide

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This chapter provides an overview of server virtualization management using the VMM.
You can perform all VMM operations with either operator or administrator rights.
Insight Control virtual machine management interface overview
Insight Control virtual machine management provides central management and control for virtual
machines hosted on Microsoft Hyper-V server, VMware ESX Server, or Xen on RHEL or SLES.
Insight Control virtual machine management detects virtual machine status changes initiated by
other supported virtualization management consoles. The System Status icons on the HP SIM System
Page indicate these status changes. To access the System Page, click the system name in the HP
SIM console. If Microsoft Hyper-V server is used, the Launch SCVMM button appears. If VMware
ESX Server is used, the Launch vCenter button appears.
The left frame of the HP SIM console displays a node navigational tree. A list of the virtual machine
hosts and their virtual machine guests appears in the Systems →Shared →Systems by Type directory.
To display all virtual machine hosts and guests managed by VMM in the HP SIM console, expand
the Systems→ Shared →Systems by Type directory in the navigational tree, and then click Virtual
Machine Host→ All Virtual Machine Hosts or Virtual Machines→ All Virtual Machines.
Using Insight Control virtual machine management controls and tools
You can perform various tasks using VMM controls, available from the HP SIM host or virtual
machine System Page, as described in the following sections.
NOTE: Completing a virtual machine operation that involves file transfers takes longer when
Network Attached Storage (NAS) volumes are used because VMM shares a network connection
with NAS. Be sure separate networks are set up for Insight Control virtual machine management
and NAS.
The following VMM tasks appear on the HP SIM host or guest System Page. Use these tasks to
start, resume, shut down, stop, pause, reset, or restart virtual machine guests.
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