HP Insight Control 7.3 Update 1 Getting Started Guide

7 Managing a virtual machine environment
The virtualization features of Insight Control provide central management and control for virtual
environments with VMware ESX and ESXi servers, Xen on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers, and Microsoft Windows 2012 and Microsoft Hyper-V
servers.
Insight Control virtualization features enhance the existing features of HP SIM for managing physical
servers by providing the ability to manage virtual servers in the same console and showing the
relationships among them.
All tasks can be run from the CMS management console, using existing discovery, identification
and notification processes.
Launching virtual machine management features
Table 5 Launching virtual machine management features
DescriptionFrom the CMS management
console GUI
Provides the following options:Tools→Virtual Machine
• Restart Virtual Machine... enables restarting a virtual machine.
• Start Virtual Machine... enables starting a virtual machine.
• Stop Virtual Machine... enables the shutdown of a virtual machine as long as
it is currently powered up and hypervisor-specific guest tools are installed.
• Suspend Virtual Machine... enables suspension of a virtual machine guest as
long as it is currently powered up and running.
Provides the following options:Deploy→Virtual Machine
• Copy Virtual Machine... enables copying a virtual machine from one host to
another or on the same with the same virtualization layer.
• Move Virtual Machine... enables you to Move, SAN Move, Quick Move, or
Live Move a virtual machine between virtual machine hosts with the same
virtualization layer.
• Handle Virtual Machine Host Prefailure Events... enables detection of certain
pre-failure alerts and relocates VM guests before the failure occurs.
• Backups enables creation, restoration, and migration of backups of your virtual
machines.
• Templates enables you to create, delete, deploy, and migrate virtual machine
templates that serve as master copies for virtual deployments.
Provides the following options:Configure→Virtual Machine
• Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host... enables you to specify where to recover
a host after receiving a pre-failure notification.
• Set Performance Threshold... enables you to set the performance threshold to
trigger a HP SIM event. Set for either virtual machine guests or virtual machine
hosts.
• Register Virtual Machine Host.. establishes communication between the virtual
machine host and the HP SIM and virtual machine consoles.
• Unregister a Virtual Machine Host... terminates communication between the
virtual machine host and the HP SIM and virtual machine management consoles.
Enables you to enter the credentials that were configured, on the VMware vCenter
Server Web Service page during the VMware vCenter Server installation and
during the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager installation.
Options→VME Options...
This configuration is required to manage VMware ESX /ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V
servers.
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