HP Insight Control Virtual Machine Management 7.3 User Guide

To handle automatic prefailure events by using the Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host feature,
configure prefailure handling using the steps described in Handling automatic prefailure events.
When any prefailure events are generated on any of the systems in the System Collection - Prefailure
VMware ESX Collection, the virtual machines running on this host are recovered to the alternate
host.
Handling semi-automatic events using the Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host feature
In semi-automatic mode of event handling, verify the SMTP settings in the
Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→Email Settings page. When a pre-failure event
occurs, you are notified through email. When you receive the email, perform the following steps
to handle the pre-failure event:
1. Select Deploy→Virtual Machine→Handle Virtual Machine Host Prefailure Events.
2. In Step 1, Select the target events page, select the Prefailure Events collection that has been
created and slick Apply.
3. Click Add System Filters....
4. Select the Collection under Add filters by selecting from:.
5. Select the system collection that has been created. Perform the steps to create a collection
described in Prerequisites.
6. Click Apply, and then click Next. The Step 2: Confirm Details page appears.
7. Click Run Now.
The virtual machines are recovered successfully on to the target host from the source host.
Setting alternate hosts
Insight Control virtual machine management enables you to set an alternate host for high-availability
virtual machines. When the host fails, the hosting of a high-availability virtual machine also fails.
This feature enables the virtual machine to be moved and recovered on the alternate host, and
also helps to handle the automatic prefailure events.
1. On the HP Systems Insight Manager All Systems page, select the Microsoft Hyper-V R2 server.
2. Click Configure→Virtual Machine→Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host.
3. Verify the source virtual machine, and then click Next.
4. Select the recovery hosts from the list of authorized licensed hosts, and then click Run Now.
Making periodic backups of virtual machines
The periodic backup of virtual machines enables you to recover them after failures. Insight Control
virtual machine management enables you to back up a virtual machine by scheduling single backup
or a recur backup on a daily or weekly basis.
To create a virtual machine guest backup:
1. On the HP Systems Insight Manager All Systems page, select the virtual machine guest to back
up.
2. Click Deploy→Virtual Machine→Backups→ Create Virtual Machine Backup.
3. Verify the target system and click Next.
4. Verify the source virtual machine details, and then review the resources of the available virtual
machine hosts.
5. Verify that adequate available disk space exists on the target virtual machine host to
accommodate the total transport volume, which consists of several disks and configuration
files.
6. Select the target host and click Next. The target repository must be on the same virtualization
layer.
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