HP Insight Global Workload Manager 6.0 Software: User Guide

where hostname represents the hostname of the CMS.
3. From the HP SIM menu bar, select:
Tools→Virtualization Manager...
and then click the Shared Resource Domain tab.
4. From the VSE Management menu bar, select:
Policy→Create gWLM Policy...
5. Edit the settings, selecting a policy type and specifying the required values and optional
values as desired.
6. Click OK.
Editing a policy
A policy instructs gWLM how to manage a workload’s resources.
NOTE: You can edit the policies provided with gWLM; however, there is currently no way to
restore these policies to their original definitions.
To edit a policy:
NOTE: In HP SIM, you must be logged in as root or have authorizations for “All Tools” or
“VSE All Tools.”
1. Ensure HP SIM, the gWLM CMS daemon or service (gwlmcmsd), and all the gWLM agents
(gwlmagent) are still running, as explained in the section “Setting up gWLM (initial setup
steps)” (page 21).
2. Connect to HP SIM by pointing your web browser to:
http://hostname:280
where hostname represents the hostname of the CMS.
3. From the HP SIM menu bar, select:
Tools→Virtualization Manager...
4. From the VSE Management menu bar, select:
Policy→Edit gWLM Policies...
5. Select the policy to edit.
6. Click Edit.
7. Edit the settings.
8. Click OK.
NOTE: All workloads associated with this policy will automatically use the updated policy.
Changing which policy is associated with a workload
To change the policy affecting how gWLM allocates resources to a workload:
NOTE: In HP SIM, you must be logged in as root or have authorizations for “All Tools” or
“VSE All Tools.”
1. Ensure HP SIM, the gWLM CMS daemon or service (gwlmcmsd) and all the gWLM agents
(gwlmagent) are still running, as explained in the section “Setting up gWLM (initial setup
steps)” (page 21).
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