HP Insight Virtual Machines Manager 4.1.1 Release Notes

1 Overview
Thank you for installing HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager (also called vmmgr, or VM
Manager). These release notes describe known issues and other information specific to VM
Manager 4.1.1.
The audience for this document includes system administrators and others responsible for
maintaining an Integrity VM host and its virtual machines. You should be familiar with the
Integrity VM product and HP-UX system administration using either HP SMH or HP SIM.
This chapter provides an overview of the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager (VM Manager)
and describes the new features provided with Version 4.1.1.
HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager
HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager (VM Manager) is the GUI that you can use from your
browser to manage HP Integrity Virtual Machines resources. VM Manager allows you to create,
configure, and evaluate virtual machines, and to monitor and evaluate data and resources at the
level of the VM Host. You can view all of a VM Host's virtual machines and their assigned
resources, and you can view all resources assigned to a specific virtual machine or virtual switch.
For example, VM Manager provides graphical views of virtual-to-physical network and storage
devices so that you can view I/O data, including resource utilization information. VM Manager
obtains information about Integrity VM resources through Web-Based Enterprise Management
(WBEM) providers installed on the VM Host and its guests.
VM Manager is available as a standalone product (the VMMGR bundle) that is installed on a VM
Host and accessed through the HP System Management Homepage ( HP SMH), or as a component
provided with HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity (the VSEMgmt bundle). As a component
of HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity, VM Manager seamlessly-integrates with other
Insight Dynamics components.
You can access VM Manager from a browser, using either of two web-based software components
(depending on the bundle installed):
• HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH)
When the VM Manager (VMMGR bundle) is installed separately on any given VM Host, you
access VM Manager from a browser that can connect over the network to that VM Host.
Access is provided through HP SMH, and you can manage the one VM Host and its virtual
machines.
• HP Insight Dynamics - VSE suite for Integrity
When VM Manager is installed as part of Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity (the VSEMgmt
bundle), it is installed with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) on a central management
server (CMS). You access VM Manager from a browser that can connect over the network
to the CMS. The CMS allows you to manage multiple Integrity VMs (VM Hosts and each of
their virtual machines) that are discovered by Insight Dynamics. In this environment, you
can use VM Manager in seamless integration with other Insight Dynamics components.
These interlinking components enhance the functionality and flexibility of your virtual server
environment. For example:
— HP Insight Virtualization Manager software provides a framework for visualizing your
Virtual Server Environment. All of the systems and workloads that you are authorized
to view are displayed in a graphical view. The hierarchical relationships between systems
and their current utilization metrics can be seen in a single screen. Using Virtualization
Manager, you can manage a pool of multiple-OS, dynamically sizable virtual servers.
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