Managing HP Integrity Servers with HP Server Automation and HP Virtual Server Environment

additional resources needed for failover of workloads to be managed and optimized at the same time
as the resources needed for steady state operation. Availability is provided in VSE through HP
Serviceguard clustering and HP Disaster Tolerance solutions.
Utility Pricing
HP Utility Pricing solutions for HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers allow customers flexibility in how they
pay for and share computing resources. Using utility pricing, customers pay for the resources they use
in a pool of servers rather than pay for the fully installed capacity of those servers. HP Utility Pricing
products are Instant Capacity (iCAP), Temporary Instant Capacity (TiCAP), Global Instant Capacity
(GiCPA), and Pay per use (PPU). HP VSE can help automate the use of these products so that
customers pay for only what they use.
HP VSE Suite
The VSE Suite embodies the intelligent control and soft partitioning aspects of VSE. It contains
Virtualization Manager, Capacity Advisor, Global Workload Manager (gWLM) or HP Workload
Manager, and Virtual Partitions (vPars) or HP Integrity Virtual Machines. The latest version of the VSE
Suite is for HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers running HP-UX 11i, Linux, and Windows managed
nodes. The HP VSE management components of the VSE suite are integrated into HP Systems Insight
Manager (HP SIM), HP’s foundation for Unified Infrastructure Management.
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP SIM is a management platform based on a central management server managing the hardware
and virtual infrastructure aspects of servers and storage devices. Its automatic discovery and
inventory features provide the information that the VSE products need to display and control the virtual
server environment. The health monitoring and event management features of HP SIM complement
the planning and workload management features of VSE, resulting in a well-rounded view of the IT
infrastructure from one browser window.
Using SA and VSE Together to Manage HP-UX 11i Servers
By managing HP-UX 11i servers simultaneously with SA and VSE you achieve the highest return on
investment. They address different aspects of the management hierarchy. SA ensures consistent
server and application configurations, while VSE optimizes data center efficiency by enabling servers
to flex as the business needs change.
Table 1 summarizes the major features of SA and VSE for solving common tasks in the lifecycle of an
HP Integrity or HP 9000 server and its applications.
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