HP OneView 1.05 User Guide

24.7 Creating a custom script to create and download an appliance backup file.....................174
25 Managing the appliance...................................................................175
25.1 Updating the appliance.............................................................................................175
25.1.1 About managing appliance updates.....................................................................175
25.1.2 Roles...............................................................................................................176
25.1.3 Tasks...............................................................................................................176
25.1.4 Learning more...................................................................................................176
25.2 Managing appliance availability...............................................................................176
25.2.1 Best practices for managing a VM appliance........................................................176
25.2.2 Shut down the appliance...................................................................................177
25.2.3 Restart the appliance.........................................................................................177
25.2.4 How the appliance handles an unexpected shutdown............................................177
25.3 Managing the appliance settings...............................................................................178
25.3.1 Roles...............................................................................................................178
25.3.2 Tasks for appliance settings................................................................................178
25.3.3 About appliance SNMP settings.........................................................................178
25.3.4 Learning more..................................................................................................179
25.4 Managing addresses and ID pools.............................................................................179
25.4.1 Roles...............................................................................................................179
25.4.2 Tasks for addresses and identifiers......................................................................179
25.5 Managing the security features of the appliance...........................................................179
25.6 Enabling or disabling HP support access to the appliance.............................................180
25.6.1 Roles...............................................................................................................180
25.6.2 Tasks..............................................................................................................180
25.7 Managing SSL certificates.........................................................................................180
25.7.1 Roles...............................................................................................................180
25.7.2 Tasks...............................................................................................................180
25.7.3 Learning more..................................................................................................180
25.8 Managing the HP public key.....................................................................................181
25.8.1 Roles...............................................................................................................181
25.8.2 Tasks..............................................................................................................181
25.9 Downloading audit logs............................................................................................181
25.9.1 Roles...............................................................................................................181
25.9.2 Tasks...............................................................................................................181
25.9.3 Learning more..................................................................................................181
V Monitoring............................................................................................183
26 Monitoring data center status, health, and performance.........................185
26.1 Daily monitoring.......................................................................................................185
26.1.1 Initial check: the Dashboard................................................................................185
26.1.2 Activities...........................................................................................................185
26.1.3 Utilization graphs..............................................................................................185
26.1.4 Monitor data center temperature..........................................................................186
26.2 Best practices for monitoring data centers....................................................................186
26.2.1 Best practices for monitoring health with the appliance UI.......................................186
26.2.2 Best practices for monitoring health using REST APIs..............................................187
26.3 Managing activities..................................................................................................189
26.3.1 About Activity...................................................................................................189
26.3.2 Activity types: alerts and tasks............................................................................190
26.3.2.1 About alerts..............................................................................................190
26.3.2.2 About tasks..............................................................................................191
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