HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.1 Software: User Guide

Screen details..............................................................................................................................66
VM Properties Storage tab............................................................................................................67
Quick reference..........................................................................................................................67
Screen details..............................................................................................................................68
Virtual Switch (Vswitch) Properties view.........................................................................................69
Vswitch Properties General tab....................................................................................................70
Quick reference..........................................................................................................................70
Screen details........................................................................................................................71
Vswitch Properties Network tab...................................................................................................72
Quick reference..........................................................................................................................72
Screen details..............................................................................................................................73
5 Using VM Manager menus.........................................................................................75
Using the Tools menu..........................................................................................................................76
Using the Create menu.........................................................................................................................78
Using the Modify menu........................................................................................................................79
Using the Delete menu.........................................................................................................................81
Using the View menu............................................................................................................................82
Using the Policy menu.........................................................................................................................84
6 Working with virtual machines...................................................................................87
Planning virtual machines....................................................................................................................87
Creating virtual machines.....................................................................................................................87
Modifying virtual machines.................................................................................................................92
Starting virtual machines......................................................................................................................94
Stopping virtual machines....................................................................................................................96
Restarting virtual machines..................................................................................................................98
Deleting virtual machines.....................................................................................................................99
Migrating virtual machines.................................................................................................................100
Overview........................................................................................................................................100
Planning requirements and recommendations.............................................................................101
Serviceguard requirements and recommendations.................................................................102
Capacity Advisor requirements and recommendations..........................................................102
Migration status and error notification.........................................................................................103
Adjusting online migration phase timeout values........................................................................103
Starting the Migrate Virtual Machine wizard...............................................................................103
Creating virtual switches....................................................................................................................105
Starting, stopping, and deleting virtual switches...............................................................................108
Deleting network or storage Devices..................................................................................................108
7 Collecting and viewing utilization data..................................................................111
Enabling collection of utilization data................................................................................................111
Viewing utilization data......................................................................................................................112
Creating a historical utilization data report........................................................................................117
8 Viewing logs and version information.....................................................................119
Viewing Integrity VM Host and VM logs...........................................................................................119
Viewing VM Manager, Integrity VM, and WBEM Provider versions................................................119
9 Support and other resources....................................................................................121
Contacting HP.....................................................................................................................................121
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