HP Virtualization Manager with Logical Server Manager 6.2 User Guide

NOTE: These authorizations apply to environments in which administrators manage all systems
discovered in the CMS. If you use host-based authorizations and configure custom system lists to
restrict authorizations for some administrators, and these administrators use logical servers,
consider adding the Logical Servers system list with automatic updating for the specified
administrator, as described below. Without this configuration, the administrator can create a
logical server but will not be able to view it in HP SIM.
Perform the following steps to create a system list that dynamically tracks the Logical Servers
collection and gives the specified administrator the VSE Monitor authorization on that system
list.
1. From the upper, blue menu-bar, select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations.
2. Select the Authorizations tab and click New.
3. Select the radio-button next to Manually assign toolbox and system/system group
authorizations.
4. Click the Add link in the Select Systems box.
5. On the Add Systems screen, select Logical Server from the drop-down menu, then click
the Apply button.
6. On the New Authorizations screen, select a user from the drop-down menu.
7. Check the VSE Monitor checkbox in the Select Toolbox(es) box.
8. Make sure that the Logical Servers checkbox is checked in the Select Systems box, and
click the Apply button.
Logical server requirements
The Logical Servers feature in Virtualization Manager supports the following software. If you
are using other versions of these products, intermittent failures, especially during moves, can
occur.
See the HP Insight Software 6.2 Support Matrix for more detailed information.
Requirements for virtual machine logical servers
VMware ESX Server
• The following versions are supported:
— VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 or higher
— VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1 or higher
— VMware ESX 4.1 (initial release) or higher
— VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 4 or higher
— VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 1 or higher
— VMware ESXi 4.1 (initial release) or higher
• Configure vCenter Server credentials in HP SIM
• Install VMware Tools on the guest operating system (Use the Inventory menu in the VMware
Virtual Infrastructure Client, then select Virtual Machine→Install/Upgrade VMware Tools)
• Storage: ESX virtual machines whose boot and data storage are files within the hypervisor
file system. That file system can be on local disk, FC SAN, HP StorageWorks SVSP, and
iSCSI. Also supported are hypervisor file systems on NAS and virtual machines using Raw
Device Mapping (RDM) to access a FC LUN directly.
• UUID: A virtual machine that is managed by logical server management must keep its
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) when prompted by VMware. When you power on a
virtual machine on a hypervisor that was moved to a new location (for example, from one
blade to another), a VMware message appears, asking you if you want to create a new UUID
for the virtual machine, or keep the UUID that was generated for the virtual machine when
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