HP Virtualization Manager with Logical Server Manager 6.2 User Guide

(Optional) User-defined portability groups:
• A single Virtual Connect domain group
• A set of ESX Virtual Machine Hosts
• A set of Hyper-V Virtual Machine Hosts
• A set of HP Integrity VM Virtual Machine Hosts
• A set consisting of a single Virtual Connect domain group and a set of ESX Virtual Machine
Hosts
A logical server created in this type of portability group is a cross-technology logical server.
Specify a unique name for your user-defined portability group. The default portability group
names are displayed on the Manage Portability Groups screen so you can avoid selecting one of
those names for your user-defined portability group.
You may want to create a user-defined portability group to:
• Enable cross-technology moves of logical servers, for example, from a server with Virtual
Connect to an ESX virtual machine.
• Limit the number of servers or VM Hosts contained in a portability group. For example, if
the default “All ESX Virtual Machine Hosts” portability group contains a large number of
virtual machines, you can create a portability group that contains a smaller number of ESX
virtual machines within which logical servers can move. This may have the additional benefit
of reducing the number of rejected targets when you move the logical server.
You select a portability group for a logical server using the Create→Logical Server… menu
selection.
Figure 5-1 Create logical server identity
You can create a user-defined portability group using the Modify→Logical Server Portability
Groups… menu selection.
Figure 5-2 Modify portability group menu
66 Managing fluid cross-technology logical servers