User's Manual

Managing Virtual Resources
12-66 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
Duplicating Virtual Resources
This procedure allows you to quickly clone a virtual resource in your environment by adding a new
resource with same characteristics as the one selected. Set-up script will be also running during this
operations.
To duplicate virtual resources, perform the following steps:
1. Open a session editor; see the “Opening the Session Editor” section on page 12-9.
2. Select a virtual resource, right-click and select Duplicate.
A new icon representing the new virtual resource will be inserted in the session editor.
3. Save the Session (File > Save) to bring the resource to life and execute its setup workflow operations.
Relocating Virtual Resources
This procedure allows you to move the selected virtual resource from one hypervisor to a secondary one.
This procedure can use third-party software to perform such operations as the use of vSphere vMotion for
vmWare hypervisor.
To relocate virtual resources, perform the following steps:
1. Open a session editor; see the “Opening the Session Editor” section on page 12-9.
2. Select a virtual resource, right-click and select Relocate.
The following options are available:
• Automatic—Active System Manager determines a secondary hypervisor to move your current
virtual machine to run on, and still validates the original capacity constraints.
• Manual—The session owner (or participants) can pick from a list of other hypervisors available in
the Active System Manager inventory.
Note The hypervisor list does not filter elements matching the capacity constraint of the selected virtual
resource.
3. Click OK.
The original virtual resource becomes inactive, and a new virtual resource is now available on the
session editor. To check the new hypervisor resource identification, select the new resource, click the
Resource tab and search for the Host Asset Tag.
4. Optional. Select the inactive virtual resource, right-click and select Delete.
5. Click File > Save.