HP Logical Server Management Best Practices

 <volumeNumber> set to the appropriate value, generally 1.

 <storageSize> size of the local disk in MB or GB

 <shareble> set to false

The <description> value can be set as appropriate for the customer environment. The other fields should be left

unspecified (e.g., <storageDeviceType>, <storageSpeed>, <disk status>). The

<CliComputePhysical> fields should not be changed (e.g., server name, UUID, and portability group).

Once the file contains the correct information, the lsmutil -import –an –file filename.xml command

ensures Matrix OE is aware of the new information.

After the import, Matrix OE is aware which compute resources have local disks which can be used as boot volumes.

That information is shared with Matrix infrastructure orchestration along with information about storage pool entries.

Matrix IO can then determine the appropriate resources to support instantiating a given service template.

NOTE: Once a logical server is activated on a target with local disk, it cannot be moved (but can be deactivated

and reactivated onto the same physical server, although no other logical server will be able to use that physical

server).

If the local disk needs to be deleted at a later time, executing the lsmutil -import –an –file

filename.xml command with the below information in the filename.xml file will delete the local disk. The

<name>, <uuid> and <portabilityGroupId> fields need to be adjusted as appropriate for the environment.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<name>lsaserver04</name>

</CliComputePhysical>

</ComputeActuals>

LSMUTIL Usage

The lsmutil command line utility can be used by administrators to list objects such as logical servers, compute

resources and storage pool entries within the Matrix OE database. The administrator can also list, reserve and

unreserve WWN‟s within the Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager GUID server using lsmutil. Finally the lsmutil

utility allows the administrator to export and import storage pool entries and compute resources (including optional

local disk information); but these export and import operations must be executed when the HP Logical Server

Automation service is available. The following commands are available for use.

lsmutil -list -ls [ -active | -inactive ] [names] [-xml] [-detail] [-file filename] [-help]

Prints a short list in ASCII format to sysout or to the specified file. The list contains All, Active or Inactive logical servers

in the Matrix OE database. The type of logical servers shown are determined by the user‟s input. The user may also

specify the name(s) of the logical servers to display. If no option is selected, all logical servers are displayed. The

short list will show Server Name, Type (ESX, Blade, HyperV), Architecture and State. If applicable, it will also show

the associated Virtual Doman Group and the Storage WWN. If the -xml parameter is specified, the utility will print a

detailed list in XML format to sysout or to the specified file. If the -detail parameter is specified, a detailed list of the

logical servers in a friendlier than XML format will be printed to sysout or to the supplied file. The list contains All,

Active or Inactive logical servers in the Matrix OE database.

lsmutil -list -cr [-vm | -vc | -oowf] [names] [-xml] [-file filename] [-help]