HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.3 User Guide

utilization of server resources. From VM Manager, you can cause Capacity Advisor to
collect and display historical data for a VM Host or selected virtual machines. Certain
VM Manager views include utilization meters (bar graphs) that display current utilization
data for a resource; you can click the meter to view a screen that provides more detailed
historical data. (These meters are visible when using VM Manager with HP SMH, but you
cannot click them to obtain a Capacity Advisor report.) For more information about using
VM Manager to collect and view utilization data, see Chapter 7 (page 105). For more
information about accessing Capacity Advisor through VM Manager, see “Using the
Tools menu” (page 71) and “Using the View menu” (page 76).
Other Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX components include:
◦ Application Discovery
◦ HP Instant Capacity Manager
◦ Partition Manager
◦ WBEM providers (which include the VM Provider and the Utilization Provider, as described
in “System and software requirements” (page 13) and other agents.
For more information about Matrix OE concepts and terminology, including a complete list
of the components of Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX, see the HP Matrix Operating
Environment 7.0 Getting Started Guide.
Information about HP SMH is available from the following HP SMH website:
http://www.hp.com/go/smh
Information about HP Systems Insight Manager is available from the following HP Systems Insight
Manager website:
http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/
VM Manager tasks
Use VM Manager to create and manage Integrity VM virtual machines. To take full advantage of
VM Manager, you can perform the following tasks:
• Create, configure, and control virtual machines and their resources, such as virtual switches
(vswitches), virtual network devices, and virtual storage devices (Chapter 6 (page 79))
• Monitor VM Host and virtual machine operation (Chapter 4 (page 29))
• Modify virtual machine configurations (“Modifying virtual machines” (page 84))
• Migrate virtual machines from host to host (“Migrating virtual machines” (page 92))
• Collect and view utilization data for VM Host, virtual machines, and their resources (Chapter 7
(page 105))
• Respond to status reports, error messages, and problems concerning virtual machines
(Appendix A (page 115))
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