HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.3 User Guide

8 Viewing logs and version information
Viewing Integrity VM Host and VM logs
You can view the events logged by Integrity VM pertaining to the VM Host and all guests by
selecting View→Integrity VM log for VM Host... from the VM Manager menu bar. This gives a
display similar to that created by the hpvmstatus -e command (used at the Integrity VM CLI),
except VM Manager limits the display to the most recent 1000 log lines. The VM Host event log
records all changes to configurations of the VM Host and to virtual machines on the VM Host,
including information about commands issued and error messages.
You can view the events logged by Integrity VM pertaining to a selected virtual machine by selecting
View→Integrity VM log for VM... from the VM Manager menu bar (if you are in a VM Host or
Vswitch Properties view, a virtual machine must be selected). This gives the same display that the
hpvmstatus -e -P vm-name command would give when used at the Integrity VM CLI (where
vm-name is the name of the virtual machine). The event log records all changes to configurations
of the virtual machine and information about commands issued and error messages.
NOTE: With VM Manager running under HP SMH, to view the Integrity VM logs using either of
these View menu items, you must be logged into HP SMH with either Operator or Administrator
privileges. For more information, see the HP SMH documentation, available from the following
website (click the Support and Documents link):
http://www.hp.com/go/smh
Some reasons that you might want to view either log include the following:
• To confirm a change that you made to a running virtual machine. This is especially useful
when the VM Manager does not immediately display the changed data, such as modification
of memory or the number of virtual CPUs for a running virtual machine. In such circumstances,
VM Manager does not display the new data until the virtual machine is shut down or restarted.
• To review an error message that resulted from an Integrity VM command run by VM Manager,
or to view the actual command line that was run. VM Manager displays, or allows you to
view this information, at the time of the action. This view allows you to review the information
at a later time without having to access a log manually from the VM Host.
• To view commands, logged information, and error messages obtained directly from the Integrity
VM CLI and that might not have been recorded by VM Manager.
• To view other information logged on the VM Host, such as the status of the virtual machine
subsystem startup sequence (this information includes whether the virtual machine starts
automatically when the Integrity VM Host starts or remains in the Off state until manually
started).
Viewing VM Manager, Integrity VM, and WBEM Provider versions
You can view the version numbers of VM Manager, Integrity VM, and WBEM providers by selecting
View→VM Manager Version Information from the VM Manager menu bar. The resulting screen
reports the current versions of Integrity VM, of VM Manager, and of the providers on both the VM
Host and each virtual machine.
Figure 64 shows an example of a screen. If “No Permission” is displayed where a virtual machine's
WBEM provider version should be, the WBEM credentials (user name and password) have not
been set for that virtual machine. For more information on setting WBEM credentials, see “Setting
security credentials” (page 15).
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