HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.3 User Guide

Screen details
For more information about using and interpreting the items displayed in the Network tab, see
“Screen details” (page 38).
VM Properties Storage tab
The VM Properties Storage tab shows state and configuration information for a specific virtual
machine.
Quick reference
Figure 39 VM Properties Storage tab
1
Goes back to the previous view, in this case the VM Host view. If you accessed the VM
Properties view from HP Matrix OE visualization, the link returns you to HP Matrix OE
visualization. In HP SMH, when you first access this page from HP SMH, the link is not provided.
The link appears whenever you move from one VM Manager view to another (such as from
VM Host view to VM Properties view, in which case the Go back to Integrity Virtual Machines
Manager: Manage Host link appears on the VM Properties view).
2
With the Show physical host bus adapters check box selected (as in this example), the view
includes the complete storage bus structure, host bus adapters, and multipath storage
configurations. This view may take longer to render and can be more challenging for discerning
the associations between virtual machines and devices, especially when many multipath
storage devices exist on the VM Host. By default (the check box being unselected), the view
is simpler, showing only the specific storage devices that are being used as backing devices.
For a multipath device, the simple view shows only the device special file (DSF) path, as
specified when the virtual storage device was created. In contrast, the complex view displays
all DSF versions of the same device, including (on an HP-UX 11i v3 VM Host) the persistent
DSF.
When you navigate to another VM Manager view and return to this view again, the host bus
adapters check box retains its state. In other words, if the box is checked when you navigate
away from the VM Properties Storage tab, it remains checked when you navigate back (you
continue to see the complex view on return). If the box is unchecked, it remains unchecked
when you return (you continue to see the simple view). The check box state on the VM Properties
Storage tab does not affect the state of the same check box on the VM Host Storage tab. For
example, selecting the check box on the VM Properties Storage tab does not automatically
affect the check box and view of the VM Host Storage tab.
3
Displays this window in a format suitable for printing.
4
Updates the data displayed on this page. In general, VM Manager tabbed view screens are
refreshed automatically at regular intervals, and VM Manager screens that display configuration
data are updated instantaneously when you use VM Manager to change the related
Virtual Machines (VM) Properties view 65