HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.3 Software with Logical Server Management User Guide Abstract This document provides an overview of the HP Insight Virtualization Manager software and the logical servers feature. System administrators can use this document as an introduction to the Virtualization Manager and as a guide to using the software to visualize and manage systems and workloads in HP Insight Dynamics.
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Contents 1 Introduction...............................................................................................7 Features..................................................................................................................................7 Virtualization Manager tabs..................................................................................................7 Insight Dynamics menus.......................................................................................................
View logical server details..................................................................................................51 View logical server job status..............................................................................................51 Authorizations, requirements, and configuration..........................................................................51 Logical server requirements.................................................................................................
7 LSMUTIL database utility............................................................................93 LSMUTIL command.................................................................................................................93 LSMUTIL options.....................................................................................................................93 LSMUTIL example...................................................................................................................
Reviewing real-time utilization data.........................................................................................123 Utilization metrics visible in Virtualization Manager..............................................................123 Accessing utilization data.................................................................................................124 Available utilization metrics..........................................................................................
1 Introduction This document provides an overview of the HP Insight Virtualization Manager software and logical servers features. System administrators can use this document as an introduction to the Virtualization Manager and as a guide to using the software to visualize and manage systems and workloads, and to create and manage logical servers. For information about using HP Insight Dynamics, see the HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Getting Started Guide.
resource-sharing policies that you can use across multiple HP servers. For information about gWLM, see the HP Insight Global Workload Manager 6.3 Software User Guide. • Capacity Advisor tab – Lets you view utilization data and perform scenario analysis using Capacity Advisor. For information about Capacity Advisor, see the HP Insight Capacity Advisor 6.2 Software User Guide. Insight Dynamics menus The Insight Dynamics menu bar provides convenient access to the Insight Dynamics tools and actions.
Table 1 Tools menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Global Workload Manager→gWLM Historical Reports Accesses the gWLM Historical Reports page that lets you generate historical reports for your workloads and policies. Global Workload Manager→gWLM Advanced Reports... Accesses the gWLM Advanced Reports page that lets you generate reports with resource audit information, reports that identify workloads that might require additional resources, and other advanced features.
Table 1 Tools menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Logical Servers→Refresh...(Windows CMS only.) Refreshes the logical server database with VM Manager and Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager information. You might want to refresh if you create or remove inventory, by performing actions such as importing a logical server, creating or deleting a VM Host, or creating or deleting an enclosure in a Virtual Connect domain group. Logical Servers→Power→On/Off...
Table 3 Modify menu Menu selection What it does: Shared Resource Domain... Accesses the gWLM General tab, from which you can change the SRD name, mode (Advisory or Managed), state (Deployed or Undeployed) , and other properties. Workload Definition... Accesses the Workload Definition Properties page, from which you can modify a workload definition, including criteria that selects which processes are included in the workload. Logical Server...
Table 5 Configure menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Agentless Data Collection...→List Agentless Systems Accesses the Capacity Advisor List Agentless Systems Screen, allowing you to determine current settings for VSE agentless data configuration, particularly the list of systems from which to collect data using this method. Agentless Data Collection...
Virtualization Manager toolbar The Virtualization Manager toolbar provides an easy way to adjust the display of compartment information. Figure 2 shows the Virtualization Manager toolbar options: Figure 2 Virtualization Manager toolbar options 1 2 3 The drop-down menu allows you to select different ways of visualizing your enterprise. The default view is the physical and virtual server view.
Table 8 Expand and collapse buttons on the Virtualization Manager toolbar (continued) Button icon Name/Hover text Function Toolbar Expand button – Expand next level • Expands the next level compartment in the hierarchy, one level at a time. Clicking the Toolbar Expand button is similar to clicking the Expand Compartment button in every compartment that has collapsed subcompartments.
Concepts and terminology The Virtualization Manager incorporates a number of HP virtualization technologies and products from a single view, allowing you to view and manage systems and workloads. To make effective use of the Virtualization Manager, you need to become familiar with the following terms and concepts. Application A logically related set of processes active on a system (a running application) and/or a logically related set of files on a machine disk (an installed application).
memory), and the server connections to storage fabric and networks. This feature allows you to populate an enclosure, load balance servers, and evacuate servers for routine maintenance or in case of disaster; it allows you to provision resources only when needed and increase utilization of limited compute resources. 16 Managed system A server or other system that can be managed by Systems Insight Manager from a CMS. Management domain A CMS and its managed systems.
Virtual Connect domain group A logical collection of VC domains with the same network and storage configuration. A VC domain group can be expanded from the Virtualization Manager's Visualization View, Blades perspective. Virtual machine A software entity provided by HP Integrity Virtual Machines, VMware ESX, or Microsoft Virtual Server.
2 Starting Virtualization Manager This chapter describes the various ways you can start the Virtualization Manger from Systems Insight Manager, and how to switch views to display different system collections once in the Virtualization Manager. When you start the Virtualization Manager from any of the methods in this section, a splash screen displays as the Virtualization Manager loads.
From the Systems Insight Manager Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area: Choose Systems→Shared→Systems by Type→All VSE Resources, as shown in the following figure. Expand the All VSE Resources collection by clicking its nPartitions. icon, then choose a subset such as Create a custom Systems Insight Manager collection whose default view is set to All VSE Resources: Select this collection to start Virtualization Manager.
• Physical and Virtual • Serviceguard • System and Event • Virtual Machine A perspective is available even if there are no such corresponding systems configured and discovered. In that case, Virtualization Manager will display a page saying there is no information to display in that particular view. The Logical Server perspective is available only on a Windows CMS. For other conditions, see the note in “Purpose of the visualization view” (page 23).
3 Using Virtualization Manager views This chapter introduces the two primary views in the Virtualization Manager: • Visualization View (see “Using the visualization view” (page 23)) • Workload View (see “Using the workload view” (page 30)) By default, when you start Virtualization Manager, the Visualization tab is automatically selected, showing the Visualization View.
Figure 4 Visualization view 1 2 The Systems Insight Manager menu bar provides access to tools, logs, software options, and online help. If you lack authorization to use a tool, you might not be able to access certain menus. The Systems Insight Manager maximize view link maximizes the screen to eliminate the left-hand side Systems Insight Manager view. This link becomes “Restore” for returning to the original (two pane) view.
7 8 Systems Insight Manager system status indicators are the same as the ones that appear on the Systems Insight Manager System Status panel, in the left-hand navigation area. Hover over a status indicator for descriptive text. Technology icons provide quick navigation to management tools. Hover over the icon to see quick information about the management tool that will be launched by clicking the icon.
Figure 5 Components of an Insight Dynamics compartment 1 The selection check box selects a compartment for which you can apply an action from the gray Insight Dynamics menu bar (see “Insight Dynamics menus” (page 8)). If a compartment contains subcompartments, as the Integrity VM Host compartment does in the previous example, you must also select the check box for any subcompartment that you want to manage. Deselect a selected compartment by checking its selection check box.
In Figure 5, information for the standalone server citrine is expanded, so the Collapse Compartment button appears, whereas the standalone server azul is collapsed, so the Expand Compartment button appears. NOTE: When you collapse a selected subcompartment's parent in the compartment hierarchy and then expand it, that subcompartment it deselected. To perform actions on that subcompartment, you must again select the subcompartment check box.
Table 10 Color mapping for compartments in visualization view Foreground color: Indicates: BladeSystem, nPartiton, standalone server, Serviceguard node, VM Host, VMware ESX Host, MS Hyper-V Host Workload, Application Virtual Machine, virtual partition, MS virtual machine BladeSystem enclosure, Complex Virtual Connect domain group Serviceguard cluster, VC domain, VMware cluster VMware Resource Pool Technology icons Table 11 shows the icons that appear for systems in the Visualization View.
Table 11 Technology icons (continued) Technology Icon Shown for Action Tooltips HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) software iCAP complex, iCAP Launches iCAP host page nPar, iCAP vPar for nPar or vPar and iCAP complex page for complex Manage iCAP for the complex Manage iCAP for the N partition Manage iCAP for the virtual partition HP Onboard Administrator (OA) Blade enclosure Accesses the OA login Manage a blade enclosure screen the first time.
Table 11 Technology icons (continued) Technology Icon Shown for Action Tooltips Virtual Machine VM Launches HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager or VMM guest system page, depending on whether the system is an Integrity Virtual Machine or a VMware Virtual Machine. Manage the Virtual Machine.
Understanding workload types The term “workload” applies to each of the following distinct but closely related concepts in the Insight Dynamics software: • Monitored workload A workload that can be monitored by Virtualization Manager but has no policy associated with it. Monitored workloads do not belong to an SRD and are not managed by Global Workload Manager (gWLM). For information about creating and modifying monitored workloads, see “Creating monitored workloads” (page 32).
NOTE: Global Workload Manager tracks processes in the “OTHER” workload differently than Virtualization Manager and Capacity Advisor. For more information on how gWLM tracks processes, see the HP Insight Global Workload Manager 6.3 Software User Guide. Creating monitored workloads You can create monitored workload definitions from the either the Visualization View or the Workload View, as follows: Visualization View 1. 2. From the Visualization tab, select a system by clicking the compartment check box.
Viewing and modifying workload definitions You can view and modify existing workload definitions from the either the Visualization View or the Workload View, as follows: Visualization view 1. 2. 3. From the Visualization tab, select the check box next to Show Workloads on the Virtualization Manager toolbar. Workloads display in the compartments. Hover over the information icon to display an information popup. Click the Edit or View Workload properties link on the bottom of the page.
3 By default, the Workload view limits 50 workloads per page. If your display contains more than 50 workloads, a pagination link displays Next >>, allowing you to toggle to the next page of workloads. You can continue to toggle forward through the entire range of workloads, or use the << Previous link to toggle back to the previous page. You can change the number of workloads displayed per page by modifying the user preference for workload pagination.
Table 12 Workload type values (continued) 7 8 9 Value Definition Server The whole-OS workload on a standalone server. This could be a virtual machine host. SRD Member A workload that is part of a Shared Resource Domain (SRD). Virtual Machine The whole-OS workload on a generic virtual machine. Virtual Partition The whole-OS workload on a virtual partition. VMware ESX VM The whole-OS workload on a VMware ESX virtual machine.
4 Managing logical servers A logical server is a set of configuration information that you create, activate, and move across physical and virtual machines. It contains the logical server definition and description, including the server compute resources (for example, number of CPU cores and amount of memory), and the server connections to storage fabric and networks.
• Reduces downtime required for physical system maintenance, whether planned or unplanned. • Allows for server consolidation and improved server utilization, which help to maximize limited compute resources.
Figure 7 Example logical server perspective In the logical server compartment, the name next to the check box is the logical server name. An inactive logical server displays Inactive Logical Server in parentheses next to the name. If the logical server is active, the information in parentheses depends on the logical server type. • An active Virtual Connect logical server displays, in parentheses, the server blade serial number, or the host name if an operating system has been provisioned.
Using the drag and drop function is equivalent to using the Tools→Logical Servers→Move... menu selection. Logical server operations You can perform several actions on logical servers from Virtualization Manager. For a description of the Virtualization Manager menu options that perform these tasks, see “Insight Dynamics menus” (page 8). A logical server can be active or inactive. An active logical server has been bound to both an Systems Insight Manager node and a workload, and is bound to specific storage.
• For servers with Virtual Connect, the blade is shut down and the server profile is disassociated from the blade. (The server profile is maintained, however, and can be reactivated elsewhere.) • For virtual machines, the virtual machine is shut down, and the virtual machine definition is unregistered. (If the logical server is reactivated, the virtual machine is reregistered.) Following are other operations that you can perform on a logical server.
Microsoft Windows, Linux, HP-UX or HP OpenVMS as the operating system for a Virtual Connect logical server created on the HP Integrity architecture. For an ESX and Hyper-V virtual machine logical server, the operating system is used by VMware to create the correct virtual disk (storage) for the logical server. You can specify Microsoft Windows or Linux as the operating system for a virtual machine logical server created on the ProLiant or x86 system architecture.
You can specify storage for a logical server using the following methods: ◦ By selecting a previously configured storage pool entry. ◦ By creating a new SAN storage entry or File (VM) storage entry. You can choose to insert a SAN storage entry into the storage pool. See “Defining storage for logical servers” (page 71) for more information.
NOTE: If you unmanage a cross-technology logical server that was active on both a server with Virtual Connect and a VM Host at different points in time, be sure to remove the corresponding Virtual Connect profile or VM Guest configuration files that will no longer be used. Import The Tools→Logical Servers→Import... menu selection imports the definition for an existing physical server or virtual machine and creates an active logical server with that definition.
NOTE: Default portability groups cannot be modified. (Optional) User-defined portability groups are: • A single Virtual Connect domain group • A set of ESX Virtual Machine Hosts • A set of Hyper-V Virtual Machine Hosts • A set of HP Integrity VM Virtual Machine Hosts • A set consisting of a single Virtual Connect domain group and a set of ESX Virtual Machine Hosts A logical server created in this type of portability group is a cross-technology logical server.
You can move an active logical server onto another host using a menu selection, and by dragging and dropping the logical server onto another server with Virtual Connect or hypervisor in the Physical and Virtual, Blades, and Virtual Machines perspectives in Visualization tab. NOTE: Moving a logical server using drag and drop displays targets only with the best fit (no errors). To see potential targets that have soft errors, use the Tools→Logical Servers→Move... menu selection to move the logical server.
Table 13 Servers with Virtual Connect filter criteria Servers with Virtual Connect filter criteria Best Fit The source and target servers Virtual Connect have the same No Errors • Portability group • Model and generation • FCoE capability • Virtual Connect domain group • Mezzanine card in the same mezzanine slot • Blade state (not running) Classifiable Soft Errors • Compute resources on the target blade are not greater than or equal to the values you specified when you created or modified the logical s
Moving ESX, Hyper-V, and HP Integrity virtual machine logical servers If you are moving a logical server from one virtual machine to another, the following restrictions apply. • You can move virtual machine logical servers within a set of hypervisors of the same type (ESX, Hyper-V, Integrity VM). You cannot move virtual machine logical servers from one type of hypervisor to another type.
Table 14 ESX and Hyper-V virtual machine filter criteria ESX and Hyper-V virtual machine filter criteria Best Fit The source and target hosts have the same: No Errors • Portability group • Virtualization type (4.x or 3.x, except for 3.0.0 and 3.0.1) • Storage type (Local or SAN) • Virtual network configuration Acceptable Fit Classifiable Soft Errors • The CPU Frequency on the target host is not greater than or equal to the value you specified when you created or modified the logical server.
• Copy Move (ESX VM and Hyper-V VM Only) Moves a logical server to a target host within a VMM domain that is not connected to a SAN.
There are several check boxes in the Refresh Logical Servers screen. Use the following combinations to refresh resources. To refresh... Select...
NOTE: These authorizations apply to environments in which administrators manage all systems discovered in the CMS. If you use host-based authorizations and configure custom system lists to restrict authorizations for some administrators, and these administrators use logical servers, consider adding the Logical Servers system list with automatic updating for the specified administrator, as described below.
machine, or keep the UUID that was generated for the virtual machine when the logical server was activated. Select Always Keep, then click OK to continue powering on the virtual machine. If you do not select Always Keep or Keep, the moved logical server will not operate correctly. Microsoft Hyper-V Server • The following versions are supported: ◦ Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 6.0.6002 (SP1) ◦ Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 6.1.
PHSS_41416 1.0 HPVM A.04.20.05 vmTools (Patch for A.04.20.05 HPVM-Guest) – Logical Volume Manager (LVM) software Install LVM B.11.31.1010 on the VM Host. To locate LVM on the software depot website, go to http:// software.hp.com and search for the keyword LVM • Execute the Integrity VM hpvmhostgdev —a command to ensure that all devices are populated in the gdev database. The hpvmhostgdev command can analyze disklist and lvlist output and add unused gdevs to the Integrity VM database.
◦ ◦ • Logical servers upgraded from Insight Dynamics 6.0 and 6.1 are supported with a physical FC SAN volume using persistent DSF for the following operations: – Import – Power on and off – Online move – Unmanage For information on VM guest storage options, see “VM guest storage options ” (page 55). Network: ◦ Create an Integrity VM virtual machine logical server using Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO) network devices.
• HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO2) for ProLiant 2.00 or higher • Latest available firmware update for your server blade BIOS Logical server management leverages Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager and Virtual Connect Manager to provide Virtual Connect based functionality. HP recommends that you are familiar with these technologies. See http://www.hp.com/go/vcem and http://www.hp.com/go/ bladesystem/virtualconnect for more information.
Figure 11 vSphere client permissions tab 5. Expand Datastore, and ensure that Browse datastore is checked. Figure 12 Edit role Configuring Systems Insight Manager with Onboard Administrator credentials The user Administrator of the Onboard Administrator for each C-class enclosure that is managed by Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager must be configured into Systems Insight Manager for the CMS on which logical server management in Virtualization Manager is running.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. From the upper, blue menu bar, select Options→Discovery..., then click the New… button. Click the radio button next to Discover a single system. For each disk array, fill in the Name (such has SMA_EVA) and the IP address of the Storage Management Appliance. Click the Credentials... button. Enter the Sign-In System Credentials. Click OK. On the Discovery page, select the newly created discovery task. Click the Run Now button.
Configuring Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA) ESA provides storage provisioning and server operations for logical servers and HP Insight Orchestration. ESA is installed and configured with Insight Dynamics. This section includes ESA configuration details, so that you can change the default configuration if it is required in your environment.
#esa.oo.admin.password - Password of OO server. #esa.oo.host - indicates the ip address of the OO server. #esa.oo.port - Port number of the OO Server # #esa.oo.service.ws.path - Path to the OO service. #esa.oo.timeout.workflow – Presently not used. #esa.oo.retry.count – Presently not used. #esa.oo.syncpolling - This property is only for synchronous calls, and can be ignored as of now. #esa.oo.san.replytoURI - URI to which OO should call back for storage workflows. #esa.oo.server.
EVA_OTHER_WIN2K8_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS=6200,6220,09004000,09006000,09501000, 09501100,09501200,09521000,09522000,09534000 7. 8. Save the file. Restart the ESA service.
5 Managing fluid cross-technology logical servers Heterogeneous server environments (multiple vendors, server types, product generations, and product families) exist in most datacenters. Cross-technology logical servers allow you to choose server configurations that make sense for your environment without having to consider the mechanics of moving images and the underlying technologies.
• All Hyper-V Virtual Machine Hosts • All HP Integrity VM Virtual Machine Hosts (Optional) User-defined portability groups: • A single Virtual Connect domain group • A set of ESX Virtual Machine Hosts • A set of Hyper-V Virtual Machine Hosts • A set of HP Integrity VM Virtual Machine Hosts • A set consisting of a single Virtual Connect domain group and a set of ESX Virtual Machine Hosts A logical server created in this type of portability group is a cross-technology logical server.
Figure 14 Modify portability group menu The Manage Portability Groups screen is displayed. Existing user-defined portability groups and default portability groups are shown. Figure 15 Manage portability group screen Press the Modify or Create Group button to display the Modify Portability Group screen. On the Modify Portability Group screen, select Virtual Connect domain groups or VM Hosts to include in the portability group from the Virtualization Manager Physical and Virtual perspective.
Figure 16 Modify portability group screen Adding and removing target attributes Logical server target attributes allow you to track where a logical server has been successfully activated or moved in the past. This gives you a greater number of most suitable targets on which to activate or move a logical server. You can add and remove target attributes to standard logical servers and to cross-technology logical servers.
Figure 18 Manage target attributes screen Defining storage You create a storage pool entry or a storage entry associated with a cross-technology logical server in the same way as you do for physical to physical or virtual to virtual logical servers, using Modify→Logical Server Storage Pools… or Create→Logical Server…. On the Create→Logical Server… storage screen, select a storage type of SAN Storage Entry for both servers with Virtual Connect logical servers and virtual machine logical servers.
NOTE: To move cross-technology logical servers from physical to virtual systems and back, ensure that at least one network in the Virtual Connect domain group is named identically to a vSwitch on the ESX Host. Unmanaging a cross-technology logical server Unmanaging a cross-technology logical server requires additional steps.
On the Storage screen, select SAN Storage Entry from the drop-down menu, and press Create Storage Entry. Specify the storage definition on the Create Storage Entry screen and click Save. f. g. h. i. On the Storage screen, select an ESX Data store from the drop-down menu. Press Next. On the Network screen, select a Network from the drop-down menu and press Add Network. This is the network used by the Virtual Connect domain group and ESX Hosts. Press Next.
6 Defining storage for logical servers This chapter presents underlying concepts to provide a better understanding of how a given storage definition maps into the physical Virtual Connect environment, and explains how to define storage entries and storage pool entries for a logical server. NOTE: For more information about logical server and Insight Orchestration storage, including integrating with non-HP servers and HP rack mount servers, see the following white papers at www.hp.
bays on its backplane. (For detailed information on this mapping, see the HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures documentation.) Storage in a Virtual Connect environment Storage in a Virtual Connect environment is often housed within storage area networks (SANs), which are accessed through Fibre Channel connections. Using SAN storage has many advantages, including allowing a system to seamlessly failover from one server blade to another in the case of a failure.
Logical server storage Insight Dynamics allows you to logically represent your storage environment in a logical server storage configuration. A logical server completely defines your storage, including all Fibre Channel ports, fabrics, server WWNs, storage WWNs, volumes, and LUNs. For server with Virtual Connect logical server storage, HP recommends Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) with boot-from-SAN capability.
Table 17 Storage types If your logical server will be active on... And your storage configuration is...
For information about creating a storage pool entry, see “Create a storage pool entry” (page 79). 1. Click the Select Storage Type drop-down menu and select one of the following storage types. Available selections depend on the Portability Group for the logical server. (The SAN Catalog Storage Entry and SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage Entry storage types are available on the Manage Storage Pool screen only.
SAN storage entry definition 1. 2. 3. Optional: Change the name of the storage entry by typing in the name box. Each storage entry is given a unique default name. Optional: Enter a description for the storage entry. If you enter a description and insert the entry into the storage pool, it is displayed in the Select Pool Entry drop-down menu on the Modify Storage Configuration tab and the Create Storage Configuration screen.
4. 5. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each port for this logical server. To remove the last port added to the table, click the Remove Last Port button. Ports must be removed in the reverse order in which they were added. Figure 23 Create logical server SAN port definition Volume and path definition After creating and presenting the volumes (LUNs), the storage administrator provides the server administrator with the information required to complete the logical server storage definition.
6. 7. 8. 9. Obtain storage port WWNs and LUN identifiers corresponding to the server WWN for each storage volume. (If these values are not readily available, you can save this storage entry and use the Modify→Logical Server... menu selection to add storage values later. The storage port WWN and LUN identifier are required before you can activate the logical server.) Optional: Enter the storage port WWN for each server WWN. (This value must be entered before the logical server can be activated.
Figure 25 Create file (VM) storage entry File (VM) storage entry definition 1. 2. Optional: Change the name of the storage entry by typing in the name box. Each storage entry is given a unique default name. Optional: Enter a description for the storage entry. File (VM) storage selection 1. 2. 3. Click the Add Storage button to on the right side of the screen to add a row to the Storage Selection table. Enter the size in GB for the storage selection.
A logical server can be associated with multiple storage pool entries. Multiple logical servers can share the same storage pool entry. You can configure catalog storage using HP Storage Provisioning Manager. You can then specifying catalog storage options on the Add/Modify Add/Modify Storage Pool Entry: SAN screen. See “Storage Provisioning Manager” (page 90) for more information. To create a storage pool entry before or after you create a logical server, use the Modify→Logical Server Storage Pools...
Figure 26 Manage storage pool screen Associating a storage pool entry with a logical server When you create a logical server, you can select a storage pool entry as the storage configuration for the logical server by performing the following steps from the Create→Logical Server... storage configuration screen. 1. 2. Select a storage pool entry from the drop-down menu. Only entries whose operating system matches the operating system specified for the logical server will be available for selection.
NOTE: If you create a logical server, insert its storage configuration into the storage pool, then modify the logical server, catalog storage options are not available on the Modify Logical Server storage tab. Catalog storage options are available only on the Add/Modify Storage Pool Entry: SAN screen.
Figure 28 Add storage pool entry definition and tag selection Port definition On the Storage Entry: SAN and Add/Modify Storage Pool Entry: SAN screens, the Port Selection table allows you to define the ports that can be used to access the volume selections for this logical server. Any communication with SAN storage starts with the server’s Fibre Channel ports. Ports are added in sequential order. For each port, you must select the fabric from a drop-down menu with which the port will communicate.
definition. You can also use Storage Provisioning Manager to streamline this process. See “Setting up SPM for use with logical server storage” (page 58) for more information. This information includes: • Storage WWN, uniquely identifying the port used to communicate with the SAN • LUN, uniquely identifying the created volume within the SAN Using these two pieces of information, the path to the LUN is unique within the FC environment.
l. When the value in the Status column is Presentation Completed, press the Modify button on the Manage Storage Pool screen to display this screen. m. Select a Storage Port WWN from the drop-down menu and press Save. 2. For SAN Catalog Storage Entry: a. Click the Add Volume button on the right side of the screen to add a row to the Volume & Path Selection table. b. Optional: Check the Redundancy check box next to a specific volume to implement redundancy for that volume. c.
IMPORTANT: For SAN Catalog Storage Entries and SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage Entries, the Remove Volume action returns the storage volume to the storage catalog as an available resource. Unmask catalog-based storage volumes before removing the storage volumes. For non-boot volumes, uncheck the Masked check box. For boot volumes, use HP Storage Provisioning Manager to change the presentation state of the storage volume.
IMPORTANT: You must check the Ready check box next to each server WWN before the storage pool entry can be shared by logical servers. The Ready check box is grayed out and checked by default for a SAN Catalog Storage Entry and a SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage Entry. For a SAN Storage Entry and a SAN Catalog Storage Entry, after presentation is complete, modify the storage pool entry, select a Storage Port WWN from the drop-down menu and press Save.
Figure 31 Manage storage pool The number of storage entries that appear as Available in the Storage Pool Entries table on the Manage Storage Pools screen is determined by the number of server WWNs marked as Ready minus the number of logical servers that are already sharing the storage entry: Available = Ready - Sharers If two or more ports are specified, the port with the lower number of server WWNs marked as Ready is used to determine the number of available storage entries.
The Owner column shows the name(s) of the logical server(s) that share the storage pool entry. A storage pool entry has an owner only if it has been associated with a logical server on the Create Logical Server storage screen, or the Modify Logical Server storage tab. Validating storage You can optionally validate your Virtual Connect logical server storage configuration by performing on-demand checking of Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) and Modular Smart Array (MSA) storage.
Storage Provisioning Manager HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM), automatically installed as part of HP Insight Dynamics, is a software tool that provides a service-centric management interface to storage, allowing storage requests to be fulfilled with available storage services from a storage catalog. It securely automates storage management tasks. SPM enables the storage administrator to define a catalog of storage volumes.
Figure 33 Relationships between the applications, servers, and arrays comprising the overall SPM environment NOTE: Modular Smart Arrays (MSAs) are not supported in the current release of SPM. Operations Orchestration workflows The standard Insight Dynamics solution provides out-of-the-box support for HP BladeSystem c-Class servers using Virtual Connect and the HP EVA storage solution (which can be bundled as part of HP BladeSystem Matrix).
The following sections describe the Extensible Server and Storage Adapter (ESA) component of the Insight Dynamics solution, configuration steps, and how the server and storage workflows can be customized. Extensible Server & Storage Adapter Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA) provides storage provisioning and server operations for logical servers and HP Insight Orchestration. Insight Dynamics includes reference implementations which can be customized for specific environments.
7 LSMUTIL database utility LSMUTIL command LSMUTIL is a script that you can run from the command line or from a DOS bat file. LSMUTIL reads information from the logical servers tables in the Insight Dynamics database. Based on the option you select, the script exports information about logical servers and storage pool entries, or updates the system with information imported from a specified XML file.
NOTE: The following notes apply: • If the command –list is provided with the parameter –cr or –ls or –spe and no other parameters are supplied, the default is all. • If the command –export is provided with the parameter –an or –spe and no other parameters are supplied, the default is all. • To redirect screen output to a file, enter a command similar to the following: LSMUTIL –list –ls –file filename.
Table 18 LSMUTIL options (continued) Option Parameters Description -list -cr [-vm | -vc | -oowf] [-xml] [-names Prints a short list to sysout in ascii format for all, vm, vc, and names] [-file filename] oowf managed resources. If the -xml parameter is supplied, a long list of managed resources in xml form are listed. The following list defines the managed resource parameters: • The vm parameter—Virtual Machine based managed resources.
Table 18 LSMUTIL options (continued) Option Parameters Description -reserve -wwn [WWN| DomainGroupName Preallocate the specified WWN or preallocate initiator WWNs NumberofWWNs] –help for a specified Virtual Connect Domain Group. Displays the reserved WWNs to standard output in ASCII format. You must specify a Virtual Connect Domain Group name and an integer from 1 to 100 if you enter a DomainGroupName.
Table 19 LSMUTIL storage options LSMUTIL option Purpose -export –spe Export storage pool entries into an XML file, which can be modified and then imported. 1 NOTE: The -export –spe only exports a subset of the information concerning a catalog-based (SPM-based) storage pool entries. It exports all of the information as displayed with other storage pool entries, but it does not export the information that is particular to a catalog-based storage pool entry.
information such as storage controller port WWN and LUN number, and perhaps defining additional ports and WWNs). An example XML file is shown in Example 2 “Example XML file for storage import and export”. Creating multiple storage pool entries The –import –spe option can also be used to create non-catalog based storage pool entries, providing a mechanism for bulk creation of storage pool entries by importing a variety of pre-allocated storage volumes to be used by logical servers.
Example 1 Storage definition XSD file PAGE 100
Requesting server (initiator) WWNs for storage preallocation The LSMUTIL -reserve –wwn option allows the storage administrator to request a number (from 1 to 100) of server (initiator) WWNs for a specified Virtual Connect Domain Group or a particular server WWN.
Example 2 Example XML file for storage import and export PAGE 102 2 40000 0 0 NONE false false false 1 50:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1 PRIMARY 1 1 10000 <
Modifying physical servers with local disk information In a Virtual Connect environment, the Insight Dynamics software automatically gathers information about server blades (memory, processors, and potential connectivity). Local disk information (also referred to as DAS – Direct Attached Storage) is not currently gathered, so it is necessary to annotate the collected server information to indicate if it has a local disk with particular properties.
set to NONE size of the local disk in MB. If set to a negative number, the local disk is set to default values upon import. The and values can be set as appropriate for the customer environment. Other fields, such as , , and , should be left unspecified. The other properties found in should not be changed (name, uuid, and portabilityGroupID). “Example filename.
4. To update the XML file: • Add LOCAL to the storageType element. For example: LOCAL • Add megabytes to the storageSizeType element. For example: MB • Add the numerical storage size in megabytes. For example: 307200 5. 6. 7. Import the XML file using the LSMUTIL -import -an command. Refresh the resources in VSE. Create a template in Insight Orchestration.
8 Troubleshooting This chapter covers some of the issues that can occur when you are using logical servers, and provides the troubleshooting steps you need to correct the problem, and provides some tips that will help you better use the Virtualization Manager.
2. 3. 4. 5. • Individual VM Hosts are configured and identified in Systems Insight Manager • Individual VM Hosts are registered in Insight Control virtual machine management (VMM) Refresh the server resources to reflect any environment configuration changes in the last 30 minutes. (Logical server management refreshes automatically every 30 minutes, while the following steps perform the refresh immediately.
Table 20 Recovering an inoperable logical server (continued) Possible cause Suggested action Inoperable logical server appears immediately after a 1. Unmanage the inoperable logical server. failure of the HP Logical Server Automation service or of 2. Re-import the logical server. the entire CMS.
Correcting problems powering on a logical server Occasionally a Virtual Connect logical server or virtual machine logical server fails to power on and returns an error. If you encounter this problem, check the firmware versions and hardware as described below. Suggested action: Check firmware versions Check the recommended firmware versions of Virtual Connect Manager, Onboard Administrator, Integrated Lights Out (iLO) and server blade BIOS.
Do not stop or restart Logical Server Automation service while operations are in progress Unpredictable results can occur if you stop or restart the LSA service while logical server operations are in progress. “Error saving storage pool entry after Logical Server Automation service is restarted” (page 112) is an example of one such result. Suggested action Check the Report→Logical Server Job Status...
1. 2. Modify the configuration file (shown in the default location) at C:\Program Files\HP\ Virtual Server Environment\conf\hp_lsa_service.conf. Add the following line. (Change additional.2 to additional.3 if a line with additional.2 already exists; change additional.2 to additional.4 if lines with additional.2 and additional.3 already exist, and so on.) wrapper.java.additional.2=-XX:PermSize=32m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m 3. Restart the HP Logical Server Automation service.
IMPORTANT: This error also occurs during the first activation of a logical server if the designated Virtual Connect profile name is assigned to an existing profile. In this case, following the suggested action to delete the underlying profile will result in a loss of data if the profile is in use.
5. 6. 7. Restart the Logical Server Automation Service. This recreates the logical server with the new name. If the logical server was previously activated, then deactivated, reactivate it using Tools→Logical Servers→Activate.... Use the Systems Insight Manager Option→Discovery... menu selection to rediscover the host. Oversubscribing the number of networks It is possible to "over subscribe" the number of networks for a Virtual Connect logical server.
Suggested action 3 Modify the unusable WWNs, entering in new values in their place. HP recommends that you do not use Unmanage Logical Server to unmanage a logical server that has been previously activated. Unmanaging the logical server may result in an inconsistent state, and may render the storage pool entries unusable. An exception to this recommendation is if you plan to manage the profile using VCEM.
VM Host does not appear on move logical server target screen If a VM Host does not appear on the Move: Assign Logical Servers to Target Hosts screen in the Available Target Hosts and Rejected Target Hosts tables, or if a virtual machine fails to be imported with a "cannot find VM" or "cannot find VM Host" message, check for the following possible causes. Possible Causes • The UUID is null or missing. • The VM Hosts do not have the proper licenses installed.
Suggested action Ensure that the Integrity VM storage is properly configured with a whole LUN, ejectable DVD, or virtual disk created using a Shared Logical Volume Manager (SLVM) Logical Volume (LV). The Volume Group that contains the SLVM LV must have a container type of CONTAINER_VOLUME_SLVM. See HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2: Installation, Configuration, and Administration at www.hp.com/go/hpux-hpvm-docs for more information.
Moving logical servers when the CMS and vCenter are in different network domains If you are moving an ESX virtual machine logical server, there may be a delay in the population of possible target hosts if the CMS and vCenter are in different network domains (subnets). Similarly, if you are moving the logical server using drag and drop, there may be a delay before the hosts appear as valid targets. XML parsing error if new ESA attributes are not added to serverInfo.xml Insight Dynamics 6.
Workaround Re-enter Virtualization Manager using the Tools→Virtualization Manager... menu selection or by clicking the All VSE Resources collection (or one of the collections under it) in Systems Insight Manager's left pane. Then re-enter your search. Navigation tips When navigating between Virtualization Manager screens, do not use the browser Back button to return to the previous page. Doing so removes the collections previously displayed and requires that you restart the Virtualization Manager.
9 Advanced features This chapter describes the following advanced features: • Modifying user preferences to customize the Virtualization Manager's default settings (see “Modifying user preferences” (page 121)) • Accessing real-time utilization data (see “Reviewing real-time utilization data” (page 123)) • Customizing Systems Insight Manager Collections displayed by the Virtualization Manager (see “Customizing Systems Insight Manager collections” (page 127)) Modifying user preferences The Virtualizatio
Table 21 User preference settings and defaults User preference Setting Default What it does Prompt for confirmation after drag and drop? Yes/No Yes Presents a confirmation dialog box to confirm a drag/drop operation. CAUTION: To avoid accidentally dragging and dropping an item to the wrong system, do not change this default.
Table 21 User preference settings and defaults (continued) User preference Setting Maximum number of Minimum =1; compartments to display Maximum = before auto-collapsing 5000 Default What it does 5000 On the Visualization tab, this setting detects the number of visible compartments to display. If the number of compartments exceeds the defined limit, Virtualization Manager collapses the compartments in the layout. This action is equivalent to clicking the Toolbar Collapse button .
NOTE: Because power settings are associated with hardware, power meters do not display for VM guests (including HP virtual machines, Microsoft virtual machines, or VMware), complexes, enclosures, Virtual Connect Domains, and Virtual Connect Domain groups. CPU, memory, network I/O, and disk I/O meter information is obtained via WBEM from the Utilization Provider running on the managed systems, Virtual Machine Management, or other sources depending on the physical or virtual system you are viewing.
Available utilization metrics The following types of utilization metrics are shown on the Visualization View and Workload View: • CPU utilization Percentage of total CPU resources in use. For a complex, virtual partition server, enclosure, VC domain, VC domain group, or Serviceguard cluster compartment, the aggregate CPU utilization is calculated as the average utilization of its subcompartments. CPU meters shown in compartments that do not have CPUs are an aggregation.
utilization data is available, power meters are provided for any physical server, including standalone servers, nPartitions, or server blades. Power meters typically display a warning triangle until a power calibration has been performed for a system. Once calibrated using either of the above methods, the power meter value can be displayed. Meter callout information Meter callouts exist only on the Visualization tab.
Customizing Systems Insight Manager collections You can customize Systems Insight Manager to make it more convenient to start Virtualization Manager and view the systems that you most frequently manage. From the SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area, select the Customize... link to create a new custom collection. Creating a custom collection To create a custom collection, use the following procedure: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. 2. 3. 128 From the blue Systems Insight Manager menu bar, choose Options→Home Page Settings... Select the option This collection and choose All VSE Resources or another collection from the menu. Click OK.
10 Support and other resources Contacting HP Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you call contact HP: • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware or software • Technical support registration number (if applicable) How to contact HP technical support Use the following methods to contact HP technical support: • In the United States, s
How to use your software technical support and update service After you have registered, you will receive a service contract in the mail containing the Customer Service phone number and your Service Agreement Identifier (SAID). You need your SAID when you call for technical support. Using your SAID, you can also go to the Software Update Manager (SUM) web page to view your contract online and elect electronic delivery for product updates.
• HP Insight Orchestration User Guide • HP Insight Recovery User Guide Refer to the following documents for system requirements and installation and upgrade instructions: Central Management Server (CMS) platform Installation Guide Microsoft® Windows® HP Insight Software 6.3 Installation and Configuration Guide HP-UX HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide For related HP documentation on the Windows operating system, see http://docs.hp.com/en/windows.
Index A activate logical server, 40 advanced features, 121 C collection creating custom, 127 customizing, 127 compartment color definitions, 27 components, 25 details of , 25 icons, 28 configure menu, 11 copy logical server, 43 CPU utilization, 125 create logical server, 41 create menu, 10 cross-technology logical server, 63 customer service contact numbers, 130 D deactivate logical server, 40 delete logical server, 43 delete menu, 11 documentation providing feedback, 130 reporting errors in, 130 drag and
moving virtual machine, 48 network for cross-technology, 67 operating system, 41 operating system variation, 42 portability group, 63 default, 63 user-defined , 64 portable, 63 power on and off, 50 refresh server resources, 50 requirements, 52 steps for moving cross-technology, 68 steps for setting up SPM, 58 storage for cross-technology, 67 target attributes, 66 troubleshooting inoperable, 108 troubleshooting powering on and off, 110 unmanage, 43 unmanaging cross-technology, 68 using from Virtualization Ma
troubleshooting WWNs, 115 user preferences modifying, 121 screen, 121 settings and defaults, 121 utilization data accessing, 124 reviewing real-time, 123 utilization metrics available, 125 visible in Virtualization Manager, 123 V validating storage, 89 view logical server details, 51 view logical server job status, 51 Virtual Connect environment, 71 Virtualization Manager advanced features, 121 automatically displaying, 127 configure menu, 11 create menu, 10 delete menu, 11 features, 7 introduction, 7 menu
