HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction......................................................................................................................9 Features...................................................................................................................................................9 Virtualization Manager tabs..............................................................................................................9 Insight Dynamics menus..........................................
View logical server job status..........................................................................................................52 Authorizations, requirements, and configuration................................................................................52 Logical server requirements............................................................................................................53 Configuring and registering VMware vCenter...............................................................
Recovery after logical server operation failures...................................................................................82 Troubleshooting an inoperable logical server.......................................................................................82 Correcting problems powering on a logical server..............................................................................83 Logical server operations cannot be cancelled......................................................................
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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 6.0 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 6.0 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 6.0 Software: User Guide. Insight Dynamics menus The Insight Dynamics menu bar provides convenient access to the Insight Dynamics tools and actions.
Table 1-1 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 1-1 Tools menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Logical Servers→Move... (Windows CMS only) Allows you to move a logical server. This menu option is equivalent to using the Virtualization Manager's drag and drop feature from the Physical and Virtual perspective in the Visualization View. Restrictions apply when moving a logical server from one server with Virtual Connect to another, or from one virtual machine to another. Logical Servers→Refresh...(Windows CMS only.
Table 1-3 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 1-5 Configure menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Edit Network and Disk I/O Capacity... Accesses the Capacity Advisor Network and Disk I/O Capacity screen, from which you can set the upper bound value of network and disk I/O capacity for the selected set of systems. Agentless Data Collection... Accesses the Capacity Advisor Collect Data screens that allow you to prepare to collect data for the Capacity Advisor. Agentless Data Collection...
Table 1-7 Report menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Logical Server Job Status... (Windows CMS only) A logical server job is the process of activating, copying, creating, deactivating, deleting, importing, or moving a logical server. This link allows you to check any of these multiple job statuses. View Logical Server Details...
Table 1-8 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.
Starting Virtualization Manager This section describes the various ways you can start the Virtualization Manger from HP SIM, and how to switch views to display different system collections once in the Virtualzation Manager. When you start the Virtualization Manager from any of the methods in this section, a splash screen displays as the Virtualization Manager loads. NOTE: In Internet Explorer 7, do not create multiple browser windows in the same session by using Ctrl-N or File→New Window.
From the HP SIM 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 HP SIM collection whose default view is set to All VSE Resources: Select this collection to start Virtualization Manager.
• • • • • • Blade Logical Server 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).
Callout Icons Graphical icons that display in the right-hand corner of compartments or subcompartments. Information callout icons show the system or workload attributes. Meter callout icons show expanded information about the utilization meters that appear to the left of the icon. The utilization meters display the recent utilization metrics for CPU, memory, disk, and LAN.
divided into virtual partitions. An nPartition can be used as a compartment managed by gWLM. Pagination In the Workload View, when the number of workloads displayed exceeds the per-page limit, pagination allows you to navigate to the next page to continue viewing workloads. Perspective The Perspective drop-down menu on the Virtualization Manager allows you to select different ways of visualizing your enterprise.
Virtual partition A software partition of a server, or of a single nPartition, provided by HP vPars. Each virtual partition can run its own instance of an operating system. A virtual partition cannot span an nPartition boundary. Visualization View The view presented by clicking the Virtualization Manager's Visualization tab. By default, the view “perspective” is set for physical and logical systems.
2 Getting started with Virtualization Manager 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 2-1 Visualization view 1 2 The HP SIM 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 HP SIM maximize view link maximizes the screen to eliminate the left-hand side HP SIM view. This link becomes “Restore” for returning to the original (two pane) view. The help button is denoted by a question mark icon This Page from the HP SIM menu bar.
7 8 HP SIM system status indicators are the same as the ones that appear on the HP SIM 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 2-2 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 10)). 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 2-2, 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, it deselects that subcompartment. To perform actions on that subcompartment, you must again select the subcompartment check box.
Table 2-1 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 2-2 shows the icons that appear for systems in the Visualization View.
Table 2-2 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 HP Onboard Administrator (OA) Blade enclosure Accesses the OA login Manage a blade enclosure screen the first time. After enabling access using the HP SIM Single Sign On (SSO), skips the login and directly accesses the OA manager.
Table 2-2 Technology icons (continued) Technology Icon Shown for Action Tooltips Virtual Machine VM Launches HP Integrity Manage the Virtual Machine. Virtual Machines Manager or VMM guest system page, depending on whether the system is an Integrity Virtual Machine or a VMware 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 31).
1. 2. From the Visualization tab, select a system by clicking the compartment check box. Virtualization Manager highlights the compartment. Choose Create→Workload Definition... from the Insight Dynamics menu bar. The Create Monitored Workload Definiton page is displayed. Workload View From the Workload tab, choose Create→Workload Definition... from the Insight Dynamics menu bar. The Create Monitored Workload Definiton page is displayed.
Updating system workloads You can update all monitored workloads on the system: 1. 2. In the Visualization View, select a system by clicking the compartment check box. Virtualization Manager highlights the compartment. (You can select only one system at a time.) Select the Tools→Update System Workloads menu action. All monitored workload definitions on the selected managed system are replaced. This action first deletes all existing workload definitions on the selected managed systems.
NOTE: Some workloads have a system hostname as the workload name. When selecting items in the Workload View, be aware that you are selecting workloads and not systems. By default, workloads are sorted alphabetically by the Name column header. The arrow next to the header name shows the alphabetic sort order; by default, A to Z. When you click on the Name column header, the alphabetic sort order reverses. You can also change the sort order criteria by clicking on other column headers.
7 8 9 The system on which the workload is defined. To examine the system properties, click the system name (or IP address). This will display the SIM System Page for that system. This field remains empty for parked workloads because the system property is set to “none”. For managed workloads, this field displays the name of the gWLM policy associated with the workload. To examine or modify the policy definition, click the policy name. This displays the gWLM Create or Edit Policies screen for that policy.
3 Working with 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. Each logical server that you create, or define, includes the following information: • • • Identity information, including a unique name, description, portability group, architecture, and operating system on which the logical server is to be created.
For important information, see the “HP-UX Patches Required in the VM Host” section for HP-UX (VM Host) version 11i v3 0903 and higher in the HP Integrity Virtual Machines V4.1 Release Notes at http://docs.hp.com/en/vse.html#HP Integrity Virtual Machines. — Hypervisors: VMware vSphere 4.0 (ESX 4.0 Hypervisor) and Microsoft Hyper-V R2 Includes all supported hypervisors running on Dell (2000, 6000, r800, r900) and IBM (eServer e300 series, x300 and x3000 series) systems.
are not supported in this release.) OO workflows are used in the Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA) to enable integration with non-HP physical servers or third party storage devices. See www.hp.com/go/OO for more information about HP Operations Orchestration. Understanding logical servers as they appear in visualization perspectives To see the Logical Server perspective, navigate to the Virtualization Manager Visualization tab. On the upper, blue menu-bar, select Tools→Virtualization Manager....
Figure 3-2 Example logical server node information In the Physical and Virtual, Blades, and Virtual Machines perspectives, you can drag and drop an active logical server onto another host. Move your mouse over the logical server (marked with the logical server icon ) to see the move cursor , which signifies that you can drag the logical server. The hosts available for you to drop the logical server onto are highlighted with a star rating. Unavailable hosts are grayed out.
Activate The Tools→Logical Servers→Activate... menu selection binds a logical server to a physical server or system. The two types of systems on which logical servers can be activated are Virtual Connect enabled server blades and virtual machines. • For servers with Virtual Connect, activating a logical server updates the server profile and assigns it to a bay, then powers on the server blade, by default.
NOTE: Default portability groups cannot be modified. (Optional) User-defined portability groups are: — A single Virtual Connect domain group — A set of ESX hypervisors — A set of Hyper-V hypervisors To create or modify a user-defined portability group, use the Modify→Logical Servers Portability Groups... menu selection. Logical server architecture Architecture type of the system on which you are creating the logical server. Can be HP ProLiant or x86 system.
4x VM Hosts are valid targets when you move or re-activate the logical server. If you choose Version 7, activating the logical server always creates a version 7 VM guest, and only ESX 4x VM Hosts are valid targets when you move or reactivate the logical server. Enable high availability (checkbox) This checkbox is enabled when a Hyper-V portability group is selected.
new logical server to assign actual storage to the copied definition before you can activate the logical server. • Copy Logical Server (include all storage) The entire logical server definition is copied, including the storage configuration. If there are references to shared storage pool entries, a reference to the same pool entries will be made from the newly created logical server. (The storage pool entries' maximum share count will be incremented if needed.
You can globally define a storage tag and associate it with storage pool entries by pressing Manage Tags on the Manage Storage Pools screen. This allows you to group storage pool entries together, which becomes more important as the number of pool entries increases. Virtual Connect logical servers are supported using shared (SAN) storage only. Virtual machine logical servers are supported using file storage. See “Defining storage for logical servers” (page 61) for more information.
Manage target attributes The Modify→Logical Server Target Attributes.. menu selection allows you to add and remove target attributes to and from a logical server. Target attributes track the systems on which a logical server has been successfully activated or moved, and allow you to create a richer set of targets without warnings. You can view or modify the target attributes of a logical server by selecting the logical server and using the Modify→Logical Server Target Attributes→Manage... menu selection.
• • If you configure your logical server to use a local disk, you cannot move that logical server. Additionally, after you activate the logical server, you cannot reactivate it on a different system. You can initiate multiple move operations at the same time, but Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager queues the move operations and performs them serially.
NOTE: The Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem is supported in this release. Flex-10 technology increases the number of NICs per connection. If you move a Virtual Connect logical server and you have a large number of networks configured, the servers with Virtual Connect with Flex-10 are shown in the list of available targets with a soft error icon indicating insufficient NICs. This error can be safely ignored.
• • You can move ESX virtual machine logical servers among multiple clusters, as long as the clusters are contained in one VMware vCenter. 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.
Table 3-3 Move operations (continued) Target Host Move Operation Integrity VM Host Live Move (also known as Online Move). Server with Virtual Connect Profile Move (default). • Profile Move (Virtual Connect Only) Moves a server connection profile within a BladeSystem enclosure (Virtual Connect Domain Group). • Live Move (ESX VM, Hyper-V, and Integrity VM Only) Also known as Online Move.
The Tools→Logical Servers→Refresh... menu selection also allows you to reassociate all Virtual Connect logical servers from an old domain group to a new domain group. View logical server details The Report→View Logical Server Details... menu selection, or clicking the logical server icon or the non-movable logical server icon in the Virtualization Manager: Visualization tab, displays the logical server definition.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Select the radio-button next to Manually assign toolbox and system/system group authorizations. Click the Add link in the Select Systems box. On the Add Systems screen, select Logical Server from the drop-down menu, then click the Apply button. On the New Authorizations screen, select a user from the drop-down menu. Check the VSE Monitor checkbox in the Select Toolbox(es) box. Make sure that the Logical Servers checkbox is checked in the Select Systems box. Click the Apply button.
— Firmware for ProLiant blades only in a VC Domain Group Virtual Connect Manager 2.12 or higher, HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator 2.60 or higher, HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO2) for ProLiant 1.79 or higher, and the latest available firmware update for your server blade BIOS. — Firmware for Integrity blades only, or a combination of ProLiant and Integrity blades in a VC Domain Group Virtual Connect Manager 2.12 or higher, HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator 2.
a. b. c. Search for and select your vCenter. Press Apply. Press Run Now. Configuring VMware vSphere client settings for browsing datastore The user configured in the HP SIM menu selection Options→VMware vCenter Settings... must have the VMware vSphere Browse datastore permission set. This is required for logical servers to use virtual storage. To set the Browse datastore permission, perform the following steps. 1. Select the HP SIM menu Options→VMware vCenter Settings.... 2.
Figure 3-5 Edit role Configuring HP SIM 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 HP SIM 5.3 and higher for the CMS on which logical server management in Virtualization Manager is running. Onboard Administrator credentials are obtained using the HP SIM System Sign In credentials. (In previous releases, the credentials were obtained from the WBEM protocol.
Configuring Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA) ESA provides storage provisioning and server operations for logical servers and HP Insight Orchestration. NOTE: The HP Logical Server Automation Windows service depends on the HP Extensible Storage & Server Adapter Windows service. The HP Extensible Storage & Server Adapter Windows service must be running before the HP Logical Server Automation Windows service is started or restarted.
esa.oo.communication.protocol=https esa.oo.admin.username=Admin esa.oo.admin.password=password esa.oo.host=xx.xx.xx.xx esa.oo.port=16443 esa.oo.service.ws.path=/PAS/services/WSCentralService esa.oo.timeout.workflow=30 esa.oo.retry.count=3 esa.oo.syncpolling=100 esa.oo.esacertificate.presentIn.OO=FALSE esa.oo.san.replytoURI=http://xx.xx.xx.xx:52000/esa/services/oostorageservice?wsdl esa.oo.server.replytoURI=http://xx.xx.xx.
Server Name kjd cBlade jsh-s8921392_Integrity jshIntegrityBlade1 jshVcLinux1 jshWinLS1 jy-integ-vc1 ML VC RHEL SAN BOOT ssvc1 use7224lvn_ls use7234m2y_ls_jshLinux Storage Name cBlade_lss_258 Type EsxVM Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade Arch ProLnt Integ Integ Integ ProLnt ProLnt Integ ProLnt Integ ProLnt ProLnt State NEW NEW INACTIVE NEW NEW NEW NEW ACTIVE NEW ACTIVE ACTIVE State USED Storage WWN 50:06:0B:00:05:02:00:ab 50:00:1F:E1:50:03:50:69 50:06:0B:00:05:02:00:2E 50:06:0B:0
Table 3-4 LSMUTIL options (continued) Option Description -- exportSPE Exports storage pool entries into an XML file. You must specify an output filename. > filename -- importAnnotations Reads from computeActuals.xml the inventory of compute resources (servers, blades, hypervisors, and so on) and any annotations (local disk information) that you created or modified. -- exportAnnotations Writes to computeActuals.
4 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.
Figure 4-2 SAN storage The endpoints in a FC connection are called physical ports. Ports are uniquely identified using assigned WWNs. This is similar to the way that MAC addresses uniquely identify Network Interface Controllers (NICs). Server blades and SANs have ports in which they communicate with the outside world. The general management of FC communication is handled through a FC switch within the context of a fabric.
For more information, see HP Storage Provisioning Manager User Guide at www.hp.com/go/ insightdynamics/docs. The online help for SPM is available at https://servername:8001/help/ index.html. Figure 4-3 Relationships between the applications, servers, and arrays comprising the overall SPM environment NOTE: Modular Smart Arrays (MSAs) are not supported in SPM 1.0, released with Insight Dynamics 6.0.
1. Import storage into the storage catalog a. Add a managed array 2. 3. Import a volume service Manage storage catalog entities a. Manage arrays 1) Modify array connectivity settings on an unmanaged array 2) Map each array port to the SAN Extensible Server & Storage Adapter ESA provides storage provisioning and server operations for logical servers and HP Insight Orchestration. Operations Orchestration, as used in ESA, is in an embedded form called the OO engine.
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. You can define your logical server storage configuration in the following ways: • “Create a storage entry” (page 65) when you create a logical server. A storage entry is associated with one logical server.
Figure 4-5 Create logical server storage configuration Defining a SAN storage entry The SAN Storage Entry screen allows you to add, modify, or view a SAN storage entry. You can optionally save the storage entry details you enter on this screen into a storage pool entry that can be shared by other logical servers. IMPORTANT: If you configure your Virtual Connect logical server to use a local disk, you cannot move that logical server.
can modify the storage pool entry only using the Modify→Logical Server Storage Pools... menu selection. If you create a storage entry and do not check Insert Storage Entry into Pool, you can later modify the storage entry using the Modify button on the Create: Storage Configuration screen. Figure 4-6 Create logical server SAN storage definition Port definition The Port Selection table allows you to define the ports that can be used to access the volume selections for this logical server.
Redundancy Multiple ports help performance and improve reliability through redundancy and failover capability. For redundancy checkboxes to become enabled, you must define two ports (one primary and one secondary) in the Port Selection table. • Check the Use Redundancy for all Storage Volumes for this Logical Server checkbox if you want all volumes to implement redundancy, or • Check the redundancy checkbox next to a specific volume to implement redundancy for that volume.
Figure 4-8 Create logical server SAN volume and path definition Validation status After you have specified your storage configuration, confirm that the server WWN has been associated with the storage port WWN and LUN by pressing the Validate button. See “Validating storage” (page 78) for more information. Defining a file (VM) storage entry The File (VM) Storage Entry screen allows you to specify the file storage configuration for an ESX or Hyper-V virtual machine logical server.
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. Select a value from the Storage Path drop-down menu. All storage volumes for an ESX or Hyper-V virtual machine logical server must be part of the same datastore. (A datastore is the VMware equivalent to a storage path.) File volumes are created on the same disk as the virtual machine's configuration file (.vmx).
NOTE: You must select a portability group (other than ALL) before you can create a new storage pool entry. The storage pool entry that you create will be usable by logical servers in the specified portability group. 2. 3. Optional: Select values from the Filter Options drop-down menus to display only the storage pool entries that are relevant to your environment. Optional: Press Get/Refresh Pool Entries to display existing storage pool entries.
2. The drop-down menu is empty if no pool entries have been previously defined, or if you have not checked Ready next to a server WWN in the Manage Server WWNs table on the SAN Storage Pool Entry screen. Press the Insert Pool Entry button to assign the selected storage pool entry to the storage configuration for the logical server. After you insert a pool entry into the logical server storage configuration, you can view the entry by pressing View in the Actions column of the Storage Entries table.
4. Optional: Change the Maximum Number of Sharers (maximum number of logical servers that will be allowed to share this storage pool entry), then click Update Maximum Sharers. As logical servers share this storage entry, they are assigned one specific server WWN per port. 5. 6. Optional: Check the Use Catalog Storage checkbox to display catalog storage options on this screen (such as the Show Candidates button in the Volume & Path Definition table).
4. 5. 6. (Optional) Enter a value in the Server WWN text box. By default, the current server WWN is entered. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each port for this storage pool entry. 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.
4. 5. 6. 7. Select a RAID Level for the storage volume. If you selected Redundancy for the storage volume: Assign the port number for the Primary and Secondary boot path. If you did not check Use Catalog Storage on the storage pool entry screen, or if you are entering information on the storage entry screen (where Use Catalog Storage is not available). a. Obtain from the Storage Administrator the storage port WWNs and LUN identifiers corresponding to the server WWN for each storage volume. b.
IMPORTANT: You must return to the Storage Pool Entry: SAN screen and perform this final step before the storage pool entry is complete. Figure 4-14 Add storage pool entry volume and path definition Validation status After you have specified your storage pool entry, you can optionally confirm that the server WWN has been associated with the storage port WWN and LUN by pressing the Validate button. Validation is not supported if you checked the Use Catalog Storage checkbox.
Figure 4-15 Manage storage pool IMPORTANT: You must check the Ready checkbox next to each server WWN before the storage pool entry can be shared by logical servers. The Ready checkbox is checked by default if you checked Use Catalog Storage and selected a value from the Candidates drop-down menu.
File (VM) storage pool entry definition A storage pool entry can be preconfigured and associated with logical servers at a later time. You create and manage a storage pool entry using Manage Storage Pool or by inserting a storage entry into the storage pool. 1. 2. Optional: Change the name of the storage pool entry by typing in the name box. Each storage pool entry is given a unique default name. Optional: Enter a description for the storage pool entry.
Figure 4-16 SAN storage See “Configuring HP SIM for SAN storage validation” (page 56) for important setup information.
5 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. 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.
Errors accessing single sign-on iLO or Onboard Administrator In some cases, when you click the technology icon for a Single-Sign-On configured iLO or Onboard Administrator, you are required to manually login, or the browser returns a "404 Not Found" error. Workaround Login to the iLO or Onboard Administrator, ensure that all necessary licenses are applied and HP SIM Single-Sign-On is properly configured. Then rediscover the iLO or Onboard Administrator on the Central Management System.
Table 5-1 Troubleshooting an inoperable server Possible cause Suggested action The VM host or blade resources associated with a logical Perform one of the following actions: server have been made unavailable for further • Reverse the operation which made the underlying VM management operations. Examples are: host or blade unavailable for management operations.
The Rack Overview page provides error icons that identify the system status. Critical and major errors influence power requests and should be corrected quickly. For more information, see the “Enclosure Power Management” section of the HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator User Guide at http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00705292/ c00705292.pdf.
using the name of an existing system in HP SIM, if a host with that name is discovered after you create or import the logical server, the logical server information is overwritten and Virtualization Manager no longer displays the logical server. Suggested Actions 1. Restart the Logical Server Automation Service. This modifies the HP SIM system so that the host named object is once again a logical server. 2. If the logical server is activated, deactivate it using Tools→Logical Servers→Deactivate.... 3.
Unmanaging a logical server using a storage pool entry may result in an inconsistent state When you unmanage a Virtual Connect logical server that was previously activated, the underlying VC profile, if it exists, is not deleted and the profile continues to use its WWN and MAC addresses.
Suggested Action Do not register the VM using the native virtualization console. The virtual machine will be re-associated with the VM Host and the logical server when it is subsequently activated. 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).
• Insight Dynamics follows the same convention established by Microsoft SCVMM of allowing only one Hyper-V HA virtual machine per clustered datastore. Therefore, when you create a highly available Hyper-V virtual machine logical server and you configure storage, datastores that already have an HA virtual machine enabled are not presented as available storage selections.
6 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 89)) • Accessing real-time utilization data (see “Reviewing real-time utilization data” (page 91)) • Customizing HP SIM Collections displayed by the Virtualization Manager (see “Customizing HP SIM collections” (page 95)) Modifying user preferences The Virtualization Manager defines application-specific use
Table 6-1 User preference settings and defaults User preference Setting Prompt for confirmation Yes/No after drag and drop? Default What it does 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 6-1 User preference settings and defaults (continued) User preference Setting Default What it does Maximum number of compartments to display before auto-collapsing Minimum =1; Maximum = 5000 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.
Meter callout information Meter callouts exist only on the Visualization tab. Meter callout information includes: • Current utilization data for CPU, memory, network, and disk; plus the ability to view historical data, for example, by linking to Capacity Advisor to display a profile page. • Information about power consumption for any physical server, including standalone servers, nPartitions, or server blades.
Customizing HP SIM collections You can customize HP SIM 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 collections that will automatically display any of the following views: VSE – Makes the Virtualization Manager the default view for the collection and opens with the Physical and Virtual perspective.
1. 2. 3. 96 From the blue HP SIM 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.
7 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, see the Cust
Warranty information HP will replace defective delivery media for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase. This warranty applies to all Insight Control Management, HP Systems Insight Manager, and ProLiant Essentials products. HP worldwide customer service contact numbers HP worldwide customer service contact numbers are available at the following website: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact_us.
Refer to the following documents for system requirements and installation and upgrade instructions: Central Management Server (CMS) platform Installation Guide HP-UX HP Insight Dynamics - VSE 6.0: Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide Microsoft® Windows® Insight Software Installation and Configuration Guide For related HP documentation on the Windows operating system, see http://docs.hp.com/en/windows.html For related HP documentation on the Linux operating system, see http://docs.hp.
Index A I activate logical server, 42 advanced features, 89 icon expand and collapse, 25, 26 expand tray, 25 information callout, 27 meter callout, 25, 27 node information, 25 table showing all, 28 import logical server, 45 Insight Dynamics concepts and terminology, 19 documentation, 98 menu bar, 10 modify menu, 12 tools menu, 12 C collection creating custom, 95 customizing, 95 compartment color definitions, 27 components, 25 details of , 25 icons, 28 configure menu, 13 copy logical server, 44 CPU utili
live move, 51 manage portability groups, 46 manage storage pools, 45 manage storage tags, 45 manage target attributes, 47 managed resource name, 43 modify, 47 move, 47 move operation types, 51 moving Virtual Connect, 47 moving virtual machine, 49 new features , 38 online move, 51 operating system, 43 operating system variation, 43 power on and off, 51 profile move, 51 quick move, 51 refresh server resources, 51 required firmware, 54 requirements, 53 show candidates, 75 steps for setting up SPM, 63 troublesh
U W unmanage logical server, 45 user preferences modifying, 89 screen, 89 settings and defaults, 89 utilization data accessing, 92 reviewing real-time, 91 utilization metrics available, 93 visible in Virtualization Manager, 91 warranty information, 98 websites HP authorized resellers, 98 HP technical support, 97 whole-OS workload, 31 workload creating monitored, 31 managed, 31 monitored, 31 OTHER, 31 type indicators, 34 types of, 31 updating system, 33 viewing and modifying definitions, 32 whole-OS, 31 w
