HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.4.0-00 Administrator Guide (web) (TB581-96325, December 2012)

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Chapter 12, page 265
Operation workflow for allocating volumes to virtual machines, page 42
How to register a virtualization server: HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software
User Guide or HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software CLI Reference Guide
Prerequisites for virtual machines managed by Device Manager agent
To use the Device Manager agent to manage virtual machines, install the Device Manager agent on
each virtual machine. After installation, specify the environment settings such as the management
server information and the execution interval of the HiScan command.
Note that the environment settings that must be specified differ depending on the HBA configuration.
Figure 7 Environment settings on virtual machines (when the Device Manager agent is used for
management)
If an HBA is allocated for each virtual machine
Install a Device Manager agent on each virtual machine.
For virtual machines running the AIX OS, set the ODMDIR environment variable.
If an HBA is shared by multiple virtual machines
Install a Device Manager agent on any one of the virtual machines.
For virtual machines running the AIX OS, set the ODMDIR environment variable.
If a virtual HBA is allocated to each virtual machine (if an NPIV HBA is used)
Install a Device Manager agent and a VMware Tools on each virtual machine.
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