HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.6.1-00 Administrator Guide (Web Version)

• 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 on each virtual machine.
• When VMware ESX is used as the virtualization software, install a VMware Tools on each
virtual machine.
• Register the virtualization server that runs in the same physical environment in Device Manager.
You can register virtualization servers in Device Manager from vMA or Host Data Collector.
However, when you manage the virtualization servers using vMA, you must register virtual
WWNs in Device Manager.
• For virtual machines running the AIX OS, set the ODMDIR environment variable.
Related topics
• How to set up Device Manager agent: HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software
Installation and Configuration Guide
Operation workflow for allocating volumes to virtual machines
How to register hosts and allocate volumes differs depending on the HBA configuration.
Configuration in which an HBA is allocated for each virtual machine
Figure 8 Operation workflow for allocating volumes to virtual machines (when allocating an HBA to
each virtual machine)
1. Register each virtual machine whose volume usage you want to manage in Device Manager as
a normal host.
Do not register the virtualization server that runs in the same physical environment in Device
Manager.
2. Allocate the LUN paths of volumes to each virtual machine (WWN), and then make the virtual
machines recognize the volumes as RAW devices.
Note that Device Manager cannot recognize volumes that make up a datastore.
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