Document Outline

• HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.0 Software with Logical Server Management: User Guide
• Table of Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • Features
    • Virtualization Manager tabs
    • Insight Dynamics menus
    • Virtualization Manager toolbar
  • Starting Virtualization Manager
    • Starting from HP SIM
    • Switching views and perspectives
  • Concepts and terminology
• 2 Getting started with Virtualization Manager
  • Using the visualization view
    • Purpose of the visualization view
    • Components of the visualization view
      • Compartment details
      • Compartment color definitions
      • Technology icons
  • Using the workload view
    • Purpose of the workload view
    • Understanding workload types
      • Creating monitored workloads
      • Viewing and modifying workload definitions
      • Updating system workloads
    • Components of the workload view
• 3 Working with logical servers
  • Using logical servers in Virtualization Manager
  • New features in logical servers
  • Understanding logical servers as they appear in visualization perspectives
  • Logical server operations
    • Activate
    • Deactivate
    • Create
    • Copy
    • Delete and Unmanage
    • Import
    • Manage storage pools and tags
    • Manage portability groups
    • Manage target attributes
    • Modify
    • Move
      • Moving Virtual Connect logical servers
        • Servers with Virtual Connect target hosts
      • Moving ESX, Hyper-V, and HP Integrity virtual machine logical servers
        • Virtual machine target hosts
      • Move operation types
    • Power on and off
    • Refresh server resources
    • View logical server details
    • View logical server job status
  • Authorizations, requirements, and configuration
    • Logical server requirements
    • Configuring and registering VMware vCenter
    • Configuring VMware vSphere client settings for browsing datastore
    • Configuring HP SIM with Onboard Administrator credentials
    • Configuring HP SIM for SAN storage validation
    • Configuring Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA)
    • Configuring Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM)
  • LSMUTIL database utility
    • LSMUTIL example
    • LSMUTIL options
• 4 Defining storage for logical servers
  • The Virtual Connect environment
  • Storage in a Virtual Connect environment
    • Administrator roles
    • Storage Provisioning Manager
      • Setting up SPM for use with logical server storage
    • Extensible Server & Storage Adapter
  • Logical server storage
    • Create a storage entry
      • Defining a SAN storage entry
        • SAN storage entry definition
        • Port definition
        • Volume and path definition
        • Validation status
      • Defining a file (VM) storage entry
        • File (VM) storage entry definition
        • File (VM) storage selection
    • Create a storage pool entry
      • Associating a storage pool entry with a logical server
      • Defining a SAN storage pool entry
        • Storage pool entry definition
        • Tag selections
        • Port definition
        • Volume and path definition
        • Validation status
        • Manage server WWNs
      • Defining a file (VM) storage pool entry
        • File (VM) storage pool entry definition
        • Tag selections
        • Storage selection
    • Validating storage
• 5 Troubleshooting
  • Navigation tips
  • User preferences tips
  • Performance tips
  • Problems with meters collecting data
  • Search button displays error page
  • Displaying empty, hidden resource pools
  • Errors accessing single sign-on iLO or Onboard Administrator
  • Recovery after logical server operation failures
  • Troubleshooting an inoperable logical server
  • Correcting problems powering on a logical server
  • Logical server operations cannot be cancelled
  • Logical Server Automation service fails to start if TCP layer ports are in use
  • Use portable WWNs and MAC addresses for Virtual Connect domain groups
  • Do not use valid host name as logical server name
  • Oversubscribing the number of networks
  • Insufficient NICs error when activating or moving logical servers (Virtual Connect Flex-10 support)
  • Use caution when renaming or moving a Virtual Connect domain group
  • Deactivate or move logical servers before replacing blade
  • Unmanaging a logical server using a storage pool entry may result in an inconsistent state
  • Synchronize clocks on the CMS, managed systems, and VMware vCenter
  • Ensure VM Hosts use fully qualified host names
  • VM Hosts must be in same vCenter for ESX virtual machine logical server moves
  • VM displayed without association in Virtualization Manager perspectives after deactivation
  • Moving logical servers when the CMS and vCenter are in different network domains
  • Changing the IP address of a VM Host after logical server discovery prevents the VM Host from appearing as an activation and move target
  • Creating and managing logical servers on Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Server 2008
• 6 Advanced features
  • Modifying user preferences
  • Reviewing real-time utilization data
    • Utilization metrics visible in Virtualization Manager
    • Accessing utilization data
      • Available utilization metrics
      • Meter callout information
  • Customizing HP SIM collections
    • Creating a custom collection
    • Automatically displaying Virtualization Manager
• 7 Support and other resources
  • Contacting HP
    • Information to collect before contacting HP
    • How to contact HP technical support
    • Registering for software technical support and update service
    • HP authorized resellers
    • Documentation feedback
  • Related information
• Index