22 virtual device monitor, Citrix xenserver, Adding a xenserver application monitor – H3C Technologies H3C Intelligent Management Center User Manual

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22 Virtual device monitor

APM can monitor the following virtual devices:

Citrix XenServer

Hyper-V

KVM

CAS

VMware ESX

Citrix XenServer

XenServer is a computer virtualization product developed by Citrix. APM can monitor XenServer 6.1.0

and later versions through APIs that are provided by Citrix.
The following information describes how to add and modify a XenServer application monitor, and view
the monitor report.

Adding a XenServer application monitor

Before you add a XenServer application monitor, perform the following tasks:

Enable and configure SSH for XenServer. For more information, see the XenServer configuration
guide.

Obtain the username and password of a user who has the XenServer administrator's privileges. The
username and password are required for adding the application monitor.

To add a XenServer application monitor:

1.

Click the Resource tab.

2.

Enter the Add Application page in one of the following ways:

{

From the navigation tree, select Application Manager > Add Application.

{

From the navigation tree, select Application Manager > Application Monitor. In the application
monitor list, click Add.

The Add Application page displays all application types that can be monitored by APM.

3.

Click Citrix XenServer of the Virtual Device Monitor class.
The page for adding a XenServer application monitor appears.

4.

Configure the following parameters:

{

IP Address—Enter the IP address of the XenServer server to be monitored. APM automatically
checks the IP address and associates the application monitor with the XenServer server if it is

already managed in the IMC platform. To monitor a XenServer server that is already managed

in the IMC platform, you can also click Select and select the XenServer server in the Select

Devices dialog box. For information about selecting a XenServer server, see "

2 Quick start

."

{

Name—Enter a unique application monitor name. H3C recommends naming the application

monitor as Application name_XenServer server IP address.

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