2 moving tasks using the server profile failover – FUJITSU ServerView Virtual-IO Manager V3.1 User Manual

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13 VIOM scenarios

5. You can only assign a server profile to a server blade if the server blade

is shut down.
Therefore shut the server blade down, if applicable, by clicking Shut-
down
or by selecting Shutdown in the context menu. You can see the
state of a server blade in the State column. To see the current power
state, you may need to update the display using the Update States but-
ton or with Update State in the context menu.

6. Click Assign Profile or select Assign Profile in the context menu of

the required server blade.The Select Profile dialog box opens (see

"Select Profile dialog box" on page 245

.

7. Select the server profile of the faulty server blade in the tree structure.

The area on the right displays information on the selected profile. Con-
firm your selection with OK.
A message appears asking if you wish to delete the assignment. If you
confirm this, then the previous assignment is deleted and the profile is
assigned to the new server blade.
The display on the Server Configuration tab is updated accordingly.

8. Then switch the server blade back on using the Boot button.

The new server blade can then assume the tasks of the previous one without
any restrictions.

13.2 Moving tasks using the server profile failover

Tasks can also be moved from one server blade to another. To do this, you
define spare slots. It is advisable to install server blades in the spare slots
that you do not use for regular operations.

You can also use a spare slot as a completely normal slot even
though it has been configured as a spare slot.

1. Click Server List, if applicable, to switch to the server list view in the

area on the left.

2. In the tree structure on the left, select the corresponding blade server

from the VIOM Managed group.

3. Switch to the Server Configuration tab in the area on the right.

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