Document Outline

• HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.3 Software with Logical Server Management User Guide
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • Features
    • Virtualization Manager tabs
    • Insight Dynamics menus
    • Virtualization Manager toolbar
  • Concepts and terminology
• 2 Starting Virtualization Manager
  • Starting from Systems Insight Manager
  • Switching views and perspectives
• 3 Using Virtualization Manager views
  • 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
• 4 Managing logical servers
  • Using logical servers in Virtualization Manager
  • Logical servers 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
      • Valid target Datastore selection
      • 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
      • Requirements for virtual machine logical servers
      • VM guest storage options
      • Requirements for Virtual Connect logical servers
    • Configuring and registering Hyper-V and ESX VM Hosts and VMware vCenter
    • Configuring VMware vSphere client settings for browsing data store
    • Configuring Systems Insight Manager with Onboard Administrator credentials
    • Configuring Systems Insight Manager for SAN storage validation
    • Configuring Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM)
      • Setting up SPM for use with logical server storage
    • Configuring Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA)
      • Configuring Operations Orchestration credentials in ESA
      • Updating an ESA properties file to support Windows 2008 host mode
• 5 Managing fluid cross-technology logical servers
  • Defining portability groups
  • Adding and removing target attributes
  • Defining storage
  • Defining a network
  • Unmanaging a cross-technology logical server
  • Moving a cross-technology logical server
• 6 Defining storage for logical servers
  • The Virtual Connect environment
    • Storage in a Virtual Connect environment
    • Administrator roles
  • Logical server storage
    • Storage types
    • 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
    • Validating storage
  • Storage Provisioning Manager
  • Operations Orchestration workflows
    • Extensible Server & Storage Adapter
• 7 LSMUTIL database utility
  • LSMUTIL command
  • LSMUTIL options
  • LSMUTIL example
  • Using LSMUTIL with logical server storage
    • Easing communication between server and storage administrators
    • Creating multiple storage pool entries
    • Requesting server (initiator) WWNs for storage preallocation
    • Example XML file
    • Modifying physical servers with local disk information
• 8 Troubleshooting
  • Importing a Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine with configuration file in default location is not supported
  • Recovery after logical server operation failures
  • Recovering an inoperable logical server
  • Correcting problems powering on a logical server
  • Errors accessing single sign-on iLO or Onboard Administrator
  • Logical server operations cannot be cancelled
  • Do not stop or restart Logical Server Automation service while operations are in progress
  • Logical Server Automation service fails to start if TCP layer ports are in use
  • Logical Server Automation service may run out of memory on large scale systems
  • Error saving storage pool entry after Logical Server Automation service is restarted
  • Restart Logical Server Automation service after VMware vCenter failure
  • Profile is created but not associated with a logical server when service is stopped during logical server activation
  • 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
  • Unmanaging a logical server leaves WWNs used by VC profile unavailable
  • Synchronize clocks on the CMS, managed systems, and VMware vCenter
  • Moving the data store of an ESX VM logical server
  • VM Host does not appear on move logical server target screen
  • Unable to import an Integrity VM logical server
  • Failure during virtual machine deletion leaves active but unpowered logical server
  • VM Hosts must be in same vCenter for ESX virtual machine logical server moves
  • Performing operations on a logical server running as a VM Host
  • Moving logical servers when the CMS and vCenter are in different network domains
  • XML parsing error if new ESA attributes are not added to serverInfo.xml
  • Patch required for proper management of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V systems
  • Displaying empty, hidden resource pools
  • Problems with meters collecting data
  • Search button displays error page
  • Navigation tips
  • User preferences tips
  • Performance tips
• 9 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 Systems Insight Manager collections
    • Creating a custom collection
    • Automatically displaying Virtualization Manager
• 10 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