4 learning more, 2 managing appliance availability, 1 roles – HP OneView User Manual

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27.1.4 Learning more

For more information about obtaining software updates, see

“Support and other resources”

(page 269)

.

27.2 Managing appliance availability

Managing and maintaining appliance availability starts with configuring the appliance virtual
machine for high availability as described in

“Planning for high availability” (page 90)

, and

following the best practices described in

“Best practices for managing a VM appliance” (page 188)

.

In the event of an appliance shutdown, your managed resources continue to operate. For more
information about how the appliance handles an unexpected shutdown, and what you can do to
recover, see:

“How the appliance handles an unexpected shutdown” (page 190)

“What to do when an appliance restarts” (page 190)

For information about how to shut down or restart the appliance, see:

“Shut down the appliance” (page 189)

“Restart the appliance” (page 189)

UI screens and REST API resources

REST API resource

UI screen

appliance/shutdown

Settings

27.2.1 Roles

Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator

27.2.2 Tasks

The appliance online help provides information about using the UI or the REST APIs to:

Shut down the appliance (Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator)

Restart the appliance. (Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator)

27.2.3 Best practices for managing a VM appliance

HP recommends the following guidelines for managing your VM appliance from the virtual console:

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