Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting started with ASM 8.3.1
- Initial Setup
- Dashboard
- Services
- Deploying service
- Add existing service
- Viewing service details
- Editing service information
- Deleting service
- Exporting service details
- Retrying service
- Viewing all settings
- Migrating servers (service mobility)
- Migrating servers
- Upgrading components
- Adding components to an existing service deployment
- Deleting resources from service
- Templates
- Managing templates
- Viewing template details
- Creating template
- Editing template information
- Building template overview
- Building and publishing template
- Importing template
- Exporting template
- Uploading external template
- Editing template
- Viewing template details
- Deleting template
- Cloning template
- Deploying service
- Deploying multiple instances of service
- Adding Attachments
- Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM
- Component types
- Component combinations in templates
- Additional template information
- Managing templates
- Resources
- Resource health status
- Resource operational state
- Port View
- Resource firmware compliance status
- Updating firmware
- Removing resources
- Viewing firmware and software compliance report
- Discovery overview
- Configuring resources or chassis
- Removing discovered resources
- Configuring default firmware repository
- Running firmware compliance
- Configuring global chassis settings
- Configuring unique chassis settings
- Configuring unique server settings
- Configuring unique I/O module settings
- I/O module configuration
- Completing the chassis configuration
- Adding or editing Chassis Management Controller (CMC) user
- Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user
- Updating resource inventory
- Viewing resource details
- Understanding server pools
- Settings
- Troubleshooting

Decommissioning Hyper-V-based storage, host, and clusters
To decommission Hyper-V-based storage, host, and clusters:
1. SCVMM clusters should be uninstalled through SCVMM.
2. SCVMM host groups should be deleted if no longer used.
3. Hyper-V hosts should be removed from SCVMM.
4. Hyper-V hosts should be removed from the domain.
5. Storage volumes should be set oine and deleted when the data is no longer used.
6. If necessary, remove ASM provisioned VLANs from the host facing ports of the switch.
7. Remove host entries from DNS server.
Decommissioning VMware based storage, host, and clusters
To decommission VMware based storage, host, and clusters:
1. Delete unused clusters from VMware vCenter.
2. Delete unused data centers from VMware vCenter.
3. Remove hosts from VMware vCenter.
4. Storage volumes should be set oine and deleted when the data is no longer used.
5. If necessary, remove ASM provisioned VLANs from the host facing ports of the switch.
Component types
The components (physical or virtual or applications) are the main building blocks of a template.
The following component types are dened in ASM:
• Storage
• Switch
• Server
• Cluster
• Virtual Machine
• Application
NOTE: It is recommended to add physical devices to the template rst, then congure virtual resources, and lastly
congure application settings to be deployed on the resources.
Related links
Storage
Cluster
Virtual Machine
Application
Storage
A Storage component refers to the physical storage components that can be added to a template. It is recommended to provision a
storage resource rst and then congure virtual resources and applications while building a template.
The following storage resource types are provisioned in ASM:
• Compellent
• EqualLogic
• EMC
After selecting Storage on the Template Builder page, perform the following actions:
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