User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Chapter 1
- Active System Manager Overview
- Chapter 2
- Getting Started
- Chapter 3
- Account Management
- Chapter 4
- User Profile Management
- Managing Security Functions
- Managing Groups
- Defining Permissions
- Modifying Permissions
- Managing Authentication Repositories
- Chapter 5
- Inventory Management
- Understanding Resource Modeling
- Building a Standard Active System Manager Inventory
- Configuring Discovery Setup
- Running Discovery
- Using Resource Types
- Using Resource Instances
- Building Resource Instances
- Modifying Core Properties for Resource Instances
- Modifying Resource Instance Resource Availability Dates
- Modifying Resource Instance Interfaces
- Displaying the Resource Availability Calendar View
- Deleting Resource Instances
- Setting Inventory Parameter Values
- Resolving Resource Dependencies
- Using Resource Interface Types
- Linking Resources
- Importing Inventory
- Importing Connectivity
- Exporting Connectivity
- Managing Resource Pools
- Managing Maintenance Windows
- Managing Virtual Resources
- Chapter 6
- Firmware Management
- Creating Active System Manager Software Repositories
- Updating Dell Chassis Firmware from the Operations Center
- Updating Dell Server Firmware
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware from the Operation Center
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware from an Active Session
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware Using the Attach Server Profile Virtual Operation
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware through an Orchestration
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware Using the Attach Server Profile Custom Operation
- Minimum Firmware Versions for Active System Manager Components
- Chapter 7
- Server Template and Profiles
- Creating a Server Template
- Editing a Server Template
- Adding or Editing BIOS Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing RAID Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Firmware Settings on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Networks Settings on a Server Template
- Naming Conventions when using Orchestrations
- Server Profiles
- Chapter 8
- Using Inventory
- Chapter 9
- Repository Management
- Chapter 10
- Network Management
- Chapter 11
- Template Management
- Template Types
- Working with Templates
- Creating New Templates
- Saving Templates
- Changing Template Ownership and Permissions
- Opening Templates
- Closing Templates
- Deleting Templates
- Managing Template History Details
- Filtering Templates
- Validating Templates
- Importing Templates
- Exporting Templates
- Attaching a Template Image
- Scheduling Templates
- Archiving Templates using the Templates View
- Restoring Archived Templates
- Updating Templates using the Template Editor
- Viewing and Modifying Template Properties
- Adding Resource Types
- Setting Resource Type Properties for Scheduling
- Deleting Resource Types
- Adding Resource Types Based on Manufacturer Only
- Adding Resource Instances
- Modifying Resource Properties
- Deleting Resource Instances
- Defining Provisioning Policies
- Supporting Layer 2 Switching
- Using Annotations
- Updating Templates using the Link Editor
- Associating an Orchestration Workflow with Templates
- Chapter 12
- Session Management
- Introducing the Sessions Perspective
- Working with Running Sessions
- Scheduling a Session Using Templates
- Creating an Instant Session
- Opening Sessions
- Opening the Session Editor
- Using the Sessions Calendar
- Viewing Session Properties
- Editing Default Session Properties
- Assigning and Changing Session Ownership
- Canceling Sessions
- Deleting Sessions
- Purging Sessions
- Rescheduling Sessions
- Managing Session Links
- Handling Link Preemption
- Managing Session Resources
- Associating Scripts to Sessions
- Archiving Sessions
- Supporting Layer 2 Switching
- Saving Sessions
- Configuring Session Notifications and Reminders
- Starting and Stopping ASAP Rescheduling
- Managing Virtual Resources
- Chapter 13
- Orchestration Management
- Chapter 14
- Working with Test and Script Execution
- Chapter 15
- Reports
- Chapter 16
- Settings
- Chapter 17
- Dashboard
Managing Virtual Resources
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Managing Virtual Resources
This section introduces you to the Operation Center view and gives you insight into dynamic hierarchy of
resources displayed in the Operation Center view. This section also familiarizes you with the navigational
aspects of Operation Center view, and the possible operations available per object type in the Operation
Center view.
Note The Resource Managers are third-party vendors or equipment-specific management agents that are
used to manage physical and /or virtual resources. The examples of Resource Manager include
VMware vCenter and Cisco UCS Manager.
Note To perform Advanced Discovery and display the current hierarchy of resources in the Operation
Center view, you are required to integrate the Active System Manager software with the Resource
Manager.
The following topics in this section describe Operation Center in detail:
• Understanding the Operation Center View
• Navigating Operation Center View
• Managing the Resource Manager Using the Operation Center View
• Editing Data Flow Values
Understanding the Operation Center View
The Operation Center view is a Active System Manager feature that displays the dynamic view of a
datacenter, consisting of virtualized and configurable resources. Using integrated Advanced Discovery
mechanism, the Active System Manager software discovers and displays the current state of resources in
the Operation Center view. The Active System Manager software retrieves information from
vendor-specific Resource Managers and consolidates it, to display the visual representation of a consistent
layout of resources in a hierarchial manner.
The Operation Center view facilitates maximum flexibility in tracking the consistent layout of a virtual
infrastructure in the Resource Manager. To facilitate things further, the Operation Center view displays the
current status of resources at regular intervals by scheduling the discovery operation.
Note There may be a lag between the resource status in Resource Managers, and the hierarchy of
resources reflected in the Operation Center view, in case of changed status of resources in the
Resource Manager.
The Active System Manager software uses the power of Resource Adapters (RAs) to retrieve and display
the hierarchical structure of resources on the Operation Center view. The RAs establish a connection with
Resource Managers (for example: VMware vCenter, Cisco UCS Manager) using a set of open Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs). These APIs communicate with Resource Managers to retrieve the nested
relationships of resources, and reflect or replicate their corresponding consistent layout in the Operation
Center view; for example: for the VMware vCenter, the Operation Center view comprises of objects
discovered, such as Datacenter, Cluster, and ESX hosts in the cluster, along with the datastores and virtual
machine (VM) objects running in the clusters. The resources are displayed per data center, starting from