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
Session Management 12-67
Scaling Up Virtual Resources
Scaling up a virtual resource allows for administrators and session owners to request and immediately
change the capacity-based properties of the virtual resources. This feature can also be used in the context
of relocation if necessary. The current capacity property values can be found in the Elasticity tab.
To scale up virtual resources, perform the following steps:
1. Open a session editor; see the “Opening the Session Editor” section on page 12-9.
2. Select a virtual resource.
3. In the Properties view, click the Resource tab to view all capacity-based properties associated with the
selected virtual resource.
To scale up virtual resources and (optionally) relocate them, perform the following steps:
1. Open a session editor; see the “Opening the Session Editor” section on page 12-9.
2. Select a virtual resource, right-click and select Scale Up.
3. Update one or more the capacity values.
4. Optional. Enable the Relocation option. This option is only available if new capacity values are not
fulfilled by the current host. Relocation options include:
• Automatic—The Active System Manager determines a secondary hypervisor to move your current
virtual machine to run on, and still validates the original capacity constraints.
• Manual—The session owner (or participants) can select from a list of other hypervisors available
in the Active System Manager inventory.
5. Click OK to start the scaling operation.
The Session editor updates once the operation has completed.
6. Optional. Check the new capacity values of the virtual resource on the Elasticity tab (the Properties
view) and check the targeted hypervisor from the Resource tab (Host Asset Tag, Host Domain
property).
Invoking Resource Adapters
The following topics describe how to invoke built-in or custom Resource Adapter operations and
applications on resources under test and underlying control resources in a running session:
• Executing System-Based Operations
• Executing Custom-Based Operations
• Executing Monitoring Operations