HP Insight Control for Linux 7.0 User Guide

11.5 Establishing monitoring for virtual hosts and virtual guests
NOTE: Insight Control for Linux does not support monitoring of VMware ESXi virtual hosts or
virtual guests running Microsoft Windows
Configuring a virtual host or a virtual guest for monitoring is the same procedure as for real
managed systems. In short, the procedure consists of the following Insight Control for Linux menu
items:
1. Configure→Configure or Repair Agents... on the virtual guest.
Ensure that the Configure secure shell (SSH) access authentication check box is checked. For
an illustration, see Figure 19 (page 81).
2. Run Options→IC-Linux→Configure Management Services.
The virtual hosts and virtual guests can now be monitored with Insight Control for Linux. Now you
can perform additional Insight Control virtual machine management operations. For information
on Insight Control virtual machine management operations, see HP Insight Control Virtual Machine
Management User Guide.
11.6 Virtual guest operations
For VMware ESX and ESXi, and Xen virtualizations, the HP Insight Control Virtual Machine
Management User Guide provides information on using the Insight Control virtual machine
management controls and tools, including the following:
• Starting or resuming a virtual machine guest:
Tools→Virtual Machine→Start Virtual Machine
• Shutting down or stopping a virtual machine guest:
Tools→Virtual Machine→Stop Virtual Machine
CAUTION: If you shut down or stop a virtual machine guest, unsaved data is lost.
• Suspending or pausing a virtual machine guest:
Tools→Virtual Machine→Suspend Virtual Machine
• Resetting or restarting a virtual machine guest:
Tools→Virtual Machine→Restart Virtual Machine
For KVM virtualizations, HP recommends using the virt-manager, virsh, and other, KVM-specific
commands to manage the virtual guests from their KVM hosts, where these tools are typically
installed. For example:
• Starting or resuming a virtual machine guest:
# virsh start virtual_guest_name
• Shutting down a virtual machine guest gracefully:
# virsh shutdown virtual_guest_name
CAUTION: If you shut down a virtual machine guest, unsaved data is lost.
• Suspending a virtual machine guest:
# virsh suspend virtual_guest_name
• Moves a virtual machine guest out from its suspended state:
# virsh resume virtual_guest_name
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