HP Virtualization Manager 6.0 Software with Logical Server Management User Guide

• Blade
• Logical Server
• Physical and Virtual
• Serviceguard
• System and Event
• Virtual Machine
A perspective is available even if there are no such corresponding systems configured and
discovered. In that case, Virtualization Manager will display a page saying there is no information
to display in that particular view. The Logical Server perspective is available only on a Windows
CMS. For other conditions, see the note in “Purpose of the visualization view” (page 23).
Table 1-9 describes each perspective in the Perspective drop down menu.
Table 1-9 Visualization view perspectives
Similar view:What it shows:Perspective
From the HP SIM Systems and Event
Collections list in the left-hand
navigation area, select HP
BladeSystem
Filters information in compartments
to show only server blades, including
virtual connect domains.
Blade
NoneFilters information in the
compartments to show active and
inactive Logical Server collections.
Logical Server
From the HP SIM Systems and Event
Collections list in the left-hand
navigation area, select All VSE
Resources.
All physical and virtual systems.
Physical systems can show
standalone servers, nPartitions, and
other hardware. A complex can show
physical and virtual systems. Virtual
systems can include an Integrity VM
host containing Integrity VM systems,
logical servers, and Virtual Connect
domains and servers.
Physical and Virtual
From the HP SIM Systems and Event
Collections list in the left-hand
navigation area, expand Clusters by
Type then select HP Serviceguard.
Filters information in compartments
to show only Serviceguard clusters
and their members.
Serviceguard
From the HP SIM Systems and Event
Collections list in the left-hand
navigation area, select All Systems.
Goes to the HP SIM All VSE
Resources page. The default view is
systems; click the Events tab to view
events.
System and Event
From the HP SIM Systems and Event
Collections list in the left-hand
navigation area, select Virtual Machine
Hosts.
Filters information in compartments
to show Integrity VM, VM hosts,
VMware ESX, or Microsoft Virtual
Server virtual machines.
Virtual Machine
Concepts and terminology
The Virtualization Manager incorporates a number of HP virtualization technologies and products
from a single view, allowing you to view and manage systems and workloads. To make effective
use of the Virtualization Manager, you need to become familiar with the following terms and
concepts.
Application A logically related set of processes active on a system (a running application) and/or
a logically related set of files on a machine disk (an installed application).
Application
Discovery
The process of finding applications and gathering performance data about them for
display and use in a managed environment.
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