HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

on a standalone VM Host or in a cluster. They enable a cluster to be divided into logical pools
of memory and CPU resources above the level of individual VM Hosts.
ESX resource pools allow a VM Host or an ESXi cluster to be shared by multiple organizations.
ESX resource pools are displayed in the infrastructure orchestration console Servers tab and
are labeled as “ESX Resource Pools” in the Type column. The parent of an ESX resource pool
is shown in the Servers tab Group column. ESX Resource Pools can be selected when creating
a new pool, and used for capacity assignments to users, groups, and organizations.
Because an ESX resource pool is a compute resource, it must be added to a pool in order to
be used in a provisioning request. A pool containing an ESX resource pool must be
homogeneous and cannot contain any other type of compute resource. A provisioning request
can specify the use of mixed multiple pools, as long as any pool containing an ESX resource
pool is homogeneous.
Virtual machines can be allocated into ESX resource pools. Virtual machines cannot be allocated
to VM Hosts and clusters where the resource pools are defined. However, virtual machines
can be allocated to VM Hosts where resource pools are not defined or are not applicable.
The parent ESX Host (or all VM Hosts in the parent cluster) must be licensed for virtual machine
management and infrastructure orchestration. ESX resource pools that are parented by
unlicensed hosts are ignored.
• Cloud resources
Cloud resources represent an external resource or capacity offered by a cloud service provider
such as Savvis.
Cloud resources are manually configured resources, not discovered resources, and require
special configuration for use within infrastructure orchestration.
Because a cloud resource is a compute resource, it must be added to a pool in order to be
used in a provisioning request. A pool containing a cloud resource must be homogeneous
and cannot contain any other type of compute resource. A provisioning request can specify
the use of mixed multiple pools, as long as any pool containing a cloud resource is
homogeneous.
Contact an HP representative for more information, or see the Cloud bursting with CloudSystem
Matrix infrastructure orchestration and Savvis white paper at http://www.hp.com/go/
matrixoe/docs.
The following server pools are automatically generated and cannot be used for infrastructure service
creation.
• Unassigned pool contains all resources previously discovered by HP Matrix Operating
Environment. You can move resources from the Unassigned pool to another pool only after
the resource is licensed for use by infrastructure orchestration.
Matrix infrastructure orchestration automatically populates the Unassigned pool after installation
with the resources identified by Systems Insight Manager. Physical resources are only available
after a Virtual Connect Domain Group is created in VCEM. Matrix infrastructure orchestration
updates the information each hour. After updating the available resources, click Refresh to
see the updates immediately.
• Maintenance pool contains resources that have failed or require administrative attention. When
physical servers fail to provision, they are automatically moved to the maintenance pool. You
can also manually move any compute resource into the maintenance pool.
• Other Organizations pool shows all of the compute resources that have been assigned to
organizations. This pool is displayed only when compute resources have been assigned to
organizations. Click on the particular compute resource to see the organization to which it
belongs.
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