HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.0 User Guide

partitions, and to monitor and evaluate data and resources at the level of the Virtual Server Platform
(VSP). You can view all of a VSP's virtual partitions and their assigned resources, and you can
view all resources assigned to a specific virtual partition or virtual switch. For example, Virtual
Server Manager provides graphical views of virtual-to-physical network and storage devices so
that you can view I/O data, including resource utilization information. Virtual Server Manager
obtains information about Integrity VM resources through Web-Based Enterprise Management
(WBEM) providers installed on the VSP and on virtual partitions (guest OSes).
NOTE: The Integrity Virtual Server Manager GUI is displayed when you install HP Integrity Virtual
Machines (Integrity VM) v6.0 and later. On Integrity VM v4.3 and earlier, the GUI is named Virtual
Machines Manager (VM Manager). Depending on the Integrity VM version installed, Virtual Server
Manager can be used to manage vPars or VMs or both. If the version installed (for example
v4.3PK2 and earlier) you cannot manage virtual partitions. If version 6.0 is installed, virtual
machines cannot be managed.
Virtual Server Manager is available as a standalone product (the VMMGR bundle) that is installed
on a VSP and accessed through the HP System Management Homepage ( HP SMH), or as a
component provided with HP Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX (the VSEMgmt bundle), the
latter which is installed with HP Systems Insight Manager on a central management server (CMS).
As a component of HP Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX, Virtual Server Manager
seamlessly-integrates with other Matrix Operating Environment components.
You can access Virtual Server Manager from a browser, using either of two web-based software
components (depending on the bundle installed):
• HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH)
Virtual Server Manager is installed separately on any given VSP to manage that Integrity VSP
and its virtual partitions. You access Virtual Server Manager from a browser that can connect
over the network to that VSP. Figure 1 shows how Virtual Server Manager is configured and
used with HP SMH. This configuration is supported on HP-UX v3 and v2.
Figure 1 Virtual Server Manager with HP SMH
Information about HP SMH is available from the following HP SMH website:
http://www.hp.com/go/smh
8 Introduction