HP Virtualization Manager 6.0 Software with Logical Server Management User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.0 Software with Logical Server Management: User Guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Getting started with Virtualization Manager
- 3 Working with logical servers
- Using logical servers in Virtualization Manager
- New features in logical servers
- Understanding logical servers as they appear in visualization perspectives
- Logical server operations
- Authorizations, requirements, and configuration
- Logical server requirements
- Configuring and registering VMware vCenter
- Configuring VMware vSphere client settings for browsing datastore
- Configuring HP SIM with Onboard Administrator credentials
- Configuring HP SIM for SAN storage validation
- Configuring Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA)
- Configuring Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM)
- LSMUTIL database utility
- 4 Defining storage for logical servers
- 5 Troubleshooting
- Navigation tips
- User preferences tips
- Performance tips
- Problems with meters collecting data
- Search button displays error page
- Displaying empty, hidden resource pools
- Errors accessing single sign-on iLO or Onboard Administrator
- Recovery after logical server operation failures
- Troubleshooting an inoperable logical server
- Correcting problems powering on a logical server
- Logical server operations cannot be cancelled
- Logical Server Automation service fails to start if TCP layer ports are in use
- Use portable WWNs and MAC addresses for Virtual Connect domain groups
- Do not use valid host name as logical server name
- Oversubscribing the number of networks
- Insufficient NICs error when activating or moving logical servers (Virtual Connect Flex-10 support)
- Use caution when renaming or moving a Virtual Connect domain group
- Deactivate or move logical servers before replacing blade
- Unmanaging a logical server using a storage pool entry may result in an inconsistent state
- Synchronize clocks on the CMS, managed systems, and VMware vCenter
- Ensure VM Hosts use fully qualified host names
- VM Hosts must be in same vCenter for ESX virtual machine logical server moves
- VM displayed without association in Virtualization Manager perspectives after deactivation
- Moving logical servers when the CMS and vCenter are in different network domains
- Changing the IP address of a VM Host after logical server discovery prevents the VM Host from appearing as an activation and move target
- Creating and managing logical servers on Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Server 2008
- 6 Advanced features
- 7 Support and other resources
- Index
View logical server job status..........................................................................................................52
Authorizations, requirements, and configuration................................................................................52
Logical server requirements............................................................................................................53
Configuring and registering VMware vCenter...............................................................................54
Configuring VMware vSphere client settings for browsing datastore...........................................55
Configuring HP SIM with Onboard Administrator credentials.....................................................56
Configuring HP SIM for SAN storage validation...........................................................................56
Configuring Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA)...............................................................57
Configuring Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM)........................................................................58
LSMUTIL database utility.....................................................................................................................58
LSMUTIL example...........................................................................................................................58
LSMUTIL options............................................................................................................................59
4 Defining storage for logical servers...........................................................................61
The Virtual Connect environment........................................................................................................61
Storage in a Virtual Connect environment...........................................................................................61
Administrator roles.........................................................................................................................62
Storage Provisioning Manager........................................................................................................62
Setting up SPM for use with logical server storage...................................................................63
Extensible Server & Storage Adapter..............................................................................................64
Logical server storage...........................................................................................................................65
Create a storage entry......................................................................................................................65
Defining a SAN storage entry....................................................................................................66
SAN storage entry definition................................................................................................66
Port definition.......................................................................................................................67
Volume and path definition..................................................................................................67
Validation status....................................................................................................................69
Defining a file (VM) storage entry.............................................................................................69
File (VM) storage entry definition........................................................................................69
File (VM) storage selection....................................................................................................70
Create a storage pool entry..............................................................................................................70
Associating a storage pool entry with a logical server..............................................................71
Defining a SAN storage pool entry............................................................................................72
Storage pool entry definition................................................................................................72
Tag selections........................................................................................................................73
Port definition.......................................................................................................................73
Volume and path definition..................................................................................................74
Validation status....................................................................................................................76
Manage server WWNs..........................................................................................................76
Defining a file (VM) storage pool entry.....................................................................................77
File (VM) storage pool entry definition................................................................................78
Tag selections........................................................................................................................78
Storage selection...................................................................................................................78
Validating storage............................................................................................................................78
5 Troubleshooting............................................................................................................81
Navigation tips......................................................................................................................................81
User preferences tips.............................................................................................................................81
Performance tips...................................................................................................................................81
Problems with meters collecting data...................................................................................................81
Search button displays error page........................................................................................................81
Displaying empty, hidden resource pools............................................................................................81
Errors accessing single sign-on iLO or Onboard Administrator..........................................................82
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