HP Insight Control Virtual Machine Management 7.
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Contents 1 Introduction...............................................................................................6 Overview................................................................................................................................6 Infrastructure............................................................................................................................6 Systems Insight Manager console integration.......................................................................
Handling semi-automatic prefailure events with the vCenter Server DRS cluster enabled in the vCenter Server...................................................................................................................24 Handling automatic prefailure events by using the Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host feature......24 Handling semi-automatic events using the Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host feature..................25 Setting alternate hosts...........................................................
Virtual machine cannot be made highly available unless all the VM files reside on Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)....................................................................................................................33 VM status of the already registered vCenter in all Systems page temporarily becomes critical.......34 Empty folders are created when deploy template operation fails for SCVMM HA template on a standalone HyperV host......................................................................
1 Introduction Overview HP Insight Control virtual machine management (VMM) adds virtual machine management capability within HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM).
The association between virtual machine hosts and guests appears in the System(s) list. To view additional details about virtual machine hosts and guests, in the System Name column, click an entry. The color-coded icons listed in the following tables indicate the status of the virtual machine hosts and guests. Table 1 Virtual machine host icons displayed in the VM column Icon Status The virtual machine host is licensed and is communicating with VMM.
Table 2 Virtual machine guest icons displayed in the VM column (continued) Icon Status The virtual machine guest is associated with a licensed virtual machine host, but the guest is not started. The VM Guest is associated with an unlicensed VM Host. The VM column also displays VME Server status. To navigate to the VME Server credentials user interface, select Options→VME Options→View VME Settings.
characters for hosts that do not require VMM agents to be installed (ESX4.x/ESXi4.x/Hyper-V/ESXi 5.x).
2 Key concepts Heterogeneous environment A heterogeneous environment hosts virtualization layers, such as VMware ESX, Hyper-V, and so on. Insight Control virtual machine management supports heterogeneity by providing a uniform way to access and manage all the hypervisors. For information about the supported hypervisors, see the HP Insight Management Support Matrix available at www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
3 Initial setup Licensing Licensing VMM through the HP Insight Control License Manager NOTE: later. Insight Control virtual machine management 7.0 or later works only with HP SIM 7.0 or To add or deploy license keys, you must have HP SIM administrative rights. The standard procedure for licensing VMM is to purchase and apply HP Insight Control licenses. For more information or to purchase licenses, see http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol.
NOTE: You can hold the SHIFT key to select multiple systems. NOTE: A system presently or previously licensed with a demo key may not be relicensed with another demo key. If a selected product has not been registered with License Manager, the following message is displayed: License Manager cannot process licenses for the selected product for one of two possible reasons: For products where licensing information is managed by Systems Insight Manager, the Apply Licenses page appears.
Updating the HP SIM certificate on CMS Insight Control virtual machine management uses an HP SIM certificate for all its communication with HP SIM. Should changes be made to the HP SIM certificate, you must restart the Insight Control virtual machine management service to use the updated certificate.
To manually register the virtual machine hosts in a Windows environment: 1. From an account with administrative privileges, sign in to HP SIM on the Systems Insight Manager CMS. 2. Access the installation bin directory from the default path:C:\Program Files\HP\Insight Control virtual machine management\bin 3. From the CMS, access the installation bin directory from the following path:C:\Program Files\HP\Insight Control virtual machine management\bin 4.
4 Using Insight Control virtual machine management This chapter provides an overview of server virtualization management using the VMM. You can perform all VMM operations with either operator or administrator rights. Insight Control virtual machine management interface overview Insight Control virtual machine management provides central management and control for virtual machines hosted on Microsoft Hyper-V server, VMware ESX Server, or Xen on RHEL or SLES.
Table 5 Icons and tasks Icon Function Start/resume Shutdown/stop Pause Reset/restart The following tables lists supported features for various virtualization layers. Table 6 Supported Insight Control virtual machine management features in various virtualization layers Features HP integrated ESXi / VMware ESX 4.1 1 HP integrated ESXi 5.0/5.11 HP integrated ESXi / VMware ESX 4.
Table 6 Supported Insight Control virtual machine management features in various virtualization layers (continued) Features HP integrated ESXi / VMware ESX 4.1 1 HP integrated ESXi 5.0/5.11 HP integrated ESXi / VMware ESX 4.01 Microsoft Hyper-V R2 server Microsoft Hyper-V 3 server Xen distribution on RHEL Xen distribution on SLES Events collection ✓ ✓ ✓ X X X X Prefailure alert handling ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ X X 1 Requires VMware vCenter Server.
1. From the left pane of the HP SIM screen, click Customize, and then click New. The New Collection screen appears. 2. 3. Click Choose members by attributes. Select the collection criteria as shown in the screen, and then save the collection as CriticalVmHost. VMware ESX Server Guest System page When using a VMware ESX Server, from the Guest System page, click Launch vCenter.
Performance information These sections list information displayed on the Performance tab of the System Page for virtual machine hosts and guests. • To determine virtual machine host capacity and virtual machine workload characteristics, use the performance information. • To create alerts and log messages based on user-selectable performance values, use the threshold settings. Performance color codes The color codes on the Performance tab indicate the percentage of a resource that has been consumed.
5 Managing virtual machines Making a backup of the virtual machine management database You must perform a backup of the VMM database enable recovery of the configuration files/data if the application crashes.
set the RequireCertificate parameter to 1 in thehpvmm.conf file, found in the following location: /bin/hpvmm.
6. For 1. 2. 3. 4. each target server, perform these steps: Select the certificate. Click Export... to launch the Certificate Export Wizard. Click Next to continue. The Export File Format dialog box is displayed. Enter a filename along with the complete path of the directory. For example, C:\ VMHost-Certs\servername.cer NOTE: If you do not enter the complete path, the certificate is stored in your Documents and Settings folder. 5. Click Next to continue with the export.
1. Add or create the following to the hpvmmsvc.log4j file in the %VMM_INSTALL_FLODER%\ bin\ location as %VMM_INSTALL_FLODER%\bin\hpvmmsvc.log4j: #******************************************************************** #Enabling windows NT Events for Insight Control virtual machine management Service #******************************************************************** #DEBUG < INFO < WARN < ERROR < FATAL log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, stdout, NTE # Output into windows event log4j.appender.NTE=org.apache.
Handling automatic prefailure events To handle automatic prefailure events, perform the following: 1. Click Deploy→Virtual Machine→Handle Virtual Machine Host Prefailure Events. 2. In Step 1, Select the target events, select the PreFailure Events collection that has been created, then click Apply. 3. Click Add System Filters.... 4. Select the Collection under Add filters by selecting from:. 5. Select the system collection that was created. 6. Click Apply, then Next. The Confirm Details screen appears. 7.
To handle automatic prefailure events by using the Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host feature, configure prefailure handling using the steps described in Handling automatic prefailure events. When any prefailure events are generated on any of the systems in the System Collection - Prefailure VMware ESX Collection, the virtual machines running on this host are recovered to the alternate host.
7. 8. 9. 26 Specify the location for the backup files to be placed on the virtual machine host, and then click Next. For a VMware ESX server virtual machine that is powered up, select one of the following: • Perform the backup while the virtual machine is running. During the backup operation, disk changes are written to a new redo log and applied when the backup completes. • Pause the virtual machine for the duration of the backup operation and resume processing when the backup completes.
6 Troubleshooting Insight Control virtual machine management controls Virtual machine customization fails during template deployment During template deployment of VMs in Windows Hyper-V server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Hyper-V server 2008 SP2 on ProLiant servers, the virtual network manager fails to load the Hyper-V manager through the import and export methods. This causes failure of virtual machine customization and the IO service request. To resolve this issue, you must install HP NCU V 10.
Changing the SCVMM server credentials is not reflected in the UI VMM status icon You must restart the SCVMM/VMM service or server and register the SCVMM server in the VME tab with new credentials after changing the password. The SCVMM related operations continue to work and the VMM status icon does not change until the SVMM service is restarted. Upgrading SCVMM 2008 to SCVMM 2012 To upgrade SCVMM 2008 to 2012 follow these steps: 1. Delete the SCVMM 2008 server credentials using HP SIM page.
Virtual machine host and guest icons do not appear in VMM If the virtual machine host and guests were previously accessible from VMM and display an Information icon in the HP SIM console, verify that the host is licensed. If the host was licensed with a demo license, the license might have expired. Obtain a permanent license for the host.
2. 3. Verify that this name is resolved on the network and is not being affected by any proxy settings in the browser. Be sure to include this link as a trusted site in the Internet Explorer browser security settings. Virtual machine status is not updated This occurs if VMM cannot communicate with the HP SIM database. Restart the VMM service to resolve this issue.
An error occurs when you click Remote Desktop When you click Remote Desktop in the HP SIM Host System page using Internet Explorer browser, the following error might appear: Internet Explorer cannot download e.rdp?hostname= from . Displaying Remote Desktop for the virtual machine requires the file remote.rdp to be downloaded. If the Internet options are set to disable file downloads, this error occurs. To resolve this issue: 1.
Error message Unknown to VMM appears when performing the copy operation on a virtual machine If the error message Unknown to VMM appears when performing the copy operation on a virtual machine, ensure that the virtual machine exists on the host. If the virtual machine has been deleted from the host, but the virtual machine node is still present in HP SIM, click Options→Identify Systems in the host HP SIM.
Insight Control virtual machine management cannot move virtual machines with certain disk types Insight Control virtual machine management does not move or copy virtual machines with certain disk types when installed with the indicated virtualization technology.
To make the VM highly available from VMM, all the VM files must reside on CSV. VM status of the already registered vCenter in all Systems page temporarily becomes critical If a server is already registered with VMM as a vCenter server and the same is also tried to register as an SCVMM server with VMM, and if SCVMM is not installed on the server, then the VM status of the vCenter in the All Systems page temporarily shows critical for some time. After a while, it returns to the original status.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Add the HP SIM CMS IP address to the Accept SNMP Packets from these hosts box. In the Default WBEM Settings box, enter the user name and password. From the HP SIM console, select Options→Discovery. In the Discovery configuration box, clear the Use discovery filters check box, and then click Save. Perform a discovery of the undiscovered virtual machine hosts and guests. For information about performing basic HP SIM tasks, see the HP Systems Insight Manager User Guide.
Uninstalling or retiring an HP SIM CMS If you are uninstalling or retiring an HP SIM CMS, and you are moving HP SIM to a new CMS, you must unregister all virtual machine hosts that are registered to the HP SIM CMS before you perform the uninstallation. To unregister virtual machine hosts, from the HP SIM toolbar, select Configure→Virtual Machine→Unregister Virtual Machine Host.
7 Support and other resources Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you contact HP: • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware or software • Technical support registration number (if applicable) How to contact HP Use the following methods to contact HP technical support: • In the United States, see the Customer Service / Contact HP U
The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals in electronic form as they are made available from HP. With this service, Insight Management customers benefit from expedited problem resolution as well as proactive notification and delivery of software updates. For more information about this service, see the following website: http://www.hp.com/services/insight. Registration for this service takes place following online redemption of the license certificate.
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A Virtual machine events Viewing virtual machine events To view all events related to VMM, expand the Events→Shared directory in the left pane of the HP SIM console. Expand All Insight Control virtual machine management Events. To view events for a particular virtual machine host or guest, click the host or guest in the HP SIM console, and then click the Events tab. To view details about a specific event, click the Event Type entry.
Table 7 s/b VMM or s/b Insight Control virtual machine management events (continued) 42 Event type Description Abort Virtual Machine Copy Insight Control virtual machine management did not complete copying a virtual machine. Finish Virtual Machine Copy Insight Control virtual machine management has finished copying a virtual machine. Virtual Machine Suspend The virtual machine has suspended information. Virtual Machine Shutdown The virtual machine has shut down information.
Table 7 s/b VMM or s/b Insight Control virtual machine management events (continued) Event type Description Entered Standby Mode Event This event is received when you manually put the host in Standby mode. Insight Control virtual machine management does not listen to this event. Exiting Standby Mode Event This event is received when you manually power on the host that is in Standby mode. Insight Control virtual machine management does not listen to this event.
Table 8 vCenter and VMware ESX Server host events (continued) Event type Description DrsVmMigrateEvent A virtual machine migration that was recommended by DRS occurred. VmOrphanedEvent This event records a virtual machine for which no host is responsible. VmPoweredOffEvent This event records when a virtual machine finished powering off. VmPoweredOnEvent This event records when a virtual machine finished powering on. VmReconfiguredEvent A reconfiguration of the virtual machine occurred.
Table 8 vCenter and VMware ESX Server host events (continued) Event type Description Virtual Machine Host exited standby mode The VM Host has exited from the DPM-initiated Standby mode successfully. vmmControl This event records virtual machine control information. vmmAnswer This event records virtual machine answer question information. vmmPause This event records virtual machine pause information. vmmReset This event records virtual machine reset information.
Table 8 vCenter and VMware ESX Server host events (continued) Event type Description vmmVMThreshold Virtual machine guest processor event. vmmHostThreshold Virtual machine host processor event. vmmVMCpuThreshold Virtual machine guest processor threshold event. vmmHostCpuThreshold Virtual machine host processor threshold event. vmmVMMemoryThreshold Virtual machine guest memory utilization threshold event. vmmHostMemoryThreshold Virtual machine host memory utilization threshold event.
B Error messages The following tables contain error messages that might appear when performing certain menu selections from HP SIM. To view the table displaying the error message, cause, and solution, press CTRL, and then click a menu selection. Table 9 Configure→Virtual Machine→Register Virtual Machine Error message Cause No, View Details. When you click View Details, the following message appears: The machine selected has not been discovered as a server by HP SIM. Solution 1.
Table 11 Deploy→ Virtual Machine→ Move Virtual Machine Error message Cause No, View Details. When you click View Details, the following message appears: The machine selected has not been discovered as a server by HP SIM. To run Identify system: 1. Select the Windows virtual machine host. Unknown or unmanaged appears on the 2. Select Options→Identify System. HP SIM System Page. This tool cannot run on as it does not pass the conditions required for running it.
Table 12 Deploy→ Virtual Machine→ Handle VM host Prefailure Events (continued) Error message Cause Solution Virtual Machine Host does not appear as the system subtype on the machine Systempage. For more information, see the HP Systems Insight Manager User Guide . Select a virtual machine host. Table 13 Deploy→ Virtual Machine→ Backups→ Create Virtual Machine Backup Error message Cause No, View Details.
Table 15 Configure→ Virtual Machine→ Unregister Virtual Machine Host Error message Cause No, View Details. When you click View Details, the following message appears: The machine selected has not been discovered as a server by HP SIM. No, not allowed by tool definition. The machine selected has not been discovered as a server by HP SIM. Solution 1. Select the Windows virtual machine host. 2. Select Options→Identify System. Unknown or unmanaged appears on the This tool cannot run HP SIM System Page.
Table 17 Configure→ Virtual Machine→ Set Performance Thresholds Error message Cause No, View Details. When you click View Details, the following message appears: The machine selected has not been discovered as a server by HP SIM. No, not allowed by tool definition. The machine selected has not been discovered as a server by HP SIM. Solution 1. Select the Windows virtual machine host. 2. Select Options→Identify System. Unknown or unmanaged appears on the This tool cannot run HP SIM System Page.
Glossary CMS HP Systems Insight Manager Central Management Server. guest operating system A distinct operating system instance running in a virtual machine. host operating system An operating system that is the foundation for a virtual machine. HP Systems Insight Manager Systems Insight Manager. hypervisor A hypervisor allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on a host computer. Examples of hypervisors are VMware ESX, Hyper-V, and so on.
Index A accessing System Page, 15 adding licenses, 11 agentless management, 8 B blank page appears when launching VMM from HP SIM, 29 C central management server retiring, 36 uninstalling, 36 CMS see central management server color codes, performance, 19 components, VMM, 6 configuration SNMP properties, 34 troubleshooting, 36 configuring polling frequency for virtual machine status checks, 17 WMI Mapper proxy, 12 controls, Insight Control virtual machine management, 15 copied Xen virtual machine guest doe
error occurs when clicked, 31 restoring using a backup fails, 30 retiring CMS, 36 S server re-entering serial number, 36 slow response time on virtual machine host, 30 SNMP properties, 34 status column icons, 6 support how to contact HP, 37 warranty information, 37 system information not displayed, 29 System Page accessing, 15 overview, 15 Systems Insight Manager console system identification, 34 discovery, 34 events, 41 icons, 6 identify systems, 34 T tools, Insight Control virtual machine management, 15
