Operating Environment Software 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
Warranty information
HP will replace defective delivery media for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase. This
warranty applies to all Insight Control Management, HP Systems Insight Manager, and ProLiant
Essentials products.
HP worldwide customer service contact numbers
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HP authorized resellers
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Related information
The latest versions of manuals and white papers for HP Insight Dynamics and related products
can be downloaded from the HP Web:
www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs
To get the most out of HP Insight Software and Insight Dynamics, HP recommends that you
become familiar with the following manuals:
• HP Insight Dynamics 6.0 Getting Started Guide
• HP Insight Software 6.0 Support Matrix
• HP Insight Software 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide
• HP Insight Dynamics 6.0 Release Notes
• HP Insight Dynamics - VSE 6.0: Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide
• HP Insight Capacity Advisor 6.0 Software: User Guide
• Application Discovery 6.0 Software: User Guide
• HP Insight Global Workload Manager 6.0 Software: User Guide
• HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.1 Software: User Guide
• HP Storage Provisioning Manager User Guide
• HP Insight Orchestration User Guide
• HP Insight Recovery User Guide
98 Support and other resources