HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................11 Features.................................................................................................................................................11 Virtualization Manager tabs............................................................................................................11 Insight Dynamics menus..............................................
View logical server details...............................................................................................................54 View logical server job status..........................................................................................................54 Authorizations, requirements, and configuration................................................................................55 Logical server requirements...........................................................................
Creating multiple storage pool entries............................................................................................89 Requesting initiator WWNs for storage preallocation....................................................................91 Example XML file............................................................................................................................91 Modifying physical servers with local disk information............................................................
Registering for software technical support and update service....................................................113 HP authorized resellers.................................................................................................................114 Documentation feedback...............................................................................................................114 Related information...................................................................................................
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List of Tables 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 2-1 3-1 3-2 3-3 4-1 4-2 4-3 7-1 7-2 8-1 9-1 8 Tools menu....................................................................................................................................12 Create menu..................................................................................................................................14 Modify menu.....................................................................................................................
List of Examples 7-1 7-2 7-3 Storage definition XSD file............................................................................................................90 Example XML file for storage import and export.........................................................................92 Example computeActuals.xml file................................................................................................
1 Introduction This document provides an overview of the HP Insight Virtualization Manager software and logical servers features. System administrators can use this document as an introduction to the Virtualization Manager and as a guide to using the software to visualize and manage systems and workloads, and to create and manage logical servers. For information about using HP Insight Dynamics, see the HP Insight Dynamics 6.0 Getting Started Guide.
• resource-sharing policies that you can use across multiple HP servers. For information about gWLM, see the HP Insight Global Workload Manager 6.0 Software: User Guide. Capacity Advisor tab – Lets you view utilization data and perform scenario analysis using Capacity Advisor. For information about Capacity Advisor, see the HP Insight Capacity Advisor 6.0 Software: User Guide. Insight Dynamics menus The Insight Dynamics menu bar provides convenient access to the Insight Dynamics tools and actions.
Table 1-1 Tools menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Global Workload Manager→gWLM Historical Reports Accesses the gWLM Historical Reports page that lets you generate historical reports for your workloads and policies. Global Workload Manager→gWLM Advanced Reports... Accesses the gWLM Advanced Reports page that lets you generate reports with resource audit information, reports that identify workloads that might require additional resources, and other advanced features.
Table 1-1 Tools menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Logical Servers→Move... (Windows CMS only) Allows you to move a logical server. This menu option is equivalent to using the Virtualization Manager's drag and drop feature from the Physical and Virtual perspective in the Visualization View. Restrictions apply when moving a logical server from one server with Virtual Connect to another, or from one virtual machine to another. Logical Servers→Refresh...(Windows CMS only.
Table 1-3 Modify menu Menu selection What it does: Shared Resource Domain... Accesses the gWLM General tab, from which you can change the SRD name, mode (Advisory or Managed), state (Deployed or Undeployed) , and other properties. Workload Definition... Accesses the Workload Definition Properties page, from which you can modify a workload definition, including criteria that selects which processes are included in the workload. Logical Server...
Table 1-5 Configure menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Edit Network and Disk I/O Capacity... Accesses the Capacity Advisor Network and Disk I/O Capacity screen, from which you can set the upper bound value of network and disk I/O capacity for the selected set of systems. Agentless Data Collection... Accesses the Capacity Advisor Collect Data screens that allow you to prepare to collect data for the Capacity Advisor. Agentless Data Collection...
Table 1-7 Report menu (continued) Menu selection What it does: Logical Server Job Status... (Windows CMS only) A logical server job is the process of activating, copying, creating, deactivating, deleting, importing, or moving a logical server. This link allows you to check any of these multiple job statuses. View Logical Server Details...
Table 1-8 Expand and collapse buttons on the Virtualization Manager toolbar (continued) Button icon Name/Hover text Function Toolbar Expand button – Expand next level • Expands the next level compartment in the hierarchy, one level at a time. Clicking the Toolbar Expand button is similar to clicking the Expand Compartment button in every compartment that has collapsed subcompartments.
Concepts and terminology The Virtualization Manager incorporates a number of HP virtualization technologies and products from a single view, allowing you to view and manage systems and workloads. To make effective use of the Virtualization Manager, you need to become familiar with the following terms and concepts. Application A logically related set of processes active on a system (a running application) and/or a logically related set of files on a machine disk (an installed application).
amount of memory), and the server connections to storage fabric and networks. This feature allows you to populate an enclosure, load balance servers, and evacuate servers for routine maintenance or in case of disaster; it allows you to provision resources only when needed and increase utilization of limited compute resources. 20 Managed system A server or other system that can be managed by HP SIM from a CMS. Management domain A CMS and its managed systems.
HP BladeSystem c-Class servers appear in a VC domain. VC domains can be collected in a group, and similiarly expanded from the Virtualization Manager. Virtual Connect domain group A logical collection of VC domains with the same network and storage configuration. A VC domain group can be expanded from the Virtualization Manager's Visualization View, Blades perspective. Virtual machine A software entity provided by HP Integrity Virtual Machines, VMware ESX, or Microsoft Virtual Server.
2 Starting Virtualization Manager This chapter describes the various ways you can start the Virtualization Manger from HP SIM, and how to switch views to display different system collections once in the Virtualzation Manager. When you start the Virtualization Manager from any of the methods in this section, a splash screen displays as the Virtualization Manager loads. NOTE: In Internet Explorer 7, do not create multiple browser windows in the same session by using Ctrl-N or File→New Window.
From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area: Choose Systems→Shared→Systems by Type→All VSE Resources, as shown in the following figure. Expand the All VSE Resources collection by clicking its nPartitions. icon, then choose a subset such as Create a custom HP SIM collection whose default view is set to All VSE Resources: Select this collection to start Virtualization Manager.
• • • • • • Blade Logical Server Physical and Virtual Serviceguard System and Event Virtual Machine A perspective is available even if there are no such corresponding systems configured and discovered. In that case, Virtualization Manager will display a page saying there is no information to display in that particular view. The Logical Server perspective is available only on a Windows CMS. For other conditions, see the note in “Purpose of the visualization view” (page 27).
3 Using Virtualization Manager views This chapter introduces the two primary views in the Virtualization Manager: • Visualization View (see “Using the visualization view” (page 27)) • Workload View (see “Using the workload view” (page 34)) By default, when you start Virtualization Manager, the Visualization tab is automatically selected, showing the Visualization View.
Figure 3-1 Visualization view 1 2 The HP SIM menu bar provides access to tools, logs, software options, and online help. If you lack authorization to use a tool, you might not be able to access certain menus. The HP SIM maximize view link maximizes the screen to eliminate the left-hand side HP SIM view. This link becomes “Restore” for returning to the original (two pane) view. The help button is denoted by a question mark icon This Page from the HP SIM menu bar.
7 8 HP SIM system status indicators are the same as the ones that appear on the HP SIM System Status panel, in the left-hand navigation area. Hover over a status indicator for descriptive text. Technology icons provide quick navigation to management tools. Hover over the icon to see quick information about the management tool that will be launched by clicking the icon.
Figure 3-2 Components of an Insight Dynamics compartment 1 The selection check box selects a compartment for which you can apply an action from the gray Insight Dynamics menu bar (see “Insight Dynamics menus” (page 12)). If a compartment contains subcompartments, as the Integrity VM Host compartment does in the previous example, you must also select the check box for any subcompartment that you want to manage. Deselect a selected compartment by checking its selection check box.
In Figure 3-2, information for the standalone server citrine is expanded, so the Collapse Compartment button appears, whereas the standalone server azul is collapsed, so the Expand Compartment button appears. NOTE: When you collapse a selected subcompartment's parent in the compartment hierarchy and then expand it, it deselects that subcompartment. To perform actions on that subcompartment, you must again select the subcompartment check box.
Table 3-1 Color mapping for compartments in visualization view Foreground color: Indicates: BladeSystem, nPartiton, standalone server, Serviceguard node, VM Host, VMware ESX Host, MS Hyper-V Host Workload, Application Virtual Machine, virtual partition, MS virtual machine BladeSystem enclosure, Complex Virtual Connect domain group Serviceguard cluster, VC domain, VMware cluster VMware Resource Pool Technology icons Table 3-2 shows the icons that appear for systems in the Visualization View.
Table 3-2 Technology icons (continued) Technology Icon Shown for Action Tooltips Insight Recovery Logical servers managed by Insight Recovery Launches Insight Recovery to configure primary and recovery sites and storage recovery groups. Create, modify, delete recovery information for logical servers.
Table 3-2 Technology icons (continued) Technology Icon Shown for Action Tooltips Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) VC Domain Group, VC Domain, Blade Enclosure in VC Domain, Blade in VC Domain Launches Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager for a VC Domain group, VC Domain, or Blade. Manage a Virtual Connect Domain Group with VCEM Manage a Virtual Connect Domain VCEM Manage a Blade Server with VCEM Virtual Machine VM Launches HP Integrity Manage the Virtual Machine.
workload properties by selecting the workload name, or you can select workloads for further actions. NOTE: Some workloads have a system hostname as the workload name. When selecting items in the Workload View, be aware that you are selecting workloads and not systems. For information about the different types of workloads that appear in Virtualization Manager, see “Understanding workload types” (page 35).
NOTE: Global Workload Manager tracks processes in the “OTHER” workload differently than Virtualization Manager and Capacity Advisor. For more information on how gWLM tracks processes, see the HP Insight Global Workload Manager 6.0 Software: User Guide. Creating monitored workloads You can create monitored workload definitions from the either the Visualization View or the Workload View, as follows: Visualization View 1. 2. From the Visualization tab, select a system by clicking the compartment check box.
1. 2. 3. From the Visualization tab, select the check box next to Show Workloads on the Virtualization Manager toolbar. Workloads display in the compartments. Hover over the information icon to display an information popup. Click the Edit or View Workload properties link on the bottom of the page. The Monitored Workload Definiton Properties page is displayed. Workload view 1. From the Workload tab, click the name of the workload. 2.
You can change the number of workloads displayed per page by modifying the user preference for workload pagination. For information, see “Modifying user preferences” (page 105). 4 5 The selection check boxes. Use the check boxes to select one or more workloads, then choose an action to perform from the Insight Dynamics menu bar. The workload name. You can click the name to display the Workload Definition Properties screen for this workload.
Table 3-3 Workload type values (continued) 7 8 9 Value Definition Virtual Machine The whole-OS workload on a generic virtual machine. Virtual Partition The whole-OS workload on a virtual partition. VMware ESX VM The whole-OS workload on a VMware ESX virtual machine. For a description of the types of workloads, see “Understanding workload types” (page 35). The system on which the workload is defined. To examine the system properties, click the system name (or IP address).
4 Managing logical servers A logical server is a set of configuration information that you create, activate, and move across physical and virtual machines. It contains the logical server definition and description, including the server compute resources (for example, number of CPU cores and amount of memory), and the server connections to storage fabric and networks.
• • Reduces downtime required for physical system maintenance, whether planned or unplanned. Allows for server consolidation and improved server utilization, which help to maximize limited compute resources.
A logical server is accompanied by the logical server icon view the View Logical Server Details screen. . Click on the logical server icon to Figure 4-1 shows an example of a Logical Server perspective. Figure 4-1 Example logical server perspective In the logical server compartment, the name next to the checkbox is the logical server name. An inactive logical server displays Inactive Logical Server in parentheses next to the name.
logical server. The hosts available for you to drop the logical server onto are highlighted with a star rating. Unavailable hosts are grayed out. Before the move is complete, you have the opportunity to confirm or cancel the drag and drop move operation. The available target host can be a server with Virtual Connect or a hypervisor. Using the drag and drop function is equivalent to using the Tools→Logical Servers→Move... menu selection.
• • For servers with Virtual Connect, the blade is shut down and the server profile is disassociated from the blade. (The server profile is maintained, however, and can be reactivated elsewhere.) For virtual machines, the virtual machine is shut down, and the virtual machine definition is unregistered. (If the logical server is reactivated, the virtual machine is reregistered.) Following are other operations that you can perform on a logical server.
Connect logical server created on the HP Integrity architecture. For an ESX and Hyper-V virtual machine logical server, the operating system is used by VMware to create the correct virtual disk (storage) for the logical server. You can specify Microsoft Windows or Linux as the operating system for a virtual machine logical server created on the ProLiant or x86 system architecture. Operating system variation Specific version of Microsoft Windows or Linux that is the operating system for the VM guest.
type on the Move: Assign Logical Servers to Target Hosts screen. • Compute Resources Allows you to set the compute resources for a logical server, including number of CPU cores, CPU frequency, and amount of memory When you activate a logical server on a virtual machine, the compute resources on the target host must be greater than or equal to the values you specify for number of cores and CPU frequency.
Delete and unmanage The Delete→Delete Logical Server... menu selection allows you to delete an inactive logical server. Deleting a logical server removes the logical server definition from the management database, removes the physical server profile or virtual machine from the compute environment, and removes connectivity to storage and network devices. The Delete→Unmanage Logical Server... menu selection allows you to unmanage an active or inactive logical server.
Manage portability groups The Modify→Logical Server Portability Groups... menu selection allows you to select systems from the Virtualization Manager Physical and Virtual perspective that you want to include in a user-defined portability group. A portability group defines the move and portability constraints of a logical server.
Move The Tools→Logical Servers→Move... menu selection moves an active logical server onto another host. The host can be a server blade (for a Virtual Connect logical server), or a hypervisor (for an ESX, Hyper-V, or HP Integrity virtual machine logical server). When you select a target on which to move a logical server, you are shown a Headroom rating that displays between one and five stars, with the higher number of stars denoting more excess resources are available on the target server.
• • Target hosts with the best fit are sorted to the top of the Target Hosts table. Target hosts with an acceptable fit are shown with error symbols in the table columns. You can override the filter criteria and select a target host with error symbols in the Target Hosts table. A yellow triangle in the Headroom column denotes an error returning Capacity Advisor data. • You cannot select a target host from the Rejected Target Hosts table.
Moving ESX, Hyper-V, and HP Integrity virtual machine logical servers If you are moving a logical server from one virtual machine to another, the following restrictions apply. • • You can move virtual machine logical servers within a set of hypervisors of the same type (ESX, Hyper-V, Integrity VM). You cannot move virtual machine logical servers from one type of hypervisor to another type.
Table 4-2 VM Host filter criteria VM Host filter criteria Best Fit No Errors Acceptable Fit Classifiable Soft Errors Unclassifiable Soft Errors Rejected Hard Errors The source and target hosts have the same: • Portability group. • Virtualization type (4.x or 3.x, except for 3.0.0 and 3.0.1). • Storage type (Local or SAN). • Virtual network configuration. • The CPU Frequency on the target host is not greater than or equal to the value you specified when you created or modified the logical server.
Moves a logical server to a target host that is configured with local storage. For ESX VM guests, requires that the source and target hosts are in the same VMware vCenter. • Quick Move (Hyper-V VM Only) Saves the state of a running guest virtual machine (memory of original server to disk/shared storage), moves the storage connectivity from one physical server to another, and then restores the guest virtual machine onto the second server (disk/shared storage to memory on the new server).
A status job is not shown if you cancel the create logical server operation, or if the create logical server operation fails before you are asked to Save or Cancel the operation. Creating a Virtual Connect logical server results in two status jobs: one for creating the logical server, and one for creating the Virtual Connect profile (started when server world wide names are allocated when you enter port information on the storage configuration screen).
Requirements for virtual machine logical servers VMware ESX Server • • • • • • • VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 or higher, or VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1 or higher, or VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 4 or higher, or VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 1 or higher vCenter Server credentials configured in HP SIM, and VMware Tools installed on the guest operating system. (Use the Inventory menu in the VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client, then select Virtual Machine→Install/Upgrade VMware Tools.
— — — HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO2) for ProLiant 1.82 or higher HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO2) for Integrity 3.15 or higher latest available firmware update for your server blade BIOS See the HP BladeSystem Firmware compatibility chart for more information. • Storage You can activate a Virtual Connect blade logical server only if you specified shared (SAN) storage as your storage configuration when you created the logical server.
1. 2. Select the HP SIM menu Options→VMware vCenter Settings.... Note the username configured for the system. Figure 4-3 VMware vCenter settings 3. 4. Launch the vSphere Client and select the Permissions tab. Select the Role in the Defined in column corresponding to the username noted in step 2. Figure 4-4 vSphere client permissions tab 5. Expand Datastore, and ensure that Browse datastore is checked.
Onboard Administrator credentials are obtained using the HP SIM System Sign In credentials. (In previous releases, the credentials were obtained from the WBEM protocol.) To set the OA credentials in HP SIM, perform the following steps. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Select the OA from the System and Event Collections panel. Select the Tools & Links tab. Click System Credentials.... Click Edit system credentials.... Enter the username and password for the OA node, and click OK.
Following is an example ESA properties file. # ### WorkFlow Details # #esa.oo.*.path - Indicates the path of the work flow relative to Libray folder in OO. #Valid Types: ASYNCHRONOUS, SYNCHRONOUS #Valid Status: ENABLED, DISABLED) #timeout value in milliseconds. # #SERVER WorkFlows esa.oo.get.server.info.flow.path = Hewlett-Packard/ESA/Server/Flows/Get Server Info esa.oo.get.server.info.flow.type = ASYNCHRONOUS esa.oo.get.server.info.flow.status = ENABLED esa.oo.get.server.info.flow.
5 Managing fluid cross-technology logical servers Heterogeneous server environments (multiple vendors, server types, product generations, and product families) exist in most datacenters. Cross-technology logical servers allow you to choose server configurations that make sense for your environment without having to consider the mechanics of moving images and the underlying technologies. HP Insight Dynamics 6.
• • Enable cross-technology moves of logical servers, for example, from a server with Virtual Connect to an ESX virtual machine. Limit the number of servers or hypervisors contained in a portability group. For example, if the default “All ESX hypervisors” portability group contains a large number of virtual machines, you can create a portability group that contains a smaller number of ESX virtual machines within which logical servers can move.
The appropriate group types are checked automatically after you select the systems in the Selectable Targets table that you want to move to the portability group, and you press the Add Selection button. The systems are now displayed in the Group Members table. Optionally, you can modify or remove systems from the Group Members table.
Figure 5-4 Modify portability group screen Adding and removing target attributes Logical server target attributes allow you to track where a logical server has been successfully activated or moved in the past. This gives you a greater number of most suitable targets on which to activate or move a logical server. You can add and remove target attributes to standard logical servers and to cross-technology logical servers.
its associated resources to the list of most suitable targets for the logical server. Selecting a type of server from the Target Attributes Available to Remove table causes the specified type of server to no longer be considered most suitable.
NOTE: To move cross-technology logical servers from physical to virtual systems and back, ensure that at least one network in the Virtual Connect domain group is named identically to a vSwitch on the ESX Host. In this release, cross-technology logical servers can be connected to only one network.
f. On the Storage screen, select a pool entry from the drop-down menu and press Insert Pool Entry. – OR – On the Storage screen, select SAN Storage Entry from the drop-down menu, and press Create Storage Entry. • • • g. h. i. j. Press Add Port and select a Fabric from the drop-down menu. Press Add Volume and enter the Storage Port WWN and LUN from Step 1. Press Save. On the Storage screen, select an ESX Datastore from the drop-down menu. Press Next.
6 Defining storage for logical servers This chapter presents underlying concepts to provide a better understanding of how a given storage definition maps into the physical Virtual Connect environment, and explains how to define storage entries and storage pool entries for a logical server. NOTE: For more information about logical server and Insight Orchestration storage, including integrating with non-HP servers and HP rack mount servers, see the following white papers at www.hp.
Storage in a Virtual Connect environment Storage in a VC environment is often housed within storage area networks (SANs), which are accessed through FC connections. Using SAN storage has many advantages, including allowing a system to seamlessly failover from one blade to another in the case of a failure. Figure 6-2 SAN storage The endpoints in a FC connection are called physical ports. Ports are uniquely identified using assigned WWNs.
You can define your logical server storage configuration in the following ways: • “Create a storage entry” (page 71) when you create a logical server. A storage entry is associated with one logical server. You create a storage entry using the Create→Logical Server... Storage Configuration screen, and modify it using the Modify→Logical Server... storage tab. • “Create a storage pool entry” (page 75) before or after you create a logical server, and associate it with the logical server.
You can optionally save the storage entry details you enter on this screen into a storage pool entry that can be shared by other logical servers. IMPORTANT: If you configure your Virtual Connect logical server to use a local disk, you cannot move that logical server. Additionally, after you activate the logical server, you cannot reactivate it on a different system. Perform the following steps to define a SAN or RDM storage entry. 1. 2. 3. 4.
with which the port will communicate. Each port is created with an automatically generated server WWN assigned to it. This WWN, like a MAC address for NICs, is used to uniquely identify this FC port to the SAN. The storage administrator provides access to these ports when prepresenting LUNs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Click the Add Port button to add a row to the Port Selection table. Select a value from the Fabric drop-down menu. Optional: Select a value from the Speed drop-down menu, or accept the default Auto.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Click the Add Volume button to on the right side of the screen to add a row to the Volume & Path Selection table. Select a value from the Boot Volume drop-down menu. Select Yes if the volume is a boot volume. Select No if the volume is a data volume. Enter the size in GB for the storage volume. (Size is typically 10-30 GB.) Select a RAID Level for the storage volume. The default is None.
Figure 6-7 Create file (VM) storage entry File (VM) storage entry definition 1. 2. Optional: Change the name of the storage entry by typing in the name box. Each storage entry is given a unique default name. Optional: Enter a description for the storage entry. If you enter a description and insert the entry into the storage pool, it is displayed in the Select Pool Entry drop-down menu on the Modify Storage Configuration tab and the Create Storage Configuration screen. File (VM) storage selection 1. 2. 3.
Each portability group contains one predefined storage pool. You create, manage, and modify storage pool entries using the Modify→Logical Server Storage Pools... menu selection to display the Manage Storage Pool screen. You can also create a storage pool entry when you create a logical server by inserting the newly created storage entry into the storage pool. Insight Dynamics allocates enough server WWNs so that each logical server that shares a storage definition is assigned a unique server WWN.
Figure 6-8 Manage storage pool screen Associating a storage pool entry with a logical server When you create a logical server, you can select a storage pool entry as the storage configuration for the logical server by performing the following steps from the Create→Logical Server... storage configuration screen. 1. 2. Select a storage pool entry from the drop-down menu. Only entries whose operating system matches the operating system specified for the logical server will be available for selection.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Enter the “Storage pool entry definition” (page 78) Optional: Select a tag from the “Tag selections” (page 78) table to attach to this storage pool entry Enter the “Port definition” (page 79) Enter the “Volume and path definition” (page 79) Optional: Verify “Validation status” (page 81) Check Ready to “Manage server WWNs” (page 81) Storage pool entry definition Each portability group contains one predefined storage pool.
Figure 6-10 Add storage pool entry definition and tag selection Port definition On the Storage Entry: SAN and Storage Pool Entry: SAN screens, the Port Selection table allows you to define the ports that can be used to access the volume selections for this logical server. Any communication with SAN storage starts with the server’s Fibre Channel ports. Ports are added in sequential order. For each port, you must select the fabric from a drop-down menu with which the port will communicate.
Using these two pieces of information, the path to the LUN is unique within the FC environment. Redundancy Multiple ports help performance and improve reliability through redundancy and failover capability. For redundancy checkboxes to become enabled, you must define two ports (one primary and one secondary) in the Port Selection table.
NOTE: If no candidates are displayed, try changing the volume constraints, such as selecting a different value for RAID Level or Size. Press Show Candidates again. If matching candidates are not displayed, verify that Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) is configured for the expected storage volumes. See “Setting up SPM for use with logical server storage” (page 84) for more information. c. d. e. f. g. Select a value from the Candidates drop down menu.
The number of server WWNs allocated to each port of a storage pool entry is based on the number of allowed sharers specified by pool entry’s Maximum Number of Sharers field. One server WWN is allocated per port for each allowed sharer. As logical servers share this pool entry, they are assigned one specific server WWN per port.
Figure 6-14 SAN storage See “Configuring HP SIM for SAN storage validation” (page 59) for important setup information. Storage Provisioning Manager HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM), automatically installed as part of HP Insight Dynamics, is a software tool that provides a service-centric management interface to storage, allowing storage requests to be fulfilled with available storage services from a storage catalog. It securely automates storage management tasks.
Figure 6-15 Relationships between the applications, servers, and arrays comprising the overall SPM environment NOTE: Modular Smart Arrays (MSAs) are not supported in SPM 1.1, released with Insight Dynamics 6.1. Setting up SPM for use with logical server storage Before you can use Storage Provisioning Manager with logical servers, make sure you have completed these steps, as shown in the SPM online help at https://servername:8001/help/index.html. 1. 2. 3.
Operations Orchestration, as used in ESA, is in an embedded form called the OO engine. The OO engine defines and utilizes the work flows for extending the storage and servers features of Insight software. OO is a system for creating and using actions in structured sequences (ops flows) that maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and provision the IT resources of the datacenter. For information about configuring ESA, see “Configuring Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA)” (page 59).
7 LSMUTIL database utility LSMUTIL command LSMUTIL is a script that you can run from the command line or from a DOS bat file. LSMUTIL reads information from the logical servers tables in the Insight Dynamics database. Based on the option you select, the script exports information about logical servers and storage pool entries, or updates the system with information imported from a specified XML file.
Table 7-1 LSMUTIL options (continued) Option Parameters Description --version Displays the current version of the logical servers tables in the Insight Dynamics database to standard output. --help Lists the valid options for the LSMUTIL script. This is the default option if no option is specified.
Table 7-2 LSMUTIL storage options (continued) LSMUTIL option Purpose --exportAnnotations Export compute resources and local disk information into computeActuals.xml. By adding or editing the local disk information, and importing the file using --importAnnotations, you can create or modify information about local disks that is not discoverable by Insight Dynamics --importAnnotations Import compute resources and local disk information from computeActuals.
Example 7-1 Storage definition XSD file PAGE 91
Requesting initiator WWNs for storage preallocation The LSMUTIL --reserveWWNs option allows the storage administrator to request a number (from 1 to 100) of initiator WWNs for a specified Virtual Connect Domain Group. The initiator WWNs are allocated in advance, instead of during storage pool entry creation, and are reserved for storage preallocation.
Example 7-2 Example XML file for storage import and export PAGE 93 2 40000 0 0 NONE false false false 1 50:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1 PRIMARY 1 1 10000 <
Modifying physical servers with local disk information In a Virtual Connect environment, the Insight Dynamics software automatically gathers information about server blades (memory, processors, and potential connectivity). Local disk information (also referred to as DAS – Direct Attached Storage) is not currently gathered, so it is necessary to annotate the collected server information to indicate if it has a local disk with particular properties.
Example 7-3 Example computeActuals.xml file PAGE 96
8 Troubleshooting This chapter covers some of the issues that can occur when you are using logical servers, and provides the troubleshooting steps you need to correct the problem, and provides some tips that will help you better use the Virtualization Manager. Navigation tips When navigating between Virtualization Manager screens, do not use the browser Back button to return to the previous page. Doing so removes the collections previously displayed and requires that you restart the Virtualization Manager.
Errors accessing single sign-on iLO or Onboard Administrator In some cases, when you click the technology icon for a Single-Sign-On configured iLO or Onboard Administrator, you are required to manually login, or the browser returns a "404 Not Found" error. Workaround Login to the iLO or Onboard Administrator, ensure that all necessary licenses are applied and HP SIM Single-Sign-On is properly configured. Then rediscover the iLO or Onboard Administrator on the Central Management System.
Table 8-1 Troubleshooting an inoperable server Possible cause Suggested action The VM host or blade resources associated with a logical Perform one of the following actions: server have been made unavailable for further • Reverse the operation which made the underlying VM management operations. Examples are: host or blade unavailable for management operations.
The Rack Overview page provides error icons that identify the system status. Critical and major errors influence power requests and should be corrected quickly. For more information, see the “Enclosure Power Management” section of the HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator User Guide at http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00705292/ c00705292.pdf.
Use portable WWNs and MAC addresses for Virtual Connect domain groups Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager domain groups that use hardware default settings for WWNs and MAC addresses are not supported in logical servers. Logical servers require portable WWNs and MAC addresses that can be moved from blade to blade. HW-DEFAULT settings used in VC profiles are those of the physical server blades, and those WWNs and MAC addresses will not move with the profile on a profile migration.
Use caution when renaming or moving a Virtual Connect domain group Use caution when renaming or moving a Virtual Connect domain group, which is accomplished by checking Change Logical Server Associations using the Tools→Logical Servers→Refresh... menu selection. Do not use this functionality to merge Virtual Connect domain groups. This functionality must only be used to reassociate logical servers to a new domain group name.
1. 2. 3. 4. Identify the system using Systems Insight Manager. Check the Host VM status in Systems Insight Manager. Unregister the host, then register it again. When the VM status is green, refresh VMM resources using the Tools→Logical Servers→Refresh... menu selection. For more information, see the HP Insight Control virtual machine management documentation at www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs.
Suggested Action Do not register the VM using the native virtualization console. The virtual machine will be re-associated with the VM Host and the logical server when it is subsequently activated. Moving logical servers when the CMS and vCenter are in different network domains If you are moving an ESX virtual machine logical server, there may be a delay in the population of possible target hosts if the CMS and vCenter are in different network domains (subnets).
9 Advanced features This chapter describes the following advanced features: • Modifying user preferences to customize the Virtualization Manager's default settings (see “Modifying user preferences” (page 105)) • Accessing real-time utilization data (see “Reviewing real-time utilization data” (page 107)) • Customizing HP SIM Collections displayed by the Virtualization Manager (see “Customizing HP SIM collections” (page 111)) Modifying user preferences The Virtualization Manager defines application-specific
Table 9-1 User preference settings and defaults User preference Setting Prompt for confirmation Yes/No after drag and drop? Default What it does Yes Presents a confirmation dialog box to confirm a drag/drop operation. CAUTION: To avoid accidentally dragging and dropping an item to the wrong system, do not change this default.
Table 9-1 User preference settings and defaults (continued) User preference Setting Default What it does Maximum number of compartments to display before auto-collapsing Minimum =1; Maximum = 5000 5000 On the Visualization tab, this setting detects the number of visible compartments to display. If the number of compartments exceeds the defined limit, Virtualization Manager collapses the compartments in the layout. This action is equivalent to clicking the Toolbar Collapse button .
NOTE: Because power settings are associated with hardware, power meters do not display for VM guests (including HP virtual machines, Microsoft virtual machines, or VMware), complexes, enclosures, Virtual Connect Domains, and Virtual Connect Domain groups. CPU, memory, network I/O, and disk I/O meter information is obtained via WBEM from the Utilization Provider running on the managed systems, Virtual Machine Management, or other sources depending on the physical or virtual system you are viewing.
Available utilization metrics The following types of utilization metrics are shown on the Visualization View and Workload View: • CPU utilization Percentage of total CPU resources in use. For a complex, virtual partition server, enclosure, VC domain, VC domain group, or Serviceguard cluster compartment, the aggregate CPU utilization is calculated as the average utilization of its subcompartments. CPU meters shown in compartments that do not have CPUs are an aggregation.
Meter callout information Meter callouts exist only on the Visualization tab. Meter callout information includes: • Current utilization data for CPU, memory, network, and disk; plus the ability to view historical data, for example, by linking to Capacity Advisor to display a profile page. • Information about power consumption for any physical server, including standalone servers, nPartitions, or server blades.
Customizing HP SIM collections You can customize HP SIM to make it more convenient to start Virtualization Manager and view the systems that you most frequently manage. From the SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area, select the Customize... link to create a new custom collections that will automatically display any of the following views: VSE – Makes the Virtualization Manager the default view for the collection and opens with the Physical and Virtual perspective.
1. 2. 3. 112 From the blue HP SIM menu bar, choose Options→Home Page Settings... Select the option This collection and choose All VSE Resources or another collection from the menu. Click OK.
10 Support and other resources Contacting HP Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you call 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 technical support Use the following methods to contact HP technical support: • In the United States, see the Cus
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 HP worldwide customer service contact numbers are available at the following website: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact_us.
Refer to the following documents for system requirements and installation and upgrade instructions: Central Management Server (CMS) platform Installation Guide Microsoft® Windows® Insight Software 6.1 Installation and Configuration Guide HP-UX HP Insight Dynamics - VSE 6.0: Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide For related HP documentation on the Windows operating system, see http://docs.hp.com/en/windows.html For related HP documentation on the Linux operating system, see http://docs.hp.
Index A activate logical server, 44 advanced features, 105 C collection creating custom, 111 customizing, 111 compartment color definitions, 31 components, 29 details of , 29 icons, 32 configure menu, 15 copy logical server, 47 CPU utilization, 109 create logical server, 45 create menu, 14 cross-technology logical server, 61 customer service contact numbers, 114 D deactivate logical server, 44 delete logical server, 48 delete menu, 15 documentation providing feedback, 114 reporting errors in, 114 drag and
managed resource name, 46 modify, 49 move, 50 move operation types, 53 moving Virtual Connect, 50 moving virtual machine, 52 network for cross-technology, 65 online move, 53 operating system, 45 operating system variation, 46 portability group, 61 default, 61 user-defined , 61 portable, 61 power on and off, 54 profile move, 53 quick move, 54 refresh server resources, 54 required firmware, 56 requirements, 55 show candidates, 81 steps for moving cross-technology, 66 steps for setting up SPM, 84 storage for c
in Virtualization Manager, 11 technical support service, 113 toolbar options, 17 tools menu, 12 configuring for logical servers, 57 VMware vSphere configuring for logical servers, 57 volume and path definition for storage pool entry, 79 U W unmanage logical server, 48 user preferences modifying, 105 screen, 105 settings and defaults, 105 utilization data accessing, 108 reviewing real-time, 107 utilization metrics available, 109 visible in Virtualization Manager, 107 warranty information, 114 websites H
