User`s guide

Managing Physical Servers 26
Registering Physical Servers
You can register in Parallels Virtual Automation any Windows, Linux, Mac OS or
Parallels Server bare metal computer providing there is the necessary virtualization
technology installed. The newly registered physical servers will be displayed in the
servers list on the Physical Servers screen and accessible for all the usual managing and
monitoring operations Parallels Virtual Automation provides you with.
Besides this, the servers registered in Parallels Virtual Automation form a joint physical
servers' pool which provides for the following collective actions:
 creating a logical structure of physical servers and the virtual environments residing
on them;
 migrating virtual environments between physical servers;
 migrating physical servers to virtual environments;
 copying OS and application templates from one physical server to another;
 making Container templates stored on the Master Server available to other
registered physical servers;
 consolidating server IP addresses into a network address range.
Registering a new physical server for management via Parallels Virtual Automation is
simple, and all it takes is entering the following information on the new server:
1 The server's valid IP address that will be used by Parallels Virtual Automation
components to connect to this server. Enter this IP address to the Server Address
field in the Connection to Physical Server section.
2 The administrative login and password to connect to the physical server as the
Administrator/root. Specify the credentials in the Administrative Login to Hardware Node
section.
3 Selecting the Force Registration even if Node is already registered in another Server Group
check box is the option to choose when the physical server you are registering has
already been and still is registered in another Server Group and you need it to be
registered in your Server Group. If you forcibly register the server, it will be removed
from the Server Group it currently belongs to.
Clicking the Register button initiates the registering procedure.