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HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.1Software: User GuideHP Part Number: 5992-5054Published: February 2010Edition: 2

Figure 1-2 VM Manager with HP SIM and the Insight Dynamics - VSE for IntegrityCMSUsing VM Manager with HP Insight Dynamics - VSEBrowserHP SIMWBEMgWLMA

Virtual Machines tab. From tabs that list and allow selection of multiple virtual machines, youcan simultaneously delete multiple virtual machines tha

• Balance VM Host workloads• Optimize physical resource utilizationOnline migration of virtual machines enables a higher level of workload-to-resource

Some of the basic migration requirements include the following; for complete details, see the HPIntegrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration

Migration status and error notificationThe migration status of a virtual machine — including the direction of migration, percentagecompletion per phas

NOTE: The Tools→Migrate Virtual Machine... option is enabled from any VM Propertiesview or from any tab on which one or more virtual machines are sele

NOTE: If the source or target VM Host is not enabled and licensed for online migration,or the virtual machine is not enabled for online migration, you

To create a vswitch, select Create→Virtual Switch from the VM Manager menu. This displaysa page similar to that shown in Figure 6-6.Figure 6-6 Create

• Hardware path: Shows the hardware path associated with the LAN interface.• Supports AVIO: Shows whether the physical backing device supports Acceler

HP-UX, any LAN port with port number 900 or greater is an APA (for example, lan900or lan901).• NoneThis creates a local vswitch. When no physical netw

remain active on a virtual machine that is running; the devices are removed once you restart thevirtual machine.Storage devices that you can delete in

automated workload management policies across multiple servers, and providescentralized monitoring and reporting and improved server utilization to as

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7 Collecting and viewing utilization dataCertain VM Manager views include utilization meters (bar graphs) that display current utilizationdata for a r

Viewing utilization dataVM Manager provides the following options for viewing utilization data. These assume theprerequisites discussed in “Enabling c

Table 7-1 Utilization meters available on VM Manager tabsUtilization MetricsVM Manager TabStorage I/O(throughput)Network I/O(throughput)Memory (%)CPU

NOTE: Data reported by certain VM Manager CPU utilization meters might vary from thedata collected by Capacity Advisor as displayed in the Profile Vie

Figure 7-2 View Capacity Advisor data screen: upper halfViewing utilization data 115

Figure 7-3 View Capacity Advisor data screen: lower halfThe data collection view is provided by the Capacity Advisor Profile Viewer. The ProfileViewer

Creating a historical utilization data reportTo use HP Insight Capacity Advisor software to create a historical utilization report that includesdata f

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8 Viewing logs and version informationViewing Integrity VM Host and VM logsYou can view the events logged by Integrity VM pertaining to the VM Host an

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Figure 8-1 VM Manager Version Information screen120 Viewing logs and version information

9 Support and other resourcesContacting HPHP encourages your comments concerning this document. We are truly committed to providingdocumentation that

virtual machine Serviceguard package is managed by another VM Host, these tabs displaya new icon to indicate so; flyover text indicates the name of th

Typographic conventionsThis document uses the following typographic conventions.Book Title Title of a book or other document.Linked Title Title that i

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A Error messages, status indicators, and troubleshootingThis appendix discusses error messages and troubleshooting related to VM Manager problems,and

of HP SIM (System and Event Collections→Systems→Shared→Systems by Type→AllVSE Resources).• The user is not authorized to use Integrity Virtual Machine

Table A-1 Status icons (continued)The virtual machine is currently migrating from another VM Host(source) to this VM Host (target).Migrating fromanoth

Troubleshooting virtual machine problemsThis section discusses problems that might occur when using VM Manager to create, start, ormodify a virtual ma

machines might not yet be started or, if they are started, the VM Provider or certain WBEMcomponents might not be running on those virtual machines or

2 Installing VM ManagerThis chapter discusses how to install VM Manager on your system or on the systems you willmanage, including setup and software

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GlossaryThe following terms are commonly used to discuss VM Manager and its integratedcomponents:AcceleratedVirtualInput/OutputSee AVIO.agent A progra

host The VM Host, which is the controlling operating system that allows multiple virtual machines(VMs) to be booted on a single server or nPartition.1

systems under Insight Dynamics. Other providers of virtual machines include VMware ESX,VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V.virtual machineconsoleThe use

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IndexAAccelerated Virtual Input/Output (see AVIO)agile device addressingAdd Storage screen, 88APA, 107Automatic Port Aggregation (see APA)AVIOperforma

documentation, 122Insight Global Workload Manager (see gWLM)Integrity VMevent logs, 119overview, 7viewing version of, 82, 119Llegacy device addressing

VvCPU, 7displaying count and entitlement, 60modifying allotment, 79modifying processor entitlement for, 92, 93specifying processor entitlement for, 87

deleting, 81, 108network utilization meters, 72properties of, 69, 82starting, 77, 108stopping, 77, 108viewing properties of, 69, 82VM Host view, 40Vsw

The WBEM provider components are the VM Provider and the Utilization Provider:• The VM Provider provides VM Host and guest configuration data. This in

To determine the version of VM Manager currently installed, enter the following command:#/usr/sbin/swlist VMMGRNOTE: Beginning with the HP-UX 11i v3 M

Setting WBEM credentials in HP SIMAny virtual machines that are not managed nodes do not have any credentials available, andVM Manager cannot contact

Figure 2-1 HP SMH: Set WBEM Credentials pageOn this page, you can set one user name and password combination for all virtual machines, oryou can set t

If you require the additional security provided by certificate validation, you can turn on SSLcertificate validation by checking the Require trusted c

device. For a virtual machine with valid credentials, VM Manager displays I/O utilizationdata for each virtual storage device and for VM aggregated st

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NOTE: Copy the certificate file to a temporary directory (not to the sslshare directory)on the VM Host. Do not overwrite the existing cert.pem or serv

3 Accessing and Navigating VM ManagerYou access VM Manager through a web browser. This chapter explains how to access VM Managerfrom the HP SIM/Insigh

Figure 3-2 Virtualization Manager Visualization tab2. The first time you start Virtualization Manager, the Visualization tab appears with thedefault P

Figure 3-3 Selecting Virtual Machine perspective3. On the Virtualization Manager Visualization tab, select the VM Host or virtual machinethat you want

Accessing VM Manager from HP SMHTo use all the VM Manager facilities (view all screens and perform all menu actions), you mustlog in to HP SMH with Ad

NOTE: When you access VM Manager for the first time from HP SMH, you might encounteran End User License Agreement (EULA). You must accept this agreeme

Figure 3-6 HP SMH: VM Host General tabIf you have not set and saved WBEM credentials for each virtual machine, the Set WBEMCredentials page is display

NOTE: The VM Manager navigation aids available in a particular view vary according to theview. The view in Figure 3-7 shows most of the navigation aid

Manager (as indicated in Figure 3-7); clicking the Go back link on any tab that you navigateto in the same view also returns you to the Virtualization

view must not be maximized (using the Maximize link in the top right corner). If your viewis maximized, return to the view that includes the top menu

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4 Using VM Manager views and tabsVM Manager provides three basic views, each with several tabs, as described in the followingsections.You can print an

VM Host viewYou can access the VM Manager Host view directly from Virtualization Manager or from otherVM Manager views that include a link to the VM H

VM Host General tabThe VM Host General tab displays information about the state and configuration of the VMHost system.Quick referenceFigure 4-2 VM Ho

configuration are made using tools other than VM Manager (such as adding or removingI/O devices by using the VM Host command line), the updated config

with Insight Dynamics or HP SMH), if the virtual machines are not being managed by gWLMor HP Serviceguard, this field displays (none).VM Host Resource

VM Host Virtual Machines tabThe VM Host Virtual Machines tab displays information about the state of virtual machines inthe VM Host system.Quick refer

only partially visible; some utilization meters are not visible. To see all the utilization metersin the full-width view, see Figure 4-4.)If the data

• OS: Displays an icon that indicates whether the operating system is active on the virtualmachine. You can hover your cursor over the icon for a more

• vCPU Entitlement: Displays the percentage of CPU power guaranteed to the virtual machine.This field is not displayed if the virtual machines are bei

Screen details...66VM Prope

VM Host Virtual Switches tabThe VM Host Virtual Switches tab shows information about the virtual switches on the VMHost system.Quick referenceFigure 4

storage or network devices configured to use AVIO, special AVIO software must be installedon the associated VM guest. Currently, for AVIO support, HP

VM Host Network tabThe VM Host Network tab shows the mapping from virtual network interface cards in the virtualmachines to the physical network inter

8The utilization meter (bar graph) displays network I/O throughput data, if available. Thedata is a 5-minute average that is calculated and updated on

Figure 4-7 Network tab column layoutThe VM Host Network tab consists of three columns with the following titles. The contents ofeach column are descri

• The bar graphs indicate network throughput, if available.• If the virtual machine is running and can be contacted by using WBEM, the network interfa

Figure 4-10 Virtual LANIf a virtual switch has VLANs configured on it, each VLAN appears as a separate box within thevirtual switch box. The virtual N

The label next to the hardware path shows the description for the physical interface device.The bar graph indicates network throughput, if available.I

Bar graphsThe bar graphs are utilization meters that indicate the current IO throughput of a device orinterface device. When using VM Manager with Ins

VM Host Storage tabThe VM Host Storage tab shows the mappings from the virtual storage devices in the virtualmachines to the physical storage devices

New and changed information in this edition...121Related information.

unchecked, it remains unchecked when you return (you continue to see the simple view).The check box state on the VM Host Storage tab does not affect t

Storage devicesVarious types of devices are supported on virtual machines. VM Manager represents each typeof device with an icon. You can hover your c

NOTE: If you use VM Manager to manage a VM Host running Integrity VM Version 3.5 orearlier, VM Manager does not fully support virtual device special f

Figure 4-15 Virtual Storage columnReferring to Figure 4-15, note the following:• The icon next to the name of the virtual machine shows operational st

Referring to Figure 4-16, note the following:• The Focus link limits the display to only that specific storage device and the objects connectedto it.

Figure 4-18 Physical storage detail from HP Integrity VM Version 4.0 or later VM HostThe following items describe physical storage details in Figure 4

ColorsThe connections are color coded to help identify interconnected elements.NOTE: The actual colors shown do not imply any specific meaning. The co

Integrity, some bar graphs are selectable and display a view of the historical data related to thegraph.Status iconsThese indicate whether an item is

Virtual Machines (VM) Properties viewYou can access the VM Properties view directly from the Virtualization Manager or from anyother VM Manager views

VM Properties General tabThe VM Properties General tab shows the state and configuration details of a specific virtualmachine.Quick referenceFigure 4-

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the link returns you to that previous view. If you had accessed the VM view directly fromVirtualization Manager, the link returns you to Virtualizatio

• VM Host(s): The host name of the VM Host on which this virtual machine is configured.This is a hyperlink to the VM Host view. If the VM Host is an n

Table 4-4 Online migration status (continued)Online migration statusVirtual machine stateVM Host stateVM enabledEnabledEnabled and licensedVM disabled

Figure 4-22 Migration alerts• Error: Displays errors pertaining to migration of virtual machines.You can clear the alerts information by clicking the

Virtual Machine Memory page). These two values can be different if for some reason IntegrityVM cannot change the memory size to the specified value.•

VM Properties Network tabThe VM Properties Network tab shows the network devices for a specific virtual machine.Quick referenceFigure 4-23 VM Properti

Using VM Manager with Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity, you can click a meter to viewa snapshot of Capacity Advisor historical data for network I/

VM Properties Storage tabThe VM Properties Storage tab shows state and configuration information for a specific virtualmachine.Quick referenceFigure 4

unchecked when you return (you continue to see the simple view). The check box stateon the VM Properties Storage tab does not affect the state of the

Virtual Switch (Vswitch) Properties viewYou can access the Vswitch Properties view from any VM Manager views that include a link toa virtual switch, s

1 IntroductionThis document helps you understand and use Integrity Virtual Machines Manager.The audience for this document includes system administrat

Vswitch Properties General tabThe Vswitch Properties General tab shows the status, configuration properties, and portassignments of a virtual switch.Q

Screen detailsTable 4-5 Data displayed by the Vswitch Properties General tabDescriptionDataName of the virtual switchVswitch NameThe status of the vir

Vswitch Properties Network tabThe Vswitch Properties Network tab shows information about the network devices for a specificvirtual switch.Quick refere

data cannot be displayed, the meter is dimmed and a label indicates the probable cause. Fora description of meter labels, see “Utilization meter statu

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5 Using VM Manager menusVM Manager views provide a menu bar beneath the tabs row, as shown in Figure 5-1. The menusenable you to perform a variety of

Using the Tools menuThe VM Manager Tools menu allows you to perform actions on a selected virtual machine orvirtual switch, and to collect and view HP

Table 5-1 VM Manager Tools menu options (continued)More InformationAction SummaryMenu Selection“Restarting virtual machines”(page 98)Restarts an alrea

Using the Create menuThe Create menu allows you to create a virtual machine or virtual switch. Figure 5-3 shows thechoices when you select the Create

Using the Modify menuThe VM Manager Modify menu allows you to perform actions on a selected virtual machine.The options displayed when you select the

resources, and you can view all resources assigned to a specific virtual machine or virtual switch.For example, VM Manager provides graphical views of

Table 5-3 VM Manager Modify menu options (continued)Action SummaryMenu SelectionModifies the startup attribute (autoboot) of a selectedvirtual machine

Using the Delete menuThe Delete menu allows you to delete one or more virtual machines, virtual switches, or virtualmachine I/O devices. Figure 5-5 sh

Using the View menuThe View menu allows you to display a variety of information. Figure 5-6 shows the choices thatmight be available when you select t

Table 5-5 VM Manager View menu options (continued)Action SummaryMenu SelectionDisplays the events logged by Integrity VM pertaining toa virtual machin

Using the Policy menuThe Policy menu allows you to perform a variety of tasks pertaining to the gWLM policy. UsingVM Manager with Insight Dynamics - V

Table 5-6 VM Manager Policy menu options (continued)Action SummaryMenu SelectionRemoves the policy association from the virtual machine,effectively re

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6 Working with virtual machinesThis chapter describes tasks you can perform to create and manage virtual machines and theirresources.Planning virtual

NOTE: An up-to-date version of the WBEM Utilization Provider (UP) must be installedon the virtual machine to enable HP Insight Capacity Advisor softwa

provides benefits especially for multipath devices. With legacy addressing, the screen listsone entry for each path to a storage device that has multi

Figure 1-1 VM Manager with HP SMHUsing VM Manager with HP SMHBrowserWBEMVMVMVMVMVMVM HostHP SMHVM Manager• HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for IntegrityVM M

NOTE: The list can include file and directory backing devices that have not been associatedwith a particular virtual machine, or that were associated

At this step, you can still cancel (exit the Create Virtual Machine wizard) or return to modifyprevious steps in the wizard. When you click Finish, th

NOTE: Any devices added using the Create Virtual Machine wizard are not functional onthe virtual machine until the new virtual machine is started. Cer

NOTE: If the virtual machine is being managed by gWLM, you cannot modify the vCPUentitlement. When you access the Virtual Machine vCPU Entitlement pag

NOTE: The list of possible backing devices for the storage device you want to add caninclude file and directory backing devices that have not been ass

NOTE: You cannot start a virtual machine that is currently migrating online. You must waituntil migration completes. If the selected virtual machine h

NOTE: Depending on the settings in the virtual machine's Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI),starting a virtual machine might not boot the operat

Figure 6-2 Stop Virtual Machine page4. In the screen example shown in Figure 6-2, two of the selected virtual machines are goingto be stopped (bitsy00

Restarting virtual machinesWhen you choose to restart one or more virtual machines, VM Manager stops a virtual machinethat is already started, and the

Figure 6-3 Restart Virtual Machine page4. In the screen example shown in Figure 6-3, two virtual machines will be stopped (gracefully)and restarted. A