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................................................................................54 Logical server requirements...........................................................................
7 LSMUTIL database utility.............................................................................................93 LSMUTIL command.............................................................................................................................93 LSMUTIL options.................................................................................................................................93 LSMUTIL example.....................................................................................
9 Advanced features.....................................................................................................117 Modifying user preferences................................................................................................................117 Reviewing real-time utilization data..................................................................................................119 Utilization metrics visible in Virtualization Manager.......................................................
List of Figures 1-1 1-2 2-1 3-1 3-2 3-3 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-4 4-5 5-1 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-6 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-7 6-8 6-9 6-10 6-11 6-12 6-13 6-14 6-15 9-1 Insight Dynamics menu bar..........................................................................................................12 Virtualization Manager toolbar options........................................................................................17 Perspective drop-down menu....................................................................
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 6-1 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............................................................................................................96 Example XML file for storage import and export.........................................................................98 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 6.2 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 6.2 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 6.2 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 HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) software iCAP complex, iCAP Launches iCAP host page nPar, iCAP vPar for nPar or vPar and iCAP complex page for complex HP Onboard Administrator (OA) Blade enclosure Accesses the OA login Manage a blade enclosure screen the first time. After enabling access using the HP SIM Single Sign On (SSO), skips the login and directly accesses the OA manager.
Table 3-2 Technology icons (continued) Technology Icon Shown for Action Tooltips Virtual Machine VM Launches HP Integrity Manage the Virtual Machine. Virtual Machines Manager or VMM guest system page, depending on whether the system is an Integrity Virtual Machine or a VMware Virtual Machine.
Understanding workload types The term “workload” applies to each of the following distinct but closely related concepts in the Insight Dynamics software: • Monitored workload A workload that can be monitored by Virtualization Manager but has no policy associated with it. Monitored workloads do not belong to an SRD and are not managed by Global Workload Manager (gWLM). For information about creating and modifying monitored workloads, see “Creating monitored workloads” (page 35).
1. 2. From the Visualization tab, select a system by clicking the compartment check box. Virtualization Manager highlights the compartment. Choose Create→Workload Definition... from the Insight Dynamics menu bar. The Create Monitored Workload Definiton page is displayed. Workload View From the Workload tab, choose Create→Workload Definition... from the Insight Dynamics menu bar. The Create Monitored Workload Definiton page is displayed.
Updating system workloads You can update all monitored workloads on the system: 1. 2. In the Visualization View, select a system by clicking the compartment check box. Virtualization Manager highlights the compartment. (You can select only one system at a time.) Select the Tools→Update System Workloads menu action. All monitored workload definitions on the selected managed system are replaced. This action first deletes all existing workload definitions on the selected managed systems.
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. By default, workloads are sorted alphabetically by the Name column header. The arrow next to the header name shows the alphabetic sort order; by default, A to Z. When you click on the Name column header, the alphabetic sort order reverses. You can also change the sort order criteria by clicking on other column headers.
7 8 9 The system on which the workload is defined. To examine the system properties, click the system name (or IP address). This will display the SIM System Page for that system. This field remains empty for parked workloads because the system property is set to “none”. For managed workloads, this field displays the name of the gWLM policy associated with the workload. To examine or modify the policy definition, click the policy name. This displays the gWLM Create or Edit Policies screen for that policy.
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.
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. If the logical server is active, the information in parentheses depends on the logical server type. • An active Virtual Connect logical server displays, in parentheses, the server blade serial number, or the host name if an operating system has been provisioned.
Using the drag and drop function is equivalent to using the Tools→Logical Servers→Move... menu selection. Logical server operations You can perform several actions on logical servers from Virtualization Manager. For a description of the Virtualization Manager menu options that perform these tasks, see “Insight Dynamics menus” (page 12). A logical server can be active or inactive. An active logical server has been bound to both an HP SIM node and a workload, and is bound to specific storage.
• • 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.
or Linux as the operating system for a Virtual Connect logical server created on the ProLiant architecture, and Microsoft Windows, Linux, HP-UX or HP OpenVMS as the operating system for a Virtual 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.
resources on the target host must be greater than or equal to the values you specify for number of cores, CPU Frequency, and amount of memory. • Storage Allows you to specify the storage configuration for a logical server You can specify storage for a logical server using the following methods: — By selecting a previously configured storage pool entry. — By creating a new SAN storage entry or File (VM) storage entry. You can choose to insert a SAN storage entry into the storage pool.
The Delete→Unmanage Logical Server... menu selection allows you to unmanage an active or inactive logical server. Unmanaging a logical server removes the logical server definition from the management database. The physical server or virtual machine is not modified or deleted; if it is running, it will continue to run.
• • All Hyper-V Virtual Machine Hosts All HP Integrity VM Virtual Machine Hosts NOTE: Default portability groups cannot be modified.
You can move an active logical server onto another host using a menu selection, and by dragging and dropping the logical server onto another server with Virtual Connect or hypervisor in the Physical and Virtual, Blades, and Virtual Machines perspectives in Visualization tab. NOTE: Moving a logical server using drag and drop displays targets only with the best fit (no errors). To see potential targets that have soft errors, use the Tools→Logical Servers→Move... menu selection to move the logical server.
Table 4-1 Servers with Virtual Connect filter criteria Servers with Virtual Connect filter criteria Best Fit No Errors Acceptable Fit Classifiable Soft Errors Unclassifiable Soft Errors Rejected Hard Errors The source and target servers Virtual Connect have the same • Portability group • Model and generation • FCoE capability • Virtual Connect domain group • Mezzanine card in the same mezzanine slot • Blade state (not running) • Compute resources on the target blade are not greater than or equal to the v
Virtual machine target hosts Target hosts on which a logical server can be moved are shown in the Target Hosts table. Select one target host in the Target Hosts table by clicking the radio button to the left of the target host. Hover your mouse over the error symbols for more information. • 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.
• Profile Move (Virtual Connect Only) Moves a server connection profile within a BladeSystem enclosure (Virtual Connect Domain Group). • Live Move (ESX VM, Hyper-V, and Integrity VM Only) Also known as Online Move. Moves a running virtual machine, its operating system, and its applications from one VM Host to another VM Host without an operating system reboot or application restart. All I/O connections to storage and networks remain active throughout the move.
The Tools→Logical Servers→Refresh... menu selection also allows you to reassociate all Virtual Connect logical servers from an old domain group to a new domain group. There are several checkboxes in the Refresh Logical Servers screen. Use the following combinations to refresh resources. To refresh... Select...
NOTE: These authorizations apply to environments in which administrators manage all systems discovered in the CMS. If you use host-based authorizations and configure custom system lists to restrict authorizations for some administrators, and these administrators use logical servers, consider adding the Logical Servers system list with automatic updating for the specified administrator, as described below.
the logical server was activated. Select Always Keep, then click OK to continue powering on the virtual machine. If you do not select Always Keep or Keep, the moved logical server will not operate correctly. Microsoft Hyper-V Server • The following versions are supported: — Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 6.0.6002 (SP1) — Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 6.1.7600 (R2) or higher See Managing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with HP Insight Software for more information.
PHSS_41416 1.0 HPVM A.04.20.05 vmTools (Patch for A.04.20.05 HPVM-Guest) ◦ Logical Volume Manager (LVM) software Install LVM B.11.31.1010 on the VM Host. To locate LVM on the software depot website, go to http:// software.hp.com and search for the keyword LVM • Execute the Integrity VM hpvmhostgdev —a command to ensure that all devices are populated in the gdev database. The hpvmhostgdev command can analyze disklist and lvlist output and add unused gdevs to the Integrity VM database.
◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ • Import Power on and off Online move Unmanage Network: — Create an Integrity VM virtual machine logical server using Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO) network devices. The Integrity VM Host administrator must create all required virtual switches that will be used by Integrity VM guests before managing the Integrity VM Host. — The vSwitch name can be a maximum of 8 characters.
Configuring and registering Hyper-V and ESX VM Hosts and VMware vCenter To manage ESX and Hyper-V virtual machine logical servers, perform the following steps: • Configure and identify individual VM Hosts using HP SIM • Register VM Hosts using Insight Control virtual machine management (VMM) To manage ESX virtual machine logical servers, perform the following additional steps: • Configure VMware vCenter in HP SIM, including the credentials and URL for vCenter (use Options→VMware vCenter Settings) • Discover
Figure 4-5 Edit role Configuring HP SIM with Onboard Administrator credentials The user Administrator of the Onboard Administrator for each C-class enclosure that is managed by Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager must be configured into HP SIM for the CMS on which logical server management in Virtualization Manager is running. Onboard Administrator credentials are obtained using the HP SIM System Sign In credentials. To set the OA credentials in HP SIM, perform the following steps. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Configuring Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) 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. SPM is automatically installed as part of Insight Dynamics. Before you can use SPM, An EVA must be installed and attached to SPM, and configured to use Command View (CV).
After ESA is installed as part of Insight Dynamics, the WSDL is available at http:// localhost:52000/esa/services/serverservice?wsdl. The XSD file (esa-server-model-1.0.xsd) can be found at C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server Environment\esa\etc\xsd\esa-server-model-1.0.xsd. For more information about HP Operations Orchestration and ESA, see the Server and Storage Workflows for HP Insight Dynamics white paper at www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs. ESA configuration is stored in a property file called esa.
NOTE: The ESA service should be restarted before the Logical Server Automation (LSA) service. Updating an ESA properties file to support Windows 2008 host mode HP Storage Provisioning Manager supports the Windows 2008 host mode when it is supported by the underlying array. For the HP StorageWorks EVA array solutions, Windows 2008 host mode is supported for Command View versions 9.1 and higher. To enable SPM to offer Windows 2008 host mode as a choice, a firmware version check is made.
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.
(Optional) User-defined portability groups: • • • • • A single Virtual Connect domain group A set of ESX Virtual Machine Hosts A set of Hyper-V Virtual Machine Hosts A set of HP Integrity VM Virtual Machine Hosts A set consisting of a single Virtual Connect domain group and a set of ESX Virtual Machine Hosts A logical server created in this type of portability group is a cross-technology logical server. Specify a unique name for your user-defined portability group.
The Manage Portability Groups screen is displayed. Existing user-defined portability groups and default portability groups are shown. Figure 5-3 Manage portability group screen Press the Modify or Create Group button to display the Modify Portability Group screen. On the Modify Portability Group screen, select Virtual Connect domain groups or VM Hosts to include in the portability group from the Virtualization Manager Physical and Virtual perspective.
You can view or modify the target attributes of a logical server by first selecting the logical server in the Physical and Virtual perspective, then using the Modify→Logical Server Target Attributes→Manage... menu selection. Figure 5-5 Modify target attributes menu Types of target systems can be added to or removed from the logical server’s target attributes.
IMPORTANT: You can use cross-technology logical servers only if your storage is SAN-based. Virtual machine logical servers can be moved to physical systems if the VM storage uses RDM. Data store-based VMs cannot be moved across technologies. In this release, SAN Catalog Storage Pool Entires and SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage Pool Entries are supported on servers with Virtual Connect logical servers only.
b. c. d. e. f. 2. portability group. (If you do not make any selections, all resources are presented as potential group members.) Use the Modify→Logical Server Portability Groups... menu selection. Press the Create Group button. Select the Virtual Connect domain group and ESX Host in the Selectable Targets table. Press the Add Selection button. Verify that the selections are correct and that their status is Available, and press Save. Create a fluid cross-technology logical server. a.
the logical server on the target VM Host or server blade, instead of moving the logical server. e. f. 5. Press Move. On the Confirm move logical server screen, press Confirm. Move the logical server (virtual to physical). a. From the Virtualization Manager Logical Server perspective, select the logical server moved in Step 6. b. Select Tools→Logical Servers→Move.... c. On the Assign Logical Servers to Target Hosts screen, select a server blade from the Available Target Hosts table. d.
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.
connection bays on its backplane. (For detailed information on this mapping, see the HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures documentation.) Storage in a Virtual Connect environment Storage in a Virtual Connect environment is often housed within storage area networks (SANs), which are accessed through Fibre Channel connections. Using SAN storage has many advantages, including allowing a system to seamlessly failover from one server blade to another in the case of a failure.
Logical server storage Insight Dynamics allows you to logically represent your storage environment in a logical server storage configuration. A logical server completely defines your storage, including all Fibre Channel ports, fabrics, server WWNs, storage WWNs, volumes, and LUNs. For server with Virtual Connect logical server storage, HP recommends Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) with boot-from-SAN capability.
Table 6-1 Storage types If your logical server will be active on... And your storage configuration is...
For information about creating a storage pool entry, see “Create a storage pool entry”. 1. Click the Select Storage Type drop-down menu and select one of the following storage types. Available selections depend on the Portability Group for the logical server. (The SAN Catalog Storage Entry and SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage Entry storage types are available on the Manage Storage Pool screen only.
3. Optional: Change the Maximum Number of Sharers (maximum number of logical servers that will be allowed to share this storage entry), then click Update Maximum Sharers. As logical servers share this storage entry, they are assigned one specific server WWN per port. 4. Optional: Check the Insert Storage Entry into Pool checkbox if you want to save the storage entry details that you enter on this screen as a storage pool entry.
Figure 6-5 Create logical server SAN port definition Volume and path definition After creating and presenting the volumes (LUNs), the storage administrator provides the server administrator with the information required to complete the logical server storage definition.
7. 8. 9. storage port WWN and LUN identifier are required before you can activate the logical server.) Optional: Enter the storage port WWN for each server WWN. (This value must be entered before the logical server can be activated.) Optional: Enter the LUN identifier for each server WWN. (This value must be entered before the logical server can be activated.) Repeat steps 1 through 8 for each storage volume for this logical server.
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. File (VM) storage selection 1. 2. 3. Click the Add Storage button to on the right side of the screen to add a row to the Storage Selection table. Enter the size in GB for the storage selection.
A logical server can be associated with multiple storage pool entries. Multiple logical servers can share the same storage pool entry. You can configure catalog storage using HP Storage Provisioning Manager. You can then specifying catalog storage options on the Add/Modify Add/Modify Storage Pool Entry: SAN screen. See “Storage Provisioning Manager” (page 90) for more information. To create a storage pool entry before or after you create a logical server, use the Modify→Logical Server Storage Pools...
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.
NOTE: If you create a logical server, insert its storage configuration into the storage pool, then modify the logical server, catalog storage options are not available on the Modify Logical Server storage tab. Catalog storage options are available only on the Add/Modify Storage Pool Entry: SAN screen.
Figure 6-10 Add storage pool entry definition and tag selection Port definition On the Storage Entry: SAN and Add/Modify 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.
Volume and path definition After creating and presenting the volumes (LUNs), traditionally the storage administrator provides the server administrator with the information required to complete the logical server storage definition. You can also use Storage Provisioning Manager to streamline this process. See “Setting up SPM for use with logical server storage” (page 61) for more information.
k. On the Manage Storage Pool screen, monitor the Status column for the storage pool entry. (You may have to refresh the page by pressing Get/Refresh Storage Pool Entries.) l. When the value in the Status column is Presentation Completed, press the Modify button on the Manage Storage Pool screen to display this screen. m. Select a Storage Port WWN from the drop-down menu and press Save. 2. For SAN Catalog Storage Entry: a.
i. j. Press Save. On the Manage Storage Pool screen, monitor the Status column for the storage pool entry. (You may have to refresh the page by pressing Get/Refresh Storage Pool Entries.) Use the radio button selector preceding the storage volume and the Remove Volume button to remove entries from the table. IMPORTANT: For SAN Catalog Storage Entries and SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage Entries, the Remove Volume action returns the storage volume to the storage catalog as an available resource.
IMPORTANT: You must check the Ready checkbox next to each server WWN before the storage pool entry can be shared by logical servers. The Ready checkbox is grayed out and checked by default for a SAN Catalog Storage Entry and a SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage Entry. For a SAN Storage Entry and a SAN Catalog Storage Entry, after presentation is complete, modify the storage pool entry, select a Storage Port WWN from the drop-down menu and press Save.
Storage validation is supported on the following HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays: • EVA3000/5000/4x00/6x00/8x00 — Command View versions 9.1, 9.2/9.21, 9.3 — Support for a password-protected EVA array requires use of the same password as the Command View password • MSA2000fc G2 — using explicit mapping (default mapping not yet supported for storage validation) — MSA SMI-S provider version 1.1.
made visible again after successful operating system installation without requiring manual intervention by the storage administrator. SPM receives storage requests from a server administrator using logical server management screems. It then identifies all volume services on the network and returns that list to the Add/Modify Storage Pool Entry: SAN screen. This screen is viewable by selecting Modify→Logical Server Storage Pools...
NOTE: Modular Smart Arrays (MSAs) are not supported in the current release of SPM. Operations Orchestration workflows The standard Insight Dynamics solution provides out-of-the-box support for HP BladeSystem c-Class servers using Virtual Connect and the HP EVA storage solution (which can be bundled as part of HP BladeSystem Matrix). Insight Dynamics is able to gather information regarding servers and perform power operations through Virtual Connect.
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 --reserveWWNs DomainGroupName number of WWNs Preallocate initiator WWNs for a specified Virtual Connect Domain Group. Displays the reserved WWNs to standard output in ASCII format. You must specify a Virtual Connect Domain Group name and an integer from 1 to 100. If an invalid domain group is specified, the available domain groups are displayed.
Table 7-2 LSMUTIL storage options (continued) LSMUTIL option Purpose --reserveWWNs Preallocate server (initiator) WWNs for a Virtual Connect Domain Group. An automatically allocated server WWN in a storage pool entry can be replaced with a preallocated WWN, for which appropriate zoning and storage presentation has already been done --exportAnnotations Export compute resources and local disk information into computeActuals.xml.
Example 7-1 Storage definition XSD file PAGE 97
Requesting server (initiator) WWNs for storage preallocation The LSMUTIL --reserveWWNs option allows the storage administrator to request a number (from 1 to 100) of server (initiator) WWNs for a specified Virtual Connect Domain Group. The server 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 99 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 102
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. Recovery after logical server operation failures After performing a logical server operation such as a deactivation, you may see the following error message on the Report Logical Server Job Status screen: Internal error occurred.
selection) to see details about the logical server. The logical server is inoperable if the Inoperable field is marked Yes. Table 8-1 Troubleshooting an inoperable logical server Possible cause Suggested action The server with Virtual Connect or VM Host esources Perform one of the following actions: associated with a logical server have been made • Reverse the operation which made the underlying server unavailable for further management operations.
Table 8-1 Troubleshooting an inoperable logical server (continued) Possible cause Suggested action Inoperable logical server appears immediately after a 1. Unmanage the inoperable logical server. failure of the HP Logical Server Automation service or 2. Re-import the logical server. of the entire CMS.
Correcting problems powering on a logical server Occasionally a Virtual Connect logical server or virtual machine logical server fails to power on and returns an error. If you encounter this problem, check the firmware versions and hardware as described below. Suggested action: Check firmware versions Check the recommended firmware versions of Virtual Connect Manager, Onboard Administrator, Integrated Lights Out (iLO) and server blade BIOS.
Suggested action Check the Report→Logical Server Job Status... screen to make sure that no logical server operations are in progress before stopping or restarting the LSA service. Logical Server Automation service fails to start if TCP layer ports are in use The HP Logical Server Automation service reads the TCP layer port from the file lsaclient.properties.
Suggested action Do not shut down or restart the HP Logical Server Automation service while operations are being performed on logical servers. In this specific case: 1. Sign out of Insight Dynamics and close the browser window. 2. Open a new browser window and sign into Insight Dynamics. 3. Retry the operation.
Unmask catalog-based storage volumes before removing storage volumes For a SAN Catalog Storage Entry and a SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage Entry, the Remove Volume action on the Add/Modify Storage Pool Entry screen returns the selected storage volume to the storage catalog as an available resource. However, the Remove Volume action does not change the presentation of the storage volume. If masked, the storage volume remains presented to the WWN assigned to the storage pool entry.
using the name of an existing system in HP SIM, if a host with that name is discovered after you create or import the logical server, the logical server information is overwritten and Virtualization Manager no longer displays the logical server. Suggested actions 1. Restart the Logical Server Automation Service. This modifies the HP SIM system so that the host named object is once again a logical server. 2. If the logical server is activated, deactivate it using Tools→Logical Servers→Deactivate.... 3.
Unmanaging a logical server using a storage pool entry may result in an inconsistent state When you unmanage a Virtual Connect logical server that was previously activated, the underlying VC profile, if it exists, is not deleted and the profile continues to use its WWN and MAC addresses.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Unmanage the logical server using Delete→Unmanage Logical Server... In VMware vCenter, migrate the virtual machine, selecting the option to change the data store In HP SIM, re-identify the VM Host where the virtual machine is now located Refresh server resource information (selecting Insight Control virtual machine management and HP SIM) using Tools→Logical Servers→Refresh... Import the virtual machine as a logical server using Tools→Logical Servers→Import...
Unable to import an Integrity VM logical server You may see the following error on the Import Logical Server screen when attempting to import an Integrity VM guest as a logical server: Error: Import failed for system-name. Invalid storage. Suggested action Ensure that the Integrity VM storage is properly configured with a whole LUN, ejectable DVD, or virtual disk created using a Shared Logical Volume Manager (SLVM) Logical Volume (LV).
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). Similarly, if you are moving the logical server using drag and drop, there may be a delay before the hosts appear as valid targets. XML parsing error if new ESA attributes are not added to serverInfo.xml Insight Dynamics 6.
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. Instead, use the navigation aids provided from the screen you are viewing (for example, clicking the Go Back link or a tab).
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 117)) • Accessing real-time utilization data (see “Reviewing real-time utilization data” (page 119)) • Customizing HP SIM Collections displayed by the Virtualization Manager (see “Customizing HP SIM collections” (page 123)) 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 collection. Creating a custom collection To create a custom collection, use the following procedure: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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 6.2 Installation and Configuration Guide HP-UX HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 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, 117 C collection creating custom, 123 customizing, 123 compartment color definitions, 31 components, 29 details of , 29 icons, 32 configure menu, 15 copy logical server, 47 CPU utilization, 121 create logical server, 45 create menu, 14 cross-technology logical server, 65 customer service contact numbers, 126 D deactivate logical server, 44 delete logical server, 47 delete menu, 15 documentation providing feedback, 126 reporting errors in, 126 drag and
managed resource name, 46 modify, 49 move, 49 moving Virtual Connect, 50 moving virtual machine, 51 network for cross-technology, 69 operating system, 45 operating system variation, 46 portability group, 65 default, 65 user-defined , 66 portable, 65 power on and off, 53 refresh server resources, 53 required firmware, 58 requirements, 55 steps for moving cross-technology, 69 steps for setting up SPM, 61 storage for cross-technology, 68 target attributes, 67 troubleshooting inoperable, 103 troubleshooting pow
U unmanage logical server, 47 unmanaging logical server additional steps for cross-technology, 69 troubleshooting, 111 troubleshooting WWNs, 111 unmasking storage volumes, 109 user preferences modifying, 117 screen, 117 settings and defaults, 117 utilization data accessing, 120 reviewing real-time, 119 utilization metrics available, 121 visible in Virtualization Manager, 119 V validating storage, 89 view logical server details, 54 view logical server job status, 54 Virtual Connect environment, 73 Virtualiz
