HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.3 Software with Logical Server Management User Guide

View logical server details..................................................................................................51
View logical server job status..............................................................................................51
Authorizations, requirements, and configuration..........................................................................51
Logical server requirements.................................................................................................52
Requirements for virtual machine logical servers................................................................52
VM guest storage options ..............................................................................................55
Requirements for Virtual Connect logical servers................................................................55
Configuring and registering Hyper-V and ESX VM Hosts and VMware vCenter...........................56
Configuring VMware vSphere client settings for browsing data store.........................................56
Configuring Systems Insight Manager with Onboard Administrator credentials...........................57
Configuring Systems Insight Manager for SAN storage validation.............................................57
Configuring Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM)..................................................................58
Setting up SPM for use with logical server storage.............................................................58
Configuring Extensible Server & Storage Adapter (ESA)..........................................................59
Configuring Operations Orchestration credentials in ESA....................................................59
Updating an ESA properties file to support Windows 2008 host mode................................60
5 Managing fluid cross-technology logical servers...........................................63
Defining portability groups......................................................................................................63
Adding and removing target attributes.......................................................................................66
Defining storage.....................................................................................................................67
Defining a network.................................................................................................................67
Unmanaging a cross-technology logical server...........................................................................68
Moving a cross-technology logical server...................................................................................68
6 Defining storage for logical servers.............................................................71
The Virtual Connect environment...............................................................................................71
Storage in a Virtual Connect environment..............................................................................72
Administrator roles.............................................................................................................72
Logical server storage.............................................................................................................73
Storage types....................................................................................................................73
Create a storage entry........................................................................................................74
Defining a SAN storage entry.........................................................................................75
SAN storage entry definition......................................................................................76
Port definition...........................................................................................................76
Volume and path definition........................................................................................77
Validation status.......................................................................................................78
Defining a file (VM) storage entry....................................................................................78
File (VM) storage entry definition................................................................................79
File (VM) storage selection.........................................................................................79
Create a storage pool entry................................................................................................79
Associating a storage pool entry with a logical server........................................................81
Defining a SAN storage pool entry..................................................................................82
Storage pool entry definition......................................................................................82
Tag selections..........................................................................................................82
Port definition...........................................................................................................83
Volume and path definition........................................................................................83
Validation status.......................................................................................................86
Manage server WWNs............................................................................................86
Validating storage..............................................................................................................89
Storage Provisioning Manager.................................................................................................90
Operations Orchestration workflows..........................................................................................91
Extensible Server & Storage Adapter....................................................................................92
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