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The Virtualization Manager provides several features that let
you visualize and manage VSE. Using the Virtualization Manager, you
can: Customize the level of detail that you want to see Easily access additional VSE Management Software applications
to manage and configure systems and workloads Centrally configure your server resources for optimum
utilization
For an overview of VSE and the VSE Management Software applications,
see the VSE Management Software Getting Started Guide. Virtualization Manager Tabs | |
The Virtualization Manager provides four tabs to move between
the main views in Virtualization Manager, Capacity Advisor, and Global
Workload Manager: Visualization tab – Displays the Virtualization Manager Visualization View that
let's you visualize all controlling technologies in your Virtual Server
Environment and easily navigate to the management application for
each technology. For more information, see “Using the Visualization View”. Workload tab –
Displays the Virtualization Manager Workload View that let's you view
all of the servers and workloads in your Virtual Server Environment,
using a compact table format. See “Using the Workload View”. Shared Resource Domain tab – Let's you view and manage Shared Resource Domains (SRDs)
using Global Workload Manager (gWLM). gWLM allows you to centrally
define resource-sharing policies that you can use across multiple
HP servers. For information about gWLM, see the HP Global Workload Manager Version 4.0 User's Guide. Capacity Advisor tab – Let's you view utilization data and perform scenario analysis
using Capacity Advisor. For information about Capacity Advisor,
see HP Capacity Advisor Version 4.0 User's Guide .
Virtualization Manager Menus | |
The VSE Management menu bar provides convenient access to the
VSE Management tools and actions. To perform an action on a system or compartment, select its
check box, then choose the menu selection from the menu bar. Some
menu selections (such as Create Workload Definition...) do
not require you to select a system first. The following menu options are available
for the Virtualization Manager tabs under the VSE Management menu
bar (see Figure 1-1 “VSE Management Menu Bar”): Table 1–1 through Table 1–6 describe the drop
down menu options for each menu bar selection. Some menu options are
only available on a Windows Central Management Server (CMS). Table 1-1 Tools Menu | Menu Selection | What it does: |
|---|
| Global Workload Manager | Provides more Global Workload Manager (gWLM) links
to perform a variety of management tasks. | | Global Workload ManagerGetting Started - gWLM Home... | Accesses the gWLM homepage from which
you can perform gWLM tasks, such as managing a new Pset or FSS group.
You can also access related documentation from this page. You can
easily toggle back to the Virtualization Manager from this page. | | Global Workload ManagerManage Systems and Workloads... | Accesses the gWLM Manage
Systems and Workloads page, from which you can specify hosts, set
SRD properties, specify workload and policy settings, and review and
confirm your choices. | | Global Workload ManagerEdit gWLM Policies... | Accesses the gWLM Policies page, from
which you can edit an existing policy. | | Global Workload ManagergWLM Real-time Reports... | Accesses the gWLM Real-time
Reports page that lets you monitor workloads and policies in real-time. | | Global Workload ManagergWLM Historical Reports | Accesses the gWLM Historical
Reports page that lets you generate historical reports for your workloads
and policies. | | Global Workload ManagergWLM 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. | | Global Workload ManagerEvents... | Accesses the Configure gWLM Events page that lets you enable
event generation for desired system events viewed through HP SIM. | | Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) | Accesses Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM)
to manage a Virtual Connect domain group, a Virtual Connect domain,
or a server blade. | | Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
(VCEM)VCEM Homepage... | Accesses the VCEM Homepage. | | Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
(VCEM)Add Virtual Connect Domain to Group... | Allows you to add a VC domain to a VC
domain group. | | Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
(VCEM)Remove Virtual Connect Domain from Group... | Allows you to remove a VC domain from
a VC domain group. | | Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
(VCEM)Virtual Connect Domain Properties.. | Allows you to view the VC domain properties. | | Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
(VCEM)Virtual Connect Domain Group Properties | Allows you to view the VC domain group
properties. | | Collect Capacity Advisor Data | Accesses the Capacity Advisor data collection screens
from which you can gather data for VSE resources. | | View Capacity Advisor Data... | Accesses the Capacity Advisor Profile Viewer to see
historical utilization data collected by Capacity Advisor, along with
additional information you provide. The Profile Viewer also enables
you to examine different time intervals and different categories of
data. | | Instant Capacity Manager | Accesses the Instant Capacity (ICAP) Manager homepage
that provides an overview of the available Instant Capacity resources. | | Update System Workloads | Allows you to update monitored workload definitions
on the selected managed systems. | | VSE Management Licensing Overview... | Accesses the VSE Licenses online help. | | Logical Servers | Provides more logical server links to perform a variety of management
tasks. | | Logical ServersActivate...(Windows
CMS only) | Allows you to activate a logical
server to tie a logical server to a physical server or system. | | Logical ServersCopy...(Windows
CMS only) | Allows you to copy a previously
created logical server. | | Logical ServersDeactivate...(Windows CMS only) | Allows you to deactivate
a currently active logical server. | | Logical ServersImport...(Windows
CMS only) | Allows you to import a logical
server when you have the appropriate licenses on the CMS and have
sufficient authorizations. | | Logical ServersMove...(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 Virtual Connect blade to another,
or from one ESX virtual machine to another. For more information,
see “Actions that Do Not Change the Logical Server State”. | | Logical ServersSynchronize...(Windows CMS only.) | Synchronizes the logical
server database with the VM Manager and Virtual Connect Enterprise
Manager inventories. You might want to synchronize if you create or
remove inventory, by performing actions such as importing a logical
server, creating or deleting a VM Host, or creating or deleting an
enclosure in a Virtual Connect domain group. | | Process Resource Manager | Accesses the Process Resource Manager (PRM) | | Process Resource Manager Monitor PRM Groups | Accesses the PRM management page. | | Process Resource Manager Configure PRM Groups | Allows you to configure Process Resource Manager groups from
the PRM configuration page. | | User Preferences | Allows you to modify user preferences in the Virtualization Manager,
such as prompting after drag and drop or setting the number of visible
compartments. | | Edit Power Settings | Accesses the Capacity Advisor Power Settings page, allowing
you to set how power measurements should be calibrated. | | Edit Network and Disk I/O Capacity | Accesses the Capacity Advisor Network and Disk I/O
Capacity page, from which you can set the upper bound value of network
and disk I/O capacity for the selected set of systems. |
Table 1-2 Create Menu | Menu Selection | What it does: |
|---|
| Shared Resource Domain... | Accesses the Manage Systems and Workloads wizard,
starting with the SRD view, from which you can specify hosts, set
SRD properties, and specify workload/policy settings. | | Workload Definition... | Allows you to create a new monitored workload in the
Virtualization Manager. Monitored workloads do not have a policy associated
with them and are not managed by gWLM. | | Logical Server... (Windows CMS only) | Accesses
the Create Logical Server wizard, allowing you to define a logical
server. |
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 (Windows CMS only) | Allows you
to modify an inactive logical server by adding or changing identity,
compute, network, or storage information. | | Logical Server Storage Pools...(Windows CMS only) | Allows you to add entries to a pre-existing storage pool, or view,
modify, and delete storage pool entries. |
Table 1-4 Delete Menu | Menu Selection | What it does: |
|---|
| Shared Resource Domain | Removes the SRD definition from the configuration. | | Workload Definition(s)... | Allows you to delete an existing workload definition.
| | Delete Logical Server... (Windows CMS only) | Accesses
the Delete Logical Server screen, from which you can delete an inactive
logical server from the HP SIM database. |
Table 1-5 Policy Menu | Menu Selection | What it does: |
|---|
| Apply gWLM Policy... | Accesses the gWLM Workloads and Policies tab, from
which you can add workloads to an SRD, as long as the workloads are
based on FSS groups, Psets, or virtual machines. | | Change Associated gWLM Policy... | Accesses the gWLM Workloads and Policies tab, from
which you can change an associated policy. | | Edit gWLM Policies... | Accesses the gWLM Policies screen, from which you
can edit the existing gWLM policies. | | Remove Associated gWLM Policy... | Accesses the gWLM Workloads and Policies tab, from
which you can remove an associated policy. | | Create gWLM Policy... | Accesses the gWLM Policies screen that displays a
list of all the gWLM policies. |
Table 1-6 Report Menu | Menu Selection | What it does: |
|---|
| gWLM Real-time Reports... | Accesses the gWLM Real-Time Reports page. Each refresh
of a real-time graph includes values updated from when gWLM last changed
CPU resource allocations. | | gWLM Historical Reports | Accesses the gWLM Historical Reports page. In historical
graphs, each data point is the average of the values in a 5-minute
interval. | | gWLM Advanced Reports... | Accesses the gWLM Advanced Reports page. | | Capacity Advisor Historic
Report... | Accesses the Capacity Advisor
Reports Wizard that lets you create reports that can include any of
the following: resource utilization data, trending data, power usage
data, and scenario comparisons. | | Logical Server Job Status... (Windows CMS only) | A logical server job is the process of activating, copying, creating,
deactivating, deleting, dropping, importing, modifying, or moving
a logical server. This link allows you to check any of these multiple
job statuses. | | View Logical Server Details... (Windows CMS only) | Accesses
the View a Logical Server Details screen; the same effect as clicking
the logical server icon  |
Virtualization Manager Toolbar | |
The Virtualization Manager toolbar provides an easy way to adjust
the display of compartment information. Figure 1-2 shows
the Virtualization Manager toolbar options: | 1 | The drop-down menu allows you to select different
ways of visualizing your enterprise. The default view is the physical
and virtual server view. You can select alternate views for logical
servers, server blades, Virtual Machines, Serviceguard, or to show
systems and events. | | 2 | Select the “Show Workloads” check
box to show workloads running on a given system. By default, this
control is turned off. The Virtualization Manager initially filters
out workload information from the compartment. By selecting this option,
Virtualization Manager displays workloads and sub-OS workloads, if
they exist, in the compartments and subcompartments you are viewing. | | 3 | The toolbar buttons collapse all ![[--]](./img/collap.gif) and expand
all ![[++]](./img/expand.gif) collapse or expand
all compartments. | | 4 | The Refresh button  allows you to update the display to include the
latest compartments, their relationships, and utilization information.
Normally, refreshing the display is not necessary because the view
is updated automatically as new data becomes available. However, you
might use the Refresh button to reattempt gathering utilization data
for all items to ensure the view is showing the latest information.
Refreshing the view updates all containers and relationships, resource
utilization data, authentication credentials (WBEM) from HP SIM, and
workload information from gWLM. While the view refreshes, the Refresh
button spins to indicate it is in progress. | | 5 | Status errors or warnings when receiving data
are indicated here. Click the alert button to
view detailed information about the error or warning.  |
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