Features of Virtualization Manager

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 server blades, logical servers, Serviceguard clusters, Virtual Machines, or to show systems and events.

Select the Show Workloads check box or click the Show Workloads button to the left of the check box to display sub-OS workloads running on a given system. Click either toolbar element to clear the workloads from the display. By default, this control is turned off. Virtualization Manager initially filters out workload information from the compartment.

The toolbar expand and collapse let you manipulate the amount of information displayed in the Visualization View.

Table 1-8 Expand and Collapse Buttons on the Virtualization Manager Toolbar

Button Icon	Name/Hover Text	Function
	Expand All button – Expand all hierarchy	Expands all compartment hierarchies, showing full details for all top-level compartments and subcompartments.
	Collapse All button – Collapse all hierarchy	Collapses all compartment hierarchies, showing only the top-level compartment’s name and type.
	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. Any compartment or subcompartment that you selected by clicking the selection box in the upper left corner will remain selected.
	Toolbar Collapse button – Collapse lowest level	Collapses the lowest level compartment in the hierarchy, one level at a time. Clicking the Toolbar Collapse button is similar to clicking the Collapse Compartment button in every compartment that has expanded subcompartments. If a compartment has subcompartments, they continue to display in their previous state when you re-expand after using the Toolbar Collapse button. For example, if subcompartments in their expanded state show full details, they will continue to show full details. Any compartment or subcompartment that you selected by clicking the selection box in the upper left corner will remain selected.

The Search field allows you to locate a given system by searching for a compartment name. When you enter the name in the search field, Virtualization Manager first highlights all complete or partial matches of the name, after a slight delay. When you click the Search button or press Enter, Virtualization Manager moves the scroll bar to the first compartment name it matches. For example, searching for the system citrine moves the scroll bar so the compartment for that system is at the top:

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.

Status errors or warnings when receiving data are indicated here. Click the alert button to view detailed information about the error or warning.