HP Virtualization Manager

After you run the discovery process, HP SIM keeps information about all of your server resources in its system list. From HP SIM you can launch Virtualization Manager to display and manage your VSE resources. You must be signed on to HP SIM as a user with appropriate authorizations to use Virtualization Manager. For example, if you do not have CMS authorization for the “Monitor Tools” toolbox, you will not be able to launch Virtualization Manager at all. See “Configuring User Authorizations” for details on user authorizations.

Launch Virtualization Manager from HP SIM in any of the following ways:

From the HP SIM menu bar, choose ToolsVSE Management..., as shown in Figure 4-1
From the HP SIM Systems and Events list in the left navigation area, choose SystemsSharedSystems by TypeAll VSE Resources
From the HP SIM System and Event Collections list in the left navigation area, expand the All VSE Resources collection by clicking its icon, then choose a subset such as nPartitions.
Create a custom HP SIM collection whose default view is set to “VSE”, and choose that collection in the left navigation area

Figure 4-1 Starting Virtualization Manager

Visualization View

Virtualization Manager starts with the Visualization tab selected. By default, this view shows the VSE resources on the systems within the currently-selected collection that are properly licensed and that you are authorized to view, along with real-time utilization metrics (CPU, Memory, Network, Disk, and Power). Systems are displayed in hierarchical compartments (for example, nPartitions inside a complex, virtual machines inside a VM Host, server blades inside a BladeSystem enclosure). The hierarchical display can be expanded and collapsed using the [+] and [-] icons. To include workloads within the displayed hierarchy, select the Show Workloads check box.

Additional icons in the compartments provide quick navigation to management tools or provide more detailed information in a pop-up window. Hover over any icon or control to see quick information about its function. For detailed help, click the [?] button.

Switching Views

Using the Perspective control, you can change from the default perspective to any of the following:

Physical and Virtual (default perspective)
Logical Servers
Blades
Virtual Machines
Serviceguard
Systems and events

To view workload details, select the Workload tab. To use HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) to view and manage SRDs, select the Shared Resource Domain tab. To use HP Capacity Advisor, select the Capacity Advisor tab.

For more information about Virtualization Manager, see the HP Virtualization Manager Version 4.0 Getting Started Guide.

HP Virtualization Manager

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