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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Virtual Machine Management Pack

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Cluster Monitor
»Command Line Tools
»Creating New Command Line Tools
»Custom Commands
»Configuring DMI Access
»Configuring SNMP Access
»Device Ping
»Disk Thresholds
»License Manager
»Management Processor Tools
»Managing MIBs
»Installing OpenSSH
»PMP Tools
»Removing and Restoring Tools
»Replicate Agent Settings
»RPM Package Manager
»Server Migration Pack
»System Management Homepage
»System Page
»Version Control
Virtual Machine Management Pack
»Deploying the VMM Agent
»Registering VMM
»Unregistering VMM
»Upgrading VMM
»VM Status Types
»WBEM Based Tools
»Available MSA Tools
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Related Procedures
» Related Topic

HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack (VMM) provides central management and control for virtual machines of type Microsoft’s Virtual Server and VMware’s GSX or ESX. Using VMM, all virtual machines and Virtual Machine (VM) hosts can be managed from the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) console.

VMM is ideal in the following environments:

When implementing one of the following projects (or others) that involve server virtualization: 

  • Server Consolidation projects. VMM reduces server sprawl using virtualization technology to host several servers on one physical server

  • Disaster Recovery projects. VMM helps maintain disaster recovery site without using same number of physical servers

  • Test and Development projects. VMM uses VMs to quickly provision and scale test machines and rapidly transition to newer projects

  • Client Consolidation projects. VMM hosts several clients on high capacity servers, reducing the manageability burden associated with stand alone clients

When you are looking to: 

  • Looking to use existing employees, processes, and tools to manage VMs in addition to physical servers

  • Looking for common management irrespective of virtualization layer (VMware ESX/GSX or Microsoft Virtual Server)

  • Looking for easy and rapid migrations between physical and virtual platforms (physical to virtual (P2V), virtual to physical (V2P), and virtual to virtual (V2V)

Workload management and legacy environments. 

  • Workload Management. Leverage ability to easily move VMs from server to server to manage server workloads

  • Extend life of legacy environments. Take advantage of ability to run legacy applications in a VM that removes dependence on specific hardware

The Virtual Machine Management Pack displays a tree view of the VM hosts and VM guests in the left pane of the HP SIM console. After selecting a system in the left pane tree, information for the system selected is displayed in the right pane.

VMM consists of two major installed components: the VMM service and the VMM agent. The VMM service must be installed on the HP SIM central management server (CMS) on a supported Windows platform. The VMM service:

  • Provides the user interface

  • Interfaces with HP SIM

  • Directs the VMM agent, installed on VMware ESX and Windows VM hosts, to perform VM management activities on licensed VM hosts.

A VMM agent on VM hosts can be directed to perform VM control operations (start, stop, pause, and so on) and copy and move VMs among VM hosts from the HP SIM console.

HP SIM relies on VMM to identify VM hosts during the Identification process. Once HP SIM has identified a system as a server, it determines if the system is a VM host. If VMM indicates to HP SIM that the system is a VM host, it is displayed as such in the console, and the VMM functionality is enabled for that system..

Related Procedures

» Virtual Machine Management Pack - Deploying the VMM Agent
» Virtual Machine Management Pack - Registering VMM
» Virtual Machine Management Pack - Unregistering VMM
» Virtual Machine Management Pack - Upgrading VMM

Related Topic

» Virtual Machine Management Pack - VM Status Types