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HP Insight ControlVirtual Machine Management 7.3 User GuideHP Part Number: 380094-409aPublished: March 2014Edition: 2

characters for hosts that do not require VMM agents to be installed (ESX4.x/ESXi4.x/Hyper-V/ESXi5.x).10 Introduction

2 Key conceptsHeterogeneous environmentA heterogeneous environment hosts virtualization layers, such as VMware ESX, Hyper-V, and soon. Insight Control

3 Initial setupLicensingLicensing VMM through the HP Insight Control License ManagerNOTE: Insight Control virtual machine management 7.0 or later work

NOTE: You can hold the SHIFT key to select multiple systems.NOTE: A system presently or previously licensed with a demo key may not be relicensedwith

Updating the HP SIM certificate on CMSInsight Control virtual machine management uses an HP SIM certificate for all its communicationwith HP SIM. Shou

To manually register the virtual machine hosts in a Windows environment:1. From an account with administrative privileges, sign in to HP SIM on the Sy

4 Using Insight Control virtual machine managementThis chapter provides an overview of server virtualization management using the VMM.You can perform

Table 5 Icons and tasksFunctionIconStart/resumeShutdown/stopPauseReset/restartThe following tables lists supported features for various virtualization

Table 6 Supported Insight Control virtual machine management features in various virtualizationlayers (continued)Xendistributionon SLESXendistribution

1. From the left pane of the HP SIM screen, click Customize, and then click New. The NewCollection screen appears.2. Click Choose members by attribute

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Performance informationThese sections list information displayed on the Performance tab of the System Page for virtualmachine hosts and guests.• To de

5 Managing virtual machinesMaking a backup of the virtual machine management databaseYou must perform a backup of the VMM database enable recovery of

set the RequireCertificate parameter to 1 in thehpvmm.conf file, found in the followinglocation:<VMM installation dir>/bin/hpvmm.confAfter enfor

6. For each target server, perform these steps:1. Select the certificate.2. Click Export... to launch the Certificate Export Wizard.3. Click Next to c

1. Add or create the following to the hpvmmsvc.log4j file in the %VMM_INSTALL_FLODER%\bin\ location as %VMM_INSTALL_FLODER%\bin\hpvmmsvc.log4j:#******

Handling automatic prefailure eventsTo handle automatic prefailure events, perform the following:1. Click Deploy→Virtual Machine→Handle Virtual Machin

To handle automatic prefailure events by using the Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host feature,configure prefailure handling using the steps described

7. Specify the location for the backup files to be placed on the virtual machine host, and thenclick Next. For a VMware ESX server virtual machine tha

6 TroubleshootingInsight Control virtual machine management controlsVirtual machine customization fails during template deploymentDuring template depl

Changing the SCVMM server credentials is not reflected in the UI VMM status iconYou must restart the SCVMM/VMM service or server and register the SCVM

Contents1 Introduction...7Overview...

SCVMM server. If the type of IndigoTcpPort is different from REG_DWORD, then delete the existingitem and create a new item with type as REG_DWORD, and

• Backing up a virtual machine guest• Defining the performance threshold• Granting authorizationsThe only operations that can be performed are creatin

Live Move fails after SAN moveIf a SAN move is performed with vCenter Server managing the source and target hosts, a duplicateentry is created in vCen

not retrieve mounted diskdrive details when customizing the VM.To resolve this issue, you mustcreate the bootdisk on ide0:0.Limitation from Virtual Ce

has been lost with the HP VMM service. Check if the HP VMM service isrunning. However, the result of the operation on the virtual machine is hyperviso

Virtual machine devices might not be available after a copy or moveReconfigure the virtual network connections on the moved or copied virtual machine

To resolve this issue, avoid deploying SCVMM HA template on standalone host, and delete emptyfolders when they are created.VMM installation fails when

VMM does not support remote WMI mapper configuration with only IPv6 addressVMM does not support and communicate to remote WMI mapper when the mapper i

To resolve this issue, set the IPv4 address manually on the guest.IPv6 Customization fails on Microsoft Windows 2003 systemsThis is because Microsoft

HP Systems Insight Manager console integrationThe virtual machine guest is not listed on the HP SIM All Systems pageBe sure the virtual machine is con

Handling semi-automatic prefailure events with the vCenter Server DRS cluster enabled in thevCenter Server...

9. Verify that the correct user name and password are entered in the Systems Sign-in credentialsbox of the guest.10. Verify that no virtual machine gu

To obtain the guide, see any of the following sources:• The server-specific Documentation CD• The Business Support Center at http://www.hp.com/support

7 Support and other resourcesInformation to collect before contacting HPBe sure to have the following information available before you contact HP:• So

The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals in electronic form asthey are made available from HP.With this service, Ins

Book title The title of a book. On the web, this can be a hyperlink to thebook itself.Command A command name or command phrase, for example ls -a.Comp

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A Virtual machine eventsViewing virtual machine eventsTo view all events related to VMM, expand the Events→Shared directory in the left pane of the HP

Table 7 s/b VMM or s/b Insight Control virtual machine management events (continued)DescriptionEvent typeInsight Control virtual machine management di

Table 7 s/b VMM or s/b Insight Control virtual machine management events (continued)DescriptionEvent typeThis event is received when you manually put

Table 8 vCenter and VMware ESX Server host events (continued)DescriptionEvent typeA virtual machine migration that was recommended by DRS occurred.Drs

Insight Control virtual machine management cannot move virtual machines with certain disktypes...

Table 8 vCenter and VMware ESX Server host events (continued)DescriptionEvent typeThe VM Host has exited from the DPM-initiated Standby mode successfu

Table 8 vCenter and VMware ESX Server host events (continued)DescriptionEvent typeVirtual machine guest processor event.vmmVMThresholdVirtual machine

B Error messagesThe following tables contain error messages that might appear when performing certain menuselections from HP SIM. To view the table di

Table 11 Deploy→ Virtual Machine→ Move Virtual MachineSolutionCauseError messageTo run Identify system:The machine selected has not beendiscovered as

Table 12 Deploy→ Virtual Machine→ Handle VM host Prefailure Events (continued)SolutionCauseError messageVirtual Machine Host does notappear as the sys

Table 15 Configure→ Virtual Machine→ Unregister Virtual Machine HostSolutionCauseError messageThe machine selected has not beendiscovered as a server

Table 17 Configure→ Virtual Machine→ Set Performance ThresholdsSolutionCauseError messageThe machine selected has not beendiscovered as a server by HP

GlossaryCMS HP Systems Insight Manager Central Management Server.guest operatingsystemA distinct operating system instance running in a virtual machin

IndexAaccessing System Page, 16adding licenses, 12agentless management, 9Bblank page appears when launching VMM from HP SIM,31Ccentral management serv

error occurs when clicked, 32restoringusing a backup fails, 32retiring CMS, 40Sserverre-entering serial number, 40slow response time on virtual machin

New and changed information in this edition...43Related information...

1 IntroductionOverviewHP Insight Control virtual machine management (VMM) adds virtual machine management capabilitywithin HP Systems Insight Manager

The association between virtual machine hosts and guests appears in the System(s) list. To viewadditional details about virtual machine hosts and gues

Table 2 Virtual machine guest icons displayed in the VM column (continued)StatusIconThe virtual machine guest is associated with a licensed virtual ma