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 in order
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. Refer to “Configuring User Authorizations” for
details on user authorizations.
Launch Virtualization Manager from HP SIM in either of the following
ways:
From the HP SIM menu bar, choose Tools
VSE Management..., as shown in Figure 4-1
When Virtualization Manager starts, it displays all the VSE resources
on the systems that you are authorized to view, along with their real-time
utilization metrics.
System View |
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By default, Virtualization
Manager starts with the System View (System tab) displayed.
In this view, the VSE resources in the management domain are shown in hierarchical
compartments. Each compartment appears as a box with a color-coded stripe
on the left. The color indicates the compartment type (for example, standalone
system, nPartition server, VM Host, and so on). At the top of the box are,
from left to right, a selection check box, a status icon, the system name,
and the utilization metrics that have been selected. You can choose to display
any of the following metrics using the check boxes above the compartments:
CPU. Percentage of total CPU resources in
use; or the average of the CPU utilization in all of this compartment's subcompartments.
Memory. Percentage of total memory resources
in use; or the average of the memory utilization in all of this compartment's
subcompartments.
Network I/O. Network throughput (transmitted
plus received), in Mb/s (defined as 1000*1000 bits per second); or the sum
of the network throughput in all of this compartment's subcompartments.
Disk I/O. Disk I/O throughput (stored plus
retrieved), in MB/s (defined as 1000*1000 bytes per second); or the sum of
the disk I/O throughput in all of this compartment's subcompartments.
Some compartments can include subcompartments.
An nPartition server includes a compartment for each nPartition on the server.
A VM Host includes a compartment for each virtual machine that it is hosting.
A vPars server includes a compartment for each virtual partition that it is
hosting. Click the compartment's 
button
to hide its subcompartments; click the 
button
to show the subcompartments.
To perform an action on a system, select its compartment using the
check box in the compartment's upper left corner, then choose the action from
the menu bar directly under the tabs. Click the Deselect All button
to clear all your selections. Some actions (such as CreateWorkload Definition...) do not require
you to select a compartment.
The System View provides many ways to display detailed information
about the VSE resources in your management domain. Each underlined label is
a link to additional information. If you hold the cursor over these links,
or over any other controls, a brief description of the control is displayed.
Workload View |
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Select the Workload tab to display the Workload
View. In this view, the workloads in your management domain are shown in a
tabular form. Utilization metrics are shown for each workload, similar to
the system utilization metrics shown in the System View. Workloads that are
managed by gWLM (managed workloads) have a policy name assigned to them. As
in the System View, there are many links in this view that can be clicked
to display additional information or to manage the workloads using gWLM. If
you hold the cursor over these links, or over any other controls, a brief
description of the control is displayed.
Select a workload by clicking the selection check box to the left of
the workload name. You can choose actions to perform on the selected workloads
from the menu bar under the tabs.
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