Starting Virtualization Manager

This section describes the various ways you can start the Virtualization Manger from HP SIM, and how to switch views to display different system collections once in the Virtualzation Manager.

When you start the Virtualization Manager from any of the methods in this section, a splash screen displays as the Virtualization Manager loads.




	NOTE: In Internet Explorer 7, do not create multiple browser windows in the same session by using Ctrl-N or FileNew Window . This results in the same session running in both windows and causes errors in the Virtualization Manager. (FireFox always attempts to use the same process that is already running; it does not start a new session.) Similarly, do not create multiple tabs by using Ctrl-T or FileNew Tab, which also causes problems. You can, however, start multiple browsers from the desktop icon or the Start button. In this case, different sessions run in each window without causing Virtualization Manager problems.

Starting from HP SIM

You can start Virtualization Manager from HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) in any of the following ways:

From the HP SIM menu bar:

From the blue HP SIM menu bar, choose ToolsVSE Management..., as shown in the following figure.

From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area:

Choose SystemsSharedSystems by TypeAll VSE Resources, as shown in the following figure.

Image: selecting Systems and Events
Collections from the HP SIM left-hand 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`:

Select this collection to start Virtualization Manager. See “Customizing HP SIM Collections” for information on creating alternate (custom) collections. That section also describes how to customize HP SIM to display Virtualization Manager automatically as soon as HP SIM starts.

Switching Views and Perspectives

The Virtualization Manager starts with the Visualization View displayed (that is, the Visualization tab is selected). By default, the Visualization 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. You can also switch to the Workload View by clicking the Workload tab, access the Global Workload Manager (gWLM) to view and manage SRDs by clicking the Shared Resource Domain tab, or access the Capacity Advisor by clicking the Capacity Advisor tab. For information on these tabs, see “Virtualization Manager Tabs”.

From the Visualization View, you can also switch to other perspectives of your VSE environment by using the convenient Perspective: drop down menu (shown in Figure 1-3).

Figure 1-3 Perpsectives Drop Down Menu

The Perspective drop-down menu determines the specific nodes to display, in the same manner as choosing a collection from the left-hand HP SIM pane. For example, the Virtual Machines perspective shows the virtual machines and virtual machine hosts that are in that collection. The Physical and Virtual perspective shows systems, such as nPartitions contained within a complex. You can view information in the any of following contexts:

Physical and virtual servers
Logical Servers
Blades
Virtual Machines
Serviceguard
Systems and events

A perspective is available even if there are no such corresponding systems configured and discovered. In that case, Virtualization Manager will display a page saying there is no information to display in that particular view. The Logical Servers perspective is available only on a Windows CMS. For other conditions, see the note in “Purpose of the Visualization View”.

Table 1-7 describes each perspective in the Perspective drop down menu.

Table 1-7 Visualization View Perspectives

Perspective	What it shows:	Similar view:
Physical and Virtual	All physicial and virtual systems. Physical systems can show standalone servers, nPartitions, and other hardware. A complex can show physical and virtual systems. Virtual systems can include an Integrity VM host containing Integrity VM systems, logical servers, and Virtual Connect domains and servers.	From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area, select All VSE Resources.
Logical Servers	Filters information in the compartments to show active and inactive Logical Server collections.	none
Blades	Filters information in compartments to show only server blades, including virtual connect domains.	From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area, select HP BladeSystem.
Virtual Machine	Filters information in compartments to show Integrity VM, VM hosts, VMware ESX, or Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines.	From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area, select Virtual Machine Hosts.
Serviceguard	Filters information in compartments to show only Serviceguard clusters and their members.	From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area, expand Clusters by Type then select HP Serviceguard.
System and Events	Goes to the HP SIM All VSE Resources page. The default view is systems; click the Events tab to view events.	From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area, select All Systems.

Starting Virtualization Manager

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Starting from HP SIM

From the HP SIM menu bar:

From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area:

Create a custom HP SIM collection whose default view is set to `VSE`:

Switching Views and Perspectives

Starting Virtualization Manager

Technical documentation

» Table of Contents

» Index

Starting from HP SIM

From the HP SIM menu bar:

From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area:

Create a custom HP SIM collection whose default view is set to VSE:

Switching Views and Perspectives

Create a custom HP SIM collection whose default view is set to `VSE`: