VSE Management Software Quick Start Guide

HP Part Number: T2786-90012 Published: September 2006, Edition 2.0

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Table of Contents
About This Document.....................................................................................7
Intended Audience..................................................................................................................................7 New and Changed Information in This Edition............................................................................................7 Typographic Conventions.........................................................................................................................7 Related Information.................................................................................................................................7 Publishing History...................................................................................................................................9 HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................................9

1 Introduction.............................................................................................11
VSE Management Software....................................................................................................................11 VSE Concepts and Terminology..............................................................................................................11 Limitations of This Release......................................................................................................................12

2 System Requirements and Installation Instructions..........................................15 3 Configuration...........................................................................................17

Configuring User Authorizations..............................................................................................................17 Role: VSE Operator, VSE Application Administrator, or VSE Capacity Planner.........................................17 Role: VSE System Administrator.........................................................................................................18 Role: VSE Senior System Administrator................................................................................................18 Role: VSE Senior Capacity Planner.....................................................................................................18 Role: Legacy Global Workload Manager Operator..............................................................................18 Role: Legacy Global Workload Manager Administrator........................................................................19 Selecting and Updating the Authorized Systems Set..............................................................................19 Activating Licenses................................................................................................................................19

4 Using the VSE Management Software.........................................................21

HP Integrity Essentials Virtualization Manager...........................................................................................21 System View....................................................................................................................................21 Workload View...............................................................................................................................22 HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager....................................................................................22 HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor...................................................................................................23 HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager....................................................................................................23 Partition Manager.................................................................................................................................24

Command Reference....................................................................................25
vselicense(1M)......................................................................................................................................26

Index.........................................................................................................29

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List of Tables
1 2 3 4 5 Manpages Installed with VSE Management Software on the CMS...............................................................8 Manpages Installed with VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems............................................................8 Manpage Installed on Cell-Based Complexes............................................................................................8 Manpages Installed on Systems Running HP Integrity Virtual Machines.........................................................8 Selected HP SIM Manpages...................................................................................................................9

About This Document

This document provides an overview of the HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE), the VSE Management Software, and software configuration procedures. System administrators can use this document as an introduction to the VSE management Software and as a guide to configuring and deploying the software. This guide also includes an overview of HP Integrity Essentials Virtualization Manager, HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager, HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor, HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager, and Partition Manager. Refer to the VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide for system requirements and installation and upgrade instructions.

Intended Audience
This document is intended to be used by VSE System Administrators, VSE Application Administrators, Capacity Planners, and other technical professionals involved with data center operations, administration, and planning. An understanding of HP-UX system administration concepts and procedures is assumed.

New and Changed Information in This Edition

Information on installing the VSE Management Software and upgrading from previous versions is no longer in this document. Refer to the VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide for that information.

Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following typographic conventions.

Book Title Linked Title http://www.hp.com Command user input computer output Enter

term variable value

find(1)

Title of a book or other document. Title that is a hyperlink to a book or other document. A Web site address that is a hyperlink to the site. Command name or qualified command phrase. Commands and other text that you type. Text displayed by the computer. The name of a keyboard key. Note that Return and Enter both refer to the same key. A sequence such as Ctrl+A indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while pressing the A key. Defined use of an important word or phrase. The name of an environment variable, for example PATH or errno. A value that you may replace in a command or function, or information in a display that represents several possible values. HP-UX manpage. In this example, find is the manpage name and 1 is the manpage section.

Related Information
A copy of this document is installed on the CMS along with the VSE Management Software in the directory /opt/vse/doc. A more recent version of this document may be available on the HP Instant Information CD. You can also download the latest version of this document from the following site: http://docs.hp.com/en/hplex.html The following related documents can also be downloaded from the same site:

VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide VSE Management Software Release Notes Getting Started with HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager Administrator's Guide HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor User's Guide
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Getting Started with HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration HP Integrity Virtual Machines Release Notes

The VSE Management Software and related products include HP-UX manpages with details about commands, file formats, and related information. The following tables list some of the manpages that are most relevant to the VSE Management Software. Table 1 Manpages Installed with VSE Management Software on the CMS
capcollect(1M) capovpaextract(1M) capprofile(1M) capprofile(4) gwlm(1M) gwlm(5) gwlmcmsd(1M) gwlmagent(1M) gwlmsslconfig(1M) gwlmimportkey(1M) gwlmexportkey(1M) gwlmplace(1M) gwlmreport(1M) gwlmsend(1M) gwlmxml(4) vseinitconfig(1M) vselicense(1M)
Collect Capacity Advisor data from systems Export OpenView Performance Agent (OVPA) system data from managed systems and import into Capacity Advisor Import, export, display, invalidate and remove Capacity Advisor data for workloads or systems Format of Capacity Advisor import and export files Global Workload Manager Overview of Global Workload Manager Global Workload Manager (gWLM) daemons

Secure network communications for Global Workload Manager

Place a process in a gWLM workload Produce advanced textual summary reports for workload resource utilization Send metric data to gWLM for use in a custom policy Overview of XML file structure for Global Workload Manager Configure or unconfigure the VSE Management Software Install or remove licenses for VSE Management Software products

Table 2 Manpages Installed with VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems

utild(1M) utild(8)
UPService.pdf (HP-UX) System utilization data collection daemon (Linux) System utilization data collection daemon (Windows) Utilization Provider Service (document installed in \Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\UtilProvider\doc)

Table 3 Manpage Installed on Cell-Based Complexes

parmgr(1M)
Start Partition Manager

Table 4 Manpages Installed on Systems Running HP Integrity Virtual Machines

hpvm(5) hpvmclone(1M) hpvmcollect(1M) hpvmconsole(1M) hpvmcreate(1M) hpvmdevmgmt(1M) hpvminfo(1M) hpvmmodify(1M) hpvmmigrate(1M) hpvmnet(1M)
About Integrity Virtual Machines Create a cloned copy of a virtual machine Collect crash dumps, logs, system status, and configuration on guests and the VM Host Connect to the console of a virtual machine Create a new virtual machine Manage the Integrity VM device database Display information about the Integrity VM environment Rename or modify the attributes of a virtual machine Move a virtual machine to another VM Host system Configure virtual network devices

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hpvmremove(1M) hpvmstart(1M) hpvmstatus(1M) hpvmstop(1M)

Remove a virtual machine Start a virtual machine Display status of one or more virtual machines Stop a virtual machine

Table 5 Selected HP SIM Manpages

mxauth(1M) mxinitconfig(1M) mxnode(1M) mxuser(1M)
Add, remove, or list authorizations in HP SIM Perform initial configuration of the CMS Add, modify, identify, remove, or list nodes in HP SIM Add, modify, remove, or list users in HP SIM

Additional related information can be found in the following documents and Web sites: Online help for HP Systems Insight Manager and the VSE Management Software products

HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 Installation and User Guide (http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-4498/)

http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim (Follow the Information Library link for access to white papers and other documents.) http://www.hp.com/go/vse (VSE news, events, and solutions)

The HP Virtual Server Environment, by Dan Herington and Bryan Jacquot, Prentice Hall, 2006 (http:/ /www.hp.com/hpbooks)

Publishing History
Manufacturing Part Number Supported Operating Systems T2786-90012 Edition Publication Date September 2006 CMS: 2.0 HP-UX 11i v1 December 2004 or later HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 or later Managed systems: HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 2 or later for Intel Itanium SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 2 or later for Intel Itanium CMS: HP-UX 11i v1 December 2004 or later HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 or later Managed systems: HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2 CMS: HP-UX 11i v1 December 2004 or later HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 or later Managed systems: HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2 1.1

T2786-90039

May 2006

T2786-90001

1.0

February 2006

HP Encourages Your Comments

Your comments and suggestions regarding product features will help us develop future versions of the Virtual Server Environment Management Software. Use the following e-mail address to send feedback directly to the VSE Management Software development team: vse@hpuxweb.fc.hp.com.

Publishing History

NOTE: HP cannot provide product support through this e-mail address. To obtain product support, contact your HP Support Representative, your HP Services Representative, or your authorized HP reseller. For more information about support services, see the support Web site at http://www.hp.com/go/support. For other ways to contact HP, see the Contact HP Web site at http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/ contact_us.html.

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1 Introduction
The HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) is an integrated server offering that provides a flexible computing environment to help you maximize the use of your server resources. HP VSE Management Software provides the visualization, configuration, workload policy, and capacity planning tools to optimize the system resources in your VSE. Use HP Integrity Essentials Virtualization Manager to manage a pool of multi-OS, dynamically sizeable virtual servers. Each virtual server can grow and shrink, based on service-level objectives and business requirements, using HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager and the various VSE partitioning and utility pricing technologies. Use HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor to analyze your current server resource utilization and plan for future workload expansion. Refer to VSE Concepts and Terminology (page 11) for definitions of the key VSE terms and concepts.

VSE Management Software

The VSE Management Software encompasses a number of complementary components that enhance the functionality and flexibility of your Virtual Server Environment, including: HP Integrity Essentials Virtualization Manager Visualization software that allows you to see the systems in your VSE at various levels of detail. Virtualization Manager gives you the ability to inventory the VSE, and provides a central point from which to configure your server resources for optimum utilization. HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager (gWLM) A multi-system, multi-OS workload manager that serves as an intelligent policy engine in the VSE. It simplifies the deployment of automated workload management policies across multiple HP-UX 11i and Linux servers and provides centralized monitoring and reporting and improved server utilization to assist in meeting your service-level objectives. HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor Capacity analysis and planning software that allows you to optimize the workloads across your VSE for the highest utilization of server resources. Capacity Advisor provides scenario analysis to help optimize your current server resources and plan for future workload expansion. HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager The graphical user interface for HP Integrity Virtual Machines. With VM Manager, you can visualize resources assigned to virtual machines. By providing a graphical view of virtual-to-physical network and storage, VM Manager lets you view all virtual machines in a VM Host, including resource utilization information. WBEM providers and other VSE agents Software that is installed on managed systems. One of these agents is the Utilization Provider that provides the real-time utilization metrics displayed by Virtualization Manager. The VSE Management Software is integrated with HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM), the central point of administration for complete resource-lifecycle management for multi-OS environments, and with Partition Manager for administration and configuration of nPartitions and complexes.

VSE Concepts and Terminology

The Virtual Server Environment brings together a number of HP virtualization technologies and products. To make effective use of the VSE Management Software, you need to become familiar with the following terms and their underlying concepts. cluster CMS Two or more systems configured together to host workloads, in a way that users are unaware that more than one system is hosting the workload. Central Management Server. The system in a management domain that executes the HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) software. All central operations within HP SIM are initiated from this system.
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compartment

An nPartition, virtual partition, virtual machine, or resource partition whose resources can be managed by gWLM. Multiple compartments are grouped to form a shared resource domain (SRD). The compartments all share the resources of the SRD. A compartment can be in only one SRD. Each compartment holds a workload. A gWLM policy can be applied to a workload in order to manage its resources by adjusting the resource allocation of its compartment. One or more hardware cabinets that are cabled together and that contain cells (circuit boards containing processors and memory), each of which can be assigned for exclusive use by an nPartition. A set of resource-demand readings made at regular intervals for some period of time. The demand profile of a workload, system, or complex is used for capacity planning. A server or other system that can be managed by HP SIM from a CMS. A CMS and its managed systems. A hardware partition in a complex. Each nPartition operates independently of other nPartitions and either runs a single instance of an operating system or is further divided into virtual partitions. An nPartition can be used as a compartment managed by gWLM. A collection of rules and settings that control workload resources. For example, a policy can indicate the minimum and maximum amount of processor resources allowed for a workload and a target to be achieved. A single policy can be associated with multiple workloads. A subset of the resources available to an operating system instance, isolated for use by specific processes. A resource partition has its own process scheduler. CPU resources in the partition may be allocated using Fair-Share Scheduler (FSS) groups or processor sets (psets). Policies for controlling the allocation of resources to the partition may be set using Global Workload Manager (gWLM). A resource partition that is integrated with HP-UX Security Containment. Shared resource domain. A collection of compartments that share system resources. The compartments can be nPartitions, virtual partitions, virtual machines, psets, or FSS groups. A software entity provided by HP Integrity Virtual Machines. This technology allows a single server or nPartition to act as a VM Host for multiple virtual machines, each running its own instance of an operating system (referred to as a guest OS). Virtual machines are servers in the VSE. A software partition of a server, or of a single nPartition, provided by HP vPars. Each virtual partition can run its own instance of an operating system. A virtual partition cannot span an nPartition boundary. A collection of processes in a standalone server, nPartition compartment, virtual partition compartment, or virtual machine compartment. Global Workload Manager (gWLM) extends this concept to include pset compartments and FSS group compartments. Virtualization Manager enables you to monitor the resource utilization of workloads. Capacity Advisor collects the historical resource utilization for workloads for use in capacity planning activities. Global Workload Manager (gWLM) enables you to monitor and manage workloads by automatically adjusting the resource allocations of their compartments based on policies. Workloads that are managed by gWLM are called managed workloads. Workloads that are monitored by Virtualization Manager but are not managed by gWLM are called monitored workloads.

complex

demand profile managed system management domain nPartition

policy

resource partition

secure resource partition SRD

virtual machine

virtual partition

workload

Limitations of This Release

This release of the VSE Management Software includes the following limitations:
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HP Systems Insight Manager requires each managed system to have a unique name. System information will be reported incorrectly if two systems have the same name, even if they represent the same physical

Introduction

machine. For example, you cannot have an nPartition named the same as a vPars host, even if the vPars host is running on that nPartition. If this situation occurs, you can correct it by renaming one of the partitions using the appropriate command, such as cplxmodify(1M), parmodify(1M), vparmodify(1M), or hpvmmodify(1M). These commands do not require a reboot to change the name. There is no support for IPv6 in this release of the Virtual Server Environment. This release of the Virtual Server Environment does not allow the CMS to be made fully HA (High Availability) compliant. To protect against failure of the CMS, HP recommends that the HP SIM database and the VSE Management Database be regularly backed up. For information about backing up the VSE Management Database, see vseinitconfig(1M). Refer to the HP SIM manuals or online help for information about backing up the HP SIM database. Monitored workloads are not able to track CPU utilization for processes that are in existence for less than five minutes. This behavior is documented in the online help. If you need to track utilization of short-lived processes, use a managed workload. See the Create Monitored Workload help topic for more details. A system may contain monitored workloads or managed workloads, but may not contain both types of workloads. Any user that is able to authenticate on the CMS will have the ability to create and view parked workloads, regardless of whether they have authorizations for any VSE related tools or toolboxes. A workload is parked if its system is set to none when it is created or later modified.

Limitations of This Release

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2 System Requirements and Installation Instructions

The VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide describes the VSE Management Software system requirements and provides detailed instructions to install the software or upgrade from a previous version. That document is available on the HP Instant Information CD. The latest version can also be downloaded from http://docs.hp.com/en/hplex.html.

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3 Configuration
After installation, use the following steps to configure HP SIM and the VSE Management Software for use in your environment: 1. 2. Configure user authorizations for access to the VSE Management Software tools. See Configuring User Authorizations. Activate permanent licenses before the end of the free trial period. See Activating Licenses (page 19).

Configuring User Authorizations

Users must be authorized in HP SIM in order to run the VSE Management Software tools. To configure user authorizations, you must be logged into HP SIM as a user with Full Configuration Rights. Refer to mxuser(1M) for information about viewing and setting configuration rights. Choose Options Security Users and Authorizations from the HP SIM menu bar. Use the tabs to view and change the toolbox authorizations for each user. For detailed information about creating and updating authorizations, refer to the HP SIM online help. The following table defines the authorization provided by each of the toolboxes associated with the VSE Management Software. The sections that follow present examples showing how to configure authorizations based on the user's role. NOTE: If your CMS is also a managed system, then any authorizations required on managed systems will also be required on the CMS.
Toolbox All Tools Required Authorizations This is a master toolbox that applies to all tools installed in HP SIM. Authorize this toolbox on selected systems for users whose role requires administrative authority on those systems. Refer to the following sections for examples. VSE Management Software users should have this authorization on the CMS and All Managed Systems. Otherwise, they will not have access to HP SIM monitoring tools such as the System Page or Property Pages. Authorize this toolbox on managed systems to allow use of Capacity Advisor on those systems. Authorize this toolbox on the CMS to allow users to edit data with the Profile Editor. Authorize this toolbox on managed systems to allow users to view and manage those systems using Virtualization Manager. Authorize on the CMS only if the CMS will also be a managed system. VSE Management Software users should have this authorization on the CMS and All Managed Systems. Otherwise, they will not be able to use the Tools VSE Management... action on the HP SIM menu bar or VSE Management product menus. Authorize this toolbox on the CMS to allow users to view and manage systems using gWLM version A.01.x. For gWLM version A.02.00.00 or later, this toolbox is not used; authorize VSE All Tools instead. Authorize this toolbox on the CMS to allow view-only use of gWLM version A.01.x. For gWLM version A.02.00.00 or later, this toolbox is not used; authorize VSE Monitor instead.

Monitor Tools

Capacity Advisor VSE All Tools VSE Monitor

gWLM All Tools

gWLM Monitor

Role: VSE Operator, VSE Application Administrator, or VSE Capacity Planner

With these authorizations, you can view all Integrity and HP 9000 servers in the management domain. You can examine the configuration of all managed systems through Virtualization Manager, Partition Manager, and Virtual Machines Manager. You can view real-time and historical data through gWLM and historical data through Capacity Advisor. You cannot make any configuration changes to the managed systems or edit Capacity Advisor data with the Profile Editor.
Toolbox Monitor Tools VSE Monitor Capacity Advisor Systems Authorized CMS and All Managed Systems CMS and All Managed Systems All Managed Systems

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Role: VSE System Administrator

These authorizations provide all of the capabilities of the VSE Operator role but also allow you to change the configuration of specific managed systems. On systems authorized with the All Tools toolbox, you can perform all of the following functions: Create, modify, and delete nPartitions, virtual machines, and gWLM shared resource domains. Install software and perform other system administration tasks offered through HP SIM.
Systems Authorized CMS and All Managed Systems CMS and All Managed Systems All Managed Systems Subset of All Managed Systems

Toolbox Monitor Tools VSE Monitor Capacity Advisor All Tools

To specify the subset of systems that are authorized with All Tools, refer to Selecting and Updating the Authorized Systems Set (page 19).

Role: VSE Senior System Administrator

These authorizations provide all of the capabilities of the VSE System Administrator role. In addition, the VSE All Tools authorization on the CMS allows you to perform all of the following functions: Create, modify, and delete gWLM policies. Delete parked workloads. A workload is parked when its associated system is set to none. Parking a workload allows you to retain its collected data while waiting to migrate the workload to a new system.
Systems Authorized CMS CMS and All Managed Systems CMS and All Managed Systems All Managed Systems Subset of All Managed Systems

Toolbox VSE All Tools Monitor Tools VSE Monitor Capacity Advisor All Tools

To specify the subset of systems that are authorized with All Tools, refer to Selecting and Updating the Authorized Systems Set (page 19).

Role: VSE Senior Capacity Planner

These authorizations provide all of the capabilities of the VSE Operator role. In addition, the Capacity Advisor authorization on the CMS allows you to edit and delete profile data.
Toolbox Monitor Tools VSE Monitor Capacity Advisor Systems Authorized CMS and All Managed Systems CMS and All Managed Systems CMS and All Managed Systems

Role: Legacy Global Workload Manager Operator

This authorization is maintained for backward compatibility with gWLM version 1. This user is able to view real-time and historical reports for any system in the data center that is managed by gWLM version A.01.x. This user is not authorized to use Virtualization Manager, Partition Manager, Virtual Machines Manager, or Capacity Advisor. Because this authorization cannot be restricted to specific managed systems, HP recommends using the other authorizations described earlier, which provide more granular host-based authorization.
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Toolbox gWLM Monitor

Systems Authorized CMS

Role: Legacy Global Workload Manager Administrator

This authorization is maintained for backward compatibility with gWLM version 1. This user is able to manage any system in the data center with gWLM version A.01.x, but is not authorized to use Virtualization Manager, Partition Manager, Virtual Machines Manager, or Capacity Advisor. Because this authorization cannot be restricted to specific managed systems, HP recommends using the other authorizations described earlier, which provide more granular host-based authorization.
Toolbox gWLM All Tools Systems Authorized CMS

Selecting and Updating the Authorized Systems Set

When you create an HP SIM authorization, you can select the individual authorized systems, or you can specify a named collection of systems. If the authorization is based on a named collection, it will be applied to the systems that are currently in that collection when the authorization is created. If additional systems are later added to that collection or removed from it, you should update the authorization to match the changed collection. Use the following procedure to add systems to a user's authorizations: 1. 2. 3. Choose Options Security Users and Authorizations from the HP SIM menu bar. Select the Authorizations tab. Select an authorization that was based on a named collection and click Update. Confirm that you want to make the indicated changes by clicking Update Contents.

For detailed information about creating and updating authorizations, refer to the HP SIM online help.

Activating Licenses
The VSE Management Software products are licensed on a per-core basis on managed systems. An initial 90-day license per product and per system is automatically included with the software. When a new system is added to your environment, you will have 90 days to evaluate each product on that system. IMPORTANT: You must activate the trial license for gWLM using the procedure described below. No additional steps are needed to activate the other trial licenses. Before the end of the 90-day trial period, you must purchase and install a permanent License To Use (LTU) for each product that you want to continue to use on each system. Unlicensed systems will not be accessible by the VSE Management Software tools after the initial 90 day trial license expires. A permanent license for Virtualization Manager is automatically included with purchase of the LTU for Capacity Advisor or gWLM. To purchase the appropriate LTUs contact your HP sales representative, your HP services representative, or your authorized HP reseller. LTUs for HP-UX managed systems are supplied as depot files and are installed using the swinstall command. Linux LTUs for gWLM are supplied as .rpm files and are installed using the rpm command. LTUs for managed systems running Microsoft Windows or Linux (except for gWLM) are supplied as code keys and are installed using the vselicense command on the CMS. Instructions for using vselicense are provided in the vselicense(1M) manpage. All LTUs for HP-UX managed systems and gWLM LTUs for Linux systems must be activated after they are installed. Use the following procedure to activate these LTUs:

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Display the VSE Management screen by choosing Tools VSE Management... from the blue SIM menu bar, or by selecting the All VSE Resources collection from the SIM Systems and Events panel. Using the gray VSE Management menu bar below the tabs, choose Tools VSEMgmt Licenses.... The results from the last license scan (if any) are displayed. Click Scan Systems to initiate a new license scan on all servers that you are authorized to view in the All VSE Resources collection. Refer to the online help for a more detailed explanation of this screen.

3.

Click Go Back at the top of the screen to return to the previous screen.

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4 Using the VSE Management Software

The sections that follow provide a quick introduction to the features and usage of the VSE Management Software. For more detailed information specific to the current view or task, consult the online help by clicking the button in the upper right corner of the window. Other help options are available from the Help menu in the HP SIM menu bar.

HP Integrity Essentials 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 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 (page 17) for details on user authorizations. Figure 4-1 Starting Virtualization Manager

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 From the HP SIM Systems and Events list in the left-hand navigation area, choose Systems Shared Systems by Type All VSE Resources

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
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:

HP Integrity Essentials Virtualization Manager

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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 Create Workload 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
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.

HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager

Select the Shared Resource Domain tab to access Global Workload Manager (gWLM). Global Workload Manager improves both workload performance and resource utilization in a shared compute environment. For servers partitioned with nPartitions, virtual partitions, virtual machines, psets, or FSS groups, gWLM can do the following: Monitor each application. Determine the processor resources needed by each application. Automatically migrate processors between compartments to where they are needed most. This migration improves application performance by making more resources available to the application at times of peak demand. In addition, migrating idle processors to the applications that are busy increases processor utilization.

Additional information about gWLM is provided in the online help and in the following documents:

Getting Started with HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager

HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager Administrator's Guide These documents are available on the HP Instant Information CD. The latest versions can also be downloaded from http://docs.hp.com/en/hplex.html.
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HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor

Select the Capacity Advisor tab to access HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor. Capacity Advisor lets you quickly and safely test potentially costly configuration changes in your data center before you actually make them. With Capacity Advisor, you can find answers to questions such as the following: Is there room on this system for an additional workload? Will this workload fit on this system? Can I consolidate these servers as virtual machines on a single server? What might my CPU demand look like next year? Will adding another processor bring my CPU utilization down to 70% most of the time?

Capacity Advisor helps you optimize workloads in your VSE to help maximize utilization of server resources. It provides scenario analysis to help you manage your current server resources and plan for changes to your workloads and resources. These scenarios allow you to simulate the following actions: Resizing systems Resizing workloads Moving workloads Automatic generation of reports Capacity Advisor automatically generates reports that would otherwise take many manual steps. Trace-based simulator Providing graphs over specific data intervals, Capacity Advisor gives a more complete and accurate view of resource utilization than focusing on a single peak. Ease of data gathering Data is collected automatically using a secure protocol and stored in a central database for analysis. For detailed information about using Capacity Advisor, refer to the HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor User's Guide. This document is available on the HP Instant Information CD. The latest version can also be downloaded from http://docs.hp.com/en/hplex.html. For additional information about Capacity Advisor, refer to the following: Capacity Advisor online help

Capacity Advisor provides the following additional features.

capcollect(1M) capovpaextract(1M) capprofile(1M) capprofile(4)

HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager

From the System View, you can access HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager (VM Manager) by clicking the View: VM Host link in a VM Host compartment, or by clicking the View: VM link in an individual virtual machine compartment. VM Manager helps you to create and monitor virtual machines using HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM). Integrity VM running on HP Integrity servers creates software-controlled virtual machines that share a single set of physical hardware resources. Each virtual machine is a complete environment that runs its own instance of an operating system (called a guest OS). Like a physical machine, the virtual machine contains at least one CPU, memory, disks, network interfaces, a console, and other virtual components. Virtual components are partially emulated in software rather than fully implemented in hardware. VM Manager provides a graphical view of the virtual machines running under a VM Host, their utilization metrics, the virtual resources assigned to them, and the physical resources from which the virtual resources are obtained. Actions you can perform from VM Manager include the following:

HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor

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Modify CPU entitlements. Delete virtual machines. Stop and start virtual machines.

Additional information about VM Manager and HP Integrity VM is provided in the VM Manager online help and in the following documents:

Getting Started with HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration

HP Integrity Virtual Machines Release Notes These documents are available on the HP Instant Information CD. The latest versions can also be downloaded from http://docs.hp.com/en/hplex.html.

Partition Manager
Partition Manager provides system administrators with a convenient graphical user interface to configure and manage nPartitions on HP server systems. Using Partition Manager, you can perform configuration tasks without having to remember commands and parameters. You select nPartitions, cells, I/O chassis, or other components from the graphical display, then select an action from a menu. You can use Partition Manager to perform the following tasks: Create, modify, and delete nPartitions. Examine the nPartition configuration of a complex. Check the complex for potential configuration and hardware problems. Manage hardware resources on the complex.

Additional information about Partition Manager is provided in the online help.

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Command Reference

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vselicense(1M)
NAME
vselicense -- Install or remove licenses for VSE Management Software products

SYNOPSIS
Path: /opt/vse/bin/vselicense vselicense -l key [-v] -n sys [-n sys...] -p prod [-p prod...] vselicense -r [-v] -n sys [-n sys...] -p prod [-p prod...] vselicense -n sys [-n sys...]

DESCRIPTION
The vselicense command is installed on the Central Management Server (CMS) with the VSE Management Software. This command installs and removes License to Use (LTU) keys for the HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) Management Software products. An LTU allows you to use a specific product to manage a specific system. They are recorded on the Central Management System (CMS). This command applies to managed systems running Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is not used for managed systems running HP-UX, nor for installing and removing gWLM licenses. HP-UX LTUs and gWLM LTUs can be activated using the VSEMgmt Licenses... tool in the VSE Management Software graphical user interface. Refer to the VSE Management Software Quick Start Guide or online help for details. The VSE Management Software products are licensed on a per-core basis on managed systems. An initial 90-day license per product and per system is automatically included with the software. No additional steps are needed to activate these trial licenses. When a new system is added to your environment, you will have 90 days to evaluate each product on that system. Before the end of the 90-day trial period, you must purchase and install a permanent license for each product that you want to continue to use on each system. To purchase the appropriate LTU, contact your HP sales representative, your HP services representative, or your authorized HP reseller. NOTE: A permanent license for Virtualization Manager is automatically included with any purchase of the LTU for HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor or HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager.

Options
The vselicense command recognizes the following options. -l key Install the license key key for the products identified by the -p options on the systems identified by the -n options. -r Remove the licenses for the products identified by the -p options from the systems identified by the -n options. -v After the install or remove operation, display the LTUs that are now installed on the specified systems. -n sys The system name, as identified in HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM). If one or more -n options are used without either -l or -r, this command will only display the LTUs that are installed on the specified systems. -p prod The product number of the LTU being installed or removed. For example, T2783AC is the product number for the Virtualization Manager LTU for Linux managed systems.

RETURN VALUES
0 The command completed successfully; no errors were detected.
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1 An error occurred and the command did not complete successfully.

EXAMPLES
Install a license for the Virtualization Manager (product T2783AC) on the managed system that is identified in HP SIM as accounting. The license-key value was obtained from HP when the LTU was purchased: vselicense -l license-key -n accounting -p T2783AC Remove the LTU for Virtualization Manager from the systems named test1 and test2 and display the LTUs that remain installed on those systems: vselicense -r -v -n test1 -n test2 -p T2783AC Display the LTUs installed on the systems named test1 and test2: vselicense -n test1 -n test2

AUTHORS
vselicense was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.

SEE ALSO
Additional information is available in the VSE Licenses topic of the VSE Management Software online help, and in the following documents:

vseinitconfig(1M), VSE Management Software Quick Start Guide, VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide

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Index
A
authorizations, 17, 21

N
nPartition, 12, 22

C
cabinet, 12 Capacity Advisor, 11, 23 documentation, 23 scenarios, 23 cell, 12 Central Management Server (see CMS) cluster, 11 CMS, 1112 comments to HP, 9 compartment, 12, 2122 complex, 12

O
operating systems guest OS, 12

P
Partition Manager, 24 documentation, 24 policy, 1112 processor set (see pset) profile, 12 pset, 12, 22

R
resource partition, 12 secure resource partition, 12

D
demand profile, 12 discovery (see SIM, discovery)

F
Fair-Share Scheduler (see FSS group) feedback to HP, 9 FSS group, 12, 22

S
secure resource partition, 12 service and support, 9 Shared Resource Domain (see SRD) SIM, 1112 discovery, 21 documentation, 7 installation, 17 user authorizations, 17 SRD, 12, 22 Systems Insight Manager (see SIM)

G
Global Workload Manager (see gWLM) guest OS, 12 gWLM, 11, 22 documentation, 22 managed workload, 12, 22 nPartition compartment, 12 resource partition, 12 workload, 12

T
toolbox, 17, 21 typographic conventions, 7

H
HP Integrity Essentials Capacity Advisor (see Capacity Advisor) HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager (see gWLM) HP Integrity Essentials Virtualization Manager (see Virtualization Manager) HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager (see VM Manager) HP Systems Insight Manager (see SIM)

U
user authorizations, 17, 21

V
virtual machine, 12, 22 virtual partition, 12, 22 Virtual Server Environment (see VSE) Virtualization Manager, 11 starting, 21 System View, 21 Workload View, 22 VM Host, 12, 22 VM Manager, 11, 23 documentation, 24 vPars (see virtual partition) VSE documentation, 7 introduction, 11

L
licenses, 19

M
managed system, 12 managed workload, 12 management domain, 12 monitored workload, 12

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W
workload, 1112, 22

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