Virtualization settings

You can configure SA Client options that allow you to choose whether or not you want to perform a scan on any virtual servers or hypervisors related to the virtual server you want to open in SAV.

For example, if you want to visualize a VMware virtual machine (VM) or Solaris zone in SAV, by default you will be asked if you also want to scan any virtualization relationships — in other words, the system asks if you want SAV to also scan the hypervisor that is hosting the selected virtual server. Depending upon the virtual server you select, SAV might have to scan several related virtual servers in order to visualize a single virtual server in SAV.

Conversely, if you select a hypervisor to open in SAV, you are asked if you want to scan any virtualization relationships — in this case, SAV would need to scan all of the hosted virtual servers, which could take a long time to perform.

Even if you do not request a virtual relationship scan, SAV will display the virtual machines it discovers. However, certain details such as the operating systems on those virtual machines will not be displayed unless you request a virtual relationship scan.

By default, SAV will always ask you if you want to scan virtual relationships, but you can set your own default behavior for scanning related virtual servers with the following virtualization options:

• Ask each time if you want to scan related virtual and host servers.
• Always scan related virtual and host servers.
• Never scan related virtual and hypervisor servers.

To change the virtualization settings, perform the following steps:

1. From the Edit menu, select Options.
2. In the Set Options window, in the Views pane, select Service Automation Visualizer.
3. Specify your desired Virtualization Settings, then click OK when you are finished.