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- Virtualization management
- Virtualization concepts and terms
- Benefits of using SA for virtualization management
- Manage permissions
- SA client virtualization tab
- Virtual machine and VM template life cycle
- Virtualization service tasks
- Virtual machine and VM template tasks
- Manage HP-UX virtual servers
- Manage Oracle Solaris zones
- Genealogy of virtualization
SA client virtualization tab
The SA Client allows you to manage your virtualization services (VSs) and create and manage VM templates and VMs. This section introduces you to the SA Client Virtualization tab and the Devices tab used to manage your VMs.
Virtualization services
HPE SA supports integration with VMware vCenter Server and Microsoft SCVMM. These virtualization vendors manage multiple hypervisors and VMs in a virtualization environment. SA also supports limited integration with on-premise OpenStack cloud deployments, which offer IaaS. We refer to this group of virtualization vendors and cloud computing solutions collectively as Virtualization Services.
Virtualization tab
To start managing your VSs, select the Virtualization tab in the SA Client (see the following figure). This displays your virtualization inventory, including VMware vCenter, Microsoft SCVMM, and OpenStack servers.
To bring your VSs under SA management, select the Actions menu or right-click on VMware vCenter, Microsoft SCVMM, or OpenStack, and select Add Virtualization Service. For details, see Add a virtualization service.
After adding the VS to SA, the SA Client displays the virtualization inventory under the VSs in the navigation pane. Locate the desired host, folder, or other element in the virtualization hierarchy.
Select the Hosts & Clusters view or the VMs & Templates view to focus your view on just those elements of your VMware vCenter Server (as shown in the following figure).
Select an item in the virtualization inventory, then select one of the following tabs:
- Immediate Descendants - Shows only items immediately under the selected item. Does not show the contents of any folders below the selected item.
- All Virtual Machines - Shows all VMs under the selected item, no matter how far down in the folder hierarchy (not applicable for OpenStack).
- All Hosts - Shows all hypervisors under the selected item, no matter how far down in the folder hierarchy (not applicable for OpenStack).
Right-click or use the Actions menu to perform a variety of operations on any item in the Virtualization inventory. For details, see Virtual machine and VM template tasks.
Icons for virtualization items
The following table shows the various icons for your virtualization inventory.
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Hypervisor running the SA Agent and communicating with the SA core | |
Hypervisor running the SA Agent and not communicating with the SA core | |
Agentless hypervisor | |
VM template, including the SA Agent | |
Agentless VM template, not including the SA Agent | |
VM running the SA Agent and communicating with the SA core | |
VM running the SA Agent, not communicating with the SA core | |
Agentless VM not running the SA Agent, not communicating with the SA core | |
VMware Virtualization Service |
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VMware datacenter | |
VMware folder containing VMs and VM templates | |
VMware folder containing hosts and clusters | |
VMware cluster |
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Microsoft host group |
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Microsoft Virtualization Service |
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Microsoft cluster |
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Microsoft All VM Templates folder |
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OpenStack Virtualization Service. Controller node running the SA Agent and communicating with the SA core. |
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OpenStack project |
Devices tab
Select the Devices tab in the SA Client to manage your VMs, just as you would do for physical servers.
Managing Oracle Solaris zones
You can manage Oracle Solaris Zones with SA:
- In the SA Client, select the Devices tab.
- Select Servers > Oracle Solaris Zones. This displays your Oracle Solaris Zones.
For more information, see Manage Oracle Solaris zones.
Managing HP-UX virtual servers
For information on managing HP-UX virtual servers, see Manage HP-UX virtual servers.
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