FUJITSU ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition User Manual

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ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition V3.1.1

User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators

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Preface

Resource Orchestrator Documentation Road Map

The documentation road map for Resource Orchestrator is as shown below.

Resource Orchestrator Documentation Road Map

Point

Refer to the user role manuals displayed in the table below for roles that are not in the diagram.

Roles that are not in the diagram Roles that are in the diagram

Infrastructure operator Infrastructure monitor Tenant operator Tenant monitor (Dual-Role) Administrator (Dual-Role) Operator (Dual-Role) Monitor

For information about the documents for Resource Orchestrator, please refer to "Chapter 1 Documentation Road Map" in the "Design Guide CE".

Infrastructure administrator

Tenant administrator

Infrastructure administrator and Tenant administrator

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Purpose

This manual provides an outline of ServerView Resource Orchestrator (hereinafter Resource Orchestrator) and the operations and settings required for setup.

Target Readers

This document is intended for Infrastructure Administrator who display L-Platforms, manage tenant information, or use the dashboard or operation status to monitor resources. It is assumed that these users have a general knowledge of server virtualization software products and directory services such as Active Directory and LDAP.

Organization

This manual is composed as follows:

Chapter 1 Overview

Explains an overview of the ROR Console

Chapter 2 Login and Logout

Explains how to log in and out of the ROR console.

Chapter 3 Home

Explains the ROR Console Home window display.

Chapter 4 Dashboard (Pool Conditions)

Explains how to use pool conditions operations

Chapter 5 Dashboard (System Conditions)

Explains how to monitor system conditions

Chapter 6 Dashboard (Capacity Planning)

Explains how to operate capacity planning.

Chapter 7 Resource

For details , refer to "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".

Chapter 8 Template

Explains how to create and manage L-Platform templates

Chapter 9 L-Platform

Explains how to use the L-Platform

Chapter 10 Request

Explains how to operate the application list

Chapter 11 Tenant

Explains how to manage tenants

Chapter 12 Accounting

Explains how to operate the usage charge.

Chapter 13 Account

Explains how to perform account operations

Appendix A Using Commands to Register and Delete L-Platform Templates

Explains the procedures for using commands to register and delete L-Platform templates

Appendix B Applying (Subscribe) for L-Platform Usage by Dual-Role Administrators

Explains L-Platform usage applications by dual-role administrators

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Appendix C Tenant Operation by Dual-Role Administrators

Explains tenant operation by dual-role administrators

Glossary

Explains the terms used in this manual. Please refer to it when necessary.

Notational Conventions

The notation in this manual conforms to the following conventions.

- When using Resource Orchestrator and the functions necessary differ due to the necessary basic software (OS), it is indicated as

follows:

[Windows Manager] [Linux Manager] Sections related to Linux manager [Windows] Sections related to Windows (When not using Hyper-V) [Linux] Sections related to Linux [Solaris] Sections related to Solaris [VMware] Sections related to VMware [Hyper-V] Sections related to Hyper-V [Xen] Sections related to RHEL5-Xen [KVM] Sections related to RHEL-KVM

Sections related to Windows manager

[Solaris Zones] Sections related to Solaris zones [OVM for x86] Sections related to Oracle VM Server for x86 [OVM for SPARC] Sections related to Oracle VM Server for SPARC [Physical Servers] Sections related to physical servers

[VM host]

Sections related to VMware, Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V enabled, Xen, RHEL-KVM, Solaris zones, and OVM for SPARC

- Unless specified otherwise, the blade servers mentioned in this manual refer to PRIMERGY BX servers.

- Oracle Solaris may also be indicated as Solaris, Solaris Operating System, or Solaris OS.

- Oracle Solaris Zones may also be indicated as Solaris Containers or Solaris Container.

- Oracle VM Server for x86 may also be indicated as Oracle VM.

- In Resource Orchestrator the following servers are referred to as SPARC Enterprise.

- SPARC Enterprise M3000/M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000

- SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5140/T5220/T5240/T5440

- References and character strings or values requiring emphasis are indicated using double quotes ( " ).

- Window names, dialog names, menu names, and tab names are shown enclosed by brackets ( [ ] ).

- Button names are shown enclosed by angle brackets (< >) or square brackets ([ ]).

- The order of selecting menus is indicated using [ ]-[ ].

- Text to be entered by the user is indicated using bold text.

- Variables are indicated using italic text and underscores.

- The ellipses ("...") in menu names, indicating settings and operation window startup, are not shown.

- The ">" used in Windows is included in usage examples. When using Linux, read ">" as meaning "#".

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- The URLs in this manual were correct when the manual was written.

Menus in the ROR console

Operations on the ROR console can be performed using either the menu bar or pop-up menus. By convention, procedures described in this manual only refer to pop-up menus.

Regarding Installation Folder Paths

The installation folder path may be given as C:\Fujitsu\ROR in this manual. Replace it as shown below. When using Windows 64-bit (x64) C:\Program Files (x86)\Resource Orchestrator When using Windows 32-bit (x86) C:\Program Files\Resource Orchestrator

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this manual:

Abbreviation Products

Windows

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 Standard Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 Datacenter Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Standard Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Enterprise Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Datacenter Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Standard Edition Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition Windows(R) 8 Pro Windows(R) 8 Enterprise Windows(R) 7 Professional Windows(R) 7 Ultimate Windows Vista(R) Business Windows Vista(R) Enterprise Windows Vista(R) Ultimate Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional operating system

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 Standard Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 Datacenter

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Standard Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Enterprise Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Datacenter

Windows 2008 x86 Edition

Windows 2008 x64 Edition

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard (x86) Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise (x86)

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard (x64) Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise (x64)

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Abbreviation Products

Windows Server 2003

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Standard Edition Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition

Windows 2003 x64 Edition

Windows 8

Windows 7

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Linux

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition

Windows(R) 8 Pro Windows(R) 8 Enterprise

Windows(R) 7 Professional Windows(R) 7 Ultimate

Windows Vista(R) Business Windows Vista(R) Enterprise Windows Vista(R) Ultimate

Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional operating system Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5 (for x86)

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.1 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.1 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.2 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.2 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.3 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.3 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.4 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.4 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.5 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.5 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.6 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.6 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.7 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.7 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.8 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.8 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.2 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.2 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.3 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.3 (for Intel64) SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 11 for EM64T

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.1 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.1 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.2 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.2 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.3 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.3 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.4 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.4 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.5 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.5 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.6 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.6 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.7 (for x86)

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Abbreviation Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.7 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.8 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.8 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.2 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.2 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.3 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.3 (for Intel64)

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.2 (for x86)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

RHEL5-Xen

RHEL-KVM

DOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

OVM for x86 Oracle VM Server for x86 OVM for SPARC Oracle VM Server for SPARC ESC ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser GLS PRIMECLUSTER GLS Navisphere EMC Navisphere Manager Solutions Enabler EMC Solutions Enabler MSFC Microsoft Failover Cluster

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.2 (for Intel64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.3 (for x86) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.3 (for Intel64)

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.4 (for x86) Linux Virtual Machine Function Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5.4 (for Intel64) Linux Virtual Machine Function

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.2 (for x86) Virtual Machine Function Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.2 (for Intel64) Virtual Machine Function Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.3 (for x86) Virtual Machine Function Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.3 (for Intel64) Virtual Machine Function

Microsoft(R) MS-DOS(R) operating system, DR DOS(R) SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86

SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 11 for EM64T

Solaris

SCVMM

Oracle Solaris10 05/09 (Update7) Media Pack Oracle Solaris11 11/11 Media Pack Oracle Solaris11.1 Media Pack

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager

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VMware

Abbreviation Products

VMware vSphere(R) 4 VMware vSphere(R) 4.1 VMware vSphere(R) 5

VMware vSphere(R) 5.1 VMware ESX VMware ESX 4 VMware(R) ESX(R) 4 VMware ESXi VMware(R) ESXi(TM) VMware ESXi 5.0 VMware(R) ESXi(TM) 5.0 VMware Tools VMware(R) Tools VMware vSphere 4.0 VMware vSphere(R) 4.0 VMware vSphere 4.1 VMware vSphere(R) 4.1 VMware vSphere 5 VMware vSphere(R) 5 VMware vSphere 5.1 VMware vSphere(R) 5.1 VMware vSphere Client VMware vSphere(R) Client VMware vCenter Server VMware(R) vCenter(TM) Server VMware vClient VMware(R) vClient(TM) VMware FT VMware(R) Fault Tolerance VMware DRS VMware(R) Distributed Resource Scheduler VMware DPM VMware(R) Distributed Power Management VMware vDS VMware(R) vNetwork Distributed Switch VMware Storage VMotion VMware(R) Storage VMotion

VMware(R) ESX(R)

VIOM ServerView Virtual-IO Manager BladeLogic BMC BladeLogic Server Automation

Windows(R) Internet Explorer(R) 8 Internet Explorer

ServerView Agent

RCVE ROR ServerView Resource Orchestrator ROR VE ServerView Resource Orchestrator Virtual Edition ROR CE ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition

Resource Coordinator

Windows(R) Internet Explorer(R) 9

Windows(R) Internet Explorer(R) 10

ServerView SNMP Agents for MS Windows (32bit-64bit)

ServerView Agents Linux

ServerView Agents VMware for VMware ESX Server

ServerView Resource Coordinator VE

Systemwalker Resource Coordinator

Systemwalker Resource Coordinator Virtual server Edition

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Chapter 1 Overview..................................................................................................................................................................1

1.1 Function List........................................................................................................................................................................................1

1.2 Flow of Operations..............................................................................................................................................................................2

Chapter 2 Login and Logout.....................................................................................................................................................5

Chapter 3 Home.......................................................................................................................................................................7

3.1 Setup Wizard........................................................................................................................................................................................7

3.2 Editing the Home Messages..............................................................................................................................................................11

Chapter 4 Dashboard (Pool Conditions).................................................................................................................................14

4.1 Pool Conditions Overview.................................................................................................................................................................14

4.2 Pool Conditions Display....................................................................................................................................................................14

4.3 Chart Display.....................................................................................................................................................................................18

4.4 Alert List Display ..............................................................................................................................................................................20

4.4.1 Alert List (All)............................................................................................................................................................................20

4.4.2 Alert List (for Each Chart)..........................................................................................................................................................22

4.4.3 Alert Resolve .............................................................................................................................................................................23

Chapter 5 Dashboard (System Conditions)............................................................................................................................24

5.1 System Conditions Display Range....................................................................................................................................................24

5.2 L-Platform System Conditions Display.............................................................................................................................................24

5.2.1 System Conditions Display.........................................................................................................................................................26

5.2.2 Configuration Information Display............................................................................................................................................33

5.3 VM Hosts System Conditions Display..............................................................................................................................................35

5.3.1 System Conditions Display.........................................................................................................................................................36

5.4 Server List Display............................................................................................................................................................................39

Chapter 6 Dashboard (Capacity Planning).............................................................................................................................42

6.1 Report Types......................................................................................................................................................................................42

6.2 Capacity Planning Operations...........................................................................................................................................................43

6.2.1 Scenario......................................................................................................................................................................................45

6.2.2 Conditions...................................................................................................................................................................................46

6.2.2.1 Target Settings.....................................................................................................................................................................46

6.2.2.2 View Settings.......................................................................................................................................................................48

6.2.3 Period..........................................................................................................................................................................................49

6.2.4 Operation Buttons (Display).......................................................................................................................................................50

6.2.5 Results Window..........................................................................................................................................................................50

6.2.6 CSV File Items............................................................................................................................................................................51

6.2.6.1 Effective resource use (VMware virtual machine relocation) ............................................................................................51

6.2.6.2 Effective resource use (VMware resource allocation optimization)...................................................................................58

6.2.6.3 Demand Forecast (ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool)..............................................................................59

6.3 Operations Using Scenarios...............................................................................................................................................................62

6.3.1 Simulating the Reallocation of Virtual Machines : [VMware virtual machine relocation]........................................................62

6.3.2 Optimization of Resources Allocated to a Virtual Machine : [VMware resource allocation optimization]..............................67

6.3.3 Anticipating the Future Demand for Resources : [ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool]....................................69

Chapter 7 Resource...............................................................................................................................................................70

Chapter 8 Template ...............................................................................................................................................................71

8.1 L-Platform Template Components....................................................................................................................................................71

8.2 Explanation of Windows...................................................................................................................................................................71

8.2.1 Menu...........................................................................................................................................................................................72

8.2.2 Startup Window..........................................................................................................................................................................72

8.2.3 L-Platform Template Window....................................................................................................................................................72

8.2.3.1 Template Tab.......................................................................................................................................................................73

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8.2.3.2 Segment Tab........................................................................................................................................................................74

8.2.3.3 Image Tab............................................................................................................................................................................76

8.2.3.4 Software Tab........................................................................................................................................................................77

8.3 L-Platform Template Operations.......................................................................................................................................................79

8.3.1 L-Platform Template Operations and Roles...............................................................................................................................79

8.3.2 Creating New L-Platform Template...........................................................................................................................................79

8.3.3 Copying L-Platform Template....................................................................................................................................................80

8.3.4 Editing L-Platform Template......................................................................................................................................................80

8.3.5 Deleting L-Platform Template....................................................................................................................................................81

8.3.6 Publishing and Hiding L-Platform Template..............................................................................................................................82

8.3.7 Publishing Image Information....................................................................................................................................................82

8.3.8 Synchronizing Image Information..............................................................................................................................................82

8.4 Items to Set for Each Type of L-Platform Template Information.....................................................................................................83

8.4.1 Software Information..................................................................................................................................................................83

8.4.2 Image Information......................................................................................................................................................................84

8.4.2.1 Select Image Page................................................................................................................................................................84

8.4.2.2 Set Basic Info Page..............................................................................................................................................................85

8.4.2.3 Select Software Page...........................................................................................................................................................87

8.4.2.4 Add Patch Info Page............................................................................................................................................................87

8.4.2.5 Confirm Page.......................................................................................................................................................................89

8.4.3 Segment Information..................................................................................................................................................................90

8.4.4 Template Information.................................................................................................................................................................90

8.4.4.1 Set Basic Info Page..............................................................................................................................................................91

8.4.4.2 Configure Page....................................................................................................................................................................92

8.4.4.3 Confirm Page.....................................................................................................................................................................100

Chapter 9 L-Platform............................................................................................................................................................101

9.1 Display L-Platform..........................................................................................................................................................................101

9.2 L-Platform Management..................................................................................................................................................................102

9.2.1 L-Platform Management Display Page.....................................................................................................................................102

9.2.2 L-Platform Detailed Information Display.................................................................................................................................106

9.2.3 Display Details on a Disk.........................................................................................................................................................108

9.3 Display Event Logs..........................................................................................................................................................................109

Chapter 10 Request.............................................................................................................................................................110

10.1 Checking an Application Status.....................................................................................................................................................110

10.2 Assessing an Application...............................................................................................................................................................112

Chapter 11 Tenant................................................................................................................................................................118

11.1 Overview of Tenant Management.................................................................................................................................................118

11.2 Displaying a Tenant List................................................................................................................................................................119

11.3 Creating a Tenant...........................................................................................................................................................................120

11.4 Modifying a Tenant.......................................................................................................................................................................123

11.5 Deleting a Tenant...........................................................................................................................................................................124

11.6 Displaying a User List...................................................................................................................................................................125

11.7 Registering a User..........................................................................................................................................................................126

11.8 Modifying a User...........................................................................................................................................................................129

11.9 Deleting a User..............................................................................................................................................................................130

11.10 Moving a User.............................................................................................................................................................................130

11.11 Changing a User Password..........................................................................................................................................................131

11.12 Displaying an L-Platform List.....................................................................................................................................................131

11.13 Changing an Owner.....................................................................................................................................................................133

11.14 Moving an L-Platform.................................................................................................................................................................134

Chapter 12 Accounting ........................................................................................................................................................137

12.1 Usage Charge Window..................................................................................................................................................................137

12.2 Usage Charge List .........................................................................................................................................................................139

12.3 Usage Charge Detail......................................................................................................................................................................140

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Chapter 13 Account..............................................................................................................................................................142

13.1 Referencing User Information.......................................................................................................................................................142

13.2 Changing User Information...........................................................................................................................................................142

13.3 Changing Passwords......................................................................................................................................................................143

Appendix A Using Commands to Register and Delete L-Platform Templates.....................................................................144

A.1 Registering L-Platform Templates..................................................................................................................................................144

A.1.1 Procedure for Registering L-Platform Templates....................................................................................................................144

A.2 Deleting L-Platform Templates......................................................................................................................................................146

A.2.1 Procedure for Deleting L-Platform Templates........................................................................................................................146

Appendix B Applying (Subscribe) for L-Platform Usage by Dual-Role Administrators.........................................................148

Appendix C Tenant Operation by Dual-Role Administrators................................................................................................150

Glossary...............................................................................................................................................................................151

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Chapter 1 Overview

This chapter explains the ROR Console.

1.1 Function List

This section explains the functions provided by ROR Console. ROR Console has two parts: "operation windows for tenant administrators and tenant users" and "operation windows for infrastructure

administrators". Windows intended for Tenant Administrators and tenant users are provided for L-Platform and user information operations. These windows

are configured by Tenant Administrators themselves, and have been provided to reduce the Infrastructure Administrator workload. Operation windows and dashboard windows intended for Infrastructure Administrators are also provided for L-Platform and user

information operations. These windows are provided to enable Infrastructure Administrators to display and operate all L-Platform and tenant information and to access important information quickly.

The ROR Console displays are customized for the user's role, to provide appropriate functions to each user. For example, tabs that the current user cannot operate are not displayed.

Figure 1.1 ROR Console

The table below shows the functions provided by the ROR Console. These functions correspond to the tabs displayed at the top of the ROR Console.

Function Overview Infrastructure

Administrator

Home The window displayed immediately

after login to the ROR Console. A function list and notifications are displayed.

Dashboard(Pool Conditions)

Dashboard (System Conditions)

Displays the resource pool usage status Yes Yes No

Displays L-Server performance information and configuration information

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Tenant

Administrator

Yes Yes Yes

Tenant user

Function Overview Infrastructure

Administrator

Tenant

Administrator

Tenant user

Dashboard (Capacity Planning)

Resource A window for managing the resource

Template A window for managing L-Platform

L-Platform A window for managing L-Platform Yes Yes Yes Request A window for assessing and approving

Accounting Usage charge for L-Platforms is

Tenant A window for managing tenants and

Account A window for changing a logged in

Option Sets the [Home] Tab as the window

Help Displays this product's manual Yes Yes Yes

Anticipate the demand for resource pools and perform simulations of VM guest reallocations.

pool and the relationship of resources to L-Server

Templates

L-Platform usage applications and other applications from tenant users

displayed.

users belonging to tenants

user's information and password

displayed at login.

Yes Yes No

Yes No No

Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes

Yes: Displayed (However, some functions may not be displayed according to the user's access rights.)

No: Not displayed Refer to "Chapter 2 Home", and subsequent chapters for details on these functions. However, refer to the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE" for information on the "Resource"

function.

1.2 Flow of Operations

This section explains the flow of operations using the ROR Console, from construction to operation, maintenance, and monitoring.

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Flow from Construction to Operation (Infrastructure Administrator)

Construction

1. Registering resources

Register resources. Refer to "Chapter 5 Registering Resources" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE" for details.

2. Registering network device control scripts

Deploy the network device control scripts. Refer to "5.7 Registering Network Devices" in the "Registering Resources" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE" for details.

3. Creating L-Server Templates and images

Create L-Server Templates and images. Refer to "Chapter 15 L-Server Template Operations" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE" for details.

4. Creating L-Platform Templates

Create L-Platform Templates. Refer to "8.3.2 Creating New L-Platform Template" for details.

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5. Publishing L-Platform Templates

Publish the created L-Platform Template. Refer to "8.3.6 Publishing and Hiding L-Platform Template" for details.

6. Creating tenants, tenant administrators, and tenant users

Operation

[Assessing Applications from Tenant]

1. Confirming content of applications

Check the content of applications, such as L-Platform usage applications, reconfigurations, cancellations, and so on, received from Tenant Administrators and tenant users. Refer to "9.2 L-Platform Management" for details.

2. Confirming resource pool status

Check the resource pool usage status in order to confirm whether or not the requested necessary resources can be guaranteed. Refer to "Chapter 4 Dashboard (Pool Conditions)" for details.

3. Assessing applications

Assessment the contents of applications from Tenant Administrators and tenant users. Refer to "10.2 Assessing an Application" for details.

[Managing Resource Pool]

1. Confirming resource pool status

Check the resource pool usage status to confirm that there are sufficient unused resources in the resource pool. Refer to "Chapter 4 Dashboard (Pool Conditions)" for details.

2. Registering resources

If necessary, Register resources to the resource pool to ensure sufficient free capacity. Refer to "Chapter 5 Registering Resources" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE" for details.

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Chapter 2 Login and Logout

This chapter describes how to open and close the ROR console.

Preparations

Before opening the ROR console, be sure to read the following instructions and restrictions.

- When accessing the ROR console, be sure to enable the Compatibility View in Internet Explorer. Select [View]-[Encoding] in Internet

Explorer, and check if [Auto-Select] is checked. If [Auto-Select] is not checked, select it.

- When downloading files using the ROR console, it is necessary to disable [Do not save encrypted pages to disk] in the Advanced

Settings of the browser.

- The ROR console uses the Web browser's standard fonts and is designed to be viewed in a window of 1024 by 768 pixels or larger.

When using a monitor with a higher resolution than this, it is recommended to enlarge the screen size. If the Web browser is resized by a significant amount, the display quality may deteriorate.

- The ROR console uses JavaScript, Active Script, Cookies, and IFRAMEs. These must be enabled in the Web browser settings before

using the ROR console. Use SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0.

- Specify either one of the following for the Web browser pop-up blocker:

- Disable the pop-up blocker

- Add the URL of the ROR Console to the Address of web site to allow setting.

Check with the system administrator for the URL of the ROR Console.

- Surrogate pair characters cannot be used on the ROR Console.

- When opening the ROR console right after launching a Web browser, a warning window concerning the site's security certificate will

be displayed. The following message is displayed: "There is a problem with this web site's security certificate." This warns the user that Resource Orchestrator uses a self-signed certificate to encrypt its HTTPS (SSL) communication with the Web browser. Resource Orchestrator generates a unique, self-signed certificate for each admin server during manager installation. Within a firewall-protected intranet, a network where the risk of identity theft is low, or where all correspondents are trusted, there is no risk in using self-signature certificates for communications. Accept the warning to display the Resource Orchestrator login screen. The login screen can be displayed by selecting the following option: "Continue to this web site (not recommended)."

- The background of the address bar will become red and the words "Certificate Error" will be displayed on the right side of the address

bar of the login screen, the ROR console, and BladeViewer. Furthermore, the Phishing Filter may show a warning on the status bar. These warnings are referring to the same self-signed certificate issue discussed in the previous bullet. It is safe to continue with the current browser settings.

- To stop displaying the security certificate warning screen and the certificate error icon, create a certificate associated with the IP

address or hostname of the admin server and add it to the Web browser. A login window with a URL differing from the address bar's URL in which the IP address or host name (FQDN) may be displayed depending on the OS configuration. There are no problems with using the displayed window. Refer to "Appendix B HTTPS Communication" in the "Design Guide CE" for details.

Opening the ROR Console

This section explains how to access the ROR console. Add the URL of the ROR console to the "Trusted sites" of the browser.

Start a Web browser from an admin client and specify the URL of the ROR console for connection. If the port number was changed, specify the new port number.

When the ROR console is connected, the login window is displayed. When Single Sign-On authentication has already been performed, the ROR console can be started without displaying the login window.

Refer to "Chapter 12 Installing and Defining Single Sign-On" in the "Design Guide CE" for details on Single Sign-On.

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URL: https://

On a Windows admin server, the ROR console can also be opened by selecting [start]-[All Programs]-[Resource Orchestrator]-[ROR console].

Admin_server_FQDN

:23461/

Note

- If the login screen is not displayed, confirm the following.

- URL entered in address bar of the Web browser.

- The proxy settings of the Web browser are correct.

- The firewall settings on the admin server are correct.

- If already logged in from another Web browser window, login may be performed automatically (without displaying the login screen).

In the login screen, enter the following items, and click <Login>. The ROR console or BladeViewer is displayed after a successful login.

- User ID

- Password

However, opening multiple Web browsers from an already opened browser window (e.g. using the [File]-[New Window] menu from a Web browser) may disable logging in as a different user.

To log in as a different user, start up a new Web browser from the Windows start menu. When logging in for the first time, the [Home] tab is displayed. When logging in for the second time and successive times, the tab that

was displayed at the last logout is displayed. It is also possible for each user to set whether the [Home] tab is to be displayed at login. To change the option, click "Options" in the upper

right corner of the ROR Console. This option is not reflected on the backup site during switchover due to Disaster Recovery. Each user has to change the option individually after switchover.

Logout

To log out, select "Logout" in the global header, and click <OK> in the confirmation dialog.

Note

- If the Web browser is closed without logging out first, user authentication may be skipped the next time Resource Orchestrator is

accessed. In that case, users will be automatically logged in using the previously used session. It is advised that the users log out properly after using the ROR console or BladeViewer.

- If the ROR console or BladeViewer has been opened simultaneously in several Web browser windows, those login sessions may be

terminated.

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Chapter 3 Home

This chapter explains the ROR Console Home window. When the ROR Console is started, the Home window is displayed. Refer to "Chapter 2 Login and Logout" for information on how to start

the ROR Console. The elements of the Home window are explained below.

- Functions list

The functions list displays the items that can be operated using ROR Console tabs. Click the triangle icon next to the Function list to toggle Display/Hide.

- Information

Information from the System Administrator and Infrastructure Administrator is displayed.

3.1 Setup Wizard

This section explains the initial setup using the Setup Wizard. Use the following procedure:

1. Select the [Home] tab from the ROR Console, and then click [Setup Wizard] displayed on the Tools of the Functions list.

2. Start the initial setup from the displayed window.

The following eight steps are required. In each step, click <Next> to move to the next step, and click <Back> to return to the previous step. In the last step, click <Finish>

to complete the initial setup. To move to the next step without changing the current settings in each step, simply click <Next>. Perform the following settings in each step. For details of the setting items for each step, refer to the table below.

Application Process

Select whether approval and assessment (application process) should be performed for L-Platform usage application, configuration modification, and cancellation.

Enter the SMTP server name, port number, and sender's email address.

Tenant

Enter the parameters for tenant management settings.

L-Platform1/2

Enter the parameters for L-Platform settings.

L-Platform2/2

Enter the parameters for L-Platform settings.

Accounting

Enter the parameters for usage fees for the L-Platform and Accounting Tabs.

OS Property

Enter the parameters to set for the OS when creating the virtual L-Server.

Confirm

The content of the settings can be checked.

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Note

- If the application process checkbox is being changed from on to off after the manager starts its operation, make sure that there

are no pending processes before changing it. If there are pending processes, finish all of them by cancelling, approving, rejecting, accepting, or dismissing each of them.

- Set the following settings on "L-Platform 1/2" and "L-Platform 2/2" before operations commence. This attribute cannot be

switched once operations have commenced.

- Overcommit function

- System disk for physical L-Servers

- Setting method for host name

- Setting method for L-Server's resource name

- Setting method for folder's resource name

3. Restart the manager for the settings (except OS Property) to take effect.

This table contains the settings involved for each step.

Step Setting Items Description Definition file reference

Step 1 Application

Process

Step 2 Email

Application process function Select whether to use the application

process. (*1) If "Disable" has been specified, the Request Tab will not be displayed on

the ROR Console. L-Platform subscription The Application Process regarding LL-Platform reconfiguration L-Platform cancellation

SMTP server name The host name and port number of the Port number Sender's email address

Platforms can be set. (*1)

If "Enable" is selected in Application

process and all these settings are

cleared, the Request tab will be

displayed on the ROR Console, but it

will not be possible to use the

application process. However, if

"Enable" is selected in the

Application process, these settings

can be modified for each tenant using

the tenant management windows of

the ROR Console.

SMTP server, and the sender's mail

address can be set. Also, when all

parameters are defined, the Mail

Sending function is enabled, and

SMTP server authentication is

defined as none.

Refer to "18.2.3 Setting Application process settings" and "18.2.4 Setting Application process to be used" in the "Setup Guide CE". (*2)

Refer to each setting of "18.1 Settings for Sending Email" in the "Setup Guide CE".

Step 3 Tenant

Perform user management by tenant administrator

Setting method for registering a tenant user by tenant administrator

Update user information to the directory service

Settings for management of users by

the tenant administrator and the

reflection of information on the

directory service when registering

users can be set.

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Refer to each setting of "8.6.1 Settings for Tenant Management and Account Management" in the "Operation Guide CE".

Step Setting Items Description Definition file reference

Step 4 L-Platform1/2

Overcommit function The L-Platform Management

overcommit function can be set.

When "Enable" is selected, the

definition for displaying the reserved

CPU frequency and memory in the

System Condition Server List is also

made.

Neither the number of CPUs nor the

memory size set in "Display Function

Settings for Estimated Price" and

"Usage Charge Calculator Settings",

which are settings related to the

overcommit function, are set here.

Please change the setting if necessary. Distribution ratio setting

method

Reconfigure an L-Platform from the template

The simple selection method for the

distribution ratios of CPUs and

memory that corresponds to the

distribution ratio settings of VMware

can be set.

When making an L-Platform usage

application, the value specified in the

L-Platform template can be modified.

Refer to "18.6 Settings for the Overcommit Function" in the "Setup Guide CE" and "8.8 System Condition Server List Setting" in the "Operation Guide CE".

Refer to "8.5.4 Distribution Ratio Setting" in the "Operation Guide CE".

Refer to "8.5.1 Settings for Permissions to Change L-Platform Templates" in the "Operation Guide CE".

Step 5 L-Platform2/2

Server specification setting method

Segment display method When performing an application to

System disk for physical LServers

Setting method for host names

Setting method for the LServer's resource name

Setting method for the folder's resource name

When making an L-Platform usage

application, or when changing the

configuration of an L-Platform, the

server specification setting method

can be set.

use an L-Platform, the method for

setting up the subnets that are

allocated to segments be can set.

When a physical L-Server is deployed

from the L-Platform window, the disk

to use as the system disk for the

physical L-Server can be set.

The Host Name of the virtual server

can be set.

"Tenant name + sequential number" is

displayed, only when "tenant name +

sequential number" is specified in the

host name settings for virtual servers.

The settings cannot be modified from

other settings to "tenant name +

sequential number".

The setting method for the resource

names of the folders and the L-Server

of the L-Platform created when

applying to use an L-Platform can be

set.

Refer to "8.5.3 Settings for the Simplified Reconfiguration Function" in the "Operation Guide CE".

Refer to "8.5.2 Subnet Settings at Segment Editing" in the "Operation Guide CE".

Refer to "18.9 System Disk Settings for Physical L-Servers" in the "Setup Guide CE".

Refer to "18.4 Setting the Host Names for Virtual Servers" in the "Setup Guide CE".

Refer to "18.5 Setting the Method for Setting Resource Names" in the "Setup Guide CE".

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Step Setting Items Description Definition file reference

Step 6 Accounting

Windows

Step 7

Propertie

Usage fee (estimated price) for L-Platform Tab

Display of the Accounting tab

Default cut-off date Default receiver's email

address for usage fee information

Domain name The default values of the information Full name Organization name Product key License mode Administrator password Confirm password Domain name

It is possible to set whether to display

the Usage fee (the estimated price) on

the L-Platform Tab in the L-Platform

Management window based on L-

Platform template accounting

information.

The usage charge calculator function

can be set.

on the [OS] tab, etc. can be set when

creating a virtual L-Server.

Refer to "8.7.1 Display Function Settings for Estimated Price" in the "Operation Guide CE".

Refer to "8.7.3 Usage Charge Calculator Settings" in the "Operation Guide CE".

Refer to "Appendix C.1.7 OS Property Definition File" in the "Setup Guide CE".

Linux

Windows/

Linux

*1: "Global settings" common across systems are used for the application process instead of "Unique settings" for each tenant. Refer to "11.3 Creating a Tenant" for information on " Unique settings".

*2: Regarding the use of the setup wizard and definition file:

DNS search path Hardware clock setting Primary DNS server Secondary DNS server

- In the setup wizard, the six items explained in "18.2.3 Setting Application process settings" and "18.2.4 Setting Application process

to be used" in the "Setup Guide CE" are displayed grouped into three items.

- When the items in the setup wizard are not checked, "false" is set for the corresponding item described in "18.2.3 Setting Application

process settings". When the items are checked, "true" is set.

- For the items described in "18.2.4 Setting Application process to be used", the definitions corresponding to the items checked in the

setup wizard are configured.

Point

In the setup wizard, the items explained in the sections indicated below are configured.

- "Chapter 8 Changing Settings" in the "Operation Guide CE"

- "Chapter 18 Post-Installation Procedures" in the "Setup Guide CE"

- "C.1.8 OS Property Definition File" in the "Setup Guide CE"

Start the setup wizard, and configure any items that need to be changed but are not configured in the setup wizard.

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"Setup Guide CE"

"Chapter 8 Creating Definition Files"

8.1 Definition Files (For Both Physical L-Servers and Virtual L-Servers)

8.2 Definition Files (For Physical L-Servers)

8.3 Definition Files (For Virtual L-Servers)

8.4 Definition Files (Network)

"Chapter 18 Post-Installation Procedures"

18.2.1 Registering an Application Process Assessor

18.3 Customizing the Dashboard

18.10 Setting for the Restarting Managers

18.11 Changing Multiple Operations of Managers

18.12 Edit the License Agreement

18.13 Editing the User Agreement when Registering a User

"Operation Guide CE"

"Chapter 8 Changing Settings"

8.5.6 Editing the Environment Setup File for the L-Platform API

8.5.7 Edit the License Agreement

8.5.8 Settings when RHEL5-Xen is used

8.5.9 Default Password Setting for Sent Emails

8.5.10 Settings for the Maximum Number of Connections for the L-Platform Template

8.5.11 Customizing the User Rights for L-Platform Operations

8.6 Settings for Tenant Management and Account Management

8.7 Accounting Settings

8.8 System Condition Server List Settings

8.9 Settings for Event Log Output for CMDB Agent

3.2 Editing the Home Messages

This section explains how to edit the messages that are shown in the lower section of the home window of the ROR console. Information can be edited from the ROR console using the following procedure:

1. To edit the message, select the tab from the following:

- For the Infra Admins Only

Edit messages sent to only the infrastructure administrator.

- For the General Users

Edit messages sent to the tenant administrator and to tenant users.

Point

The tenant administrator and the tenant user can only refer to the messages labeled General Users.

2. Click [Edit] on the upper-right side of the table.

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3. The [Edit - Information] window is displayed.

To add information, click [Add] on the [Edit - Information] window. To perform other operations, select information from the list, and then click [Move up]/[Move down], [Edit], or [Delete]. Click [Save] to save the changes after operations have been completed.

Adding Information

This section explains how to add information. Perform the following procedure to add information.

a. Click [Add] on the [Edit - Information] window.

The [Add entry] dialog is displayed.

b. Set the following items:

Schedule

There is no specified format. When not displaying the date, leave this field blank. Enter up to 30 alphanumeric characters or symbols. Commas (",") cannot be used.

Messages

Enter up to 250 alphanumeric characters or symbols.

c. Click [OK].

The entered information is added.

Editing Information

This section explains how to edit information. Perform the following procedure to edit information:

a. Select the information to edit from the list. b. Click [Edit].

The [Edit entry] dialog is displayed.

c. Set the following items:

Schedule

There is no specified format. When not displaying the date, leave this field blank. Enter up to 30 alphanumeric characters or symbols. Commas (",") cannot be used.

Messages

Enter up to 250 alphanumeric characters or symbols.

d. Click [OK].

The information is updated.

Moving Information

This section explains how to move information in the list. Perform the following procedure to move information:

a. Select the information to move from the list. b. Click [Move up] or [Move down].

The selected information is moved up or down one line.

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Deleting Information

This section explains how to delete information. Perform the following procedure to delete information:

a. Select the information to delete from the list. b. Click [Delete].

The [Delete entry] dialog is displayed.

c. Click [Yes].

The selected information is deleted.

4. Click [Save] to save the changes after operations have been completed.

Click [Cancel] to discard the changes and return to the [Information] window.

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Chapter 4 Dashboard (Pool Conditions)

This chapter explains how to use pool condition operations.

4.1 Pool Conditions Overview

The Pool Conditions can be used to monitor resource pool use. This section provides an overview of the Pool Conditions.

Pool Conditions window

The Pool Conditions displays charts for each of the following resource pools:

- VM pool (CPU) (*1)

- VM pool (memory) (*1)

- Storage pool

- Network pool

- Server pool (*2)

- Address pool (*2)

*1: The charts for overall volume, used volume, and L-Servers available for deployment will not consider VM hosts installed on physical L-Servers and registered in VM pools, and that operate on a physical server released during physical server reconfiguration.

* 2: Only displayed if physical servers are registered to the server pool.

Resource pool types

There are two types of resource pool:

- Infrastructure administrator: Global pools

- Tenant Administrator: Local pools managed by the Tenant Administrator

- Dual-role administrator: Global pools and local pools

Items displayed in charts

The following items are displayed in each of the resource pool charts:

- Vertical axis: Resource pool use rate (%)

- Horizontal axis: Date and time (Three months)

- Polyline graph: If there are multiple resource pools, the five with the highest use rate (the five with the highest total values of the

series) are displayed.

4.2 Pool Conditions Display

Perform the following steps to display the Pool Conditions:

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1. From the ROR console, select the Dashboard tab, then select Pool Conditions in the displayed sub tab.

Charts are displayed for use rate of each resource pool.

Note

Dual-role administrator privileges

Global pool is displayed by default when logging in as the dual-role administrator. To reference another pool, use the Tenant ID menu at the top right of the window.

The following table lists the six types of charts available.

Chart

VM pool (CPU) Displays the VM pool (CPU) use rate of each pool as polyline graphs. Always

displayed.

VM pool (memory) Displays the VM pool (memory) use rate of each pool as polyline graphs. Always

displayed.

Storage pool Displays the storage pool use rate of each pool as polyline graphs. Always

displayed.

Network pool Displays the network pool use rate of each pool as polyline graphs. Always

displayed.

Server pool Displays the server pool use rate of each pool as polyline graphs. This is only

displayed if physical servers are registered to the server pool.

Address pool Displays the address pool use rate of each pool as polyline graphs. This is only

displayed if physical servers are registered to the server pool.

Explanation

The table below shows the icons displayed in charts.

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Icon Explanation

Displays the relationship chart menu Selects the relationship chart for either "Use state" or "Allocatable L-Servers".

Switches between the use rate chart and the relationship chart.

Updates the chart with the most recent information

Toggles between table and polyline graph displays

Displays a list of functions The following functions may be used:

- Refresh: Updates the chart to the latest information.

- Change table/graph: Switches between the table and the graph.

- Drill up: If the relationship chart is displayed, this function

will switch to the use rate chart.

- Comments: Comments related to charts can be registered.

Related comments can also be referred to.

Export CSV: Data from the displayed chart can be output as a CSV file.

- Configure: The chart's appearance can be modified

temporarily. Modified content will not be saved.

Enlarges the chart display

2. Display detailed information in other charts.

If required, display detailed information in other charts. Refer to "4.3 Chart Display" for details of the information displayed in other charts. The table below shows how to display detailed information.

Item

Relationship chart

Click the relationship chart icon ( ) and select the chart to display from the

drop-down menu.

Display method Contents displayed

Displays a relationship chart in which the focus is switched to a display of resource pool absolute values or similar. The chart displayed varies depending on the resource pool. For example, the overall amount and used amount are displayed for the selected resource pool.

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A window example is shown below.

Point

When returning to the use rate window from the relationship chart window, click on the icon to move the displayed slider to the top.

Note

- If the Pool Conditions window is left open in a Web browser, the connection to the server may time-out and an error may display in

the window. If this occurs, close the Web browser, and then display the Pool Conditions window again.

- If the administrator changes the setting of the Pool Conditions while the ROR console window is displayed, the following messages

are displayed.

- The graph cannot be displayed.

- The table cannot be displayed.

- Failed to display Analytics screen.

- The Analytics Server is not started.

- The connection to the Analytics Server failed.

- Session is invalid.

- Unexpected error has occurred.

If this occurs, refresh the window of the Web browser or close the Web browser and then display the Dashboard window again. When the same message is displayed, try it again a few minute later.

- When a linked service is stopped, just a border may be displayed, or the display may indicate that there is no data Check logs such as

the operating system logs, and restart the Manager. Refer to "2.1 Starting and Stopping the Manager" in the "Operation Guide CE" for information on stopping and starting the Manager.

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4.3 Chart Display

This section explains the charts for each resource pool. The resource pool charts display resource pool use rates as polyline graphs for each resource pool. If there are multiple resource pools,

the use rates of the display periods of each of the resource pools are added together, and the top five are displayed in order, starting with the one with the highest total.

The use rate graph displays the daily average. The displayed data will be updated every five minutes. A VM pool (Memory) window example is shown below.

Detailed information can be displayed in other charts in the resource pool charts. The data displayed in the detailed information will be updated every five minutes. The table below shows the detailed information and usage scenarios. Refer to Step 2 under "4.2 Pool Conditions Display" for the operation

method. The table below shows the other charts.

Display format Detailed information Usage scenario

Relationship chart (Usage state)

Table Displays the total amount and the used amount of the

resource pool. The units are as follows:

- VM pool (CPU): GHz

Use this chart to check the number values (absolute values) for the used amount and number of networks/ servers/addresses.

- VM pool (memory): GB

- Storage pool: GB

- Network pool: Number of networks

- Server pool: Number of physical servers

- Address pool: Number of addresses

Relationship chart

Table Displays the number of L-Servers that can be deployed

to the resource pool (*2)

If there is insufficient free space or too few servers, use this chart to

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Display format Detailed information Usage scenario

(Allocatable LServers) (*1)

*1: The relationship chart that displays the number of deployable L-Servers is not displayed for network pools and address pools. LServers can be deployed even if the network pool and address pool are exhausted.

*2: For all storage pools that have thin provisioning function enabled, zero is displayed as the number of L-Servers that can be deployed, regardless of the L-Platform Template type. Specify thin provisioning function enable/disable separately for each storage pool.

VM pool (CPU) relationship chart windows are shown below.

check the number of L-Servers that can be deployed.

- Example: The number values (absolute values) for the used amount and number is shown below.

Example: L-Servers that can be deployed is shown below.

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4.4 Alert List Display

This section explains the Alert list. If an alert has occurred in a resource pool, detailed information on the alert that has occurred can be checked by the Alert List.

The methods of checking detailed information on alerts are the method of displaying all alerts and the method of displaying alerts for each chart.

Information

Refer to "Appendix E To Customize Dashboard" in the "Setup Guide CE" for information on how to customize alert information.

4.4.1 Alert List (All)

When the Alert button is clicked from the Pool Conditions window, the Alert list (all) window will be displayed.

Figure 4.1 Alert List (All)

The table below explains the buttons at the top right of the Alert list window.

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Button Description

Refresh Updates the Alert list to the latest status. Comments The Comment dialog box will be displayed.

Adds a comment on an alert selected from the Alert list. Allows a history of past comments to be viewed. In addition, changes the status of an alert to "Resolve Alert" in accordance with the addition of the comment.

Configure The Alert Configure dialog box will be displayed.

Sets the alert display. Modifies search conditions and customizes the display result. The changes of setting in the Alert list are applied until the window is closed. When the Alert list is closed and opened again, the setting will be reset to the default values.

Print Outputs an image of the Alert list.

The table below explains the tab at the bottom of the Alert list window.

Tab Description

Details Displays detailed information on an alert selected from the Alert list.

The background of the attributes specified as the alert conditions will be displayed in yellow. Refer to "E.2.2 Customizing Threshold Values" in the "Setup Guide CE" for information on setting conditions.

[Comment] dialog box

This section explains the Comment dialog box.

Item Description

Add Comment Adds a comment on the selected alert. Comment history Allows a history of past comments to be viewed.

Button Description

Resolve Alert Changes an alert to resolve alert.

A comment is entered in the Add Comment column beforehand.

Add Comment Adds a comment on an alert that has occurred.

[Alert configuration] dialog box (Search Fields)

Item Description

Time Select the date and time at which the alert to be searched for occurred. Alert solved status Select the status. Message Enter the message to be searched for. Alert type Select "Critical". Target Events

(Mandatory item)

Select the events to be searched, "System [Business process]".

Alert Name (Mandatory item)

Alert level This is fixed at "100".

Select the alert name.

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[Alert configuration] dialog box (Custom Columns)

Set the contents of the items in the table below that are displayed in the Alert list window.

Item Description

Auto Refresh Specify the interval at which the window is to be updated.

The default is "5".

Number of results Specify the number of items to be displayed in the Alert list. Custom Columns Select the items to be displayed in the Alert list from "Available Custom Columns".

4.4.2 Alert List (for Each Chart)

Use either of the following methods to display an Alert list (for each chart):

- Click the alert icon ( ) that is displayed in each chart.

- Select Show relational alerts from the Show function menu of each chart.

Figure 4.2 Alert List(for Each Chart)

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The table below explains the buttons at the top right of the Alert list window.

Button Description

Comments The Comment dialog box will be displayed.

Adds a comment on an alert selected from the Alert list. Allows a history of past comments to be viewed. In addition, changes the status of an alert to resolve in accordance with the addition of the comment.

Print Outputs an image of the Alert list.

The table below explains the tab at the bottom of the Alert list window.

Tab Description

Details Displays detailed information on an alert selected from the Alert list.

4.4.3 Alert Resolve

When an alert occurs, an alert icon ( ) will be displayed at the top left of the charts. When the alert has been changed to resolve all of the alerts for the chart, the alert icon displayed at the top left of the charts will disappear.

The procedure for changing a displayed alert to resolve the alert is shown below.

1. Click the Alert button. Alternatively, use the method explained in "4.4.2 Alert List (for Each Chart)" to display the Alert list window.

2. Select the alert to be changed to resolve and click the Comments button.

The Comment dialog box will be displayed.

3. Enter a comment in the "Add Comment" column and then click the Resolve Alert button.

The comment entered in the "Comment history" column will be displayed.

4. Click the Close button and close the Comment dialog box.

When the alert is changed to "Resolve alert, a check mark (

) will be added to the "Status" column of the list.

Note

- If the window display does not change even if the alert has been changed to "resolve alert", click the Refresh button.

- The Alert list for each chart will only display unresolved alerts, and will not display alerts that have been resolved.

Information

The following procedure can be used to return an alert that was changed to resolve back to having alert status once again:

1. Select the resolving alert and then open the Comment dialog box.

2. Enter a comment, click the Reopen Alert button, and then close the dialog box.

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Chapter 5 Dashboard (System Conditions)

This chapter explains how to monitor system conditions.

Note

The following message may be displayed during monitoring of system conditions:

The authority error occurred. Closing the browser.

This error occurs if, for example, the same user ID is used to log in from a different client. In this case, log in again correctly.

5.1 System Conditions Display Range

The system conditions can display the following information for all tenants and VM hosts:

- CPU utilization

- Disk R/W usage

- Disk R/W count

- Memory usage

- Network usage

Note

For tenants

- The above information is not displayed for L-Servers incorporated in the system using the L-Server import function of this product.

- Disk R/W usage, disk R/W count, memory usage, and network usage are not displayed if the virtualization software is Hyper-V.

However, if the dynamic memory setting is enabled, memory usage is displayed.

- Disk R/W usage is not displayed if the virtualization software is RHEL5-Xen.

- Disk R/W usage is not displayed if the virtualization software is RHEL-KVM.

- The performance graph (disk R/W usage, disk R/W count, and network usage) will not be displayed if the virtualization software used

is Solaris Zones.

- Network usage is not displayed if the physical L-Server is Linux/Solaris.

For VM hosts

- Network usage is not displayed if the VM host virtualization software used is either RHEL5-Xen, RHEL-KVM, or Solaris Zones.

5.2 L-Platform System Conditions Display

Perform the following steps to display the L-Platform system conditions:

1. From the ROR console, select the Dashboard tab, then select System Conditions in the displayed sub tab.

The System Conditions window is displayed.

2. In the System Conditions window, select the Tree Display tab.

The configuration of all tenants is displayed in the tree at the left. At View, the "Tenant" showing a tree configuration is displayed. Users can toggle between "Tenant" and "Tenant (History)".

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- Tenant

Displays the L-Platforms and L-Servers currently in use.

- Tenant (History)

The L-Platforms and L-Servers, including ones used in the past, are displayed. Those that were cancelled over a year ago are no longer displayed in the history.

Point

The following describes how to find an L-Platform to display when there are a large number of L-Platforms.

1. Select the tenant in the pane on the left. When there are a large number of tenants, use the browser's "find on this page" feature

to find the tenant while the tenant list is displayed in the pane on the left.

2. Expand the tree of the tenant found in step 1, then use the browser's "find on this page" feature to find the L-Platform while

the L-Platform list is displayed.

3. From the tree at the left, select the L-Platform for which to display the system conditions.

The selected L-Platform is displayed in the CI list on the right. If the "L-Platform" folder is selected in the tree, all L-Platforms under the folder are displayed in the CI list.

If an L-Server is selected in the tree, information about the selected server is displayed in the CI list. The L-Platforms and L-Servers under each folder in the tree are displayed in descending order based on their update date and

time.

4. Select an L-Platform in the CI list, and then click the Show Graph button.

The system conditions is displayed in the lower part of the CI list. Refer to "5.2.1 System Conditions Display" for details on the displayed system conditions.

The table below explains the displayed items.

Item Explanation

Nickname Displays the display name of the configuration item.

If the CI list Nickname link is clicked, the configuration information of the target tenant, L-Platform or L-Server is displayed in a separate window. Refer to "5.2.2

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Item Explanation

Configuration Information Display" for the displayed configuration information.

The following display names are displayed in accordance with the CI type:

- For the tenant CI type: The tenant name determined during tenant registration

("tenant name (tenant ID)")

- For the L-Platform CI type: The L-Platform subscription name set during L-

Platform subscription

- For the L-Server CI type: The L-Server name set during L-Platform subscription

or L-Platform reconfiguration ("server name (host name)")

CI Type This column displays the configuration item type.

The CI type displayed depends on the element selected in the tree at the left. The CI types are as follows:

- Tenant: If a tenant is selected

- L-Platform: If an L-Platform is selected

- L-Server: If an L-Server is selected

Note

Clicking the CI list column headers to sort the columns is effective only for the range displayed in that page. The sorting specification is reset when the next or previous page is displayed. Sorting spanning multiple pages is not available.

5.2.1 System Conditions Display

The system conditions of the L-Platforms selected in the system conditions window CI list is displayed as a graph at System Conditions in the lower part of the window. Up to five L-Servers can be displayed at once in the graphs. If more than five L-Servers are selected, the first five are displayed.

The system conditions contents can be switched by clicking the System Conditions tabs. The table below shows the contents under the System Conditions tabs.

Tab name Display content (*1) Graph type Display interval Display

interval

switching (*2)

Total Totals for each status Vertical bar graph 30 minutes, starting from the current time Not possible CPU CPU utilization Horizontal

polyline graph

Disk Disk R/W usage (*3) Horizontal

polyline graph

Disk R/W count (*4) Horizontal

polyline graph

Memory Memory usage (*5) Horizontal

polyline graph

Network Network usage (*6) Horizontal

polyline graph

One hour/day/month/year from the current time

Possible

All Overview of all the above

statuses

*1: Information is displayed using a different color for each L-Server.

Horizontal polyline graph

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One hour/day/month/year from the current time

Possible

*2: The display interval can be switched to a shorter interval by clicking the data plotting area of a horizontal polyline graph, or switched to a longer interval by clicking outside the data plotting area.

*3: Disk usage and network usage are not displayed if the virtualization software is Hyper-V, RHEL5-Xen, and Solaris Zones. *4: The disk R/W count is not displayed if the virtualization software is Hyper-V, RHEL-KVM, and Solaris Zones. *5: The memory usage is not displayed if the virtualization software is Hyper-V. However, it is displayed if the dynamic memory

setting is enabled. *6: The network usage is not displayed if the virtualization software is Hyper-V, and Solaris Zones. It is also not displayed if the

physical L-Server is Linux/Solaris.

Note

- Information obtained from virtualization software is displayed in the system conditions. Virtual Memory usage is not included.

- The system conditions data is not reflected in the display until collection at the fixed intervals shown below is completed.

Check the display after the fixed intervals shown below.

Tab name Display period (*) Collection time required before displaying

Total 30 days one whole day (from 0:00 to 23:59) CPU

Disk Memory Network

* Note: The display period in each tab except for Total tab can be selected from one hour, one day, one month, or one year.

one hour ten whole minutes (from 0 minutes to 9 minutes) one day one whole hour (from 0 minutes to 59 minutes) one month/one year one whole day (from 0:00 to 23:59)

- System conditions data is not displayed if the power is off at the monitored L-Server.

- If the CPU utilization status continues at 100% at the monitored L-Server, data collection timing may be delayed and an error of about

one second may occur. This may cause CPU utilization (average value for a specified unit of time) to exceed 100%. Take into account the possibility of data errors when using this display.

Example: If a monitored L-Server has one CPU and is displayed in units of one hour, the value in the system conditions graphs and CSV file data may be displayed as 100.03% (60.02 minutes (near equal 3601 seconds)/60 minutes) even though the upper limit for CPU utilization is 100%.

Display examples for the Total tab and the All tab are shown below.

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- Total tab

- All tab

At each tab, the following icons displayed in the title bar can be used:

Icon Tool tip Explanation

Update Updates the displayed contents

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Icon Tool tip Explanation

Download CSV file Downloads the graph data in CSV format

Minimize Minimizes the specified window

Maximize Maximizes the specified window

Restore Restores the maximized window

The table below shows the CSV file items if data is downloaded from each graph. Note that the CSV file encoding is Shift-JIS.

Graph type Column name Explanation Unit Description

CPU utilization

sdattim

resrcid Resource ID

recid Record ID

consintl Interval time second

Collection start time (*)

yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss

- in case of physical servers and

Windows: "#" + CPU number or _Total

- in case of physical servers and Linux/

Solaris: CPU number or _Total

- in case of Hyper-V:

VM name + ":Hv VP" + virtual Processer number

Output any of the following

- WIN_CPUBUSY

- UX_CPUBUSY

- VMW_GCPU

- HV_VCPU

- XEN_CPU

- KVM_CPU

- in case of interval time is 10 minutes:

600

- in case of 1 hour: 3600

coverage

cpupcent CPU utilization %

vmgcused CPU utilization %

physres

ptrtim CPU utilization %

Data coverage (0 to 1)

Physical CPU information or virtual CPU information

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- in case of 24 hour: 86400

Output for physical servers Processer utilization

Output only for VMware Physical CPU utilization per virtual machine

Output only for VMware

Output only for Hyper-V Utilization of virtual processors allocated to a virtual machine and consumed by hypervisor code

Graph type Column name Explanation Unit Description

Output only for RHEL5-Xen

xenpcused CPU utilization %

CPU utilization (total utilization of virtual CPUs set in the domain)

Disk R/W usage

xencpun

Nickname VM name

kvmcpupcent CPU utilization %

kvmcpus

zonecpucappct CPU utilization %

sdattim

resrcid Resource ID

recid Record ID

Number of virtual CPUs in the domain

Collection start time (*)

number Output only for RHEL5-Xen

Output only for RHEL-KVM CPU utilization (total utilization of virtual CPUs set in the domain)

Output only for RHEL-KVM

Output for Solaris Zones CPU utilization (utilization of virtual CPUs set in the zone)

yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss

- in case of physical servers and

Windows: drive name or _Total

- in case of physical servers and Linux/

Solaris: device name

Output any of the following

- WIN_PHYDISKBUSY

- UX_DISKBUSY

- VMW_DISK

- KVM_DISK

- in case of interval time is 10 minutes:

600

consintl Interval time second

- in case of 1 hour: 3600

- in case of 24 hour: 86400

coverage preadbyt Disk read usage bytes Output only for Windows pwritbyt Disk write usage bytes Output only for Windows iokreads Disk read usage Kbytes Output only for Linux/Solaris iokwrite Disk write usage Kbytes Output only for Linux/Solaris

vmdmbread Disk read usage Mbytes

vmdmbwrt Disk write usage Mbytes

Nickname

Data coverage (0 to 1)

VM name

Output only for VMware Disk read usage for virtual machine and storage device units

Output only for VMware Disk write usage for virtual machine and storage device units

Output for VMware/RHEL5-KVM/ physical server

kvmdiskblockrdby Disk read usage bytes

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Output only for RHEL-KVM Disk read usage in the domain

Graph type Column name Explanation Unit Description

Disk R/W count

kvmdiskblockwrby Disk write usage bytes

sdattim

resrcid Resource ID

recid Record ID

consintl Interval time second

coverage

preadsec Disk read count

Collection start time (*)

Data coverage (0 to 1)

Output only for RHEL-KVM Disk write usage in the domain

yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss

- in case of physical servers and

Windows: drive name or _Total

- in case of physical servers and Linux/

Solaris: device name

Output any of the following

- WIN_PHYDISKBUSY

- UX_DISKBUSY

- VMW_DISK

- in case of interval time is 10 minutes:

600

- in case of 1 hour: 3600

- in case of 24 hour: 86400

Output only for Windows Physical disk read operation count

Memory usage

pwritsec Disk write count

ioreads Disk read count

iowrite Disk write count

vmdreads Disk read count

vmdwrites Disk write count

vbdrd

vbdwr Disk write count

Nickname VM name

sdattim

resrcid Resource ID

Disk read count

Collection start time (*)

Output only for Windows Physical disk write operation count

Output only for Linux/Solaris read count

Output only for Linux/Solaris write count

Output only for VMware Disk read count for virtual machine and storage device units

Output only for VMware Disk write count for virtual machine and storage device units

Output only for RHEL5-Xen Virtual block device read count

Output only for RHEL5-Xen Virtual block device write count

Output for VMware/RHEL5-Xen/physical server

yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss

- in case of physical servers and

Windows: MEMORY

- in case of physical servers and Linux/

Solaris: FREEMEM

recid

Record ID

Output any of the following

- WIN_MEMORY

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Graph type Column name Explanation Unit Description

- UX_MEMFREE

- VMW_MEM

- HV_DMEM_VM

- XEN_MEM

- KVM-MEM

- in case of interval time is 10 minutes:

600

consintl Interval time

- in case of 1 hour: 3600

- in case of 24 hour: 86400

Network utilization

coverage

comtot Memory usage bytes

freememp Memory usage bytes

memuse Memory usage percent Output only for Linux

Vmgmtm Memory usage Mbytes

ppmemdmvm

xenavm Memory usage Mbytes

Nickname VM name

kvmmemused Memory usage Mbytes

zonepmemused Memory usage Kbytes

sdattim

Data coverage (0 to 1)

Memory usage Mbytes

Collection start time (*)

Output only for Windows Commit size

Output only for Linux Memory size utilization for user processes

Output only for VMware Estimated working set size of resource pool and virtual machine units

Output only for Hyper-V Current memory capacity of virtual machine

Output only for RHEL5-Xen Memory capacity allocated to domain

Output only for RHEL-KVM Memory capacity allocated to domain

Output for Solaris Zones Memory capacity allocated to zone

yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss

resrcid Resource ID

recid Record ID

consintl Interval time

coverage

Data coverage (0 to 1)

Output only for Windows Network device name

Output any of the following

- WIN_NET_INTERFACE

- VMW_NET

- XEN_NET

- KVM-NET

- in case of interval time is 10 minutes:

600

- in case of 1 hour: 3600

- in case of 24 hour: 86400

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Graph type Column name Explanation Unit Description

ifbytin

ifbytot Network usage (sent) bytes

vmnpmvtr Network usage (sent) Mbits

vmnpmbrecv

xenkbtx Network usage (sent) Kbytes

xenkbrx

Nickname VM name

kvmnetrxby

Network usage (received)

bytes

Mbits

Kbytes

bytes

Output only for Windows Amount of received data(byte)

Output only for Windows Amount of sent data(byte)

Output only for VMware Amount of data transferred by virtual network device port unit

Output only for VMware Amount of data received by virtual network device port unit

Output only for RHEL5-Xen Amount of data sent by virtual network interface

Output only for RHEL5-Xen Amount of data received by virtual network interface

Output for VMware/RHEL5-Xen/RHELKVM/and physical servers with Windows OS

Output only for RHEL-KVM Amount of data sent by virtual network interface

Output only for RHEL-KVM

kvmnettxby Network usage (sent) bytes

* Note: When the information from the virtual L-server where the live migration was performed is output to CSV, the following phenomena may occur:

Amount of data received by virtual network interface

- Information for a certain point of time is output twice

- Information for a certain point of time is not output

If there is a large difference in the time and date in the VM host where the live migration was performed, the above phenomena will be more likely to occur.

5.2.2 Configuration Information Display

The tenant, L-Platforms and L-Servers displayed in the CI list of the system conditions window are managed as configuration items (CIs). When the Nickname link in the CI list of the system conditions window is clicked, the configuration information of the target tenant, L-

Platform or L-Server is displayed in a separate window. A display example is shown below.

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The table below explains the displayed items.

Item Explanation

Selected Information

GID Displays the identifier set by the system to identify the configuration item. CI Type Displays the configuration item type.

The CI types are as follows:

- Tenant: If a tenant is selected

- L-Platform: If an L-Platform is selected

- L-Server: If an L-Server is selected

Nickname Displays the display name of the configuration item.

The following display names are displayed in accordance with the CI type:

- For the tenant CI type: The tenant name determined during tenant

registration ("tenant name (tenant ID)")

- For the L-Platform CI type: The L-Platform subscription name set during

L-Platform subscription

- For the L-Server CI type: The L-Server name set during L-Platform

subscription or L-Platform reconfiguration ("server name (host name)")

Record Displays the type of records held by the configuration item.

[0], indicating the actual information, is displayed.

Record Detailed Tree This is a tree of the elements comprising the configuration item.

The following elements are displayed in accordance with the CI type:

- For the tenant CI type: Tenants

- For the L-Platform CI type: Instances

- For the L-Server CI type: L-Server node information

When an element is selected, the element attribute values are displayed in the basic information. Values are displayed as attribute values, and differ depending on the element:

If the element is a tenant: The value determined during tenant registration

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Item Explanation

- If the element is an instance: The value set during L-Platform

subscription

- If the element is L-Server node information: The value set during L-

Platform subscription or L-Platform reconfiguration

Basic Information

Close button When this button is clicked, the window closes.

Attribute Displays the attribute name. When the label in the upper part is clicked, items

can be sorted by attribute name.

Value Displays the attribute value. When the label in the upper part is clicked, items

can be sorted by attribute value.

5.3 VM Hosts System Conditions Display

Perform the following steps to display the VM hosts system conditions:

1. From the ROR console, select the Dashboard tab, then select System Conditions in the displayed sub tab.

The System Conditions window is displayed.

2. In the System Conditions window, select the Tree Display tab.

Select the "VM Host" under View.

Point

If there are several VM hosts, search for the desired VM host by displaying the list of VM hosts and then using the web browser's 'Find on this Page' function.

3. From the tree at the left, select the VM hosts for which to display the system conditions.

The selected VM hosts are displayed in the CI list on the right. If the "VM hosts" folder is selected in the tree, all VM hosts under the folder are displayed in the CI list.

4. Select a VM hosts in the CI list, and then click the Show Graph button.

The system conditions is displayed in the lower part of the CI list. Refer to "5.3.1 System Conditions Display" for details on the displayed system conditions.

The table below explains the displayed items.

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Item Explanation

VM Host Displays the VM host name displayed at Resource tab - Trees pain in ROR console

display. Note that name change is not always reflected immediately in some cases, for example, when you change the VM host name on the VM Management Software. The change is usually reflected within five minutes.

IP Address Displays the IP address of the VM host. Number of VMs Displays the number of the running VM guests that was deployed on the VM host in

the L-Platform management page.

VM Type Displays the type of the VM host.

Example:

- "VMware": VMware

- "Hyper-V": Hyper-V

- "RHEL-KVM": RHEL-KVM

- "Solaris Containers": Solaris Zones

Note

5.3.1 System Conditions Display

The system conditions of the VM hosts selected in the system conditions window CI list is displayed as a graph at System Conditions in the lower part of the window. Up to five VM hosts can be displayed at once in the graphs. If more than five VM hosts are selected, the first five are displayed.

The system conditions contents can be switched by clicking the System Conditions tabs. The table below shows the contents under the System Conditions tabs.

Tab name Display content (*1) Graph type Display interval Display

interval

switching (*2)

Total Totals for each status Vertical bar graph 30 minutes, starting from the current time Not possible CPU CPU utilization Horizontal

polyline graph

Disk Disk R/W usage Horizontal

polyline graph

Disk R/W count Horizontal

polyline graph

Memory Memory usage Horizontal

polyline graph

Network Network usage (*3) Horizontal

polyline graph

One hour/day/month/year from the current time

Possible

All Overview of all the above

statuses

*1: Information is displayed using a different color for each L-Server.

Horizontal polyline graph

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One hour/day/month/year from the current time

Possible

*3: Will not display if the VM host virtualization software used is either RHEL5-Xen, RHEL-KVM, or Solaris Zones.

Note

- The system conditions data is not reflected in the display until collection at the fixed intervals shown below is completed.

Check the display after the fixed intervals shown below.

Tab name Display period (*) Collection time required before displaying

Total 30 days one whole day (from 0:00 to 23:59) CPU

Disk Memory Network

* Note: The display period in each tab except for Total tab can be selected from one hour, one day, one month, or one year.

one hour ten whole minutes (from 0 minutes to 9 minutes) one day one whole hour (from 0 minutes to 59 minutes) one month/one year one whole day (from 0:00 to 23:59)

- System conditions data is not displayed if the power is off at the monitored L-Server.

- Proper data collection cannot take place if the VM host to be monitored continuously indicates CPU utilization of 100%. Accordingly,

a display resembling one of the examples below may appear. Example:

- CPU utilization rate displays as exceeding 100%.

- Data cannot be collected, graph does not display.

- If the virtualization software of the VM host is Hyper-V, network usage of a virtual network is the sum of network usage of the physical

NICs that are registered with the virtual network. Because of this, in a system environment where each physical NIC of a teaming configuration is registered with virtual networks, each NIC is included for the calculation, therefore network usage is doubly added up.

- To provide a viewpoint of hosts, memory usage is displayed as the total memory usage of a host including usage in the VM kernel

and the service console. The memory usage of the system conditions display can be used to check the total memory usage of a host at that moment.

Display examples for the Total tab and the All tab are shown below.

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- Total tab

- All tab

At each tab, the following icons displayed in the title bar can be used:

Icon Tool tip Explanation

Update Updates the displayed contents

Download CSV file Downloads the graph data in CSV format

Minimize Minimizes the specified window

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Icon Tool tip Explanation

Maximize Maximizes the specified window

Restore Restores the maximized window

The table below shows the CSV file items if data is downloaded from each graph. Note that the CSV file encoding is Shift-JIS.

Graph type Column name Explanation Unit Description

CPU utilization

Disk R/W usage

Disk R/W count

Memory usage

Network utilization

date_time Collection start time yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss Nickname VM host Nickname value date_time Collection start time yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss Nickname VM host Nickname value Disk R/W usage Mbytes date_time Collection start time yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss Nickname VM host Nickname value date_time Collection start time yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss Nickname VM host Nickname value Memory usage Mbytes date_time Collection start time yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss Nickname VM host Nickname

value

5.4 Server List Display

CPU utilization

Disk R/W count

Network usage (sent and received)

Mbytes

Perform the following steps to display the server list:

1. From the ROR console, select the Dashboard tab, then select System Conditions in the displayed sub tab.

The System Conditions window is displayed.

2. In the System Conditions window, select the Server List tab.

3. Enter the search conditions in the left pane.

Select or enter the following item, and then click the Search button.

Item Explanation

Tenant In the displayed tenant list, select the checkbox of the tenant to display. Use the

browser's "find on this page" feature to find a tenant when there are a large number of tenants. The Select/Deselect All button checkbox can be used to switch between selecting and deselecting all tenant checkboxes.

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4. A list of servers that match the search conditions is displayed.

The table below explains the items displayed in the server list.

Item Explanation

Tenant Name The tenant name of the tenant related to the L-Server

Example: First Business Department

L-Server Name The server name of the L-Server

Example: ID015-WEB-001

Host Name The host name of the L-Server

Example: V4KRXZS6R60001

Type The L-Server type

Example: economy

IP Address IP address of the L-Server control NIC

Example: 192.0.2.10

Number of CPUs Number of CPUs

Example: 2

CPU Clock (GHz) The CPU clock rate, in GHz units

Example: 2.0

Reserved CPU Clock (GHz)

Memory (GB) The memory size allocated to the L-Server, in GB units

Reserved Memory (GB)

The minimum applied value of the CPU clock rate reserved for the L-Server, in GHz units Example: 1.6 The CPU reserve clock rate is displayed only if the over-commit display function of the viewlist_ja.xml file is enabled. Refer to "8.8 System Conditions Server List Settings" in the "Operation Guide CE" for the viewlist_ja.xml file setting method.

Example: 4.0 The minimum applied value of the memory size rate reserved for the L-Server, in GB units

Example: 2.0 The memory reserve size is displayed only if the over-commit display function of the viewlist_ja.xml file is enabled. Refer to "8.8 System Conditions Server List Settings" in the "Operation Guide CE" for the viewlist_ja.xml file setting method.

System Disk (GB) The disk size used as the system disk, in GB units

Example: 30.0

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Item Explanation

Total Added Disk(GB) The total value of the disk size for added disks. If there are multiple added disks, the total

value for those disks is output. The unit is GB. Example: 60.0

Note

Clicking the server list column headers to sort the columns is effective only for the range displayed in that same page. The sorting specification is reset when the next or previous page is displayed. Sorting spanning multiple pages is not available.

Point

The following describes how to find an L-Server to display when there are a large number of servers in the server list.

1. Select the checkbox for the tenant in the pane on the left. If you do not know the tenant name, select the Select/Deselect

All checkbox so that all tenant checkboxes are checked.

2. Click the Search button in the pane on the left.

3. Use the browser's "find on this page" feature to find the L-Server to display while the server list for the tenant found in step

2 is displayed in the pane on the right. You can change the number of items displayed per page with the drop-down list at the top of the pane on the right. For example, change the number of results displayed from 50 to 300.

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Chapter 6 Dashboard (Capacity Planning)

This chapter describes capacity planning operations. Scenarios are prepared in the Capacity Planning window to suit any operational purpose. Analysis and planning are facilitated by checking each report in turn

Note

If the character " ' " is used in the display name of a tenant, it is displayed as the character "_" on the Capacity Planning window.

6.1 Report Types

This section describes the types of reports for each category. Refer to "6.3 Operations Using Scenarios" for information on the categories.

VMware virtual machine relocation

Reports Display item Description

VMware rsc. usage cond.(List of host)

VMware rsc. usage cond. (Virtual machine stack)

VMware virtual machine relocation simulation

- CPU usage amount and rate

- Memory usage amount and rate

- Disk I/O count

- Disk throughput

- Network send and receive count

- Network throughput

- Built-in resource information

- CPU usage amount

- Memory usage amount

- Disk I/O count

- Disk throughput

- Network send and receive count

- Network throughput

- CPU usage amount

- Memory usage amount

- Disk I/O count

Understand the use of resources on the VM host (VMware) registered in the pool. VM hosts with available resources will be detected as VM hosts that might be consolidated.

Check the virtual machines located in the VM host and their resource usage for the VM hosts considered as migration sources in "VMware rsc. usage cond. (List of host)".

Check the resource usage in each virtual machine in the migration source, and use this information to ascertain which virtual machine should be allocated to which destination candidate VM host.

Simulate the resource usage if virtual machines considered as migration candidates are reallocated to VM hosts considered as migration targets.

- Disk throughput

- Network send and receive count

- Network throughput

VMware resource allocation optimization

Reports Display item Description

VMware res. usage cond. (List of virtual machine)

- CPU (usage amount and rate)

- Memory (usage amount and rate)

Displays the virtual machines located in VM hosts and the resource usage status.

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ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool

Reports Reports Display item Description

VM pool(CPU) (demand forecast) VM pool(CPU) (demand forecast) Perform regression analysis based on historical VM pool(Memory) (demand

forecast) Storage pool (demand forecast) Storage pool (demand forecast) Network pool (demand forecast) Network pool (demand forecast) Server pool (demand forecast) Server pool (demand forecast) Address pool (demand forecast) Address pool (demand forecast)

VM pool(Memory) (demand forecast)

CPU usage and memory usage to anticipate future resources that will be used.

6.2 Capacity Planning Operations

This section explains capacity planning operations.

How to open the Configuration Management screens

From the ROR console, select the Dashboard tab, then select Capacity Planning in the displayed sub tab.

2. The Capacity Planning window will be displayed.

Note

Do not perform operations in the Capacity Planning window using the right-click shortcut menu.

Capacity planning layout

When started, the following Capacity Planning window is displayed:

The Capacity Planning window is made up of the following elements:

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Item

No.

(1) Conditions window Set categories, reports, and the analysis conditions for the various

(2) Results window The contents of the reports are displayed.

Component Description

reports. Operations in this window are described in following sections:

Conditions window layout

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Basic operations in the conditions window

Item

No.

(1) Category Select a category that matches the purpose of operation. (2) Report Select a report that matches the purpose of operation. (3) Target Settings A specification relating to the target of the report. (4) View Settings Specify report data intervals, number of display items, and file output.

(5) Period Specify the periods for analysis.

Component Description

The way to specify the number of display items depends on the type of report. Available memory capacity is used to avoid system stoppages due to extremely low memory availability, so is extracted from the lowest up. The number of data items that can be displayed in the graph is approximately up to 10..

(6) Operation

button(Display)

Button for displaying the results of analysis as a report (content).

6.2.1 Scenario

Scenarios are prepared in the Capacity Planning window to suit any operational purpose. Analysis and planning is possible by checking each report in turn.

6.2.2 Conditions

6.2.2.1 Target Settings

When a report is specified, the following items are displayed: The items displayed are report specific. The following is an example window when Tenant and Host are specified:

The items that are specified are explained below for the different types.

Tenant specified

Item Description

Tenant Select the tenant to be analyzed from the tenant menu.

Tenant and Host specified

Item Description

Tenant Select the tenant to be analyzed from the tenant menu. Host Select the host to be analyzed from the host menu.

The host menu displays the hosts that have been registered with the selected tenant. This will be empty if a host is not registered in the tenant. Select the tenant where the host is registered.

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Item Description

Tenant Select the tenant to be used for VMware virtual machine simulation from

the tenant menu.

Relocation candidate

Relocation candidate To add a candidate for reallocation, click Add, then add using the Add

Relocation candidate dialog that is displayed. A list of candidates for reallocation is shown when making additions. The display format is "host name:virtual machine name". The maximum number of relocation candidates is 50. The maximum number of selectable hosts that contain the virtual machines of a relocation candidate is 5. To delete a candidate for reallocation, click Delete for the relevant virtual machine and delete it. However, as there is no data for L-Servers that have not been run during the specified analysis period, they are not displayed in the results window.

Also, while it is possible to configure without using this product and select a virtual machine that is not being managed as an L-Server, perform one of the following if executing a reallocation:

- Reallocate using VMware's own functionality

- After importing as an L-Server, reallocate using this product

Add Relocation candidate

Host Select the source host from the host menu. Virtual

machine

Select the virtual machine that is the candidate for reallocation. Multiple options can be selected. Relationship information with the VM host for virtual machines that have performed migration, deployment, and release operations may not be updated immediately after the operations. The relationship between the VM host and the VM guest may require up to 1 hour to be updated on the screen. For example, if the migration operation is not reflected, after specifying the pre-migration VM host on the host, select the virtual machine.

Aggregation target's information

Direct input of installed resource Aggregate to a host in operation

Host If Aggregate to a host in operation was selected, select the

CPU Core Number Memory

If the consolidation destination host has already been registered in the tenant, select Aggregate to a host in operation. The number of CPUs and amount of memory in the specified host are shown as black lines in the displayed graph. If the host to be consolidated is not registered, select Direct input of installed resource.

consolidation destination host from the menu. Hosts chosen for consolidation cannot be specified.

If Direct input of installed resource was selected, specify the consolidation destination server CPU clock number (GHz), number of cores in the CPU, and loaded memory capacity (GB) as numbers.

- Specify a number between 0.001 and 1000 for CPU (clock count).

- Specify an integer between 1 and 1000 for Core Number for the

number of cores in the CPU.

- Specify a number between 0.001 and 1000000 for the memory.

The specified number of CPUs and amount of memory are shown as black lines in the displayed graph.

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Note

Virtual hosts that have been stopped for more than 5 hours do not display virtual machine candidates for reallocation.

6.2.2.2 View Settings

The following explains specifications relating to the number of display items, data intervals, and file output: The items to be set differ depending upon the report type.

Item Description

Threshold Specify the CPU and memory usage rates that will be tolerated on the consolidation destination server

(optional). If this is specified, it is shown as a red line in the graph.

Analysis mode Specify the analysis method.

- Hourly

The maximum value for resource usage by time slot is calculated for each consolidation candidate server and displayed as a stack. Check that there is no problem with the resources by time unit after consolidation.

- Weekly

The maximum value for resource usage by day of the week is calculated for each consolidation candidate server and displayed as a stack. Check that there is no problem with the resources by day of the week unit after consolidation.

- time-line

The maximum value for resource usage calculated for each consolidation candidate server and displayed as a stack.

Number of Items Displayed

Select the number of data items to use for analysis. The number of data items can be selected as follows:

- Top (Bottom)

An integer between 1 and 1000 can be entered. Only the entered number of data items will be displayed. If there is a large amount of data to be displayed, it may be difficult to read the graphs. Therefore, it is recommended you specify 10 items only.

- All

All data will be displayed. Operating time Specify the time period to output the results of the analysis. Analysis data Select the data interval to use for analysis.

The following data intervals can be selected:

- 10 min

Data retention period: 7 days

Appropriate for analysis of about one day's worth of data.

- 1 hour

Data retention period: 6 weeks

Appropriate for analysis of about one week's worth of data.

- 1 day

Data retention period: 13 months

Appropriate for analysis of one month or mores' worth of data.

It may not be possible to select this with some report types or methods of analysis. Output to File The content of the results window is output as an Excel file.

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Item Description

If the Creates an Excel(R) file check box is selected, the Save in Excel(R) format button becomes active at the bottom of the results window. Click this button and the displayed content can be downloaded in Excel format.

Disable clipboard redirection if operation is to be performed using a remote desktop connection. If downloading files from the Save in Excel(R) format button, the "xlsx" or "xlsm" extension files

can be downloaded. Note that you must enable the macro if the "xlsm" extension file is opened.

Detail Settings

As, depending on the report type, the Detail Settings area may be displayed, the items to be set may differ. The Detail Settings area is shown closed when a report is selected. Click the title bar of the Detail Settings to edit advanced settings.

Item Description

Aggregation method

Output object Analyze according to the disk

Threshold (Arbitrariness) Specify the pool usage rates that will be tolerated on the

Analyze by maximum value. The maximum values in the data interval are displayed. Analyze by mean value. The average values in the data interval are displayed.

Select to display a distribution graph and table showing reads and

reading and writing. Analyze according to the network

sending and receiving.

writes. Select to display a distribution graph and table showing sends and

receives.

consolidation destination server (optional). If this is specified, it is shown as a red line in the graph.

6.2.3 Period

This section explains periods.

Analysis Period

Item Description

Start date End date

Note

Specify the period of the analysis. Select the minute, hour, day, month and year using a drop-down list box to select the date and time that analysis will start and stop.

If a period prior to the data retention period is specified, no data will be displayed. Refer to Analysis data in "6.2.2.2 View Settings" for information on data retention periods.

Forecast Date

This can be specified for the following reports:

- VM pool(CPU) (demand forecast)

- VM pool(Memory) (demand forecast)

- Storage pool (demand forecast)

- Network pool (demand forecast)

- Server pool (demand forecast)

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- Address pool (demand forecast)

Item Description

Date Forecasting is performed up to the specified date.

Select the day, month and year using a drop-down list box to select the date.

6.2.4 Operation Buttons (Display)

The operation buttons are explained below.

Button Description

Display Report is created based on the specified conditions.

Reports are displayed in the results window.

The message "Loading..." is displayed while the content is being generated. While this message is displayed, the Display button will be disabled.

6.2.5 Results Window

This section describes the operations that can be performed on the displayed content, including displayed report content.

Table sorting

When a column header is selected in the table in the results window, the table is resorted using the selected column as the key. Sorting can be toggled between ascending and descending order.

Note

Numerical sorting works correctly only when all values in the specified column are numerical values. Sorting cannot be performed correctly if the column includes non-numerical data such as null values.

Save in CSV format / Save in Excel(R) format / Print

The following buttons are displayed at the bottom of the results window.

Button Description

Save in CSV format This link enables the displayed range of data to be downloaded in CSV format.

Refer to "6.2.6 CSV File Items" for information on the downloaded CSV file items.

Save in Excel(R) format This is displayed if the Creates an Excel(R) file checkbox is selected in the display

settings for the condition settings window. This link enables the displayed content to be downloaded in Excel(R) format.

Display in separate window It is possible to show the currently displayed content in a separate window. Additionally,

you can display other content in multiple windows to facilitate side-by-side comparison.

Print This button appears when you click the Display in separate window button.

It prints the displayed content.

When the VMware virtual machine relocation category is selected

The strings shown in the results window are described as follows.

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String Description

VMW_GCPU CPU usage VMW_MEM Memory usage VMW_DISK Disk I/O count, disk throughput VMW_NET Network send and receive count, network throughput

Note

The memory usage displayed in the report for the VMware rsc. usage cond.(List of host) in the VMware virtual machine relocation category is the "Total value of memory usage by all currently operating virtual machines and memory usage for vSphere services". Use this to check the increase or decrease of memory usage due to adding or reallocating virtual machines.

When the ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool category is selected

The table with the latest information for the resource pool shows the value at the point of Date and time/Date time. However, it changes as shown below depending upon the specification of [Conditions]-[View Setting]-[Analysis data].

- "10min" is specified:

"Date and time" in the extreme right column is the average value of the time period after 10 minutes have elapsed.

- "1hour" is specified:

"Date and time" in the extreme right column is the average value of the time period after 1 hour has elapsed.

- "1day" is specified:

"Date time" in the extreme right column is the average value of the time period after 1 day has elapsed.

Point

ALL_ROR_SERVER, which includes all servers within tenants, is displayed in Host Name at the top of the results window.

6.2.6 CSV File Items

Use the Save in CSV format button to display downloaded CSV file items by category. Note that the CSV file encoding is Shift-JIS.

6.2.6.1 Effective resource use (VMware virtual machine relocation)

This section describes CSV file items for different reports.

VMware rsc. usage cond. (List of host)

Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

CPU(VMW_P CPU)

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

resrcid Resource ID Physical.CPU recid Record ID VMW_PCPU consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

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Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

CPU(VMW_P CPU2)

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmpcpul CPU utilization % Average CPU usage ratio for physical CPUs sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID _Total recid Record ID VMW_PCPU2 consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1

Memory (VMW_PME M)

vmpcusemhz CPU usage MHz vmpccorenum CPU core Number number vmpccoremhz CPU speed per core MHz sdattim sysname System name resrcid Resource ID Physical.Memory recid Record ID VMW_PMEM consflag Interval (flag

Collection start time

displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmpmemm Physical memory size Mbytes vmpmusedmem Memory usage Mbytes

Disk(VMW_P DISK)

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID Name of the device inside VMware recid Record ID VMW_PDISK

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yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

Network (VMW_NET)

consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmpdreads Disk reading count reads Physical disk vmpdwrites Disk writing count writes Physical disk vmpdmbread Read size Mbytes Physical disk vmpdmbwrt Write size Mbytes Physical disk sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID Names beginning with "vmnic" are physical NIC

recid Record ID VMW_NET

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

names; additionally, if the virtual machine name

follows a colon, it is a virtual NIC.

Hardware resources information (VMW_PCPU

consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmnppckttr No. of outbound

packets vmnpmvtr Send size Mbits Physical or virtual network device port units vmnppcktrecv No. of inbound packets packets Physical or virtual network device port units vmnpmbrecv Receive size Mbits Physical or virtual network device port units vmnvmname Virtual machine name If it is a virtual NIC, the virtual machine name is

sdattim sysname System name resrcid Resource ID _Total recid Record ID VMW_PCPU2

Collection start time

packets Physical or virtual network device port units

included. yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

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Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

Hardware resources information (VMW_PME M)

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmpcusemhz CPU usage MHz vmpccorenum CPU core Number number vmpccoremhz CPU speed per core MHz sdattim sysname System name resrcid Resource ID Physical.Memory recid Record ID VMW_PMEM consflag Interval (flag

Collection start time

displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

vmpmemm Memory size Mbytes Physical memory size vmpmusedmem Memory usage Mbytes

VMware rsc. usage cond. (Virtual machine stack)

Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

CPU

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID VMware unique ID is specified before the colon,

recid Record ID VMW_GCPU consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

interval from 0 through 1

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

and the virtual machine name is specified after the

colon.

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1

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Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

Memory

vmgcusemhz Virtual machine CPU

usage vmname Virtual machine name sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID VMware unique ID is specified before the colon,

recid Record ID VMW_MEM consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

MHz

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

and the virtual machine name is specified after the colon.

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1

vmgmtm Estimated size of the

working set of a

resource pool or a

virtual machine

Mbytes

Disk

vmmvmname Virtual machine name sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID recid Record ID VMW_DISK consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

Network

vmdvmname Virtual machine name sdattim Collection start time sysname System name

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

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Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

resrcid Resource ID recid Record ID VMW_NET consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

consintl Interval second

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

vmnppckttr No. of outbound

VMware virtual machine relocation simulation

Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

interval from 0 through 1

packets Physical or virtual network device port units

included.

CPU

Memory

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID recid Record ID VMW_GCPU consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1

vmgcusemhz Virtual machine CPU

usage sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID recid Record ID VMW_MEM

MHz

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

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Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

Disk

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1

vmgmtm Estimated size of the

working set of a

resource pool or a

virtual machine sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID recid Record ID VMW_DISK consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

Mbytes

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

Network

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmdreads Disk reading count reads Physical disk vmdwrites Disk writing count writes Physical disk vmdmbread Read size Mbytes Physical disk vmdmbwrt Write size Mbytes Physical disk sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID recid Record ID VMW_NET consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmnppckttr No. of outbound

packets

vmnpmvtr Send size Mbits Physical or virtual network device port units

packets Physical or virtual network device port units

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Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

vmnppcktrecv No. of inbound packets packets Physical or virtual network device port units vmnpmbrecv Receive size Mbits Physical or virtual network device port units

Note

About the data output as CSV

At the collection start time, information for the analysis period is output. Data for anticipated periods in the future is not output.

6.2.6.2 Effective resource use (VMware resource allocation optimization)

This section describes CSV file items for different reports.

VMware rsc. usage cond. (List of virtual machine)

Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

CPU

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID VMware unique ID is specified before the colon,

recid Record ID VMW_GCPU consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

and the virtual machine name is specified after the colon.

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmgcused CPU utilization % vmgcallmin resource allocation

(reserved) of a resource pool or a virtual machine

MHz

Memory

vmgcallmax resource allocation

(Limit) of a resource pool or a virtual machine

vmgcallshrs resource allocation

(Shared) of a resource pool or a virtual

machine vmgcnumcpu CPU number number vmgcusemhz Virtual machine CPU

usage sdattim Collection start time

MHz If there is no limit, -1 will be displayed.

MHz The value for the shared memory of a VMware

MHz

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virtual machine

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

Item Column name Explanation Unit Description

sysname System name resrcid Resource ID VMware unique ID is specified before the colon,

and the virtual machine name is specified after the

colon. recid Record ID VMW_MEM consflag Interval (flag

displayed)

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmgmallim reserved memory of a

resource pool or a virtual machine

vmgmallmax upper limit memory

size of a resource pool or a virtual machine

vmgmallsh shared memory of a

resource pool or a

virtual machine vmgmmems Physical memory size vmgmtm Estimated size of the

working set

Kbytes

Kbytes If there is no limit, -1 will be displayed.

Kbytes The value for the shared memory of a VMware

virtual machine

Mbytes

resource pool or virtual machine units resource pool or virtual machine units

vmgmacest Ratio of physical

memory in use

% resource pool or virtual machine units (instant

value)<VMware ESX>

Note

About the data output as CSV

At the collection start time, information for the analysis period is output. Data for anticipated periods in the future is not output.

6.2.6.3 Demand Forecast (ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool)

This section describes CSV file items for different reports.

VM pool (CPU) (demand forecast)

Column name Explanation Unit Description

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID tenanl name:/pool name recid Record ID ROR_VMPOOLCPU consflag Interval (flag displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

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Column name Explanation Unit Description

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmpoolprocused VMPool CPU usage GHz vmpoolproctotal VMPool CPU total size GHz

VM pool (Memory) (demand forecast)

Column name Explanation Unit Description

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID tenanl name:/pool name recid Record ID ROR_VMPOOLMEM consflag Interval (flag displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmpoolmemused VMPool memory usage Gbytes vmpoolmemtotal VMPool total memory Gbytes

Storage pool (demand forecast)

Column name Explanation Unit Description

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID tenanl name:/pool name recid Record ID ROR_STORAGEPOOL consflag Interval (flag displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

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- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

Column name Explanation Unit Description

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1 vmpoolserverused StoragePool usage Gbytes vmpoolservertotal StoragePool total capacity Gbytes

Network pool (demand forecast)

Column name Explanation Unit Description

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID tenanl name:/pool name recid Record ID ROR_NETWORKPOOL consflag Interval (flag displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1

vmpoolnetworkused Number of addresses being used by

NetworkPool

vmpoolnetworktotal Total number of NetworkPool

addresses

number

Server pool (demand forecast)

Column name Explanation Unit Description

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID tenanl name:/pool name recid Record ID ROR_SERVERPOOL consflag Interval (flag displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1

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Column name Explanation Unit Description

vmpoolserverused Number of servers used by

ServerPool

vmpoolservertotal Total number of ServerPool servers number

number

Address pool (demand forecast)

Column name Explanation Unit Description

sdattim Collection start time sysname System name resrcid Resource ID tenanl name:/pool name recid Record ID ROR_ADDRESSPOOL consflag Interval (flag displayed)

yyyy/mm/dd HH:mm:ss

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 1

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 2

- If collection interval is 24 hours: 3

consintl Interval second

- If collection interval is 10 minutes: 600

- If collection interval is 1 hour: 3600

- If collection interval is 24 hours:86400

coverage Data coverage ratio Displays the ratio of data collected during the

interval from 0 through 1

vmpooladdressused Number of addresses used by

AddressPool

vmpooladdresstotal Total number of AddressPool

addresses

number

Note

About the data output as CSV

At the collection start time, information for the analysis period is output. Data for anticipated periods in the future is not output.

6.3 Operations Using Scenarios

6.3.1 Simulating the Reallocation of Virtual Machines : [VMware virtual machine relocation]

It is possible to perform a simulation of the resource usage if a virtual machine is migrated to a host with CPU and memory overcommit applied from another host. By migrating virtual machines based on the simulation, hosts can be made available.

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This section describes the procedure for simulating using a [VMware virtual machine reallocation] category scenario.

Understanding the current status

In the Capacity Planning window, select the VMware rsc. usage cond. (List of host) report of the VMware virtual machine relocation category, set the analysis conditions and display the report.

Refer to "6.2 Capacity Planning Operations" for information on how to configure analysis conditions.

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A list of resources allocated to each host and resource usage is displayed. Sort by CPU usage and memory usage where overcommit is enabled to check which hosts have available resources. For example, consider

the host with the lowest amount of resource usage as the migration source, and the host with the next lowest rate as the migration target. Also check the hosts that are being considered as a migration source and target to see whether the disk and network throughput is acceptable.

Considering reallocation

In the Capacity Planning window, select the VMware rsc. usage cond. (Virtual machine stack) report of the VMware virtual machine relocation category, set the analysis conditions and display the report.

Refer to "6.2 Capacity Planning Operations" for information on how to configure analysis conditions.

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The resource usage information for all virtual machines on the migration source host are displayed in a stack graph. Check the resource usage in each virtual machine, and use this information to ascertain which virtual machine should go to which destination

candidate host.

Simulation of reallocation

In the Capacity Planning window, select the VMware virtual machine relocation simulation report of the VMware virtual machine relocation category, set the analysis conditions and run the simulation.

Refer to "6.2 Capacity Planning Operations" for information on how to configure analysis conditions.

- Hourly display

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- Weekly display

- Time-line display

The information about virtual machines to be consolidated and all virtual machines in the consolidation destination are displayed in a stack graph. Tables are also displayed along with the above graphs.

If a value will be too great throughout a period of time or there is a bias for certain time slots or days of the week, consider the combinations of the virtual machines to be reallocated. If a tolerated threshold value was set, check that the value is not exceeded.

6.3.2 Optimization of Resources Allocated to a Virtual Machine : [VMware resource allocation optimization]

The virtual machines with low resource usage rates are detected from the L-Servers held. Using the results, any excess resources that have been allocated can be reviewed, or added to where they are lacking, thereby optimizing resource allocations.

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This section describes the procedure for attempting to optimize resource by using the VMware resource allocation optimization category scenario.

Understanding the current status

In the Capacity Planning window, select the VMware rsc. usage cond. (List of virtual machine) report of the VMware resource allocation optimization category, set the analysis conditions and display the report.

Refer to "6.2 Capacity Planning Operations" for information on how to configure analysis conditions.

Sort by CPU usage and memory usage to detect virtual machines with available resources and reduce the allocation of resources to virtual machines with low usage rates.

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6.3.3 Anticipating the Future Demand for Resources : [ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool]

Use the past resource pool usage to anticipate the demand for resource pools. By determining inadequate resource amounts beforehand, it is possible to plan for the expansion of facilities. This section describes the procedure for anticipating future resource demand for resources by using the ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool category scenarios.

Demand Forecast

In the Capacity Planning window, select the appropriate report of the ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool category, set the analysis conditions and display the report.

Refer to "6.2 Capacity Planning Operations" for information on how to configure analysis conditions.

Perform regression analysis based on past CPU usage and memory usage to anticipate the resources that will be used.

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Chapter 7 Resource

Refer to the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE" for information on the Resources tab in the ROR console.

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Chapter 8 Template

This chapter explains how to create and manage L-Platform templates.

8.1 L-Platform Template Components

This section explains the types of information comprising an L-Platform template. The table below shows the information comprising an L-Platform template.

Table 8.1 Information comprising an L-Platform template

Information Description

Template information Defines the L-Platform template configuration Segment information Defines the network resource configuration Image information Defines the cloning image configuration Software information Defines the software configuration contained in the cloning image

The relationship between information comprising the L-Platform template is shown below.

8.2 Explanation of Windows

This section explains the ROR Console Template tab window. The following figure shows the ROR Console Template tab window.

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8.2.1 Menu

The following are the menus displayed in the Templates tab of the ROR console:

Template Builder

The L-Platform Template window will be displayed.

Startup

The Startup window is displayed.

Note

- During L-Platform template operations, if stoppage of the admin server or something similar inhibits connection, the lamp on the

menu changes to grey and "Not Operating" is displayed. If this occurs, contact the system administrator.

8.2.2 Startup Window

The steps to compile the information that makes up L-Platform templates are displayed as buttons in the Startup window displayed in the Templates tab of the ROR console.

When the button image for each type of information is clicked, the corresponding tab of the L-Platform Template window is displayed.

8.2.3 L-Platform Template Window

The L-Platform template window is displayed according to one of the following methods:

- Selecting Template builder from the menu

- Clicking the button image of an information type on the Startup window

The L-Platform Template window is comprised of four tabs. The table below shows the correspondences between the tab names and the information comprising the L-Platform template.

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Table 8.2 Correspondences between tab names and the information comprising the L-Platform template

Tab Name Information

Template Template information Segment Segment information Image Image information Software Software information

8.2.3.1 Template Tab

The following figure shows the Template tab of the L-Platform Template window.

Window Explanation

The following explains the Template tab window:

- The left side of the page displays a list of L-Platform templates.

- When an L-Platform template is selected in the L-Platform template list, the right side of the page displays an image of the selected

L-Platform template configuration (upper part) and template information details (lower part).

- Tenants and keywords can be used as L-Platform template list filters.

- Clicking the reload button (

) resets sorting, pages, and selected states.

Point

Strings included in the keyword filter are those that were specified in "keyword" in basic information of the template information.

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Explanation of Buttons

The following explains the buttons in the Template tab:

- Create

Creates new template information. Refer to "8.3.2 Creating New L-Platform Template" for details.

- Edit

Edits the contents of existing registered template information. Refer to "8.3.4 Editing L-Platform Template" for details.

- Copy

Creates new template information based on existing registered template information. Refer to "8.3.3 Copying L-Platform Template" for details.

- Delete

Deletes template information. Refer to "8.3.5 Deleting L-Platform Template" for details.

- Publish

Publishes an L-Platform template. Refer to "8.3.6 Publishing and Hiding L-Platform Template" for details.

- Hide

Hides an L-Platform template. Refer to "8.3.6 Publishing and Hiding L-Platform Template" for details.

8.2.3.2 Segment Tab

The following figure shows the Segment tab of the L-Platform Template window.

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Window Explanation

The following explains the Segment tab window:

- The upper part of the page displays a list of segment information.

- When segment information is selected in the segment information list, the lower part of the page displays details of the selected segment

information.

- The display sequence in the segment information list can be changed to ascending order or descending order. To change the sequence,

click the header (Category, Network resource name, etc.).

- Tenants and categories (Business, Management) can be used as segment information list filters.

- Clicking the reload button (

) resets sorting and selected states.

- Icons displayed in this window are as follows:

Icon Explanation

Management segment

Business segment

Management segment with admin LAN allocated

The associated network resource does not exist.

Explanation of Buttons

The following explains the buttons in the Segment tab:

- Create

Creates new segment information.

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Refer to "8.3.2 Creating New L-Platform Template" for details.

- Edit

Edits the contents of existing registered segment information. Refer to "8.3.4 Editing L-Platform Template" for details.

- Delete

Deletes segment information. Refer to "8.3.5 Deleting L-Platform Template" for details.

8.2.3.3 Image Tab

The following figure shows the Image tab of the L-Platform Template window.

Window Explanation

The following explains the Image tab window:

- The upper part of the page displays a list of image information. Note that the software information and patch information included in

the image information is displayed in a tree format.

- When image information is selected in the image information list, the lower part of the page displays details of the selected information.

If the cloning image associated with image information includes a data disk, a Disk tab is displayed. Note that if software information or patch information is selected in the image information list, details of that selected information are displayed.

- The display sequence in the image information list can be changed to ascending order or descending order. To change the sequence,

click the header (Name, ID, etc).

- Tenants, the OS, and Usage can be used as image information list filters.

- Clicking the reload button (

) resets sorting and selected states.

- Icons displayed in this window are as follows:

Icon Explanation

Virtual image information without data disks

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Icon Explanation

Physical image information without data disks

Virtual image information with data disks

The associated cloning image does not exist.

Explanation of Buttons

The following explains the buttons in the Image tab:

Create Creates new image information. Refer to "8.3.2 Creating New L-Platform Template" for details.

- Copy

Creates new image information based on existing registered image information. Refer to "8.3.3 Copying L-Platform Template" for details.

- Publish

Publishes image information. Refer to "8.3.7 Publishing Image Information" for details.

- Hide

Hides image information. Refer to "8.3.7 Publishing Image Information" for details.

- Edit

Edits the contents of existing registered image information. Refer to "8.3.4 Editing L-Platform Template" for details.

- Synchronize

Updates the image information if the cloning image has been updated. This button is enabled only if image information synchronization is necessary. Refer to "8.3.8 Synchronizing Image Information" for details.

- Delete

Deletes image information. Refer to "8.3.5 Deleting L-Platform Template" for details.

8.2.3.4 Software Tab

The following figure shows the Software tab of the L-Platform Template window.

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Window Explanation

The following explains the Software tab window:

- The upper part of the page displays a list of software information.

- When software information is selected in the software information list, the lower part of the page displays details of the selected

software information.

- The display sequence in the software information list can be changed to ascending order or descending order. To change the sequence,

click the header (category, software name, etc.).

- Tenants can be used as software information list filters.

- Clicking the reload button (

) resets sorting and selected states.

Explanation of Buttons

The following explains the buttons in the Software tab:

- Create

Creates new software information. Refer to "8.3.2 Creating New L-Platform Template" for details.

- Copy

Creates new software information based on existing registered software information. Refer to "8.3.3 Copying L-Platform Template" for details.

- Edit

Edits the contents of existing registered software information. Refer to "8.3.4 Editing L-Platform Template" for details.

- Delete

Deletes the software information.

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Refer to "8.3.5 Deleting L-Platform Template" for details.

8.3 L-Platform Template Operations

This section explains L-Platform template operations.

8.3.1 L-Platform Template Operations and Roles

Infrastructure Administrators and Tenant Administrators can perform L-Platform template operations. There are two types of L-Platform templates: tenant-specific templates that can be used only by a specific tenant, and global templates

that can be used by all tenants. The Infrastructure Administrator can perform operations for both tenant-specific templates and global templates.

8.3.2 Creating New L-Platform Template

For the various types of information comprising an L-Platform template, the following information can be newly created:

- Template information

- Segment information

- Image information

- Software information

Follow the procedure below to newly create the above information:

1. On the L-Platform Template window, select the tab (Template, Segment, Image, or Software) of the information to be newly

created.

1. Click the Create button.

2. Set information in the new creation window.

Refer to "8.4 Items to Set for Each Type of L-Platform Template Information" for details on the information to be set.

3. Click the Create button.

A message indicating that the template has been created is displayed and the template is created.

Note that information must be created in the following sequence if all types of information comprising an L-Platform template are being newly created:

1. Software information

2. Image information

3. Segment information

4. Template information

However, Item 3 can be created before Item 1.

Point

- Note the following points when the L-Platform template you are creating includes a server load balancer:

- The server load balancer needs to be configured after the L-Platform is deployed

Explain this point to the tenant administrator. Also explain the virtual IP address, any other parameters, and the values to be set in them to the tenant administrator so that the server load balancer is configured properly.

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- Server load balancer operations use rulesets

Explain the rulesets used during operation to the tenant administrator. Also explain parameters and the values to be set in the rulesets to the tenant administrator.

- In case of L-Platform templates, a server NIC is only located if it is allocated. When defining multiple NICs, click the target server,

and then click the Add NIC button to add the required number of NICs. The number of server NICs that can be allocated is the maximum number allowed for image information.

Information

Commands can also be used to create new L-Platform templates. Refer to "Appendix A Using Commands to Register and Delete L-Platform Templates" for details.

8.3.3 Copying L-Platform Template

For the various types of information comprising an L-Platform template, the following information can be copied:

- Template information

- Image information

- Software information

Follow the procedure below to copy the above information:

1. On the L-Platform Template window, select the tab (Template, Image, or Software) of the information to be copied.

2. From the list, select the information to be referenced.

3. Click the Copy button.

4. The information set in the copy window is the same as the referenced information. If required, change this information.

Refer to "8.4 Items to Set for Each Type of L-Platform Template Information" for details on the information to be set.

5. Click the Create button.

A message indicating that the template has been created is displayed and the template is created.

Point

- In case of L-Platform templates, a server NIC is only located if it is allocated. When defining multiple NICs, click the target server,

and then click the Add NIC button to add the required number of NICs. The number of server NICs that can be allocated is the maximum number allowed for image information.

8.3.4 Editing L-Platform Template

For the various types of information comprising an L-Platform template, the following information can be edited:

- Template information

- Segment information

- Image information

- Software information

Follow the procedure below to edit the above information:

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1. On the L-Platform Template window, select the tab (Template, Segment, Image, or Software) of the information to be edited.

2. From the list, select the information to be edited.

3. Click the Edit button.

4. Change the information on the edit window.

Refer to "8.4 Items to Set for Each Type of L-Platform Template Information" for details on the information to be set.

5. Click the OK button.

A message indicating that the template has been edited is displayed and the template is changed.

Point

- Image information cannot be edited if it is in use by published template information or if it is published.

- Software information cannot be edited if it is in use by published template information.

- When image information is edited, it is updated to the latest cloning image resource ID.

- In case of L-Platform templates, a server NIC is only located if it is allocated. When defining multiple NICs, click the target server,

and then click the Add NIC button to add the required number of NICs. The number of server NICs that can be allocated is the maximum number allowed for image information.

8.3.5 Deleting L-Platform Template

For the various types of information comprising an L-Platform template, the following information can be deleted:

- Template information

- Segment information

- Image information

- Software information

Follow the procedure below to delete the above information:

1. On the L-Platform Template window, select the tab (Template, Segment, Image, or Software) of the information to be deleted.

2. From the list, select the information to be deleted.

3. Click the Delete button.

A deletion confirmation message is displayed.

4. Click the Yes button.

The selected information is deleted.

Note that information must be deleted in the following sequence if all types of information comprising an L-Platform template are being deleted:

1. Template information

2. Segment information

3. Image information

4. Software information

However, the order of Items 2 and 3 can be reversed.

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Point

- Image information cannot be deleted if it is in use by any template information, or if it is published.

- Software information cannot be deleted if it is in use by any image information.

Information

Commands can also be used to delete L-Platform templates. Refer to "Appendix A Using Commands to Register and Delete L-Platform Templates" for details.

8.3.6 Publishing and Hiding L-Platform Template

An L-Platform template can be published or hidden. Publication enables an L-Platform to be created on the basis of the L-Platform template. If hidden, an L-Platform cannot be created on the basis of the L-Platform template.

Follow the procedure below to publish or hide an L-Platform template:

1. On the L-Platform Template window, select the Template tab.

2. From the L-Platform template list, select the L-Platform template to be published or hidden.

3. Click the Publish button or the Hide button.

The selected L-Platform template is published or hidden.

8.3.7 Publishing Image Information

Create an L-Platform on the basis of an L-Platform template. An L-Platform can be created with the same configuration as the L-Platform template, or the configuration can be changed. Normally, when changing a configuration, only the image information defined in the L-Platform template is displayed as a usable server

list. However, by publishing the image information, the published image information can also be displayed in the server list as usable information regardless of the definitions in the L-Platform template.

This enables image information other than the image information defined in the L-Platform template to be added when creating an LPlatform.

Follow the procedure below to publish or hide image information:

1. On the L-Platform Template window, select the Image tab.

2. From the image information list, select the image information to be published or hidden.

3. Click the Publish button or the Hide button.

The selected image information is published or hidden.

8.3.8 Synchronizing Image Information

Cloning image resource IDs are held in the image information. If a cloning image is updated, the resource IDs are changed. Therefore, the resource IDs held in the image information must be updated.

This is known as image information synchronization. Follow the procedure below to synchronize image information:

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1. On the L-Platform Template window, select the Image tab.

2. From the image information list, select the cloning image to be synchronized.

3. Click the Synchronize button.

4. If required, change the information on the Synchronize Image Information window.

Refer to "8.4 Items to Set for Each Type of L-Platform Template Information" for details of the information to be set.

5. Click the OK button.

A message indicating that the image information has been edited is displayed and the image information is changed.

8.4 Items to Set for Each Type of L-Platform Template Information

This section explains to items to be set in the various types of information comprising an L-Platform template. Refer to the settings items explained here when performing the following L-Platform template operations:

- Creating New L-Platform Template

- Copying L-Platform Template

- Editing L-Platform Template

- Synchronizing Image Information

Note that only those items that can be set are explained here. Items that cannot be changed are not explained.

8.4.1 Software Information

This section explains software information.

Explanation of Items

The following explains software information items:

- Tenant

Click Set and select the tenant to which the software information belongs in the Select Tenant window. A tenant can be selected only if information is being created or copied.

Note that, when copying an L-Platform template, a global template can be changed into a tenant-specific template but, conversely, a tenant-specific template cannot be changed into a global template.

- OS

Select one of the following software operating systems:

Windows

- Linux

- Windows (64 bit)

- Linux (64 bit)

- Solaris

- Other

- Software name

Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the software name If this is filtered by category and operating system, the list of registered software information will be displayed. The software name

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- Version

Enter up to 10 bytes (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the software version

- License

Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the software license information If OS was specified for Category, specify the product key for the Windows operating system. This can be specified only when the

operating system is Windows.

- When the virtualization software is VMware

For Windows Server 2003, specify the product key for the Windows operating system. For an operating system that is not Windows Server 2003, specify " " (an empty string).

- When the virtualization software is Hyper-V

Specify the product key for the Windows operating system.

- Support

Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the software support information.

Operation Procedure

Follow the procedure below for operations at the window for setting software information:

1. Set each of the software information items.

2. Click the Create button.

The Software tab list window is displayed.

Note

When the Software tab list window is displayed, tenant and keyword filtering, sorting, pages, and selected states are all reset.

8.4.2 Image Information

Set image information on the following five pages:

1. Select Image page (this page is only seen when creating new image information)

2. Set Basic Info page

3. Select Software page

4. Add Patch Info page

5. Confirm page

Note that the windows displayed when new image information is being created are used as examples in this explanation.

8.4.2.1 Select Image Page

On the Select Image page, select the cloning image that will be used.

Operation Procedure

Follow the procedure below for operations at the Select Image page:

1. Select a cloning image from the list.

2. Click the Next button.

The Set Basic Info page is displayed.

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8.4.2.2 Set Basic Info Page

On the Set Basic Info page, set the basic information for the image information.

Explanation of Items

The following explains the items in the Set Basic Info page:

- Tenant

Click the Set button, and then select the tenant to which the image information belongs from the Tenant Select window. A tenant can be selected only if information is being created or copied.

Note that, when copying an L-Platform template, a global template can be changed into a tenant-specific template but, conversely, a tenant-specific template cannot be changed into a global template.

- Image information name

Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the image information name

- Type

Selects the registered L-Server template. L-Server templates in which a model name is specified are not displayed. An L-Server template that does not specify a model name

must be prepared before image information can be created for a physical L-Server.

- Usage

Selects the usage of the server included in the image from those shown below. Multiple options can be selected.

- WEB: Web Server

- AP: Application Server

- DB: DB Server

- System disk

Specify the size of the system disk for the server to be deployed. Range: 0.1-99999.9 GB.

- Maximum number of CPUs

Specifies the maximum number of CPUs that can be specified when creating a new L-Platform. Specify a value in the range from 1 to the upper limit value for the registered VM pool.

When the Don't set upper value check box is selected, behavior will be as if the maximum value of the registered VM pool has been specified.

- Maximum CPU performance

Specifies the maximum CPU performance in GHz, which can be specified when creating a new L-Platform. Specify a value in the range from 0.1 to the upper limit value for the registered VM pool. When the Don't set upper value check box is selected, behavior will be as if the maximum value of the registered VM pool has been

specified.

- Maximum memory

Specifies the maximum memory size in GB, which can be specified when creating a new L-Platform. Specify a value in the range from 0.1 to the upper limit value for the registered VM pool. When the Don't set upper value check box is selected, behavior will be as if the maximum value of the registered VM pool has been

specified. If the virtualization software is RHEL-KVM, the value must be less than or equal to max_definable_memory_size when memory hot

plug is enabled in a VM specific information definition file. Notify the tenant administrator to specify a value less than max_definable_memory_size. Refer to "C.1.2 VM Specific Information Definition File" in the "Setup Guide CE" for information on the VM specific information

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- Maximum number of data disks

Specifies the maximum number of data disks that can be added to the server. Range: 0-99. However, if the image includes a data disk, the minimum will be the maximum value of the data disk number.

- Maximum data disk size

Specifies the maximum size of the data disk size in GB, which can be specified when creating a new L-Platform. Specify a value in the range from 0.1 to the upper limit value for the registered storage pool. However, if the image includes a data disk, the minimum will be the largest disk capacity of all appended data disks. When the Don't set upper value check box is selected, behavior will be as if the maximum value of the registered storage pool has

been specified.

- Maximum system disk size

Specifies the maximum size of the system disk size in GB, which can be specified when creating a new L-Platform. The minimum allowed value is the disk size of the cloning image, and the maximum allowed value is the upper limit of the registered

storage pool. When the Don't set upper value check box is selected, behavior will be as if the maximum value of the registered storage pool has

been specified.

- Maximum number of NICs

Specifies the number of NICs. Range: 1-99.

- Initial password

Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the password for the users below. [Windows] Specified password is set to OS. Can be omitted. if omitted, it is generated automatically.

- When the virtualization software is VMware

Specifies the password for the user name "Administrator".

- When the virtualization software is Hyper-V

Specifies the password for the local administrator account used in the L-Server that will be created.

- When the virtualization software is RHEL-KVM

Specifies the password for the Administrator.

The password entered here is not set in the OS. Please specify the same password as the one that has been set in the cloning image. [Linux] Specifies the superuser password. The password specified here is not set to OS.

Please specify the same password as the one that has been set in the cloning image. [Solaris] Specified password is set to OS. Can be omitted. If omitted, it is generated automatically. [Other] Specify the password for default users (such as the super user) that can log in. The password specified here is not set to OS.

Please specify the same password as the one that has been set in the cloning image.

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- Initial password (confirm)

Specifies the same value as Initial password.

- Resource tags

Enter up to 85 characters (excluding <, >, &, ", and ') for the character string that filters the resources to be displayed as deployment destination VM pool/server pool options when creating a new L-Platform

The only resources displayed as options are those for which the character string in the VM pool/server pool comment field contains the character string specified as the resource tags.

Example

Example: If the specification is as follows, only /VMPool1 and /VMPool2 are displayed as options: /VMPool1 comment: web /VMPool2 comment: web /VMPool3 comment: ap Resource tags: web

Operation Procedure

The operation procedure on the Basic information page is as follows:

1. Set the various basic information items for the image information.

2. Click the Next button.

The Select Software page is displayed.

Point

If an input item contains an error, and error message is displayed. If an error message is displayed, refer to the error message and correct the setting.

8.4.2.3 Select Software Page

On the Select Software page, set the software used in the cloning image in the image information.

Operation Procedure

The operation procedure on the Select Software page is as follows:

1. Select the check box for the software that will be set.

2. Click the Next button.

The Add Patch Info page is displayed.

Point

If no selection is made or if multiple selections are made, an error message is displayed. Ensure that one selection is made.

8.4.2.4 Add Patch Info Page

Add, change, or delete software patch information at the Add Patch Info page. The Add Patch Info page is shown below.

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Window Explanation

The following explains the Add Patch Info page: The upper part of the page displays a list of software information or patch information. When software information or patch information is selected in the list, the lower part of the page displays details of the selected information.

Explanation of Buttons

The following explains the buttons in the Add Patch Info page:

- Add Patch

Adds patch information. When the software or patch information is selected from the list at the top of the page, the Add Patch button will be displayed. Refer to "Add Patch Information" for details.

- Up, Down

When the patch information is selected from the list at the top of the page and the Up or Down button is clicked, the patch information that was selected moves up or down.

- Delete

Deletes patch information. When the patch information is selected from the list at the top of the page, the Delete button will be displayed. Refer to "Delete Patch Information" for details.

Add Patch Information

The procedure to add patch information is as follows:

1. From the list at the top of the page, select the software or patch information for which the patch is to be added.

2. Click the Add Patch Button.

The patch information will be added below the selected software information or patch information.

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FUJITSU ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1 Overview

1.1 Function List

1.2 Flow of Operations

Chapter 2 Login and Logout

Chapter 3 Home

3.1 Setup Wizard

3.2 Editing the Home Messages

Chapter 4 Dashboard (Pool Conditions)

4.1 Pool Conditions Overview

4.2 Pool Conditions Display

4.3 Chart Display

4.4 Alert List Display

4.4.1 Alert List (All)

4.4.2 Alert List (for Each Chart)

4.4.3 Alert Resolve

Chapter 5 Dashboard (System Conditions)

5.1 System Conditions Display Range

5.2 L-Platform System Conditions Display

5.2.1 System Conditions Display

5.2.2 Configuration Information Display

5.3 VM Hosts System Conditions Display

5.3.1 System Conditions Display

5.4 Server List Display

Chapter 6 Dashboard (Capacity Planning)

6.1 Report Types

6.2 Capacity Planning Operations

6.2.1 Scenario

6.2.2 Conditions

6.2.2.1 Target Settings

6.2.2.2 View Settings

6.2.3 Period

6.2.4 Operation Buttons (Display)

6.2.5 Results Window

6.2.6 CSV File Items

6.2.6.1 Effective resource use (VMware virtual machine relocation)

6.2.6.2 Effective resource use (VMware resource allocation optimization)

6.2.6.3 Demand Forecast (ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool)

6.3 Operations Using Scenarios

6.3.1 Simulating the Reallocation of Virtual Machines : [VMware virtual machine relocation]

6.3.2 Optimization of Resources Allocated to a Virtual Machine : [VMware resource allocation optimization]

6.3.3 Anticipating the Future Demand for Resources : [ServerView Resource Orchestrator Resource pool]

Chapter 7 Resource

Chapter 8 Template

8.1 L-Platform Template Components

8.2 Explanation of Windows

8.2.1 Menu

8.2.2 Startup Window

8.2.3 L-Platform Template Window

8.2.3.1 Template Tab

8.2.3.2 Segment Tab

8.2.3.3 Image Tab

8.2.3.4 Software Tab

8.3 L-Platform Template Operations

8.3.1 L-Platform Template Operations and Roles

8.3.2 Creating New L-Platform Template

8.3.3 Copying L-Platform Template

8.3.4 Editing L-Platform Template

8.3.5 Deleting L-Platform Template

8.3.6 Publishing and Hiding L-Platform Template

8.3.7 Publishing Image Information

8.3.8 Synchronizing Image Information

8.4 Items to Set for Each Type of L-Platform Template Information

8.4.1 Software Information

8.4.2 Image Information

8.4.2.1 Select Image Page

8.4.2.2 Set Basic Info Page

8.4.2.3 Select Software Page

8.4.2.4 Add Patch Info Page