HP Insight Control Software for Linux User Manual
HP Insight Control
Virtual Machine Management 7.1 User Guide
HP Part Number: 380094-407
Published: September 2012
Edition: 3
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Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................6
Overview................................................................................................................................6
Infrastructure............................................................................................................................6
Systems Insight Manager console integration................................................................................6
Agentless management.............................................................................................................8
Setting the correct host name length............................................................................................8
2 Key concepts.............................................................................................9
Heterogeneous environment.......................................................................................................9
Virtual machine........................................................................................................................9
Virtual machine host.................................................................................................................9
Virtual machine guest................................................................................................................9
Handling prefailure alerts..........................................................................................................9
3 Initial setup..............................................................................................10
Licensing...............................................................................................................................10
Licensing VMM through the HP Insight Control License Manager..............................................10
Licensing standalone VMM.................................................................................................10
Adding standalone licenses.................................................................................................10
Applying standalone licenses..............................................................................................10
Configuring...........................................................................................................................11
Configuring WMI Mapper proxy server settings for Microsoft Hyper-V server.............................11
Configuring VMM on a Microsoft Cluster Server....................................................................11
Updating the HP SIM certificate on CMS..............................................................................12
Registering and unregistering...................................................................................................12
Registering virtual machine hosts..........................................................................................12
Methods of registering virtual machine hosts.....................................................................12
Registering virtual machine hosts by using the Configure or Repair Agents tool......................12
Registering virtual machine hosts by using the VMM tool....................................................12
Manually registering virtual machine hosts........................................................................12
Unregistering virtual machine hosts......................................................................................13
Manually unregistering virtual machine hosts.........................................................................13
4 Using Insight Control virtual machine management.......................................15
Insight Control virtual machine management interface overview....................................................15
Using Insight Control virtual machine management controls and tools............................................15
Configuring the polling frequency for virtual machine status checks...............................................17
Creating a CriticalVmHost collection.........................................................................................17
VMware ESX Server Guest System page....................................................................................17
Performance information..........................................................................................................18
Performance color codes.........................................................................................................18
Multisystem aware tools available.............................................................................................18
5 Managing virtual machines.......................................................................20
Making a backup of the virtual machine management database ..................................................20
Task: VMM security properties .................................................................................................20
Enabling certificate validation and CRL validation..................................................................22
Logging VMM logs into Windows NT Events..............................................................................22
Handling prefailure events.......................................................................................................23
Prerequisites......................................................................................................................23
Handling automatic prefailure events....................................................................................24
Handling automatic prefailure events by using the vCenter Server DRS cluster enabled in the
vCenter Server...................................................................................................................24
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Handling semi-automatic prefailure events with the vCenter Server DRS cluster enabled in the
vCenter Server...................................................................................................................24
Handling automatic prefailure events by using the Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host feature......24
Handling semi-automatic events using the Set Alternate Virtual Machine Host feature..................25
Setting alternate hosts.............................................................................................................25
Making periodic backups of virtual machines.............................................................................25
6 Troubleshooting........................................................................................27
Insight Control virtual machine management controls...................................................................27
Virtual machine customization fails during template deployment ..............................................27
Deploying a virtual machine on a host with the password having the special character (") embedded
within it fails to work as expected.........................................................................................27
VMM API does not work with datastores or VMs named with special characters.........................27
Changing the SCVMM server credentials is not reflected in the UI VMM status icon....................28
Upgrading SCVMM 2008 to SCVMM 2012.........................................................................28
User does not have the option to change the VM name in the Select VM Backup Repository Location
step of the create backup wizard..........................................................................................28
Deploying template in Hyper-V hangs at 25% and the job remains incomplete...........................28
VMM loses connectivity to the Hyper-V nodes........................................................................28
VMM loses communication with vCenter...............................................................................28
Virtual machine host and guest icons do not appear in VMM..................................................29
Insight Control virtual machine management does not display the system name, system IP address,
and operating system.........................................................................................................29
Critical status appears for a virtual machine host in VMM.......................................................29
A blank page appears when you launch VMM from HP SIM...................................................29
Virtual machine status is not updated....................................................................................30
Virtual machine guest information becomes inaccessible from VMM.........................................30
A virtual machine host appears in VMM multiple times...........................................................30
Live Move fails after SAN move...........................................................................................30
Virtual machine host experiences extremely slow response time................................................30
Insight Control virtual machine management demo licensing....................................................30
If the same backup is restored multiple times, the Restore Virtual Machine from Backup operation
fails.................................................................................................................................30
Recovery of virtual machine fails with incompatible hardware configurations.............................30
An error occurs when you click Remote Desktop.....................................................................31
Insight Control virtual machine management functions.................................................................31
Service for Hyper-V fails when the bootdisk is created on a disk other than ide0:0 ....................31
VMM cannot manage a Hyper-V VM....................................................................................31
Support for xen on RHEL 5.8 as a managed node fails during VMM registration........................31
Stop VM task does not perform as expected on Xen on RHEL 5.4 x86 virtual machine hosts........31
Error message Unknown to VMM appears when performing the copy operation on a virtual
machine...........................................................................................................................32
Restarting the VMM service while any guest VM lifecycle operation or guest VM movements across
hosts is in progress will result in failure..................................................................................32
Copied or moved Xen virtual machine guest does not start on the destination host......................32
Virtual machine host prefailure even handling does not progress..............................................32
HTTP ERROR: 500 Internal Server Error message appears during a VMM move or copy
operation..........................................................................................................................32
Insight Control virtual machine management cannot move virtual machines with certain disk
types................................................................................................................................33
Virtual machine files are not deleted after a move for Xen hypervisors.......................................33
Virtual machine devices might not be available after a copy or move.......................................33
Launching the remote console from VMM console might fail....................................................33
Insight Control virtual machine management does not display the Quick Move option for
HA-configured Microsoft Hyper-V server virtual machines in the Move wizard.............................33
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HP Systems Insight Manager console integration.........................................................................33
The virtual machine guest is not listed on the HP SIM All Systems page.....................................33
Certain Insight Control operations cannot be performed on a virtual machine............................34
The HP SIM console does not identify a server as a virtual machine host...................................34
The HP SIM console does not discover a virtual machine host or guest......................................34
HP SIM console identifies a virtual machine guest as an unknown or unmanaged device.............34
The virtual machine is discovered as an unmanaged system....................................................35
Uninstalling or retiring an HP SIM CMS................................................................................35
Hardware..............................................................................................................................35
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ..............................................................35
Additional resources...........................................................................................................35
7 Support and other resources......................................................................36
Information to collect before contacting HP.................................................................................36
How to contact HP..................................................................................................................36
Registering for software technical support and update service.......................................................36
How to use your software technical support and update service...............................................36
Warranty information.........................................................................................................36
HP authorized resellers............................................................................................................37
Documentation feedback.........................................................................................................37
New and changed information in this edition.............................................................................37
Related information.................................................................................................................37
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................37
A Virtual machine events..............................................................................39
Viewing virtual machine events.................................................................................................39
Insight Control virtual machine management events.....................................................................39
vCenter and VMware ESX Server host events..............................................................................41
B Error messages.........................................................................................45
Glossary....................................................................................................50
Index.........................................................................................................51
Contents 5
1 Introduction
Overview
HP Insight Control virtual machine management (VMM) adds virtual machine management capability
within HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Version 7.0 or later. The Insight Control virtual machine
management software provides the following benefits:
• Integration with the HP SIM console to manage the virtual machine environment
• VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V server, and Xen on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) supported from a single management software
• Reduced cost and complexity in server consolidation projects
• Faster response times to changing business demands
Insight Control virtual machine management provides tracking, monitoring, and control functions
for organizing an effective virtualized environment. HP leverages key industry alliances to provide
best-in-class management capability across most virtualization software platforms and industry
standard servers.
Infrastructure
Insight Control virtual machine management is integrated with the HP SIM to provide ease of use,
installation, and maintenance. All requirements and practices for operation of HP SIM must be
observed for VMM
For more information about VMware ESX Server, see http://www.hp.com/go/vmware. For more
information about requirements for and using HP SIM, see the Managing Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Hyper-V with HP Insight Management white paper at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/
products/servers/software/microsoft/virtualization.
Insight Control virtual machine management includes the following components that you need to
install during software installation:
• HP Insight Control virtual machine management—Installed on the HP SIM Central Management
Server (CMS). Provides access to the virtual machine monitoring and control functions and is
accessible locally or remotely by using industry-standard web browsers. Includes VMware
ESXi Server 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0; VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1; Xen on SLES; Xen on RHEL; and
Microsoft Hyper-V server.
Systems Insight Manager console integration
Insight Control virtual machine management installs and runs on the HP SIM CMS. After you install
Insight Control virtual machine management, use the VM column that appears on the HP SIM
console to view the status of the virtual machine hosts and guests.
6 Introduction
The association between virtual machine hosts and guests appears in the System(s) list. To view
additional details about virtual machine hosts and guests, in the System Name column, click an
entry.
The color-coded icons listed in the following tables indicate the status of the virtual machine hosts
and guests.
Table 1 Virtual machine host icons displayed in the VM column
StatusIcon
The virtual machine host is licensed and is communicating with VMM.
The virtual machine host is licensed but is not communicating with VMM.
The virtual machine host is licensed but is not currently monitored by VMM.
HP VMM can connect to the VM Host, but the host is not licensed for HP VMM.
Table 2 Virtual machine guest icons displayed in the VM column
StatusIcon
The virtual machine guest is associated with a licensed virtual machine host, and the guest is started.
The virtual machine guest is associated with a licensed virtual machine host, but the host is not
communicating with VMM.
The VM performance threshold was exceeded OR There is a question pending from the native virtualization
layer and user interaction is required.
The virtual machine guest is associated with a licensed virtual machine host, but the guest is not started.
The virtual machine guest is not associated with a licensed virtual machine host.
The VM column also displays VME Server status. To navigate to the VME Server credentials user
interface, select Options→VME Options→View VME Settings.
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Table 3 vCenter Server status icons displayed in the VM column
StatusIcon
The VME credentials are set, but VMM is not able to connect to the VME Server. The cause could be that
the VME service is stopped, OR the credentials have changed OR the VMM service is stopped.
The VME Server credentials are set and VMM is able to connect to the VME Server.
To display additional information for the system, click an icon.
When you register the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) server as a
Hyper-V host, the behavior of the SCVMM VME status icon takes precedence over the status of the
Hyper-V host so the VM status icon on the SIM page displays the state of the SCVMM server and
not the state of the Hyper-V host. The following table explains the behavior of the status icons
depending on the host setup.
Table 4 Icon behavior
VM status icon behaviorHost
The icon displayed signifies the status of the VM host.Hyper-V only
The icon displayed signifies the status of the VME server.SCVMM only
The icon displayed signifies the status of the VME server.Both Hyper-V and SCVMM
Agentless management
Insight Control virtual machine management 6.0 or later is completely agentless and no longer
requires deploying an agent to manage the ESX hosts. If you are upgrading an existing version
of virtual machine management, HP recommends stopping the virtual machine management agents
that were deployed earlier on the ESX hosts from the setup.
NOTE: All templates and backups that were created using previous versions of VMM must be
converted to templates and backups compatible with VMM 7.0 or later. These conversions require
older Insight Control virtual machine management Agents to be running on the managed nodes.
To stop the VMM agents, perform the following steps:
• Verify whether the hpvmmcntsvc service is running on the ESX host by executing the following
command on the ESX host console: service hpvmmcntsvc status.
• If the hpvmmcntsvc HP Insight Control virtual machine management service is running, stop
the service by executing the following command: service hpvmmcntsvc stop.
Setting the correct host name length
The host name must consist only of alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores. The host
name and domain name for Insight Control virtual machine management must not exceed 64
characters for hosts that do not require VMM agents to be installed (ESX4.x/ESXi4.x/Hyper-V/ESXi
5.x).
8 Introduction
2 Key concepts
Heterogeneous environment
A heterogeneous environment hosts virtualization layers, such as VMware ESX, Hyper-V, and so
on. Insight Control virtual machine management supports heterogeneity by providing a uniform
way to access and manage all the hypervisors. For information about the supported hypervisors,
see the HP Insight Management Support Matrix available at www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
Virtual machine
A virtual machine is software running on a physical machine, which shares all the resources of the
host machine and has its own operating system.
Virtual machine host
A host machine is a system with a hypervisor installed on it to host virtual machines. A host machine
can have more than one virtual machine hosted on it.
Virtual machine guest
A virtual machine guest is a virtual machine running on a virtual machine host.
Handling prefailure alerts
Systems Insight Manager can detect certain prefailure alerts and generate corresponding events.
Insight Control virtual machine management uses VMotion for VMware ESX and Live Move capability
for Microsoft Hyper-V R2 servers as event handlers for these events, so that the virtual machine can
be moved to an alternate host before the system fails or is placed in maintenance mode.
The prefailure events handling feature is supported in the following virtual machines on shared
storage:
• VMware ESX, where the ESX host is enabled for VMotion.
• Microsoft Hyper-V R2 servers, where the virtual machines are HA-enabled and powered on.
NOTE: Xen does not support PFA.
Heterogeneous environment 9
3 Initial setup
Licensing
Licensing VMM through the HP Insight Control License Manager
NOTE: Insight Control virtual machine management 7.0 or later works only with HP SIM 7.0 or
later.
To add or deploy license keys, you must have HP SIM administrative rights.
The standard procedure for licensing VMM is to purchase and apply HP Insight Control licenses.
For more information or to purchase licenses, see http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol.
For more information, see the HP Insight Management Getting Started Guide.
Licensing standalone VMM
Insight Control virtual machine management 7.0 or later works only with HP SIM 7.0 or later.
To add or deploy license keys, you must have HP SIM administrative rights.
The standard procedure for licensing VMM is to purchase and apply HP Insight Management
licenses. For more information about acquiring Insight Management licenses, see the HP Insight
Management Installation and Configuration Guide.
If you attempt to license a server or UUID that does not have the correct serial number, then the
licensing process might not succeed. To verify the license key is not consumed, select Deploy→License
Manager→Manage Licenses. The host is licensed only when a valid serial number or UUID is
detected by HP SIM and VMM.
Adding standalone licenses
HP does not sell VMM standalone licenses. If your licenses were purchased earlier and remain
valid, you can add the licenses.
Applying standalone licenses
1. To access License Manager, select Deploy→License Manager.... The Product License Information
table appears.
2. Select a product, and then click Manage Licenses.... The Manage License page appears.
3. Select the License Category you want to assign, and then click Apply License(s).... The apply
licenses section appears.
4. Select target systems, and then click Apply License Now.
10 Initial setup
NOTE: You can hold the SHIFT key to select multiple systems.
NOTE: A system presently or previously licensed with a demo key may not be relicensed
with another demo key.
If a selected product has not been registered with License Manager, the following message
is displayed:
License Manager cannot process licenses for the selected product for one of two possible
reasons:
For products where licensing information is managed by Systems Insight Manager, the Apply
Licenses page appears. Select one or more systems from this list and click Apply License Now.
The page refreshes and shows the updated license status. Select additional systems to make
more assignments, or reselect License Manager to refresh the page.
For products that require the license to be delivered to the actual target, the License Assignment
Results table appears and reports the status of the assignment process for each target. There
might be a delay in sending license data to some targets. You can continue with other Systems
Insight Manager activities during the license assignment process.
Configuring
Configuring WMI Mapper proxy server settings for Microsoft Hyper-V server
Insight Control virtual machine management uses the WMI Mapper proxy bundled with HP SIM
to manage the Microsoft Hyper-V server virtualization layer. If the WMI Mapper proxy is installed
on the server where HP SIM 7.0 or later is installed, no additional configuration is required in
VMM.
If the WMI Mapper proxy is installed outside the CMS, add the following configuration entry in
the Insight Control virtual machine management configuration file located at <Insight Control
virtual machine management installation directory on CMS>/bin/hpvmm.conf
for HP Insight Control virtual machine management to manage Microsoft Hyper-V servers:
WMIProxyServer = <IP address of the server where WMI Mapper proxy is
installed>
By default, the WMI Mapper proxy port used by Insight Control virtual machine management is
5989. If the WMI Mapper proxy service is run on a different port, add the following configuration
entry in the HP Insight Control virtual machine management configuration file located at<Insight
Control virtual machine management installation directory on
CMS>/bin/hpvmm.conf:.
WMIProxyPort =<Proxy port number>
After any changes to the hpvmm.conf file, for the changes to take effect, you must restart the
Insight control virtual machine management service on the CMS.
You can set the WMI Mapper proxy for the CMS through the HP SIM user interface by selecting
Options→Protocol Settings→WMI Mapper Proxy. You can also add the system name.
Configuring VMM on a Microsoft Cluster Server
Insight Control virtual machine management supports high availability on a Microsoft Cluster Server.
HP SIM and Insight Control virtual machine management must be installed on the cluster nodes.
For more information, see the white paper at http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/
hpsim-helpfiles/deploying_MSCSclusters.pdf.
Configuring 11
Updating the HP SIM certificate on CMS
Insight Control virtual machine management uses an HP SIM certificate for all its communication
with HP SIM. Should changes be made to the HP SIM certificate, you must restart the Insight Control
virtual machine management service to use the updated certificate.
Registering and unregistering
Registering virtual machine hosts
Methods of registering virtual machine hosts
Register virtual machine hosts in any of the following ways:
• Use the Configure or Repair Agents tool.
• Use the VMM tool.
• Register virtual machine hosts manually.
• Use the Insight managed system setup wizard. Navigate to the capabilities page, and then
select the VMM capability. For more information, see the HP Insight Software Installation and
Configuration Guide.
Before registering any virtual machine hosts, verify that the sign-in credentials with administrative
privileges for the virtual machine hosts are provided in HP SIM. If the sign-in credentials are not
provided, follow these steps:
1. From the Sign-in section, click Options→Security→Credentials→System Credentials→Edit
System Credentials.
2. Click Show Advanced Protocol Settings .
3. Enter the username and password for all the protocols.
4. Click Run Now.
Registering virtual machine hosts by using the Configure or Repair Agents tool
To register the virtual machine hosts by using the Configure or Repair Agents tool:
1. Click Configure→Configure or Repair Agents.
2. The Configure or Repair Agent Wizard opens on the Step 2: Install Providers and Agents
(Optional) page. Select Register VM Host, and then click Next.
3. From the Step 3: Configure or Repair Settings page, enter the credentials in Step 4, and then
click Run Now.
NOTE: Selected nodes must have the credentials common across the virtual machine hosts. Verify
that the nodes have been discovered properly when registering Microsoft Hyper-V server and
VMware ESX Server.
Registering virtual machine hosts by using the VMM tool
To register the virtual machine hosts by using the VMM tool:
1. From HP SIM, select the VM hosts to be registered, and then click Configure→Virtual
Machine→Register Virtual Machine Host . The Register Virtual Machine Host wizard appears.
2. From the Step 1: Verify Target Systems page, click Next.
3. From the Step 2: Task Confirmation page, click Run Now.
4. Enter the credentials, and then click Run Now. If elevation privilege is enabled you must enter
the credentials.
Manually registering virtual machine hosts
Windows
12 Initial setup
To manually register the virtual machine hosts in a Windows environment:
1. From an account with administrative privileges, sign in to HP SIM on the Systems Insight
Manager CMS.
2. Access the installation bin directory from the default path:C:\Program Files\HP\Insight
Control virtual machine management\bin
3. From the CMS, access the installation bin directory from the following path:C:\Program
Files\HP\Insight Control virtual machine management\bin
4. Register the virtual machine host:
vmcli -registerAgent <URI agent>
5. On the node representing the virtual machine host, run the Identify Systems feature of HP SIM.
Linux
To manually register the virtual machine hosts in a Linux environment:
1. From an account with administrative privileges, sign in to HP SIM on the Systems Insight
Manager CMS.
2. From the CMS, access the installationbin directory from the following path:/opt/hpvmm/bin
3. Register the virtual machine host:
./vmcli.sh -registerAgent <URI agent>
4. On the node representing the virtual machine host, run the Identify Systems feature of HP SIM
Unregistering virtual machine hosts
CAUTION: Unregistering a virtual machine host permanently removes all information from the
VMM database, including backup information.
To unregister the virtual machine host:
1. On the HP Systems Insight Manager All Systems page, select the virtual machine host.
2. Click Configure →Virtual Machine →Unregister Virtual Machine Host.
3. Verify that the correct target host appears in the list. To add targets click Add Targets, or to
remove targets, click Remove Targets, and then clickNext.
4. To unregister the host immediately, click Run Now. A confirmation window appears.
5. Type YES in the confirmation window and click OK.
Manually unregistering virtual machine hosts
Windows CMS
To manually unregister the virtual machine host in a Windows environment:
1. From an account with administrative privileges, sign in to HP SIM on the Systems Insight
Manager CMS.
2. Access the installationbin directory using the default path:C:\Program Files\HP\Insight
Control virtual machine management\bin
3. From the CMS, access the installation bin directory from the following path:C:\Program
Files\HP\Insight Control virtual machine management\bin
4. Unregister the virtual machine host:
vmcli -unregisterAgent <URI agent>
5. On the node representing the virtual machine host, run the Identify Systems feature of HP SIM.
Linux CMS
To manually unregister the virtual machine host in a Linux environment:
1. From an account with administrative privileges, sign in to HP SIM on the Systems Insight
Manager CMS.
Registering and unregistering 13
2. From the CMS, access the installation bindirectory from the following path:/opt/hpvmm/bin
3. Unregister the virtual machine host:
./vmcli.sh -unregisterAgent <URI agent>
4. On the node representing the virtual machine host, run the Identify Systems feature of HP SIM.
NOTE: Do not use theVMCLI command to unregister the host, because the same is automatically
unregistered from VMM when you delete the node corresponding to a VM host from HP SIM.
14 Initial setup
4 Using Insight Control virtual machine management
This chapter provides an overview of server virtualization management using the VMM.
You can perform all VMM operations with either operator or administrator rights.
Insight Control virtual machine management interface overview
Insight Control virtual machine management provides central management and control for virtual
machines hosted on Microsoft Hyper-V server, VMware ESX Server, or Xen on RHEL or SLES.
Insight Control virtual machine management detects virtual machine status changes initiated by
other supported virtualization management consoles. The System Status icons on the HP SIM System
Page indicate these status changes. To access the System Page, click the system name in the HP
SIM console. If Microsoft Hyper-V server is used, the Launch SCVMM button appears. If VMware
ESX Server is used, the Launch vCenter button appears.
The left frame of the HP SIM console displays a node navigational tree. A list of the virtual machine
hosts and their virtual machine guests appears in the Systems →Shared →Systems by Type directory.
To display all virtual machine hosts and guests managed by VMM in the HP SIM console, expand
the Systems→ Shared →Systems by Type directory in the navigational tree, and then click Virtual
Machine Host→ All Virtual Machine Hosts or Virtual Machines→ All Virtual Machines.
Using Insight Control virtual machine management controls and tools
You can perform various tasks using VMM controls, available from the HP SIM host or virtual
machine System Page, as described in the following sections.
NOTE: Completing a virtual machine operation that involves file transfers takes longer when
Network Attached Storage (NAS) volumes are used because VMM shares a network connection
with NAS. Be sure separate networks are set up for Insight Control virtual machine management
and NAS.
The following VMM tasks appear on the HP SIM host or guest System Page. Use these tasks to
start, resume, shut down, stop, pause, reset, or restart licensed virtual machine guests.
Insight Control virtual machine management interface overview 15
Table 5 Icons and tasks
FunctionIcon
Start/resume
Shutdown/stop
Pause
Reset/restart
The following tables lists supported features for various virtualization layers.
Table 6 Supported Insight Control virtual machine management features in various virtualization
layers
machine
machine
Features
HP
integrated
ESXi /
VMware
ESX 4.1
1
HP
integrated
ESXi 5.0
1
HP
integrated
ESXi /
VMware
ESX 4.0
Microsoft
Hyper-V R2
server
1
Insight Control virtual machine management features
Data transfer features
Template features
Xen
distribution
on RHEL
Xen
distribution
on SLES
✓✓✓✓✓✓Virtual machine host registration
✓✓✓✓✓✓Virtual machine discovery
✓✓✓✓✓✓Copy virtual machine
✓✓✓✓✓✓Move virtual machine
XX✓✓✓✓SAN move virtual machine
XX✓✓✓✓Live move virtual machine
——✓———Quick move virtual machine
XX✓✓✓✓Create template from virtual
XX✓✓✓✓Deploy template as virtual
template
machine
machine
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XX✓✓✓✓Deleting a virtual machine guest
Backup features
XX✓✓✓✓Create backup for virtual
XX✓✓✓✓Restore backup for virtual
XX✓✓✓✓Performance metrics collection
XX✓✓✓✓Set performance threshold
XXX✓✓✓Events collection
XX✓✓✓✓Prefailure alert handling
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