Symantec ALTIRIS SERVER MANAGEMENT SUITE 7.0 SP2 - V1.0, Altiris Server Management Suite 7.0 SP2 User Manual
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Technical Support ............ . . .............. . . ............. . . . ............. . . . ............. . . .............. . . .. 4
Chapter 1 Introducing Server Management Suite ....... . . . ............. . . .. 11
About Server Management Suite .. .............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . ... 11
Components of Server Management Suite .. . . . . ............. . . . ............. . . .... 12
Where to get more information .. . . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . . .... 15
Chapter 2 Using Server Management Suite Portal page .............. . . 17
About Server Management Suite Portal page ...... . . .............. . . ............. 17
Accessing the Server Management Suite Portal page . ............. . . . ......... 18
Server Management Suite Portal page Web parts . . . . . ............. . . . .......... 18
Chapter 3 Using Topology View Web part ............ . . . ............. . . ........... 21
About Topology View Web part ..... . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . ............. . . . 21
Viewing network topology ....... . . . . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ... 22
Topology View Web part ...... . . . ............. . . . ............. . . .............. . . ........ 22
Chapter 4 Using Server Resource Manager Home page .......... . . . . .. 25
About Server Resource Manager Home page .... . . ............ . . . . ............. . . 25
Accessing Server Resource Manager Home page ...... . . ............ . . . . ........ 26
Chapter 5 About Monitor Pack for Servers . . . ............ . . . . ............. . . ..... 27
About Monitor Pack for Servers component .. . . ............. . . .............. . . ... 27
About monitor packs included in Monitor Pack for Servers ......... . . ....... 28
Section 1 Using Virtual Machine Management ...... . . ....... 31
Chapter 6 Introducing Virtual Machine Management ..... . . ............. 33
About Virtual Machine Management . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . 33
About server virtualization technique .. ............. . . .............. . . ............ . 34
About Virtual Machine Management portal page ...... . . . ............. . . ....... 34
About Virtual Machine Management tasks ........ . . ............ . . . . ............. . 35
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What you can do with Virtual Machine Management ... . . . ............. . . . .... 36
Chapter 7 Getting Started with Virtual Machine
Management .... . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . ............. 39
Getting started with the Virtual Machine Management
component .. . .............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . ............. . . .......... 39
Discovering and adding a single host ............ . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . . 40
Discovering the host machines .. . . . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ... 41
About Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in .............. . . . ... 42
Installing the Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in . ......... 43
Gathering inventory on the host machine ........... . . ............ . . . . ............ 44
Chapter 8 Managing Virtual Machines ........ . . . . ............. . . .............. . . ... 47
About virtual machines ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . .. 47
Creating a virtual machine . ............ . . . . ............. . . . ............. . . ............ . 48
Deleting a virtual machine . . . . . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ......... 49
Chapter 9 Managing virtual disks ....... . . . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . 51
About virtual disks . ............. . . . ............. . . . ............. . . .............. . . ....... 51
Creating a virtual disk . . . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . .. 51
Deleting a virtual disk .... . . .............. . . ............. . . . ............. . . . ............. 52
Chapter 10 Managing virtual networks ......... . . ............. . . . ............. . . . .... 55
About virtual networks . . ............ . . . . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . . 55
Creating a virtual network . ............. . . .............. . . ............. . . . ............. 55
Deleting a virtual network ...... . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . ..... 57
Chapter 11 Using power management tasks .............. . . ............ . . . . ...... 59
About power management . . . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ........... 59
Starting, stopping, suspending, and resuming a virtual machine ........... 59
Chapter 12 Using snapshots . . ............. . . . ............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . . 61
About snapshots ..... . . . ............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . ............. . . .... 61
Creating a snapshot ..... . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . ............. . . .............. . . 62
Reverting a snapshot . . . . . ............. . . . ............. . . .............. . . ............. . . . 62
Deleting a snapshot ............ . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . ........ 63
Chapter 13 Using Virtual Machine Management reports ...... . . ........ 65
Viewing Virtual Machine Management reports .... . . .............. . . ............ 65
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Index ...... . . ............ . . . . ............. . . .............. . . ............ . . . . ............. . . . ............. . . ............ . . 67
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Introducing Server
Management Suite
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About Server Management Suite
■ Components of Server Management Suite
■ Where to get more information
About Server Management Suite
Server Management Suite combines the essential tools that help you effectively
manage your physical servers and virtual servers, reduce service interruptions,
and increase uptime.
Server Management Suite incorporates a variety of wizards and other features
that let you automate configuration, stage tasks, and create policies to manage
your servers. Various graphical reports let you quickly identify the health of your
environment, pinpoint problems, and analyze trends. Expanded support for virtual
technologies simplifies the management of multiple operating system
environments.
Server Management Suite is a collection of solutions that run on the Symantec
Management Platform. The platform and the solutions of the Server Management
Suite provide the following key features:
■ Discovery and inventory
The suite automatically identifies the devices that are found in your network,
and aggregates inventory data across your environment. Multi-platform
support makes it easy to consolidate the discovery data of all your Windows,
UNIX, and Linux assets within an integrated console. You can easily assess
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security vulnerabilities, prepare for software audits, and more accurately
determine hardware availability and needs.
■ Provisioning
The suite lets you improve the consistency and increase the quality of server
configurations. It delivers the comprehensive deployment capabilities that
include image-based or scripted operating system installation and ongoing
provisioning. The suite helps you implement the standardized configurations,
and provides you the tools for migration.
■ Software distribution and patch management
The suite lets you control server configurations through its software
management capabilities. The automated policies for software and patch
management help you keep the servers standardized and secure. You can
modify similar configurations on multiple servers simultaneously. You can
distribute applications, and security updates to target systems.
■ Proactive monitoring and alerting
The suite helps you proactively monitor the critical components of your
network. You can increase the network uptime with the self-healing
remediation tasks that are configured before the criticalevents occur. You can
organize your servers into vital groups and quickly ascertain the current health
of the whole network. The monitoring capabilities provide you also a
summarized view of each single server performance over time.
See “Components of Server Management Suite” on page 12.
See “Where to get more information” on page 15.
Components of Server Management Suite
Server Management Suite is a collection of solutions that run on the Symantec
Management Platform. These solutions let you discover, inventory, monitor, and
provision servers from a central Console.
See “About Server Management Suite” on page 11.
Introducing Server Management Suite
Components of Server Management Suite
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Components of Server Management Suite
DescriptionComponent
Symantec Management Platform provides a set of services
that IT-related solutions can leverage. Solutions plug into
the platform and take advantage of the platform services,
such as security, reporting, communications, package
deployment, and Configuration Management Database
(CMDB) data. The platform services also provide a high
degree of consistency between the solutions, so that users
do not need to learn multiple product interfaces.
Symantec Management Platform includes the following
components:
■ Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
■ Notification Server
■ Symantec Management Console
■ Altiris Agent for Windows and Altiris Agent for UNIX,
Linux, and Mac
■ Monitor Solution
■ Network Discovery
■ Reports
■ Software Management Framework
Symantec Management
Platform
Deployment Solution helps to reduce the cost of deploying
and managing servers, desktops, notebooks, and thin clients
from a centralized location in your environment. It offers
operating system deployment, configuration, personality
migration of computers, and software deployment across
different hardware platforms and operating systems.
Deployment Solution provides integrated provisioning, disk
imaging, and personality migration from the Symantec
Management Console. Using Symantec Ghost™, you can
perform initial computer deployment using standard images
and migrate user data or application settings to new
computers.
Deployment Solution includes a 7.x version that runs on
the Symantec Management Platform and a license for the
latest 6.x version that can be installed separately.
Deployment Solution
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Components of Server Management Suite (continued)
DescriptionComponent
Inventory Solution lets you gather inventory data about the
computers, users, operating systems, and installed software
applications in your environment. You can collect inventory
data from the computers that run Windows, UNIX, Linux,
and Mac.
After you gather inventory data, you can analyze it using
predefined or custom reports.
Inventory Solution
Inventory Pack for Servers gathers server-based inventory
data from servers. It runs on top of the Inventory Solution
and uses the same Inventory plug-ins, tasks, and wizards.
Inventory Pack for Servers
Inventory for Network Devices gathers inventory data from
the devices that are not managed through the Altiris Agent.
You can gather inventory on the devices that are already
discovered and exist as resources in the Configuration
Management Database (CMDB).
Inventory for Network
Devices
Monitor Pack for Servers works with the Monitor Solution
core components of the Symantec Management Platform.
It lets you monitor operating system performance, services,
and events of your Windows, UNIX, and Linux server
environment.
See “About Monitor Pack for Servers component”
on page 27.
Monitor Pack for Servers
Patch Management Solution for Linux lets you scan Red Hat
and Novell Linux computers for security vulnerabilities.
The solution then reports on the findings and lets you
automate the download and distribution of needed errata,
or software updates. The solution downloads the required
patches and provides wizards to help you deploy them.
Patch Management Solution
for Linux
Patch Management Solution for Mac lets you scan Mac
computers for the updates that they require. The solution
then reports on the findings and lets you automate the
downloading and distribution of needed updates. You can
distribute all or some of the updates.
Patch Management Solution
for Mac
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Components of Server Management Suite (continued)
DescriptionComponent
Patch Management Solution for Windows lets you scan
Windows computers for security vulnerabilities, and view
the results of the scan. The system lets you automate the
download and distribution of the security patches. You can
create filters of the computers and apply the patch to the
computers that need it.
Patch Management Solution
for Windows
Real-Time System Manager provides you detailed real-time
information about the managed computer, and lets you
remotely perform different administrative tasks. You can
run the tasks immediately, or on a schedule.
Real-Time System Manager lets you also run some of the
management tasks on a collection of computers.
Real-Time System Manager
Software Management Solution provides intelligent and
bandwidth-sensitive distribution and management of
software from a central Web console. It leverages the
Software Catalog and Software Library to ensure that the
required software gets installed, remains installed, and runs
without interference from other software.
Software Management Solution supports software
virtualization technology, which lets you install software
into a virtual layer on the client computer.
Software Management Solution also lets users directly
download and install approved software or request other
software.
Software Management
Solution
Virtual Machine Management lets you perform the
virtualization process on your network. You can create
virtual environments of servers, storage devices, and
network resources on a single physical computer.
See “About Virtual Machine Management” on page 33.
Virtual Machine
Management
Where to get more information
Use the following documentation resources to learn and use this product.
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Documentation resources
LocationDescriptionDocument
http://kb.altiris.com/
You can search for the product name under
Release Notes.
Information about new features and
important issues.
This information is available as an article in
the knowledge base.
Release Notes
■ The Documentation Library, which is
available in the Symantec Management
Console on the Help menu.
■ The Product Support page, which is
available at the following URL:
http://www.symantec.com/business
/support/all_products.jsp
When you open your product’s support
page, look for the Documentation link
on the right side of the page.
Information about how to use this product,
including detailed technical information and
instructions for performing common tasks.
This information is available in PDF format.
User Guide
The Documentation Library, which is
available in the Symantec Management
Console on the Help menu.
Context-sensitive help is available for most
screens in the Symantec Management
Console.
You can open context-sensitive help in the
following ways:
■ The F1 key
■ The Context command, which is available
in the Symantec Management Console
on the Help menu.
Information about how to use this product,
including detailed technical information and
instructions for performing common tasks.
Help is available at the solution level and at
the suite level.
This information is available in HTML help
format.
Help
In addition to the product documentation, you can use the following resources to
learn about Altiris products.
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Altiris information resources
LocationDescriptionResource
http://kb.altiris.com/Articles, incidents, and issues about Altiris
products.
Knowledge base
http://www.symantec.com/connect
/endpoint-management-virtualization
An online magazine that contains best
practices, tips, tricks, forums, and articles
for users of this product.
Symantec Connect
(formerly Altiris Juice)
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Using Server Management
Suite Portal page
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About Server Management Suite Portal page
■ Accessing the Server Management Suite Portal page
■ Server Management Suite Portal page Web parts
About Server Management Suite Portal page
Server Management Suite Portal page consolidates the key information about
your network resources into a single view. The Web parts on the Server
Management Suite Portal page let you monitor the state of your computers and
view the inventory data. You can check the status of the recent software deliveries
and find out the number of the Microsoft patches that need to be addressed. The
network topology diagram provides you with an overview of the physical structure
of your network.
You can customize the Server Management Suite Portal page according to your
preferences. You can edit and remove the predefined Web parts, or you can create
new Web parts. For more information, see the topics about editing portal pages
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
See “Accessing the Server Management Suite Portal page” on page 18.
See “Server Management Suite Portal page Web parts” on page 18.
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Accessing the Server Management Suite Portal page
Server Management Suite Portal page provides you the key information about
your network resources in a single view. You can adjust the Server Management
Suite Portal page to display the Web parts that you find the most useful.
See “About Server Management Suite Portal page” on page 17.
See “Server Management Suite Portal page Web parts” on page 18.
To access the Server Management Suite Portal page
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Server
Management Suite Portal.
2
(Optional) To customize the Server Management Suite Portal page, click Edit.
Server Management Suite Portal page Web parts
Server Management Suite Portal page contains different predefined Web parts.
The default Web parts help you get the overview of your network and the state
of your network devices.
See “About Server Management Suite Portal page” on page 17.
See “Accessing the Server Management Suite Portal page” on page 18.
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Default Web parts on the Server Management Suite Portal page
DescriptionWeb part
Event Console provides a consolidated view of all alerts that
are raised. Event Console is part of the Symantec
Management Platform.
Event Console
The chart on this Monitor Solution Web part shows the
severity status of all monitored resources. In the devices
list you can select a computer and launch the Performance
Viewer, the Resource Manager, or the Event console.
Monitored Resources by
Status
This Web part provides a network topology diagram of the
SNMP-enabled devices that are found in your network.
Topology View Web part displays the data that you collect
using Network Discovery tasks.
See “About Topology View Web part” on page 21.
Topology View
This Web part shows the aggregate health of the devices
and computers in your organizational groups. The Group
View is installed as a part of the Server Management Suite.
Group View - Aggregate
health by resource
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Default Web parts on the Server Management Suite Portal page
(continued)
DescriptionWeb part
This Web part of the Inventory Solution displays a graph
that shows how many computers have reported inventory
in a specified period of time. You can edit the period of the
time that you want reported.
Howcurrent is my computer
inventory?
This Web part of the Software Management Solution lists
all software deliveries and their status. Following delivery
types are displayed: Managed Software Delivery, Quick
Delivery, Package Delivery, and Legacy Software Delivery.
Recent Software Delivery
Status
This graph reports the number and the severity of the
Microsoft patches that need to be addressed. The Microsoft
Vulnerabilities graph is a Web part of the Patch Management
Solution.
Microsoft Vulnerabilities
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Using Server Management Suite Portal page
Server Management Suite Portal page Web parts
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Using Topology View Web
part
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About Topology View Web part
■ Viewing network topology
■ Topology View Web part
About Topology View Web part
The Topology View Web part provides aview of the SNMP-enabled network devices
and the physical organization of your network. You see the status of all the network
devices that are connected to your network and you can access the reports of each
device.
Icons on the topology diagram let you identify the differentSNMP-enabled network
devices that are found. Labels on the icon indicate the status of each device.You
can double-click the icon of the device to open the Event Console. When you
right-click the icon, you can access other reports of the device, and run different
tasks.
In the Topology View Web part you can create groups and maps to document the
network, troubleshoot the subnets, or plan infrastructure expansions.
Before you can view the topology diagram in the Topology View Web part, you
must collect the data about the SNMP-enabled devices on your network. Use the
Network Discovery task to discover your network resources. Make sure that the
Network Discovery task has the SNMP turned on.Network Discovery lets you find
routers, switches, hubs, network printers, Novell NetWare servers, and the
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computers that are running Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Mac. The collected data
is saved in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
For more information, see the topics about discovering network devices in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
Note: The Topology View Web part does not display the SNMP-enabled devices
that are discovered with the single device discovery task. When you create a
Network Discovery task to collect the data for the Topology View Web part, you
must set the range of the IP addresses that you want to discover.
The Topology View Web part is installed as a part of the Server Management
Suite.
See “Viewing network topology” on page 22.
See “Topology View Web part” on page 22.
Viewing network topology
You can view the network topology diagram on the Topology View Web part that
is displayed on the Server Management Suite Portal page.
See “About Server Management Suite Portal page” on page 17.
See “About Topology View Web part” on page 21.
Options on the toolbar let you edit the view and the layout of the topology diagram.
After you adjust the network topology view, you can save it for further use. To
display the view that you saved, select it from the User View drop-down list.
To view the network topology
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Server
Management Suite Portal.
2
(Optional) Edit the settings of the network topology view.
See “Topology View Web part” on page 22.
Topology View Web part
The Topology View Web part provides you with a quick overview of your network.
On the topology diagram you see all the SNMP-enabled devices that are discovered
on your network, and the status of each device.
See “About Topology View Web part” on page 21.
Using Topology View Web part
Viewing network topology
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See “Viewing network topology” on page 22.
Table 3-1
Options on the Topology View Web part
DescriptionOption
Lets you select the depth of levels to display.
The drop-down list gets filled dynamically, according to the
number of levels of the actual network.
Level depth
Lets you hide or show different types of network devices.View
Lets you select and display previously saved views.User View
Lets you save the settings and topology layout of the current
view.
Type a descriptive name that helps you easily identify the
view in the future.
Save current view
Lets you delete the previously saved view that you have
selected.
Delete selected view
Lets you display the Topology Viewer in the full screen
mode.
Open Topology Viewer in
full screen mode
Lets you set different switch as a root network device.
The Root Network Device drop-down list is filled with IP
addresses of all switches that are found in your network.
The layout of the network is rearranged according to the
selection.
Root Network Device
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Topology View Web part
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Using Server Resource
Manager Home page
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About Server Resource Manager Home page
■ Accessing Server Resource Manager Home page
About Server Resource Manager Home page
The Server Resource Manager Home page consolidates the most relevant
inventory and monitoring data of a server resource into a single view.
On the Server Resource Manager Home page you see the attributes of the server,
and current disk utilization for all attached disks. You can view the different
health and performance reports of your server. For example you can view the
reports of processor, physical memory, disk I/O, network bandwidth, and disk
space utilization.
The Web parts display the data in real time or for the last 24 hours. The real-time
data is received directly from the managed computer. The historical data is taken
from the Configuration Management Database (CMDB). When you want to see
the report for longer than 24-hour period, click the historical diagram.
The Server Resource Manager Home page lets you also access all the functions
that are available in the Resource Manager.
For more information, see the topics about the Resource Manager functions in
the Symantec Management Platform Help.
You can access the Server Resource Manager Home page from the Resource
Manager.
See “Accessing Server Resource Manager Home page” on page 26.
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The Server Resource Manager Home page is installed as a part of the Server
Management Suite.
To gather the data for the reports that are displayed on the Server Resource
Manager Home page, you must install the following agents on the target
computers:
■ Altiris Agent
■ Inventory plug-in
■ Monitor Agent
For more information, see the topics about preparing managed computers for
inventory in the Inventory Solution Help, and about preparing managed computers
for monitoring in the Monitor Solution Help.
Accessing Server Resource Manager Home page
The Server Resource Manager Home page includes the Web parts that provide
quick overview of your server performance. Different reports let you easily check
and ensure that any of your Windows, UNIX, or Linux servers functions properly.
See “About Server Resource Manager Home page” on page 25.
To access the Server Resource Manager Home page
1
Open the Resource Manager
For more information, see topic about accessing the Resource Manager in
the Symantec Management Platform Help.
2
In Resource Manager, on the Home menu, click Server Resource Manager
Home.
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About Monitor Pack for
Servers
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About Monitor Pack for Servers component
■ About monitor packs included in Monitor Pack for Servers
About Monitor Pack for Servers component
The Monitor Pack for Servers component provides a collection of monitor packs
that let you monitor your servers. Monitor packs are the containers of the monitor
policies that let you monitor services and events of your server environment,
operating system, or certain application.
See “About monitor packs included in Monitor Pack for Servers” on page 28.
Depending on the aspects that you want to monitor, you can enable or disable the
policies that are included in the monitor packs. You can also create new policies.
Each monitor policy contains the necessary rules, metrics, and tasks that let you
monitor the computers and network devices of your network. Rules and metrics
let you define the resources and metric data that you want to monitor. Tasks let
you specify the actions that occur when the metric data reaches certain values.
For more information, see the topics about working with monitor policies, rules,
metrics, and tasks in the Monitor Solution Help.
The Monitor Pack for Servers component also includes numerous reports that
help you analyze the data, and tune the performance of your servers.
For more information, see the topics about viewing monitored data in the Monitor
Solution Help.
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The Monitor Pack for Servers component works with the Monitor Solution core
components of the Symantec Management Platform. It requires that you install
the Symantec Management Platform and the Server Management Suite.
For more information, see the topics about configuring the monitor server and
preparing managed computers for monitoring in the Monitor Solution Help.
About monitor packs included in Monitor Pack for
Servers
The Monitor Pack for Servers component provides a collection of monitor packs
that let you monitor many aspects of your servers.
See “About Monitor Pack for Servers component” on page 27.
The Monitor Pack for Servers component contains both agent-based and agentless
monitoring policies. You can run agent-based monitor policies on the computers
that have the Monitor Agent installed. Agentless monitor policies let you monitor
computers and network devices without the Monitor Agent.
For more information, see the topics about preparing managed computers for
monitoring in the Monitor Solution Help.
Table 5-1
Default monitor packs included in the Monitor Pack for Servers
component
DescriptionMonitor pack
This monitor pack lets you monitor disk, memory, network,
processor, and other aspects of AIX servers.
AIX - Basic
This monitor pack lets you monitor the health and
performance of ESX servers including disk, memory,
network, and processor.
ESX - Basic
This monitor pack lets you monitor the ESX host servers
for virtualization metrics including host disk, virtual
memory, and virtual processor.
ESX - Extended Host
This monitor pack lets you monitor disk, memory, network,
processor, and other aspects of Linux servers.
Linux - Basic
This monitor pack lets you monitor disk, memory, network,
processor, and other aspects of Solaris servers.
Solaris - Basic
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Default monitor packs included in the Monitor Pack for Servers
component (continued)
DescriptionMonitor pack
This monitor pack lets you monitor the health and
performance on the Windows 2000 servers. For example
you can monitor .NET Framework, Active Directory, disk,
memory, network, and processor.
Windows 2000
This monitor pack lets you monitor the health and
performance on the Windows 2003 servers.
Windows 2003
This monitor pack lets you monitor the health and
performance on the Windows 2008 servers.
Windows 2008
This agentless monitor pack lets you monitor the availability
and performance on the Windows 2003/2008 servers
including availability, disk, memory, network, and processor.
The agentless monitor policy lets you monitor computers
without the Monitor Agent installed. Because the Monitor
Agent is not available, fewer aspects of the computers are
available to be monitored.
Windows Agentless Policy
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Using Virtual Machine
Management
■ Chapter 6. Introducing Virtual Machine Management
■ Chapter 7. Getting Started with Virtual Machine Management
■ Chapter 8. Managing Virtual Machines
■ Chapter 9. Managing virtual disks
■ Chapter 10. Managing virtual networks
■ Chapter 11. Using power management tasks
■ Chapter 12. Using snapshots
■ Chapter 13. Using Virtual Machine Management reports
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Introducing Virtual Machine
Management
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About Virtual Machine Management
■ About server virtualization technique
■ About Virtual Machine Management portal page
■ About Virtual Machine Management tasks
■ What you can do with Virtual Machine Management
About Virtual Machine Management
Virtual Machine Management is a component of the Server Management Suite
that lets you perform the virtualization process on your network. Virtualization
is a technology that lets you make optimum use of the hardware resources of your
organization. You can create virtual environments of servers, storage devices,
and network resources on a single physical server. Each virtual environment is
isolated and functions independently from the physical server andfrom the other
virtual environments.
See “About server virtualization technique” on page 34.
Virtualization enhances the efficiency and productivity of the hardware resources
and helps to reduce administrative costs.
The Virtual Machine Management component includes three types of
virtualization:
■ Server Virtualization
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■ Storage Virtualization
■ Network Virtualization.
The Virtual Machine Management component supports Hyper-V and VMware
platforms. The Hyper-V from Microsoft and the ESX family from VMware let you
create and manage virtual machines, disks, and networks. These platforms support
all features of the virtualization.
About server virtualization technique
The Virtual Machine Management component uses the server virtualization
technique. Server virtualization lets you divide one physical server into multiple
virtual environments. The virtual environments are called virtual servers, guest
servers, or emulations. The virtual servers share the hardware resources of one
physical server. The physical server is called the host and the virtual server is
called the guest.
Server virtualization can be attained with following three methods: virtual
machines, paravirtualization, and operating system virtualization. The Virtual
Machine Management component uses the virtual machine method. Server
virtualization with the virtual machine method lets you create virtual machines
on the host machine. All the virtual machines have their own operating system,
disk storage, and network resources that are independent of the host operating
system.
To use the virtual machine method of the virtualization, you must install the
virtual machine monitor software on your server. The virtual machine monitor
software is also called hypervisor. You can install the hypervisor on the operating
system or on the hardware of your server. When you install the hypervisor on the
operating system, it is called host virtualization. When you install the hypervisor
on the system hardware, it is called bare metal virtualization.
See “About Virtual Machine Management” on page 33.
About Virtual Machine Management portal page
The Virtual Machine Management portal page provides you with an overview of
your virtual resources.
On the Virtual Machine Management portal page, in the left pane, you can see
the Hyper-V and VMware platforms. Under the platform you can see a list of the
host machines that belong to it. On the host machine you can manage yourvirtual
resources: the virtual machines, the virtual disks, and the virtual networks.
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To view the details of the host machine, click on its symbol. In the right pane, you
can see the details of the selected host machine. In the right pane, you also have
access to the tasks that let you manage the virtual resources on the host machine.
In the left pane, you can expand the host machine and see the list of the virtual
machines that are created on it. To view the details of the virtual machine or run
management tasks on it, click the virtual machine symbol in the left pane.
See “About Virtual Machine Management” on page 33.
See “What you can do with Virtual Machine Management” on page 36.
About Virtual Machine Management tasks
To create or manage your virtual resources, you must create and run respective
tasks on the host machines.
For general information about creating and running the tasks, see the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
See “What you can do with Virtual Machine Management” on page 36.
After you specify the details for the Virtual Machine Management task, the jobs
and tasks page opens. On the jobs and tasks page, in the right pane, you can run
the task on the different virtual machines that belong to the same host type. For
example, when you select VMware as a host type, you can run the task on the
virtual machines that belong to the VMware host machine. The task fails if the
host machine and the virtual machine are different type.
For more information, see the topics about specifying the targets of a task in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
The tasks use the Symantec Management Platform connection profiles to manage
the network protocols that are used to communicate with the host machines.
When you run the tasks, you can use the default connection profile or create your
own profile.
Note: The default firewall settings block WMI connections. You must enable
Hyper-V server to work with WMI calls.
For more information, see the topics about creating connection profiles in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
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What you can do with Virtual Machine Management
The Virtual Machine Management component lets you manage your virtual
environment.
See “About Virtual Machine Management” on page 33.
See “About Virtual Machine Management tasks” on page 35.
See “About Virtual Machine Management portal page” on page 34.
Table 6-1
Features of the Virtual Machine Management component
DescriptionOption
You can create virtual machines manually or with the Create
Virtual Machine wizard.
See “Creating a virtual machine” on page 48.
Create virtual machine
You can create virtual disks for the virtual machines that
you create.
See “Creating a virtual disk” on page 51.
Create virtual disk
You can create virtual network for the virtual machine. Each
virtual machine requires a network to connect to the host
machine.
See “Creating a virtual network” on page 55.
Create virtual network
You can change the power state of your virtual machines.
See “Starting, stopping, suspending, and resuming a virtual
machine” on page 59.
Run power management
tasks on virtual machines
You can create snapshots to preserve certain states of your
virtual machines.
See “Creating a snapshot” on page 62.
Create snapshot of a virtual
machine
You can use the revert snapshot option to restore a
previously saved state of the virtual machine.
See “Reverting a snapshot” on page 62.
Revert snapshot of a virtual
machine
You can collect the inventory data of the host machines and
their virtual environment.
See “Gathering inventory on the host machine” on page 44.
Collect inventory of the
virtual environment
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Features of the Virtual Machine Management component (continued)
DescriptionOption
You can view the details of the host machine and its virtual
environment.
See “Viewing Virtual Machine Management reports”
on page 65.
View Virtual Machine
Management reports
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Getting Started with Virtual
Machine Management
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ Getting started with the Virtual Machine Management component
■ Discovering and adding a single host
■ Discovering the host machines
■ About Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in
■ Installing the Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in
■ Gathering inventory on the host machine
Getting started with the Virtual Machine Management
component
The Virtual Machine Management component lets you manage the virtual
resources of your network. To use the features of the Virtual Machine Management
component, you must perform some required tasks.
See “About Virtual Machine Management” on page 33.
See “What you can do with Virtual Machine Management” on page 36.
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Table 7-1
Process for getting started with the Virtual Machine Management
component
DescriptionActionStep
You can provide IP address of a single
host machine and quickly add it to the
network.
See “Discovering and adding a single
host” on page 40.
You can discover all the host machines
and their virtual machines that are
available in the network. The discovery
data is added into the Configuration
Management Database (CMDB).
See “Discovering the host machines”
on page 41.
Discover and add host machinesStep 1
The Virtual Machine Management Task
Server Plug-in lets you run the
management tasks on your virtual
machines.
The Virtual Machine Management Task
Server Plug-in install policy is enabled
by default. It installs the Virtual
Machine Management Task Server
Plug-in on the task server.
See “Installing the Virtual Machine
Management Task Server Plug-in”
on page 43.
Install the Virtual Machine
Management Task Server Plug-in
on the task server
Step 2
After you discover the Hyper-V and
VMware servers on your network, you
can gather inventory of these servers
and their virtual environments.
See “Gathering inventory on the host
machine” on page 44.
Collect the inventory on the host
machines
Step 3
Discovering and adding a single host
The Add Host feature lets you find and add a specific host to your network. To
search for the host, specify the IP address and run the network discovery task.
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When the host is found, its data is added into the Configuration Management
Database (CMDB).
See “About Virtual Machine Management” on page 33.
See “Getting started with the Virtual Machine Management component”
on page 39.
After a host is added, you can view its data on the Virtual Machine Management
portal page. You can perform the Virtual Machine Management operations on the
host machine.
See “What you can do with Virtual Machine Management” on page 36.
See “About Virtual Machine Management portal page” on page 34.
To discover and add a single host
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, click Actions > Add Host.
3
In the dialog box, type the IP address of the host and click OK.
4
On the network discovery task page, under Device Discovery Task
Parameters, select Connection profile.
5
Under Task Status, specify a schedule for the task.
For more information, see the topics about specifying a schedule in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
6
Click Save changes.
Discovering the host machines
Before you can perform the Virtual Machine Management operations, you must
discover the host machines and its virtual environment. You can discover the
host machines and their virtual machines with the Network Discovery wizard.
For more information, see the topics about discovering network devices in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
See “About Virtual Machine Management” on page 33.
See “Getting started with the Virtual Machine Management component”
on page 39.
After the host machines and their virtual machines are discovered, according
resources are created in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB). The
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Virtual Machine Management home page displays the host machines and their
virtual machines that are available on your network.
See “About Virtual Machine Management portal page” on page 34.
Each time you add a host machine or a virtual machine, you must launch the
discovery wizard to update the discovery data.
To discover the host machines
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, click Actions > Getting Started.
3
In the Getting Started dialog box, click Launch Network Discovery Wizard.
4
In the network discovery wizard, on the Choose method of device discovery
page, specify a discovery method and then click Next.
For more information, see the topic about methods for discovering network
devices in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
5
On the Enter network IP Ranges page, specify the portions of the network
to discover and then click Next.
For more information, see the topic about selecting network ranges to discover
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
6
On the Select device communication profile page, select a connection profile
and then click Next.
For more information, see the topics about network discovery and connection
profiles in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
7
On the Enter task name page, name the task and then click Next.
8
On the Choose when to run the discovery page, schedule the task and then
click Finish.
For more information, see the topic about scheduling network discovery tasks
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
About Virtual Machine Management Task Server
Plug-in
For all Virtual Machine Management actions that you want ot perform, you must
create tasks on the host machine. TheVirtual Machine Management Task Server
Plug-in lets you manage your host machines and their virtual machines. It runs
the management tasks that you create in the Virtual Machine Management.
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See “About Virtual Machine Management” on page 33.
The Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in is installed on the task
server. You can configure the task server on the Notification Server computer or
on a separate site server computer. The Virtual Machine Management Task Server
Plug-in policy installs the Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in on
the task server.
For more information, see the topics about deploying a task server in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
See “Installing the Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in” on page 43.
The Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in uses different components
to communicate with the host machines. The VMware platform uses the web
service and Hyper-V uses the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). The
Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in remotely connects to the host
machine and runs the tasks that are applied to it.
The Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in acts as a communication
channel between the Notification Server computer, task server, and the host
machine. The tasks are created in the Virtual Machine Management and sent to
the task server for the Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in. The
Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in selects the host where the task
is specified run. After the task runs, the host machine sends the result to the
Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in. The Virtual Machine
Management Task Server Plug-in then generates the Notification Server Event
(NSE) and sends it to the Notification Server computer. The Notification Server
computer stores the event in the CMDB.
Installing the Virtual Machine Management Task
Server Plug-in
To perform any Virtual Machine Management tasks, you must install the Virtual
Machine Management Task Server Plug-in on your task server.
The Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in install policy is enabled
by default. The policy installs the Virtual Machine Management Task Server
Plug-in on your task server.
See “About Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in” on page 42.
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To install the Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Settings menu, click All
Settings.
2
In the left pane, under Settings, click Agents/Plug-ins > Virtual Machine
Management > Virtual MachineManagement TaskServer Plug-in- Install.
3
On the Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in - Install page,
under Applied to, specify the target for the policy.
For more information, see the topics about applying a policy to targets,
computers, resources, and users in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
4
Under Schedule, specify a schedule for the policy.
For more information, see the topics about specifying a policy schedule in
the Symantec Management Platform Help.
5
Turn on the policy.
At the upper right of the page, click the colored circle, and then click On.
6
Click Save changes.
Gathering inventory on the host machine
After you discover the Hyper-V and VMware servers on your network, you can
gather inventory on these servers.
See “Getting started with the Virtual Machine Management component”
on page 39.
To gather inventory of the virtual servers, you must run a Virtual Machine
Management Inventory task. The Inventory task lets you collect the data about
the host machine and its virtual environment. For example you can collect
information about the host name, IP address, system type, and hardware
utilization. You also can collect information about the virtual machines, virtual
disks, and the virtual networks that are created on the host machine.
You can run the inventory task once or you can set it to run repeatedly and
automatically update the inventory data.
For more information, see the topics about gathering inventory in the Inventory
Solution Help.
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To gather inventory on the host machine
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, click Actions > Getting Started and in the Getting Started
window, click Run Inventory Task.
3
On the inventory task page, select the Host Type and the credentials of the
host machine.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
4
Under Task Status, specify a schedule for the task.
For more information, see the topics about specifying a schedule in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
5
Click Save changes.
To manually create a Virtual Machine Management Inventory task
1
In the Symantec Management Console page, on the Manage menu, click Jobs
and Tasks.
2
In the left pane, under Jobs and Tasks, click Virtual Machine Management.
3
Right-click the Inventory folder and click New > Task.
4
In the tasks list, click Inventory.
5
On the inventory task page, give the task a name.
6
Select the Host Type and the credentials of the host machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
7
On the inventory task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for the
task.
For more information, see the topics about specifying a schedule in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
8
Click Save changes.
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Managing Virtual Machines
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About virtual machines
■ Creating a virtual machine
■ Deleting a virtual machine
About virtual machines
The virtualization process helps you optimally use the resources andapplications
of your organization.
See “About Virtual Machine Management” on page 33.
Running a single operating system and a single application on a physical computer
can be a too low utilization of the resource. Virtualization lets you create and run
multiple virtual machines on a single physical computer.
See “Creating a virtual machine” on page 48.
Each virtual machine can run different operatingsystem and software applications.
Each virtual machine also has its own software-based processor, memory, hard
disk, and network interface card. The virtual machines, though on the same
physical computer, stay isolated from each other. A virtual machine cannot be
differentiated from a physical computer.
Virtual machine is a software package that includes information about hardware
resources, applications, and operating system. You can easily move or copy the
virtual machine from one location to another.
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Creating a virtual machine
Virtual machines are created on a host machine. You can create the virtual machine
with the Create VirtualMachine wizard. You also can manually create a task that
creates a virtual machine.
See “About virtual machines” on page 47.
To create a virtual machine with the Create Virtual Machine wizard
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, do one of the following:
■ Click the host machine and on the host machine page, under Actions,
click Create Virtual Machine.
■ Right-click the host machine and click Create VM.
3
In the Create Virtual Machine wizard, on the Host Type and Credentials
page, select the credentials of the host machine and then click Next.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
4
On the Select Target page, select the host machine where you want to create
the virtual machine and then click Next.
5
On the Virtual Machine Details page, specify the virtual machine details and
then click Next.
6
On the Select Disk page, create or select a virtual disk and then click Next.
7
On the SelectNetwork page, create or select a virtual network and then click
Finish.
8
On the Create VM task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for the
task.
For more information, see the topics about adding a schedule in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
9
Click Save changes.
To manually create a task that creates a virtual machine
1
In the Symantec Management Console page, on the Manage menu, click Jobs
and Tasks.
2
In the left pane, under Jobs and Tasks, click Virtual Machine Management.
3
Right-click the Create Virtual Machine folder and click New > Task.
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4
In the tasks list, click Create Virtual Machine.
5
Give the task a name.
6
On the Credential Selector tab, select the Host Type and the credentials of
the host machine.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
7
On the VM Details tab, specify the virtual machine details.
8
On the CPU Details tab, specify the processor details.
9
On the Disk Details tab, specify the disk details.
10
On the Network Details tab, specify the network details.
11
Click OK.
12
On the create virtual machine task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule
for the task.
For more information, see the topics about adding a schedule in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
13
Click Save changes.
Deleting a virtual machine
You can delete a virtual machine from the host machine.
To delete a virtual machine
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, click the host machine.
3
On the host machine page, under Virtual Machines, do one of the following:
■ Click the virtual machine and click Actions > Delete.
■ Right-click the virtual machine and click Delete.
4
In the Delete virtual machine dialog box, select the credentials of the host
machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
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5
On the delete virtual machine task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule
for the task.
For more information, see the topics about adding a schedule in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
6
Click Save changes.
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Managing virtual disks
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About virtual disks
■ Creating a virtual disk
■ Deleting a virtual disk
About virtual disks
When you create a virtual machine, it needs a disk to store the data. You can create
a disk or select a disk that is previously created on the host machine.
See “Creating a virtual disk” on page 51.
The virtual disks are created on the host machine. To create a virtual disk, you
must create and run respective task. You also can specify the disk details for the
new virtual machine in the Create Virtual Machine wizard.
See “Creating a virtual machine” on page 48.
Creating a virtual disk
After you create a virtual machine, you need to create or specify a virtual disk for
it.
See “About virtual disks” on page 51.
To create a virtual disk
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, do one of the following:
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■ Click the host machine and on the host machine page, under Actions,
click Create Virtual Disk.
■ Right-click the host machine, and click Create Disk.
3
In the CreateDisk dialog box, specify the disk settings, select the credentials
of the host machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
4
On the create disk task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for the
task.
For more information, see the topics about adding a schedule in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
5
Click Save changes.
To manually create a task that creates a virtual disk
1
In the Symantec Management Console page, on the Manage menu, click Jobs
and Tasks.
2
In the left pane, under Jobs and Tasks, click Virtual Machine Management.
3
Right-click the Create Disk folder and click New > Task.
4
In the tasks list, click Create Disk.
5
Give the task a name.
6
In the right pane, under Software Setting, specify the disk settings, select
the credentials of the host machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
7
On the create disk task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for the
task.
For more information, see the topics about adding a schedule in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
8
Click Save changes.
Deleting a virtual disk
Delete disk task lets you delete a disk on the host machine. When you delete a
disk, it is also removed from the virtual disks list of the host machine.
See “About virtual disks” on page 51.
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To delete a virtual disk
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, click the host machine.
3
On the host machine page, under Virtual Disk, do one of the following:
■ Click the virtual disk and click Actions > Delete.
■ Right-click the virtual disk, and click Delete.
4
In the Delete Disk dialog box, under Credential Selector, select the credentials
of the host machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
5
On the delete disk task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for the
task.
For more information, see the topics about adding a schedule in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
6
Click Save changes.
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Managing virtual networks
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About virtual networks
■ Creating a virtual network
■ Deleting a virtual network
About virtual networks
A virtual machine requires a network to connect to the host machine. You can
create a virtual network for the virtual machine or use the virtual network that
is already available. The virtual network is created on the host machine. Several
virtual machines can use one network.
See “Creating a virtual network” on page 55.
To create a virtual network, you must create and run respective task. You also
can specify the network details for the new virtual machine in the CreateVirtual
Machine wizard.
See “Creating a virtual machine” on page 48.
Creating a virtual network
After you create a virtual machine, you must specify a virtual network that lets
the virtual machine connect to the host machine.
See “About virtual networks” on page 55.
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To create a virtual network
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, do one of the following:
■ Click the host machine and on the host machine page, under Actions,
click Create Virtual Network.
■ Right-click the host machine and click Create Network.
3
On the Create Network page, specify the network settings, select the
credentials of the host machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
4
On the create network task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for
the task.
For more information, see the topics about adding a schedule in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
5
Click Save changes.
To manually create a task that creates a virtual network
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Manage menu, click Jobs and
Tasks.
2
In the left pane, under Jobs and Tasks, click Virtual Machine Management.
3
Right-click the Create Network folder and click New > Task.
4
In the tasks list, click Create Network.
5
Give the task a name.
6
In the right pane, specify the network settings, select the credentials of the
host machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
7
On the create network task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for
the task.
For more information, see the topics about adding a schedule in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
8
Click Save changes.
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Deleting a virtual network
You can delete a virtual network from the host machine.
See “About virtual networks” on page 55.
To delete a virtual network
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, click a host machine.
3
On the host machine page, under Virtual Network, do one of the following:
■ Click the virtual network and click Actions > Delete.
■ Right-click the virtual network and click Delete.
4
In the Delete virtual network dialog box, select the credentials of the host
machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
5
On the delete network task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for
the task.
For more information, see the topics about adding a schedule in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
6
Click Save changes.
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Using power management
tasks
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About power management
■ Starting, stopping, suspending, and resuming a virtual machine
About power management
The power management feature of the Virtual Machine Management component
lets you manage the power state of your virtual machines. The power control
options are start, stop, suspend, and resume.
See “Starting, stopping, suspending, and resuming a virtual machine” on page 59.
The purpose of the power management tasks is to helpthe organization to conserve
the energy.
Starting, stopping, suspending, and resuming a virtual
machine
The power management tasks help you manage the power state of your virtual
machines.
See “About power management” on page 59.
The start and stop actions let you start and stop the virtual machine. The suspend
action sets the virtual machine in a pause state. During this state all the operations
of the virtual machine are paused. With the resume action, you can restart the
virtual machine.
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To start, stop, suspend, and resume a virtual machine
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, do one of the following:
■ Click the virtual machine and on the virtual machine page, under Actions,
click appropriate option.
■ Right-click the virtual machine and click appropriate option.
3
Select the credentials of the host machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
4
On the power management task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule
for the task.
For more information, see the topics about specifying a schedule in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
5
Click Save changes.
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Using snapshots
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About snapshots
■ Creating a snapshot
■ Reverting a snapshot
■ Deleting a snapshot
About snapshots
The Virtual Machine Management component lets you create and manage the
snapshots of your virtual machines. The snapshots help you capture and save the
configuration settings and virtual disks of a virtual machine. You can take a
snapshot of a virtual machine in any power state. The snapshot also captures the
power state of a virtual machine.
Note: You can take a snapshot of a virtual machine that is in a suspended state
on VMware hosts only.
The snapshot management feature helps the people who work in the testing
environment. For example when the testers need to test the setup many times.
They can create a snapshot of a virtual machine and test the setup without the
need to reinstall the operating system newly every time.
The snapshots are stored in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
See “Creating a snapshot” on page 62.
See “Reverting a snapshot” on page 62.
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Creating a snapshot
You can take the snapshot of a virtual machine any time. If you keep changing
the configurations of the virtual machines very frequently, you can take the
snapshots of individual configurations and save them.
See “About snapshots” on page 61.
To create a snapshot
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, do one of the following:
■ Click the virtual machine and on the virtual machine page, under Actions,
click Create Snapshot.
■ Right-click the virtual machine, and click Create Snapshot.
3
In the Create Snapshot dialog box, specify the snapshot settings, select the
credentials of the host machine, and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
4
On the create snapshot task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for
the task.
For more information, see the topics about specifying a schedule in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
5
Click Save changes.
Reverting a snapshot
When you take a snapshot of a virtual machine, it saves its current state. Later,
if you face problems with the configured virtual machine, you can revert to its
previous state. When you revert a snapshot, you loose all the changes that you
do after you take the snapshot.
See “About snapshots” on page 61.
To revert a snapshot
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, click the virtual machine.
3
On the virtual machine page, under Snapshot Details, click Actions > Revert
Snapshot.
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4
In the Revert Snapshot dialog box, select the credentials of the host machine,
and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
5
On the revert snapshot task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for
the task.
For more information, see the topics about specifying a schedule in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
6
Click Save changes.
Deleting a snapshot
You can delete a snapshot when the machine is in any mode. When you delete a
snapshot, the contents of that snapshot is saved on the virtual disk and the data
is not deleted. If you delete the snapshot, you cannot revert to its earlier state.
See “About snapshots” on page 61.
To delete a snapshot
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Virtual
Machine Management.
2
In the left pane, click the virtual machine.
3
On the virtual machine page, under SnapshotsDetails, click Actions > Delete
Snapshot.
4
In the Delete Snapshot dialog box, select the credentials of the host machine,
and click OK.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing a credential
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
5
On the delete snapshot task page, under Task Status, specify a schedule for
the task.
For more information, see the topics about specifying a schedule in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
6
Click Save changes.
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Using Virtual Machine
Management reports
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ Viewing Virtual Machine Management reports
Viewing Virtual Machine Management reports
The information about the host machines and their virtual machines, disks, and
networks is stored in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB). You can
view the details of the host machine and its virtual environment from the Reports
or from the Resource Manager.
You can configure the report view to suit your requirements. You also can save
the reports in different formats.
For more information, see the topics about using reports, see the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
To view Virtual Machine Management reports
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Reports menu, click All
Reports.
2
In the left pane, click Virtual Machine Management.
3
Select a report that you want to view.
For more information, see the topics about using reports in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
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C
context-sensitive help 15
D
documentation 15
H
help
context-sensitive 15
host
adding 40
discovering 40–41
M
Monitor Pack for Servers
about 27
monitor packs 28
monitor policies 28
N
network topology
saving 22
viewing 22
network topology diagram
about 21
saving 22
viewing 22
R
Release Notes 15
S
Server Management Suite
about 11
components 12
Server Management Suite Portal page
about 17
accessing 18
viewing 18
Server Management Suite Portal page (continued)
Web parts 18
Server Resource Manager
about 25
accessing 26
viewing 26
server virtualization technique
about 34
snapshot
about 61
creating 62
deleting 63
reverting 62
T
Topology View Web part
about 21
customizing 22
options 22
viewing 22
V
virtual disk
about 51
creating 51
deleting 52
virtual machine
about 47
creating 48
deleting 49
discovering 41
wizard 48
Virtual Machine Management
about 33
features 36
getting started 39
portal page 34
tasks 35
Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in
about 42
installing 43
Index
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Virtual Machine Management Task Server Plug-in
policy
about 42
installing 43
virtual machines
gathering inventory 44
virtual network
about 55
creating 55
deleting 57
virtualization platforms
about 33
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