Configured; Unconfigured; Task Execution Process; Using Virtual Machine Management Pack Controls And Tools - HP Xw460c - ProLiant - Blade Workstation User Manual

Configured

Configured virtual machines meet at least one of the following criteria:
Proper providers have been installed and the credentials are saved in HP SIM.
HP SIM can discover and identify the guest operating system running inside the virtual machine host
and with the virtual machine serial number.
Proper virtual machine host to virtual machine guest association appears.
Full Virtual Machine Management Pack functionality is available.
Turning off the virtual machine host does not change its status as a configured virtual machine.
If the virtual machine host is deleted using the HP SIM interface, then the virtual machine host becomes
unconfigured until HP SIM rediscovers it.

Unconfigured

Unconfigured virtual machines meet at least one of the following criteria:
Have never been powered on.
Have no guest operating system installed.
Do not have proper providers installed.
Have credentials unknown to HP SIM.
Unconfigured virtual machines can create templates.

Task execution process

You can perform multiple Virtual Machine Management Pack tasks involving separate virtual machine hosts
or virtual machine guests simultaneously, but these tasks take longer to execute than if only one task is
running.
If multiple Virtual Machine Management Pack tasks involving the same virtual machine host or virtual machine
guest are queued at the same time, then the tasks are executed sequentially. One Virtual Machine Management
Pack read function and one write function can be performed simultaneously for each virtual machine host.
Additional functions are queued.

Using Virtual Machine Management Pack controls and tools

You can perform various tasks using Virtual Machine Management Pack controls, available from the HP SIM
host or virtual machine System Page, as described in the following sections. You must have administrative
rights to perform Virtual Machine Management Pack tasks.
The time to complete a virtual machine operation that involves file transfers takes longer when Network
Attached Storage (NAS) volumes are used because Virtual Machine Management Pack shares a network
connection with NAS. Be sure separate networks are set up for Virtual Machine Management Pack and NAS.
The following Virtual Machine Management Pack 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.
Table 6-1 Icons and tasks
Icon Function
Start/resume
Shutdown/stop
Pause
Reset/restart
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