Managing Virtual Host Hyper-V Servers

Managing Virtual Host Hyper-V Servers

CA SRM collects and monitors storage capacity and other information from a server virtualization product, for example, Microsoft Hyper-V server. Virtual Host Environments allows you to correlate the virtual hosts to the physical environment.

CA SRM provides a licensed option that collects storage usage data from the following virtual host server objects:

• Virtual Host Servers
• Virtual Guests
• Virtual Hard Disks
• Snapshots

CA SRM supports the independent virtual host data collection by the Hyper-V host servers.

This section contains the following topics:

Virtual Host Hyper-V Environment Objects

Registering Virtual Host Hyper-V Servers

Defining a Query Service

Defining an Automate Service

Virtual Host Hyper-V Environment Objects

CA SRM collects information about the following virtual host Hyper-V environment objects:

Virtual Host Servers

Objects representing the physical servers of your virtual host environment. Virtual Host Servers provides a virtualization layer that abstracts the processor, memory, storage, and networking resources of the physical host into multiple virtual machines.

Virtual Guests

Objects representing the virtual machines. The virtual machine is a Virtual Guest. Collection of virtual guests comprises a host (Hyper-V) server. You can run multiple virtual guests on the same host at the same time.

Virtual Hard Disks

Objects representing virtual disks. A virtual disk is a storage location for all the files constituting a virtual machine configuration and data files. To a host, a virtual hard disk is stored as .vhd file in physical disk.

Snapshots

Objects representing the snapshot of your virtual machine. Snapshots let you preserve the state of a virtual machine so that you can return to the same state at any given time. A snapshot captures the entire state of a virtual machine.

Note: To verify that the Windows Client displays the most recent data collection, refresh open user views.

Registering Virtual Host Hyper-V Servers

To create a virtual host environment, register the virtual host Hyper-V servers using the computer registration wizard.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the CA SRM Windows Client main window.
2. Select Open Systems, Register, Network Storage, Computers and Domains.

   The CA SRM Computer Registration Wizard welcome dialog opens.

3. Click Next.

   The Select Operating System dialog opens.

4. Select the Windows operating system and click Next.

   The Selecting a Domain and Defining Security dialog opens.

5. Provide the name of the domain and the proper security credentials for the computers you want to register:

   

   The following list describes the fields on this dialog:

   Discover computers in domain

   Select the domain that contains the computers you want to register.

   User Name

   Type the name of a user with at least Administrator privileges on the computers you want to register.

   Password

   Type the password for the user name.

   Registration Type

   Specify whether this computer is a managed computer or an agentless computer.

   If you select Managed computers, the CA SRM Agent is installed, which enables CA SRM to collect detailed data.

   If you select Agentless computers, CA SRM collects basic data using WMI.

   IP Addresses

   Specify whether you want to use the host name or the numeric IP address for the computer.

   Software destination location

   Specify the location in which you want the CA SRM agent to be installed on the target computers.

   When you finish entering this information, click Next to start the Discovery process.

   The Setting Data Collection Properties dialog opens.

6. (Optional) Click Add Computer.

   The Non-published Computer dialog opens.

7. Type the computer name that you want to add and click OK.

   The Setting Data Collection Security dialog opens.

8. Type the user name and password (with Administrator privileges) on the computers you have selected to be managed.

   Important! If at least one Windows 2008 or later server version computers with Hyper-V on a full installation, configured to be registered, the Collect Hyper-V information check box appears on the Setting Data Collection Security dialog.

   Microsoft Hyper-V on a Server Core installation is not supported.

9. Select Collect Hyper-V check box and click Next.

   The Set Organization and Location dialog opens.

   Note: The Collect Hyper-V option enables data collection for the computers with Hyper-V information as part of managed computers registration. The Hyper-V information will be populated in the Virtual Host Server Environment, after the data collection is complete.

   SRM does not collect Hyper-V through System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).

   You must have valid Virtual Host Server license for the successful data collection of the Hyper-V information. If you do not have valid Virtual Host Server license, the Hyper-V information will not be collected for those managed computers.

10. (Optional) Edit the fields in the Set Organization and Location dialog, if you want to add a different location, organization, and contact:

    Location

    Lets you attach a geographic location to the computer or server. Select a location from the drop-down list. You can also click New Location to add the details of the new location in the Create New Location dialog. Click OK to exit the dialog.

    Organization

    Lets you attach organization to the computer or server. Select an organization from the drop-down list. You can also click New Organization to add the details of the new organization in the Create New Organization dialog. Click OK to exit the dialog.

    Contact

    Lets you add a contact. Click New Contact to add a contact using the Create New Contact dialog. Enter the name, telephone number, and email address of the new contact. You can access your default address book by clicking the To: Button and select the email address from there.

    Note: You can also add new contacts by clicking New Contact in the Create New Location dialog or Create New Organization dialog.

11. Click Install to install the CA SRM agent software on the managed system you have identified to the wizard, completing the registration.

    Notice that your CA license information for computer and Hyper-V is updated and displays.

    The CA SRM Computer Registration Wizard displays the registration complete message.

12. Click Close to exit the wizard.

Defining a Query Service

This section describes how to create a query using the Service Builder Wizard. The Service Builder Wizard contains predefined sets of sample services. After completing the configuration steps, the service is ready to use. If you want to tailor a service, use the Query Service Builder Wizard to customize it.

The following example shows you how to query the database immediately for all Virtual Host Servers.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Expand the CA SRM Object Tree, Open Systems, Services, Service Definitions, and then select Query, as shown in the following diagram:

   

   The Query table opens.

2. Click the Configuration menu and then New in the Query table. The Query Service Wizard opens. From the Query table main menu, select Configuration, New. The Template dialog opens. Expand Network Storage, then Virtual Host Environment, and select Virtual Host Servers. Click Next.

   

3. Select Virtual Host Servers from the Selection Type drop-down list and select one or more check boxes from the Select one or more VHS from the list. Click Next.

   

4. Select the execution frequency. The service can operate:
   • Immediately—Collection occurs immediately but only once.
   • Execute once—Collection occurs at a future date but only once. Click the drop-down list to enter the date in the calendar.
   • Execute periodically—Collection occurs at regular intervals. Designate the interval in the Every box. Enter a number then select the frequency:
     • Hours
     • Days
     • Weeks
     • Months
     • Business Days

     If you select Weeks, you can choose a specific day in the On box. The On box is inactive for the other frequencies.

     The Retain Historical Data (Trending) option is only available when you enable periodic execution.

   • Specific Time—Collection occurs at, or as soon as possible after, a specific time of day. If a server is down and CA SRM cannot collect at the specified time, CA SRM collects as soon as it can that day (prior to midnight).

     If you want to collect at a specific time check this box. This only works in conjunction with the Execute once and Execute periodically options. Use the spin box to designate the time of day you want the collection to occur.

   • Hold—This option keeps the service available but the service does not run. It remains on hold until you change the option to one of the frequencies listed above. You can use the Hold option for situations where you want to kickoff this service from outside of CA SRM using the command line option. Hold is not available for every service.
5. The Summary dialog displays the parameters for the service that you have defined. If you want to make changes, click the Back button. If there are no changes, click Launch to name and then execute the service. Click Save to save the service without executing it. CA SRM runs the service according to the configuration shown in this dialog.

   Note: If you make changes in the Advanced dialog, you will have to use it for all of your future changes. After you use the Advanced dialog for a service, you can no longer edit the service in the Service Builder Wizard.

6. Enter a name for the service in the dialog. You can also provide an optional description. When you finish, click OK. The service executes or saves depending on what you selected in the previous dialog:

   

   You can use the CA SRM Activity Monitor to check the progress of any service that you create. From the Open Systems menu, select Activity Monitor.