Deploying A Virtual Machine Guest Template; Creating A Virtual Machine Guest Backup - HP Xw460c - ProLiant - Blade Workstation User Manual

Deploying a virtual machine guest template

NOTE: When you schedule a job for an operation in Virtual Machine Management Pack, selecting Periodic
Scheduling for the Deploy Virtual Machine Template operation might result in unexpected behavior.
NOTE: For Xen on RHEL or SLES, you cannot perform the deploying virtual machine guest template operation.
Virtual Machine Management Pack enables you to deploy a previously created virtual machine template to
create a virtual machine guest. A virtual machine template is an image of a complete virtual machine operating
system, configuration, and all relevant virtual disk information. The template is needed to create and register
a new virtual machine on a virtual machine host with the same virtualization technology.
A template does not contain the serial number (UUID) and MAC address of the virtual machine guest used
to create the template.
1. From the HP SIM toolbar, select Deploy Virtual Machine Templates
Template.
2. Select a template, and then click Next.
3. Select the target virtual machine host, and then click Next.
4. Select the target virtual machine host directory location.
5. Specify the name of the virtual machine guest, memory size, and target file as necessary, and then click
Next. The target folder must be empty.
6. Verify the details, and click Run Now, or to deploy the template later, click Schedule.

Creating a virtual machine guest backup

NOTE: You cannot perform hot backups using HP integrated Citrix XenServer, Hyper-V, and HP integrated
VMware ESXi.
NOTE: You cannot create backups using Xen on RHEL or SLES.
Performing a backup requires administrative rights. If you perform a backup on a virtual machine guest that
is running, the guest is suspended and then restored to a running state after the backup is complete.
Virtual Machine Management Pack enables you to perform an immediate backup of a virtual machine guest,
schedule a single backup, or schedule a recurring backup on a daily or weekly basis. The Create Virtual
Machine Backup screen enables you to view and delete all available backups.
1. On the HP SIM All Systems page, select the virtual machine guest to backup.
2. From the HP SIM toolbar, select Deploy Virtual Machine Backups
Backup.
3. Verify the target system, and then click Next.
4. Verify the source virtual machine details, and then review the resources of the available virtual machine
hosts.
5. Verify that adequate available disk space exists on the target virtual machine host to accommodate the
total transport volume, which consists of several disks and configuration files.
6. Select the host to be used as the backup repository, and then click Next.
7. Select the target repository, and then click Next.
The target repository must be on the same virtualization layer.
8. Specify where the backup files are to be placed on the virtual machine host, and then click Next.
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