Creating A Criticalvmhost Collection; Setting The Alternate Virtual Machine Host; Scheduling The Recovery Of Virtual Machines Of Failed Hosts - HP Xw460c - ProLiant - Blade Workstation User Manual

Creating a CriticalVmHost collection

1. To create a new collection, from the left pane of the HP SIM screen, click Customize, and then click
New. The New Collection screen appears.
2. Select Choose members by attributes.
3. Select the collection criteria as shown in the screen, and then save the collection as CriticalVmHost.

Setting the alternate virtual machine host

After virtual machines are successfully migrated to an alternate host after failed host recovery is performed,
the virtual machines might not be restored to the same state as they were before the migration. If Virtual
Machine Management Pack records the last known state of the virtual machine when the host was shutting
down, then the powered off state of the virtual machine is recorded and the virtual machine is migrated with
the powered off state.
For HP integrated Citrix XenServer hosts, setting an alternate host for the master in a resource pool is not
supported.
1. On the HP SIM All Systems page, select the VMware ESX Server virtual machine.
2. From the HP SIM toolbar, select Configure Virtual Machine Management Set Alternate Virtual
Machine Host.
3. Verify the source virtual machine, and then click Next.
4. Select the recovery hosts from the list of authorized licensed hosts, and then click Run Now.
If some VMM menu options do not appear, then verify that at least one virtual machine guest has been
properly discovered.

Scheduling the recovery of virtual machines of failed hosts

Recovery actions do not occur on virtual machine hosts or virtual machines unless you have set an alternate
host set, even if those virtual machine hosts or virtual machines are included in the CriticalVmHost collection.
To schedule the recovery of virtual machines of failed hosts for any system that has turned critical and is part
of the CriticalVmHost collection:
1. From the HP SIM toolbar, select Deploy Virtual Machine Virtual Machines of Failed Host. The
Step 1: Select Target Systems screen appears.
2. From the Add targets by selecting from list, select CriticalVmHost.
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