IBM Systems Director VMControl Installation and User's Guide Version 2 Release 4 IBM Systems Director VMControl Installation and User's Guide Version 2 Release 4 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 431. Contents About this publication v Who should read this book v Conventions and terminology v Publications and related information v How to send your comments vi What's new in IBM Systems Director VMControl V2.4 vii IBM Systems Director VMControl V2.4.2 1 Overview of IBM Systems Director VMControl . . . 1 Understanding the components of your IBM Systems Director VMControl environment . . . 2 License information 12 Accessibility features 15 Planning for IBM Systems Director VMControl . . 15 Hardware and software requirements for VMControl 15 IPv6 compliance 16 Supported virtualization environments 18 Recommendations for configuring IBM Power Systems that are using IBM Systems Director VMControl 79 Preparing your Power Systems environment for server system pools 83 Installing IBM Systems Director VMControl . . . 84 Activating IBM Systems Director VMControl . . 84 Installing IBM Systems Director VMControl permanent license key using the installation wizard 85 Installing the IBM Systems Director VMControl permanent license key silently 86 Installing IBM Systems Director VMControl agents and subagents 88 Upgrading and migrating to IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.4 115 Updating IBM Systems Director VMControl . . 118 Deactivating and uninstalling IBM Systems Director VMControl 118 Configuring after installation 119 Navigating and managing VMControl resources 135 Using the VMControl summary page 135 Viewing resources in the Platform Managers and Members view 137 Viewing resources in the Virtual Servers and Hosts view 137 Viewing virtualization properties 138 Viewing monitors 139 Managing storage 147 Storage system pools overview 147 Managing storage system pools 149 Managing networks 152 Managing virtual servers 153 Creating a virtual server 153 Creating a virtual server for guest operating system installation in a KVM environment . . 154 Editing host resources 158 Editing a virtual server 158 Deleting a virtual server permanently 159 Relocating virtual servers 160 Managing power operations on virtual servers 171 Launching VMware management software . . 174 Managing virtual appliances and workloads . . . 175 Creating and discovering image repositories . . 175 Deleting image repositories 183 Getting started with virtual appliances and workloads 183 Managing virtual appliances 197 Managing virtual appliances with Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images 209 Managing workloads 213 Managing virtual farms 213 Adding a host to a virtual farm 214 Creating a virtual farm 214 Deleting a virtual farm from IBM Systems Director and VMware vCenter 215 Removing a virtual farm from IBM Systems Director 215 Editing a virtual farm 216 Removing a host from a virtual farm 216 Viewing virtual farms 216 Entering maintenance mode 217 Exiting from maintenance mode 217 Managing server system pools 218 Configuring SAN storage for Power Systems server system pools 218 Creating server system pools 219 Renaming a server system pool 221 Server system pool optimization 221 Adding hosts to server system pools 222 Removing a host from a server system pool . . 223 Putting a host into maintenance mode 223 Removing a host from maintenance mode . . . 224 Permanently deleting a server system pool . . 224 Troubleshooting and support 224 Installation troubleshooting 225 Discovery and connectivity troubleshooting . . 228 Import troubleshooting 235 Capture troubleshooting 236 Deploy troubleshooting 242 Virtual server troubleshooting 250 Virtual appliance troubleshooting 260 Reference 261 VMControl commands 261 OVF specifications for IBM Systems Director VMControl 402 Notices 431 Trademarks 432 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2012 iii Index 435 iv IBM Systems Director VMControl: Installation and User's Guide About this publication This publication provides instructions for installing and using IBM ® Systems Director VMControl Express Edition, IBM Systems Director VMControl Standard Edition, and IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition. Use VMControl to manage virtual servers, virtual appliances, workloads, and system pools across multiple hardware platforms and virtualization environments from one location. This documentation describes how to use the Web interface as well as the command-line interface (smcli) to complete tasks. You can also find troubleshooting information, and a reference section that contains IBM Systems Director VMControl-specific requirements for Open Virtualization Format (OVF) virtual appliance packages. Who should read this book This book is for system administrators and operators using the IBM Systems Director VMControl plug-in for IBM Systems Director to capture, import, and deploy virtual appliances in the data center. Conventions and terminology These notices are designed to highlight key information: Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice. Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid inconvenient or difficult situations. Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or data. An attention notice appears before the instruction or situation in which damage can occur. Publications and related information You can view the same content as is in this IBM Systems Director VMControl PDF document in the Information Center. In addition to this documentation, there is additional information related to IBM Systems Director VMControl. To view a PDF file, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Web site at http://get.adobe.com/reader/. IBM Systems Director VMControl resources on the World Wide Web v IBM Systems Director VMControl information center http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/ com.ibm.director.vim.helps.doc/fsd0_vim_main.html Find information for installing and using IBM Systems Director VMControl. v IBM Systems Director VMControl Web site http://www.ibm.com/systems/software/director/vmcontrol/ © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2012 v See an overview of IBM Systems Director VMControl and links to download the product. v IBM Systems Director Web site www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/ Get overview information, demos, and downloads for the IBM Systems Director product, and its plug-ins. v IBM Systems and servers: Technical support page www.ibm.com/systems/support/ Locate support for IBM hardware and systems-management software. v IBM Systems Director VMControl Implementation Guide on IBM Power Systems ™ http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247829.html Provides information about installing and configuring IBM Systems Director VMControl in a Power Systems environment, including implementation scenarios. v IBM Systems Director Best Practices Wiki https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/ IBM+Systems+Director+Best+Practices+Wiki Includes additional information related to using IBM Systems Director VMControl. For example, you can read about troubleshooting tips for a Power Systems environment, as well as information about the latest patches required for software supported by VMControl. v IBM Systems Director API Usage & Licensing http://www.ibm.com/vrm/4api1 Find out how you can potentially use IBM Systems Director programming interfaces to extend the capabilities of IBM Systems Director VMControl. How to send your comments Your feedback is important in helping to provide the most accurate and highest quality information. If you have any comments about this book or any other IBM Systems Director publication, go to the IBM Systems Director information center Web site at publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp. There you will find the feedback page where you can enter and submit comments. vi IBM Systems Director VMControl: Installation and User's Guide What's new in IBM Systems Director VMControl V2.4 IBM Systems Director VMControl Version 2.4 provides a number of new features and enhancements. Functional enhancements VMControl provides several functional enhancements including the following tasks and commands: v VMControl is automatically installed and uninstalled with IBM Systems Director so there is no need for a separate installation or uninstallation. However you must activate VMControl before you can use it. v Messages for VMControl are now included in this information center. To find a message, type the message ID in the Search field and click Go. v IBM Systems Director VMControl for IBM PowerLinux is available, providing the same functionality as IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition. v Support for an integrated System Pools view on the VMControl summary page. From the System Pools tab you can access server system pools, storage system pools, and if IBM Systems Director Network Control is installed and activated, network system pools. v Support on KVM and IBM Power Systems for integration with IBM Systems Director Network Control network system pools (NSPs) for automated network relocation and logical network provisioning across network resources. v Support on KVM and Power Systems for integration with IBM Systems Director Network Control and IBM Systems Director Network Management logical network profiles to provision new and existing networks for capturing virtual servers and deploying virtual appliances. v Support on KVM and IBM Power Systems to capture and deploy virtual servers that have multiple virtual disks, including the operating system (boot) disk and additional data disks. For Power Systems, the virtual disks can be block type. For KVM, the virtual disks can be block or file type. v Support on Power Systems for deploying to new virtual servers that use N-port ID Virtualization (NPIV). This support is for HMC-managed systems in both a NIM-based and SCS-based virtualization environment. v Support for managing agentless operating-system resources that use alternate SSH software (non-OpenSSH software). This function is supported for the capture and deploy tasks in the following virtualization environments: – AIX ® in a Power Systems virtualization environment that relies on AIX Network Installation Manager (NIM) – AIX and Linux in a Power Systems virtualization environment that relies on storage copy services (SCS) v Support for decreased copy times when capturing workloads and deploying virtual appliances by utilizing FlashCopy ® in the storage environment, using one of the following options: – By creating a remote service access point (RSAP) connection to an IBM Tivoli ® Storage Productivity Center for Replication server. For more information, see Preparing to use FlashCopy with TPC-R and mktpcrrsap. – By creating an SSH remote service access point (RSAP) connection for the SAN Volume Controller or IBM Storwize ® V7000. For more information, see Preparing to use FlashCopy with SSH and mksvcsshrsap. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2012 vii v Support for new monitors that report data for workloads and server system pools. In addition, enhanced resource views can be filtered to display information such as storage, network, and top resource consumers for a workload or server system pool. v Support for the VMware vCenter virtualization environment: – VMware vCenter systems are now managed without agents. A VMControl subagent for VMware vCenter is no longer required. – The Connect task is no longer required on VMware vCenter systems to establish credentials for the system. Discover and request access to the VMware vCenter system and proceed with management tasks. – After the request access task for the VMware vCenter system completes, all of its managed VMware ESX Server and VMware ESXi hosts are discovered automatically. The request access task is then performed by default on VMware ESXi systems. Request access to VMware ESX Server hosts must still be performed manually. v Support for Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization environment: – Support to capture virtual servers or workloads, to import and deploy virtual appliances, to relocate virtual servers, and to group hosts into server system pools for resiliency. – Support for NFS and SAN storage pools to share storage between servers in a server system pool or farm for the following: - Capture to an image repository - Deployment from an image repository - Relocation – Support for turning maintenance mode on and off for server system pool hosts. – Support for paravirtualization drivers on a guest operating system to improve your virtual server performance, and support for paravirtualized networks or devices for your virtual server. – Support for providing CPU used time, ready time, and demand estimation usage metrics information about your virtual server. – Support for validating system compatibility for relocation of your hosts, including provision of relocation failure details, prevention of relocations between incompatible hosts, and presentation of only those hosts that are compatible during server system pool creation or host addition. – Support for adding new virtual disks or deleting virtual disks that are not assigned to a virtual server through the Edit Host function. – Support for specifying the primary and secondary boot device types of a virtual server. – Support for creating or editing a virtual server such that a serial console device is made available, and for starting remote control from IBM Systems Director to access your virtual server guest operating system. v Support for IBM i virtualization environment: – Support for creating, editing, and deleting virtual servers – Support for capturing virtual servers or workloads, importing and deploying virtual appliances – Support for creating, editing, starting, stopping, and deleting workloads. v Support for changing default settings and customizing your Network Installation Manager (NIM) environment as follows: viii IBM Systems Director VMControl: Installation and User's Guide [...]... Standard, or Enterprise Edition of IBM Systems Director VMControl For more information, see Overview of IBM Systems Director VMControl What’s new in VMControl 2. 4 ix x IBM Systems Director VMControl: Installation and User's Guide IBM Systems Director VMControl V2 .4 .2 IBM Systems Director VMControl is designed to simplify the management of workloads in your IT environment Use IBM Systems Director VMControl. .. deactivate VMControl, the evaluation period of IBM Systems Director VMControl Standard Edition, IBM 12 IBM Systems Director VMControl: Installation and User's Guide Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition, and IBM Systems Director VMControl for IBM PowerLinux is not suspended and does not restart when you reactivate VMControl If the evaluation period expires before you purchase a license for VMControl. .. servers v IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition v VMControl to manage IBM PowerLinux servers v IBM Systems Director VMControl for IBM PowerLinux Contact your IBM marketing representative or IBM Business Partner for detailed licensing and pricing information 14 IBM Systems Director VMControl: Installation and User's Guide Related information: Downloads VMControl Standard Edition Web page VMControl. .. new virtual servers that meet the demands of your ever-changing business needs © Copyright IBM Corp 20 07, 20 12 1 v Create, capture, and manage workloads IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition and IBM Systems Director VMControl for IBM PowerLinux are also licensed features of VMControl With VMControl Enterprise Edition and IBM Systems Director VMControl for IBM PowerLinux, you can complete the... IPv4 interface enabled VMware (ESX4.x, ESXi 4. x, vSphere 4. x v IPv4 and IPv4/v6 dual stack support only running on Windows Server 20 08, Enterprise, Standard, and Datacenter x 64 Editions) Windows Server 20 08, Enterprise, Standard, and Datacenter x 64 Editions with Hyper-V role enabled, Release 2 v IPv4 and IPv4/v6 dual stack support only z/VM v No known restrictions With VMControl Standard Edition and VMControl. .. servers and multi-path I/O (MPIO) are supported Supported AIX and firmware versions You must use the following AIX and firmware versions in this environment: IBM Systems Director Server You can use any IBM Systems Director Server V6.3 with IBM Systems Director VMControl V2 .4 activated If the IBM Systems Director Server is an AIX system, you can use any version of AIX that is supported by IBM Systems Director. .. Director VMControl Express Edition function and optional chargeable (fee-based) functions: IBM Systems Director VMControl Standard Edition or IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition and IBM Systems Director VMControl for IBM PowerLinux With the free IBM Systems Director VMControl Express Edition portion of the product, you can create and manage virtual servers When you activate VMControl, ... Related tasks: Installing VMControl Installing VMControl agents and subagents Hardware and software requirements for VMControl Previously, IBM Systems Director VMControl was installed separately from the installation of IBM Systems Director Starting with version 2. 4, VMControl is installed during the installation of IBM Systems Director You do not need to download and install VMControl independently... IBM Systems Director VMControl Standard Edition, and IBM Systems Director VMControl Enterprise Edition or IBM Systems Director VMControl for IBM PowerLinux to manage virtual servers, virtual appliances, workloads, and system pools across multiple hardware platforms and virtualization environments from one location Overview of IBM Systems Director VMControl This section provides an overview of IBM Systems. .. static IPv4, IPv4 DHCP, or static IPv6 OR dual stack, static IPv4 with static IPv6, static IPv4 with IPv6 autoconf, or IPv4 DHCP with IPv6 autoconf only Note: The system hosting the NFS server must have at least one IPv4 interface enabled and accessible from IBM Systems Director Server IBM Systems Director VMControl V2 .4 .2 17 Table 4 IPv4/v6 support provided by VMControl Standard Edition and VMControl . IBM Systems Director VMControl Installation and User's Guide Version 2 Release 4 IBM Systems Director VMControl Installation and User's Guide Version 2 Release 4 Note Before. in IBM Systems Director VMControl V2 .4 vii IBM Systems Director VMControl V2 .4 .2 1 Overview of IBM Systems Director VMControl . . . 1 Understanding the components of your IBM Systems Director VMControl. enter and submit comments. vi IBM Systems Director VMControl: Installation and User's Guide What's new in IBM Systems Director VMControl V2 .4 IBM Systems Director VMControl Version 2. 4