6.3 Virtualization configuration management

IM Configuration Management makes it possible to specify any host type (physical host or virtual host) for a registered host. When host types are specified, the system hierarchy of virtual hosts running on multiple virtualization system management hosts and on VMM hosts (called virtualization system configuration hereafter) is displayed in tree form for easy understanding. You can use the following functions to manage a virtualization system configuration:

• Collecting and setting the virtualization system configuration information

  In IM Configuration Management, you can set the host type, VMM host name, type of virtualization environment management software for the management software, and other information related to the virtualization system configuration.

• Displaying the virtualization system configuration

  You can display the virtual system configuration in a tree view on the Host List page of the IM Configuration Management window.

• Importing the virtualization system configuration into the Central Scope

  You can import the virtualization system configuration into the Central Scope and monitor it there.

Even if you are managing a system hierarchy that includes virtual hosts, you can specify physical host as the host type without problems when you do not use these functions.

The following figure overviews management of virtualization system configurations.

Figure 6‒15: Management of virtualization system configurations

To collect virtualization system configuration information (hereinafter called virtualization configuration information), the following virtualization software and virtualization environment management software are required:

• Virtualization environment management software that can be used for a virtualization system management host:

  vCenter, JP1/SC/CM, SCVMM, and HCSM

• Virtualization software that can be used for a VMM host:

  Hyper-V, Virtage, VMware ESX, and KVM

The following describes functionality for managing virtualization system configuration by using IM Configuration Management.

Organization of this section

• 6.3.1 Collecting virtualization configuration information

• 6.3.2 Setting virtualization configuration information

• 6.3.3 Exclusive rights for virtualization configuration information

• 6.3.4 Displaying virtualization system configuration

• 6.3.5 Importing into the Central Scope

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