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VFrame Data Center Administration Guide, Version 1.2
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Preface
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Getting Started with VFrame Data Center
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Managing Roles and Local Users
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Setting Up the Physical Network
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Managing Device Credentials
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Configuring DHCP for VFrame
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Discovering Devices
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Managing Devices
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Managing Server Images
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Managing Resource Pools
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Managing Virtual Contexts
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Designing Templates
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Managing the Global Library
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Designing Service Networks
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Operating Service Networks
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Managing Faults
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Viewing Reports
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Maintaining Devices
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Managing the VFrame System
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System Actions and Default Variables
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Writing Macros for Use in Templates
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Index
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Table Of Contents
Understanding the Resources Tab
Understanding Device Management
Understanding Ethernet Switch and Service Module Management
Understanding VLAN Management and the Management VLAN
Understanding Storage Device Management
Understanding NAS Filer Management
Understanding SAN Fabric Device Management
Understanding Server Management
Understanding Virtual Machine Management
Understanding Management and Service Network States
Device Service Network Usage States
Managing and Unmanaging Devices
Managing and Unmanaging Ethernet Switches
Managing VLANs and Selecting the Management VLAN
Managing and Unmanaging Service Modules
Managing and Unmanaging NAS Filer Components
Unmanaging NAS Filer Components
Managing and Unmanaging SAN Fabric Components
Managing SAN Fabric Components
Unmanaging SAN Fabric Components
Managing and Unmanaging Storage Arrays and Their Components
Managing Storage Arrays and Their Components
Unmanaging Storage Arrays and Their Components
Managing and Unmanaging Application Servers
Unmanaging Application Servers
Managing and Unmanaging Virtual Center
Viewing Details About a Selected Device Category or Element
Troubleshooting Device Management
Server Properties for Show One Interface When Two Are Connected
Device Manager Does Not Start Properly
Assign Device Manager Dialog Box
Action and Shortcut Menu Commands
Managing Devices
Before you can manage devices in VFrame, you must configure device credentials, then run discovery to bring the physical resources into the VFrame database. After you run discovery, the discovered devices appear on the Resources tab. On the Resources tab, you can select the devices that you want to manage. After you successfully manage a device, that device is added to the resource pool from where it can be provisioned to service networks as needed.
This chapter provides detailed information about managing devices, and includes the following sections:
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Understanding the Resources Tab
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Understanding the Resources Tab
On the Resources tab, you can:
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All devices in the database are displayed in the device selector.
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When you manage a device, the system verifies that the device is set up properly, is connected to the network, and can be reached (pinged) from VFrame. After this is verified, the device is managed and is added to the resource pool, from which you can assign it to service networks (see Understanding Device Management).
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Using the Network Map
The network map (displayed in the right pane of the Resources tab) provides a graphical view of all the devices that are managed by VFrame. You can manipulate and change the device layout to create a logical view of your network. When you are satisfied with a layout, you can save it.
When you select a device on the network map, that device is highlighted in the device selector. However, by default, when you select a device in the device selector, that device is not highlighted on the graphical view of the network map; you must click the Show selection on map button to enable this behavior. For more information about the Show selection on map button, see Resources Tab.
You can use the network map shortcut menu options to perform a number of tasks such as expand and collapse device components or device groups, manage or unmanage devices, view details about a device, see how the devices are linked together, and set a new name for the device. For a list of shortcut menu options that you can access from the network map, see Action and Shortcut Menu Commands.
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Understanding Device Management
After you run discovery, the discovered devices appear in the device selector on the Resources tab. On the Resources tab you can select the devices you want to manage or unmanage in VFrame. This section helps you understand what happens when you manage or unmanage different types of devices, and includes the following topics:
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Understanding Ethernet Switch and Service Module Management
When you manage an Ethernet switch, VFrame opens an SSH session to the switch, finds the VTP mode, and retrieves the VLANs that exist on that switch. To manage a switch successfully, all the managed VLANs must be defined on that switch, otherwise, you will not be able to manage it (see Understanding VLAN Management and the Management VLAN).
An Ethernet switch contains line cards, supervisor engines, and service modules (FWSM and CSM). When you manage an Ethernet switch, the line cards and the supervisor engines are also managed. With service modules, you have the option to manage them at that time or at a later time.
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If two service modules are configured for high availability (HA), when you manage one service module, its HA peer is also managed. If the Ethernet switch that contains the HA peer is not in the managed state, the manage operation will try to manage the switch also.
If you cannot manage the Ethernet switch or its HA peer (for example, you are unable to make an SSH connection to it), and then you try to manage the service module in it, the service module management will fail.
When you manage an FWSM, VFrame takes inventory of all of the security contexts defined on the FWSM. If you chose to manage the security contexts while managing the service module, they are managed. Otherwise, you can manage them separately.
When you unmanage an Ethernet switch, the line cards, the supervisor engines, and all the service modules in that switch are also unmanaged.
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When you unmanage a service module which is configured for HA, the HA peer is also unmanaged.
When you unmanage a security context which is configured for HA, its HA peer is also unmanaged.
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Understanding VLAN Management and the Management VLAN
After you manage an Ethernet switch, the VLANs configured on the switch are discovered. To manage a discovered VLAN, that VLAN must be defined on all switches that are in a managed state, otherwise, you will not be able to manage the VLAN. To manage a switch, all the managed VLANs must be defined on that switch, otherwise, you will not be able to manage the switch.
You must select a VLAN to be the management VLAN. VFrame uses the management VLAN during service network operations. When you stop a service network, or a server on the network is stopped (either intentionally or due to a server problem), the switch ports for the affected servers are reconfigured and placed on the management VLAN. Because the servers will subsequently PXE boot from this VLAN, you can select the VLAN to which the VFrame server communications interface is connected as the management VLAN to avoid the need to configure a DHCP relay agent on the VLAN.
The management VLAN must be configured on all of the switches that are in the data network.
If you decide to change the management VLAN to another VLAN, you must reassign servers that were on the previous management VLAN to the new management VLAN. Alternatively, you can define a DHCP helper for the old management VLAN to forward requests to the new one, as described in Configuring DHCP Relay Agents in Ethernet Switches, page 5-2.
You cannot select two VLANs to be management VLANs. Also, you cannot unmanage the management VLAN.
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Understanding Storage Device Management
Storage devices fall under two categories: NAS filers and SAN fabric devices. This section provides more information, and includes the following topics:
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Understanding NAS Filer Management
You can manage or unmanage the following types of NAS filer resources:
Volumes
When you manage a volume, VFrame does the following:
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After these steps succeed, the volume becomes available as a resource for provisioning the NAS storage.
When you unmanage a volume, VFrame checks dependencies to make sure that no QTrees from that volume are being used by a server. If no QTrees are used, the volume is unmanaged successfully.
QTrees
When you manage a QTree, VFrame does the following:
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When you unmanage a QTree, VFrame verifies that the QTree is not assigned to a server as a shared NAS resource. If the QTree is not assigned to a server, then the QTree is unmanaged successfully.
CIFS Shares
When you manage a Common Internet File System (CIFS) share, VFrame reads the CIFS shares from the NAS filer to make sure that the CIFS share exists on the filer. If the CIFS share exists on the NAS filer, then the manage operation succeeds.
When you unmanage a CIFS share, VFrame verifies that the CIFS share is not assigned to a server as a shared NAS resource. If the CIFS share is not assigned to a server, then the CIFS share is unmanaged successfully.
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Understanding SAN Fabric Device Management
When you manage a VSAN, VFrame does the following:
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When you unmanage a VSAN, VFrame does the following:
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When you unmanage a storage port, VFrame unmanages all the LUNs that are not visible through any other managed storage port.
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Understanding Server Management
When you manage a server, VFrame does the following:
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After doing the preceding things, VFrame adds the server to the servers resource pool.
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Understanding Virtual Machine Management
The only virtual machine manager VFrame Data Center supports is VirtualCenter. When you manage VirtualCenter, VFrame does the following:
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After doing the following things, VFrame adds VirtualCenter to the Virtual Machines Manager resource pool.
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Understanding Management and Service Network States
Every resource has a management state (also known as the device state or resource state) and a service network usage state (also known as the SN usage state). You can determine these states on the Resources tab (choose View > Resources).
This section describes the states in more detail, and includes the following topics:
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Resource Management States
The management state (device state, resource state) of a resource represents whether VFrame is managing the resource and whether service networks can use it. This state is represented by the icon next to the device or network element in the device selector on the Resources tab. To see the definitions for the icons, click Filter in the device selector to open the Filter (Resources) dialog box. The icons and their related management states are listed on the Filter tab.
The main management states are as follows:
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If the device you want to unmanage is being used by a service network, you must first remove it from the service network before you can unmanage it. Removing it from the service network might require you to stop the network and remove the device in the service network design.
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Device Service Network Usage States
The service network usage (SN usage) state of the resource represents how the resource is being used in a service network that has acquired it. If you move the mouse pointer over the device name in the device selector, a popup window appears that includes this device state information as well as some other properties.
The SN usage states are as follows:
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Managing and Unmanaging Devices
This section describes how to manage and unmanage different types of devices, and includes the following topics:
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Managing and Unmanaging Ethernet Switches
You can manage and unmanage Ethernet switches on the Resources tab. An Ethernet switch contains line cards, supervisor engines, and service modules (FWSM and CSM). A multi-context FWSM can contain security contexts.
This section provides more information, and includes the following topics:
Managing Ethernet Switches
When you select a switch for management, you can choose to manage its service modules, and you can mark the switch as a Layer 3 switch at the same time.
Before You Begin
Verify the following:
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For example, you must enter the IP address of an FWSM. You can also check Manage Contexts check box to manage the security contexts in the FWSM.
If you do not choose to manage service modules at this time, you can manage them (or the FWSM security contexts) later. For more information, see Managing and Unmanaging Service Modules).
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to manage the switch and service modules you selected to manage. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding Ethernet Switch and Service Module Management.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Unmanaging Ethernet Switches
You can unmanage an Ethernet switch if it is not currently in use. Keep the following points in mind when you unmanage an Ethernet switch:
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to unmanage the switch and service modules you selected to unmanage. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding Ethernet Switch and Service Module Management.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the unmanage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Managing and Unmanaging VLANs
After you successfully manage an Ethernet switch, the VLANs configured on the switch are discovered and appear under Discovered VLANs on the Resources tab.
This section provides more information, and includes the following topics:
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Managing VLANs and Selecting the Management VLAN
You must manage the VLANs and select a VLAN to serve as the management VLAN.
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to manage the selected VLANs. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding VLAN Management and the Management VLAN.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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You must set a VLAN to serve as the management VLAN before you manage servers. For information on how VFrame uses the management VLAN, see Understanding VLAN Management and the Management VLAN.
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Unmanaging VLANs
You can unmanage a VLAN if it is not currently in use and if it is not the management VLAN.
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You cannot unmanage the management VLAN. If you want to unmanage the management VLAN, you must first change the management VLAN by right-clicking another managed VLAN and choosing Set Management VLAN. This switches the management VLAN to the selected VLAN. You can then unmanage the old management VLAN.
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to unmanage the VLAN. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding VLAN Management and the Management VLAN.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the unmanage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Managing and Unmanaging Service Modules
You can manage or unmanage service modules on the Resources tab. Service modules reside in an Ethernet switch. VFrame supports management of FWSM and CSM service modules.
This section provides more information, and includes the following topics:
Managing Service Modules
You can manage a service module on the Resources tab.
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You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Unmanaging Service Modules
You can unmanage a service module that is not currently in use.
When you unmanage a service module that is configured for HA, its HA peer is also unmanaged.
When you unmanage a FWSM, its security contexts (if any) are unmanaged. When you unmanage a security context that is configured for HA, its HA peer is also unmanaged.
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to unmanage the service module you selected to unmanage. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding Ethernet Switch and Service Module Management.
If the job is successful, the service module, its HA peer (if any), and security contexts (if any) are unmanaged.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the unmanage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Managing and Unmanaging NAS Filer Components
You can manage or unmanage volumes, QTrees, and CIFS shares associated with the NAS filer, but you cannot manage or unmanage a NAS filer. For more information, see Understanding NAS Filer Management.
This section provides more information, and includes the following topics:
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Managing NAS Filer Components
You can manage volumes, QTrees, and CIFS shares associated with a NAS filer.
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The details table contains three tabs: volumes, QTree and CIFs share.
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to manage the selected resource. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding NAS Filer Management.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Unmanaging NAS Filer Components
You can unmanage volumes, QTrees, and CIFS shares associated with a NAS filer.
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The details table contains three tabs: volumes, QTree and CIFs share.
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to unmanage the selected resource. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding NAS Filer Management.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Managing and Unmanaging SAN Fabric Components
You can manage or unmanage Virtual SANs, storage ports, and LUNs in a SAN fabric, but you cannot manage or unmanage an individual Fibre Channel switch or the SAN Fabric seed device. For more information, see Understanding SAN Fabric Device Management.
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Managing SAN Fabric Components
You can manage Virtual SANs, storage ports, and LUNs in a SAN fabric.
Before You Begin
Verify the following:
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to manage the selected Virtual SANs. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding SAN Fabric Device Management.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Unmanaging SAN Fabric Components
You can unmanage VSANs, storage ports, and LUNs in a SAN fabric.
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to unmanage the selected VSAN. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding SAN Fabric Device Management.
When you unmanage a VSAN, the following occurs:
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You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Managing and Unmanaging Storage Arrays and Their Components
You can manage or unmanage storage arrays and the LUNs and ports associated with them.
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Managing Storage Arrays and Their Components
You can manage storage arrays, and the LUNs and ports associated with them.
Before You Begin
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to manage the selected storage arrays.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Unmanaging Storage Arrays and Their Components
You can unmanage storage arrays and the LUNs and ports associated with them.
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to unmanage the selected storage arrays.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Managing and Unmanaging Application Servers
You can manage or unmanage application servers on the Resources tab (see Understanding Server Management).
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Managing Application Servers
You can manage application servers on the Resources tab.
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If any of the selected servers have local disk drives, the Manage Options dialog box opens where you can choose the servers on which to create swap partitions, if any.
The considerations for deciding whether the create swap partitions on a server are as follows:
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If you create swap partitions, VFrame will create up to ten 2 GB partitions on the local disk of the server. When you create server groups during service network design, you define the swap space requirement for the servers, and this affects which servers are acquired by the service network.
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to manage the selected servers and create swap partitions (if applicable). VFrame follows the process described in Understanding Server Management.
If the job is successful, VFrame powers down the servers.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the manage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Unmanaging Application Servers
You can unmanage application servers that are not currently in use.
Procedure
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VFrame creates a management job and tries to unmanage the server. VFrame follows the process described in Understanding Server Management.
You can view status information on the job by choosing it on the Logs tab in the lower part of the Resources tab (see Logs Tab). To view the detailed messages generated during the job, click Logs to open the Logs dialog box (see Logs Dialog Box). If the unmanage operation fails, the job messages can help you identify the cause of the failure.
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Managing and Unmanaging Virtual Center
You can manage or unmanage VirtualCenter on the Resources tab.
This section provides more information, and includes the following topics:
Managing VirtualCenter
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Unmanaging VirtualCenter
You can unmanage application servers that are not currently in use.
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Viewing Management Job Logs
You can troubleshoot problems and view errors that might have occurred during managing, unmanaging, or deleting a device, or other system operations such as reinventory, by viewing the management logs.
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The Logs tab provides a summary of the management jobs that you or VFrame have initiated.
To see a more readable format of a particular job summary, select the row and click Details.
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This dialog box displays the detailed messages of events that happened during the selected job. To see a more readable format of a particular message, choose it and click Details.
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Viewing Details About a Selected Device Category or Element
You can view details about a device category or element in the device selector by right-clicking it and choosing Show Details Table. The details table lists components of the selected resource or category, which you can choose and manage in the details table. You can view details about the following:
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You can also view details about service modules in an Ethernet switch. For example, for a FWSM, you can get information about the security contexts in the FWSM, such as, the state of the context, the name, the firewall mode, failover state, failover group ID, and context type.
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You can filter the LOM interfaces to show only certain types of interfaces. To see the LOM interfaces that belong to undiscovered servers, select Unassociated LOMs. Other options allow you to filter based on the power settings (On, Off, Failed) or to view all interfaces (All).
You can right-click a LOM interface to display the following shortcut menu options:
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Troubleshooting Device Management
This section describes some problems you might encounter when managing devices and their solutions, and includes the following topics:
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Unable to Manage New Switch
If you already have managed switches and VLANs, the VLANs you managed control whether you can manage a newly discovered switch. Each managed VLAN must be defined on every managed switch. If you cannot manage a new switch, check the management logs for the job and also compare the list of managed VLANs with the list of VLANs defined on the new switch. Create any missing VLANs.
Unable to Manage a Server
You are unable to manage a server if you have not set a VLAN to be the management VLAN.
To set up the management VLAN, from the discovered VLAN list, right-click a VLAN to serve as the management VLAN and choose Set Management VLAN (see Managing VLANs and Selecting the Management VLAN).
If the management VLAN is not the problem, ensure that the line module to which the server is connected is managed. Also ensure that the switch supervisor engine is managed.
Server Properties for Show One Interface When Two Are Connected
If you have a server that has two Ethernet interfaces, and both are connected to a managed switch port, both interfaces should show Ethernet connectivity when you view the server properties. You can view the properties on the Resources tab by right-clicking the server and choosing Properties.
To resolve the problem for the interface with missing connectivity information, ensure that all of the following are configured:
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Device Manager Does Not Start Properly
If you select a device and then select the Device Manager command (from the Actions menu or from the right-click shortcut menu), a dialog box appears from which you can select a defined external device manager. The VFrame administrator defines these device managers, which are not part of the VFrame application. If there is a mistake in the definition, you might see errors when trying to start the manager. For example, you might see an error saying that a particular directory path could not be found. Clicking OK on the error message might start the application, but without connecting directly to the selected device.
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Device Management Reference
This section describes the tabs and dialog boxes you use when managing devices, and includes the following topics:
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Resources Tab
Use the Resources tab to view devices in the VFrame database, manage or unmanage devices, view device properties, and delete devices.
How to Get to This TabChoose View > Resources to open the Resources tab.
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Field Reference
Table 7-1 Resources Tab
Filter button
Click this button to open the Filter (Resources) dialog box, which allows you to create a filter that shows only the resources you want (see Filter (Resources) Dialog Box).
Actions menu
Displays the shortcut menu commands that apply to the selected item (see Action and Shortcut Menu Commands).
Show Selection on Map button
When this button is enabled and a device is selected in the Device Selector, the corresponding device in the graphical content area in the right pane is automatically highlighted. When disabled, devices in the graphical content area are not automatically highlighted.
Device Selector
Lists the following categories of discovered devices or resources:
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Right-click a resource to view shortcut menu commands (see Action and Shortcut Menu Commands).
Right-click a resource or a resource category and choose Show Details Table to display details about the category or resource (see Viewing Details About a Selected Device Category or Element).
Save Layout button
Click this button to save the graphical view of the network displayed in the content area.
Auto Layout button
Click this button to lay out the devices automatically in different configurations. You can then modify the layout to suit your needs.
Content area
Displays a graphical view of the network. Right-click a device to view shortcut menu commands (see Action and Shortcut Menu Commands).
Icon buttons
Displayed on the left of the content area. Place the cursor over a button to display its function.
When clicked, these buttons enable you to do various tasks with the devices in the content area, such as zoom in, zoom out, reset zoom, fit all devices in display area, and so on.
Logs tab
Lists a summary of management jobs that you or VFrame initiated, such as manage, unmanage, delete resource, or reinventory. For more information, see Logs Tab.
Filter (Resources) Dialog Box
Use the Filter (Resources) dialog box to create a filter that list that shows only the resources you want to see.
How to Get to This Dialog BoxChoose View > Resources to open the Resources tab and click Filter.
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Logs Tab
You can troubleshoot problems and view errors that might have occurred during managing, unmanaging, or deleting a device, or other system operations such as reinventory, by viewing the management logs.
How to Get to This TabChoose View > Resources to open the Resources tab, then click the Logs tab located in the lower pane of the window.
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Table 7-3 Logs Tab
Filter button
Click this button to open the Filter dialog box, which allows you to create a filter that shows only the logs you want (see Filter Dialog Box).
Show All button
Removes all filters and show all job logs.
Logs button
Click this button to open the Logs dialog box for the selected management job, which is the same as choosing Show Logs from the right-click shortcut menu (see Logs Dialog Box).
The Logs dialog box displays the detailed messages of events that happened during the selected job. To see a more readable format of a particular message, choose it and click Details.
Details button
Click this button to open the Log Record Details dialog box for the selected row, which is the same as double-clicking the row or choosing Show Details from the right-click shortcut menu.
The Log Record Details dialog box displays the job summary information in a more readable format. You can also open the job log in the summary window, which is the same as clicking the Logs button. You can use the < and > buttons to scroll through the job summaries.
Name
The name of the management job.
Status
The summary status of the management job.
Type
The type of management operation performed by the job.
Start Time
The date and time the management job started.
Percentage Complete
The percentage of management job that has currently been completed.
Duration
The total time the job took to complete.
Resources
The resources to which the job was applied.
Filter Dialog Box
Use the Filter dialog box to create a filter that shows only the jobs you want to see.
How to Get to This Dialog BoxChoose View > Resources to open the Resources tab, choose a management job on the Logs Tab (lower pane), and click Filter.
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Logs Dialog Box
Use the Logs dialog box to display the detailed messages of events that happened during the selected management job.
How to Get to This Dialog BoxChoose View > Resources to open the Resources tab, choose a management job on the Logs Tab (lower pane), and click Logs.
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Device Managers Tab
Use the Device Managers tab to list and manage devices.
How to Get to This TabChoose Tools > VFrame Administration > General > Device Managers to open the Device Managers tab.
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Assign Device Manager Dialog Box
Use the Assign Device Manager dialog box toadd new device managers.
How to Get to This Dialog BoxClick Add on the Device Managers tab.
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Action and Shortcut Menu Commands
The Action menu on the Resources tab contains commands related to device management. These commands are also available on the shortcut menu when you right-click an object.
How to Get to These CommandsChoose View > Resources to open the Resources tab, and do one of the following:
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Table 7-8 Action or Resource Shortcut Menu Commands
Show Details Table
Displays details about a selected device (see Viewing Details About a Selected Device Category or Element).
Manage
Manages the selected resources.
Manage Self and Descendants
Enabled for VirtualCenter only.
Manages VirtualCenter and all the devices that it manages.
Unmanage
Unmanages the selected resources.
Delete
Deletes the selected resources.
Show Service Networks
Opens the Service Network Mappings dialog box, which shows the service networks to which the resource is assigned, and whether the network acquired the resource (that is, whether the network is using the resource).
Device Manager
Starts an external application to connect to the selected device for device management. You are presented with a list of applications that the VFrame administrator defined for the type of device selected. Select the appropriate application, and VFrame starts it. For example, the Device Manager command might allow you to start an SSH session with a Catalyst switch.
The Device Manager command does not function unless you or an administrator with the appropriate privileges sets up a device manager as described in Configuring Device Managers, page 18-7.
Properties
Displays properties of the selected resource. Properties differ based on the type of resource.
The Resource Attributes dialog box also includes a Device Manager tab. The Device Manager tab displays the device managers available for connecting to the device, and the parameters available for use with the device managers. For some attributes, such as the alternate management address, you can configure the value by choosing the attribute and clicking Edit. However, your changes are used only if the configured device managers use the selected attribute. For information on the attributes available, see Device Managers Parameter Variables, page 18-18
Enter Maintenance
Choose this command to perform any type of maintenance task on a device, such as, physical device repair, device hardware replacement, or software upgrade. When you choose this option, the device state changes to Resource Maintenance.
If you choose this option and the device is being used, the device is tagged as Marked for Maintenance. When the device is no longer in use, the device state changes to Resource Maintenance
Exit Maintenance
Choose this command when the device maintenance is completed. The device state changes to Managed and it is available for use again.
Change IP Address
Enabled for FWSMs only.
Changes the IP address of a selected FWSM.
Retrieve Server Attributes
Enabled only for application servers.
Reboots the server and refreshes the server inventory information.
Set Name and Description
Changes the name of the selected device and optionally adds a description for the device.
Set HSRP Tracking Ports
Enabled for Layer 3 switches only.
Sets the ports used for the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), used if you have configured the switch for high availability.
Discovery
Performs a discovery of the selected device.
Resource Pools
Opens the Resource Pools dialog box.
Set Management VLAN
Sets the selected VLAN to management VLAN.
Replace Device
Replaces an Ethernet switch.
