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Then refer to the following table for the appropriate steps to prevent VM guests and VM logical
servers from becoming inoperable.

Steps to perform for the VM host

after performing the

steps on the VM guests

Steps to perform on VM guests

VM host operation you
want to perform

Power off or perform a graceful
shutdown of all VM guests

Move VC profile to
another blade

1.

Unregister the VM host from virtual machine
management . From HP SIM, select
Configure

→Virtual Machine→Unregister Virtual

Machine Host…

2.

Move the VM host logical server. Select
Tools

→Logical Servers→Move.

3.

Register the moved VM host using virtual machine
management. From HP SIM, select
Configure

→Virtual Machine→Register Virtual

Machine Host…

Shut down the VM host logical server.

Power off or perform a graceful
shutdown of all VM guests

Shut down VM host

Power off or perform a graceful
shutdown of all VM guests

Power off the server with
Virtual Connect

1.

Perform a graceful shutdown of the VM host.

2.

Power off the server with Virtual Connect where
the VM host logical server resides. Select
Tools

→Logical Servers→Power Off....

Delete the VM host logical
server

1.

Unregister the VM host from virtual machine
management. From HP SIM, select

If you no longer need the VM
guests, delete them. Otherwise,

Configure

→Virtual Machine→Unregister Virtual

Machine Host…

move all VM guests to a suitable
host.

2.

Delete the VM host logical server. Select
Tools

→Logical Servers→Delete.

If you have VM guests that are
not logical servers, then use the
appropriate tools to relocate the
guests.

If you have any inactive VM
logical servers, reactivate them
and then move them to a suitable
host.

Deactivate the VM host logical server. Select

Power off or perform a graceful
shutdown of all VM guests

Deactivate or unassign the
VC profile

Tools

→Logical Servers→Deactivate.

Power off or perform a graceful
shutdown of all VM guests

Activate or reassign the
VC profile to a different
blade

1.

Unregister the VM host from virtual machine
management. From HP SIM, select
Configure

→Virtual Machine→Unregister Virtual

Machine Host…

2.

Activate the VM host logical server. Select
Tools

→Logical Servers→Activate.

3.

Register the VM Host using virtual machine
management. From HP SIM, select
Configure

→Virtual Machine→Register Virtual

Machine Host…

Moving logical servers when the CMS and vCenter are in different network
domains

If you are moving an ESX virtual machine logical server, there may be a delay in the population
of possible target hosts if the CMS and vCenter are in different network domains (subnets). Similarly,
if you are moving the logical server using drag and drop, there may be a delay before the hosts
appear as valid targets.

Moving logical servers when the CMS and vCenter are in different network domains

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