HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 91)

# - Delete = Deletes the infrastructure. This cancels all pending and in-progress requests.
# - Deactivate = Deactivates all infrastructure's resources. This cancels all pending and in-progress requests.
Matrix infrastructure orchestration sends email notifications to the service owner one week and
one day prior to a lease expiration. For an expired service that is running or deactivated,
infrastructure orchestration sends email notification once a week after the expiration, until the lease
is extended or the service is deleted. These notification time periods are configured in the ..\
Program Files\HP\Matrix infrastructure orchestration\conf\hpio.properties
file.
# In *minutes*, when to send the first and the second lease ending notification
# emails and the frequency on which the expired notifications will be sent.
lease.ending.notification.email.first=10080
lease.ending.notification.email.second=1440
lease.expired.notification.email=10080
Provisioning physical servers using local disk
Matrix infrastructure orchestration includes support for Virtual Connect logical servers using a local
disk for boot. (Local disk is also referred to as DAS, or Direct Attached Storage.) Although these
logical servers lack the flexible movement of those using boot from SAN, a logical server using
local disk boot can be initially activated on a server, the operating system installed on the local
disk, and then later suspended and activated back onto that same physical server. If the logical
server is activated on a different physical server (with a local disk of suitable size), the operating
system must be re-deployed.
In a Virtual Connect environment, the Matrix OE software automatically gathers information about
server blades (memory, processors, and potential connectivity). Local disk information is not currently
gathered, so it is necessary to annotate the collected server information to indicate if it has a local
disk with particular properties. Local disk boot volumes are not represented by storage pool entries.
You can enable Matrix infrastructure orchestration to provision to a physical server using local
disk. This involves some manual edits of property files to ensure that Matrix is aware of the servers
that have local disks and that have mobility restrictions.
See “Modifying physical servers with local disk information” in the HP Matrix Operating Environment
Logical Server Management User Guide at
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs .
Allocating servers to a VM Host
Matrix infrastructure orchestration uses the following guidelines to determine the VM Host that will
host a newly provisioned virtual machine.
Matrix infrastructure orchestration filters VM Hosts based on service template requirements, including:
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Linked clone support (if applicable)
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High availability (HA) support (if applicable)
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VM template compatibility (if specified as Automatic OS deployment)
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Sufficient number of processors
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Sufficient available memory
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Sufficient available disk space
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Network connectivity
From these candidates, infrastructure orchestration selects the VM Host that has the most:
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Available disk space
If all VM Hosts have the same amount of free disk space (which is common with cluster shared
volumes), infrastructure orchestration selects the VM Host based on processor number and available
memory.
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