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on a standalone VM Host or in a cluster. They enable a cluster to be divided into logical pools
of memory and CPU resources above the level of individual VM Hosts.
ESX resource pools allow a VM Host or an ESXi cluster to be shared by multiple organizations.
ESX resource pools are displayed in the infrastructure orchestration console Servers tab and
are labeled as “ESX Resource Pools” in the Type column. The parent of an ESX resource pool
is shown in the Servers tab Group column. ESX Resource Pools can be selected when creating
a new pool, and used for capacity assignments to users, groups, and organizations.
Because an ESX resource pool is a compute resource, it must be added to a pool in order to
be used in a provisioning request. A pool containing an ESX resource pool must be
homogeneous and cannot contain any other type of compute resource. A provisioning request
can specify the use of mixed multiple pools, as long as any pool containing an ESX resource
pool is homogeneous.
Virtual machines can be allocated into ESX resource pools. Virtual machines cannot be allocated
to VM Hosts and clusters where the resource pools are defined. However, virtual machines
can be allocated to VM Hosts where resource pools are not defined or are not applicable.
The parent ESX Host (or all VM Hosts in the parent cluster) must be licensed for virtual machine
management and infrastructure orchestration. ESX resource pools that are parented by
unlicensed hosts are ignored.
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Cloud resources
Cloud resources represent resource/capacity offered by another cloud service, such as a
supported CloudSystem bursting service provider, another CloudSystem, or an HP Matrix KVM
Private Cloud.
Cloud resources are manually configured resources, not discovered resources, and require
special configuration for use within infrastructure orchestration.
Because a cloud resource is a compute resource, it must be added to a pool in order to be
used in a provisioning request. A pool containing a cloud resource must be homogeneous
and cannot contain any other type of compute resource. A provisioning request can specify
the use of mixed multiple pools, as long as any pool containing a cloud resource is
homogeneous.
Contact an HP representative for more information, or see the Cloud bursting with HP
CloudSystem Matrix infrastructure orchestration and Configuring cloud bursting with HP
CloudSystem Matrix infrastructure orchestration and Savvis white papers. Both white papers
are available at
You can use the Configure KVM cloud pool link on the infrastructure orchestration console
Home tab to assist in configuring capacity pools for an HP Matrix KVM Private Cloud or for
configuring access to HP CloudSystem Foundation. For information about KVM Private Cloud,
see the following documents on the at :
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HP Matrix 7.3 KVM Private Cloud Getting Started Guide
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Cloud bursting with HP CloudSystem Matrix infrastructure orchestration: Matrix-to-Matrix,
HP Matrix KVM Private Cloud, HP Cloud Services, and Amazon EC2
For information about HP CloudSystem Foundation, go toat www.hp.com/go/CloudSystem/
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