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utilization of server resources. From VM Manager, you can cause Capacity Advisor to
collect and display historical data for a VM Host or selected virtual machines. Certain
VM Manager views include utilization meters (bar graphs) that display current utilization
data for a resource; you can click the meter to view a screen that provides more detailed
historical data. (These meters are visible when using VM Manager with HP SMH, but you
cannot click them to obtain a Capacity Advisor report.) For more information about using
VM Manager to collect and view utilization data, see

Chapter 7 (page 105)

. For more

information about accessing Capacity Advisor through VM Manager, see

“Using the

Tools menu” (page 71)

and

“Using the View menu” (page 76)

.

Other Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX components include:

Application Discovery

HP Instant Capacity Manager

Partition Manager

WBEM providers (which include the

VM Provider

and the

Utilization Provider

, as described

in

“System and software requirements” (page 13)

and other agents.

For more information about Matrix OE concepts and terminology, including a complete list
of the components of Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX, see the HP Matrix Operating
Environment 7.0 Getting Started Guide
.

Information about HP SMH is available from the following HP SMH website:

http://www.hp.com/go/smh

Information about HP Systems Insight Manager is available from the following HP Systems Insight
Manager website:

http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/

VM Manager tasks

Use VM Manager to create and manage Integrity VM virtual machines. To take full advantage of
VM Manager, you can perform the following tasks:

Create, configure, and control virtual machines and their resources, such as virtual switches
(vswitches), virtual network devices, and virtual storage devices (

Chapter 6 (page 79)

)

Monitor VM Host and virtual machine operation (

Chapter 4 (page 29)

)

Modify virtual machine configurations (

“Modifying virtual machines” (page 84)

)

Migrate virtual machines from host to host (

“Migrating virtual machines” (page 92)

)

Collect and view utilization data for VM Host, virtual machines, and their resources (

Chapter 7

(page 105)

)

Respond to status reports, error messages, and problems concerning virtual machines
(

Appendix A (page 115)

)

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