HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software - Manual (Page 86)

level manager. It is recommended to use the upper level manager to edit
this Server Profile. Type YES to proceed with this operation.
To proceed, you must type YES, and then click OK. VCEM does not proceed if you cut and paste
YES into the field.
Preconditions for VC Server Profile Failover
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Source and designated spare servers must be part of the same VC Domain Group.
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Source and designated spare servers must be part of the same VC Domain.
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Designated spare servers are powered off.
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A spare server must be the same model as the source server.
Initiating VC Server Profile Failover through the VCEM CLI
You can initiate VC Server Profile Failover through the VCEM CLI or GUI.
To perform VC Server Profile Failover tasks using the CLI, you must have Systems Insight Manager
administrative privileges.
To initiate VC Server Profile Failover using the CLI, enter C:\>VCEM -failover arguments,
then enter the appropriate argument as follows:
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For a bay, enter -bay enclosure_name:bay_number
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For a host, enter -host hostname
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For an IP address, enter -ip IP_address
The host and IP address are valid arguments only when Systems Insight Manager runs on the same
system as VCEM and full server discovery is in operation in Systems Insight Manager.
For more information about CLI usage in VCEM, see the “Failover Command Line Interface Usage
in VCEM” (page 104) .
Initiating VC Server Profile failover through the VCEM GUI
To initiate VC Server Profile failover through the VCEM GUI:
1.
Select an assigned server profile with an acceptable spare server.
2. Select a bay with an assigned server profile.
3. Click Server Profile Failover. The Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is
executing the request
message appears.
4. Click OK to go to the Jobs page and monitor job progress.
Initiating VC Server Profile Failover using Systems Insight Manager Automatic Event
Handling
The VCEM CLI can be used to automatically trigger VC Server Profile Failover using Systems Insight
Manager automatic event handling. A collection of sample failover SNMP traps exists in the "Server
Profile Failover Trigger Events” collection under “VCEM Events” in the VCEM user interface. VCEM
has also created two custom tools to facilitate automated VC Server Profile Failover.
For automatic event handling to work, the following prerequisites must be met:
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VCEM 6.3 has been installed as part of a Systems Insight Manager installation
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DNS is properly configured in the environment
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The Administrator account is usable on the system in which VCEM and System Insight Manager
reside
The custom tools enable an administrator to initiate a VC Server Profile Failover. Any administrator
that can run all the tools on Systems Insight Manager or VCEM installation can perform a failover.
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