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System tab for virtual machine guests – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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System tab for virtual machine guests

After clicking a virtual machine guest in the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) console, click the System
tab to display the following configuration information for the guest.

The System tab includes the following information:

System status

The health and virtual machine status is depicted using color-coded icons and includes

the following information:

Health Status

The overall status for a system. It is obtained from

Web-Based Enterprise

Management

(WBEM)

SNMP

,

Desktop Management Interface

(DMI), and the HTTP protocols,

with the most critical status being displayed. A ping (ICMP or TCP reachable check) is always
made. Click the Health Status link to access the System Management Homepage (SMH). If the
SMH is not present, the link accesses the Property Page Status page. If no option is available,
the Health Status link is not present.

See

“System status types”

for more information on the system status types.

Vulnerability status

Virtual Machine Management Status

The status of the virtual machine status.

If the virtual machine host or guest is not managed by HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine
Management Pack, this status becomes a hyperlink. Click the link for additional information on
how to manage virtual machine hosts and guests.

See

“VM status types”

for more information on the virtual machine status types.

Identification

The address, preferred system name, and network name are displayed. See

“System

tab”

for more information on these fields.

Product Description

System type

The type of system on which the software is running.

System subtype

Identifies a virtual machine host or guest.

Product model

Identifies the platform type.

Hardware description

The details of the physical system on which the software is running.

OS name

The operating system used.

OS for tool filtering

The type of operating system being used for tool filtering.

OS description

The level of operating system being used.

OS version

The version of the operating system.

Management protocols

States the protocols being used for tool filtering.

VM control

Virtual machine status is listed, and the controls enable you to launch the Remote Desktop

and the Remote Console, as well as start, stop, reset, and pause the virtual machine. Click Legend for
detailed status legend information.

Virtual machine configuration details

Virtual machine host

The system name of the virtual machine host.

Virtualization

The virtualization technology installed on the virtual machine host.

Alternate host

Displays the failover host set by the user.

Configuration file

The name and location of the configuration file.

Configuration folder

The name and location of the configuration folder.

Memory

The amount of memory on the virtual machine host.

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