HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 11)

Table 1-2 Virtual machine guest icons displayed in the VM column
Status Icon
The virtual machine guest is associated with a licensed virtual machine host, and the guest is started.
The virtual machine guest is associated with a licensed virtual machine host, but the host is not communicating with
virtual machine management.
The virtual machine guest is in a state that requires user attention.
The virtual machine guest is associated with a licensed virtual machine host, but the guest is not started.
The virtual machine guest is not associated with a licensed virtual machine host.
The VM column also displays vCenter Server status. To navigate to the vCenter Server credentials user
interface, select either of the following:
•
Options
→VMware vCenter Settings.
•
Options
→Discovery, and then select Configure vCenter settings.
Table 1-3 vCenter Server status icons displayed in the VM column
Status Icon
The vCenter Server credentials were set. However, currently virtual machine management is unable to connect to the
vCenter Server because the service is stopped or the credentials have changed.
The vCenter Server credentials are set and virtual machine management can connect to the vCenter Server.
To display additional information for the system, click an icon.
Agentless management
Insight Control virtual machine management 6.0 or later is completely agentless and no longer requires
deploying an agent to manage the ESX 3.0.x and ESX 3.5 hosts. If you are upgrading an existing version
of virtual machine management, then HP recommends stopping the virtual machine management agents that
were deployed earlier on the ESX hosts from the setup.
NOTE: Refer the “Migrating virtual machine guest templates and backups” section before stopping the
virtual machine management agents. All templates and backups that were created using previous versions
of virtual machine management must be converted to templates and backups compatible with virtual machine
management 6.0 or later. These conversions require older Insight Control virtual machine management
Agents to be running on the managed nodes.
To stop the virtual machine management agents, perform the following steps:
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Verify whether the hpvmmcntsvc service is running on the ESX host by executing the following command
on the ESX host console: service hpvmmcntsvc status.
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If the hpvmmcntsvc virtual machine management service is running, then stop the service by executing
the following command: service hpvmmcntsvc stop.
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