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6 Using the Virtual-IO Manager

6.3.2Logging the actions on Linux

On Linux the actions of VIOM are logged using the Syslog mechanism. All informational messages are logged using the Syslog facility user. For exam- ple on SLES 11 you will find the VIOM messages in the file /var/log/user_ messages.

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ServerView Suite User Guide Certified documentation according to DIN EN ISO Comments… Suggestions… Corrections…Copyright and trademarks Contents Contents Configuration Virtual-IO Manager user interface 137 Edit Properties step Edit Uplink Set wizard dedicated Managing servers with Viom 257 Using the Virtual-IO Manager 253Defining network paths LAN 277 Defining and assigning server profiles 289 Importing and exporting server profiles 313 Viom database 337 Viom scenarios 331Appendix 353 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Introduction System requirements Target groups and objective of this manualCentral management station License Managed BX600 blade servers Supported HardwareServer blade Scope of functions Managed BX400 blade servers Server Scope of functions BladePage Managed BX900 blade servers Page Managed Primergy rack servers und Primergy tower servers Primergy Scope of functions model Introduction PCI controller Scope of functions CNA Changes since the previous edition ServerView Suite link collection Access to the link collection Documentation for the ServerView Suite Click the menu item Primergy ServerView Links Screenshots Typographic conventionsConvention Explanation Bold Virtual addresses Special connection blade for blade server Virtual-IO Manager Introduction Page Management with Viom Procedure Separate areas of responsibilityPage Defining networks LAN for blade servers only Standard configuration of the IBP module 10/6 Page Defining networks LAN for blade servers only Internal networks Single networks Virtual networks with Vlan IDs Networks with Vlan ID Virtual network with a Vlan ID as native Vlan Virtual networks with Vlan ID used in tagged mode Virtual networks with Vlan ID used in tagged mode Dedicated service networks Dedicated service networksPage Service Vlan networks Service Vlan networks Server profiles Defining server profiles Assigning server profiles Dedicated LAN connections only for blade servers Virtualizing I/O parameters Blade Servers Primergy rack servers Server profile failover for blade servers only High-Availability HA support Operating system Admin server if HA Guest HypervisorHigh availability of Hyper-V cluster Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x86 Hyper-V Virtual-IO Manager Introduction High availability of VMware HA Virtual-IO Manager Introduction HA functionality supported by Virtual-IO Manager Host failover with VMware HA Virtual-IO Manager Introduction What Virtual-IO Manager does not do ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Installation and uninstallation Prerequisites for the Viom installation Installing the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows- based CMS Select the option ServerView Software Products Installation processSelect ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Page ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Installation and uninstallation Click Next Page Installation and uninstallation Page Page Page Click Register new license True False MAC8 WWN3 Updating the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows- based CMS Example Installing the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-based CMS Set the Display environment variable Welcome window opens ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Page Page Page ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Installation and uninstallation Page Page Click Register new license Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using the command line Dbhost DbportDbuser Dbpasswd Wwn-range No-gui License-keyCheck-prerequisites Lang Important directories of Virtual-IO Manager Collecting diagnostic information Updating the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-basedVar/log/fujitsu/ServerViewSuite/viom Var/fujitsu/ServerViewSuite/viom/dumps License management Page Click Register new license Page Updating ServerView Operations Manager Upgrading or moving the SQL Server database Uninstalling the Virtual-IO Manager Uninstalling the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows-basedUninstalling the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-based Select Start Settings Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Configurations on the managed BX600 Blade Server Supported hardware configurations for the connection blades Operation in Open Fabric mode LAN hardware configuration Using IBP modulesBay 1 Bay 3 Bay 2 Bay Fibre Channel hardware configuration Configuring the BX600 management bladeBay Page Configuring the I/O connection blades Mation 11 Automatic Inventory Retrieval Configuration using the Web interface Configuration using the Remote Manager Connecting IBP modules First uplink port of an IBP module Network Overview BX600 Network Overview Example Telnet 10.10.10.50 Show uplink-set and show port-group Igmp Configurations on the managed BX400 Blade Server Supported hardware configurations for the connection blades Bay 1 Bay2 112 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Configuring the BX400 management blade Configuring the I/O connection blades Connecting IBP modules Network Overview Switch stacking support BX400 Network Overview Configurations on the managed BX900 Blade Server ServerView Virtual-IO Manager 119 Bay 1 Bay 3 Bay 5 Bay 7 Bay 2 Bay 4 Bay 6 Bay Configuring the BX900 management blade Bay 3 Bay Bay 4 Bay Mation 10 Automatic Inventory Retrieval Configuring the I/O connection blades Configuration using the Remote Manager Choose 2 Management Port Information Connecting IBP modules BX900 Network Overview Using stacked SB11 Connection Blades in IBP Mode Configurations on the managed Primergy rack server This Primergy rack server could not be managed by Viom or Page Viom server profile mapping Mapping of IO-channels PCI slot location in Primergy rack servers RX200 S7 connection panel on the rear Configuration RX300 S7 Adding a server to the ServerView server list TX300 S7 connection panel on the rearPage Virtual-IO Manager user interface Virtual-IO Manager main windowPage Tree view Server list default Profiles Tree structure Server List Tree structure Profiles Profiles tree structure Tabs Virtual-IO Manager tab Show Licenses Configuration Backup / RestorePreferences Setup tab Setup tab Column Significance Cause Significance Manage Authentication RestoreRestore Slot Restore IBP Delete Configuration 3 Ext. LAN Connections tabVideo Redirection Graphic tab New Graphic tab on the Ext. LAN Connections tab Edit DeleteDetails Details tab on Ext. LAN Connections tab Server Configuration tab Details tab on the Ext. LAN Connections tab Server Configuration tab Work,Sservice,Ttagged Buttons Assign Profile Unassign Profile Inventory Boot BootShutdown Graceful Shutdown Forced Power Off Update StatesUpdate State Context menu Chassis Configuration tab Failover Has a continuous gray row Server Profiles view Column Significance Name PortVirtual Address Comment for Buttons NewExport Import Wizards Edit ProfileDelete Profile Previous Cancel Create Network for IBP wizard only for blade serversNext Finish Select Type step Create Network wizard Internal network Single network selected by default Vlan / Service Vlan networksDedicated Service network Edit Properties step for internal networks Activate Port Backup Name of networkEdit Properties step for single networks/VLAN networks Name of uplink set Enable Lacp Isolate modeLinkdown propagation Link Speed Add as Backup Auto negotiationMbit/s Igmp Snooping Remove BackupActive Edit Properties step for dedicated service networks Mbit/s full-duplex 170 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Service Vlan id Active Enable DCB PurposePriority Level Bandwidth Add Networks step Create Network wizard Vlan network Add another network Network Name VLAN-Id Service VlanNative Vlan Edit Uplink Set wizard Edit Uplink Set wizard first step Mbit/s full-duplex 178 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Igmp Snooping Edit Properties step for dedicated service networks ServerView Virtual-IO Manager 181 Auto negotiation DCB Properties Edit Uplink Set wizard single/VLAN network DCB Properties Add Networks step Edit Uplink Set wizard Vlan network Edit Uplink Set wizard second step Vlan Id Delete button Create Server Profile wizardName step Create Server Profile wizard Preset values to use for server type Name of the profileSelect type of profile Server Blade Configure Card step Comment LAN Local boot settings used Disable Boot Menu Usage F12Smux setting Use virtual addresses Fabric Fabric 3 Column Significance Column Significance Static Initiator Parameters Address OriginInitiator Name IPv4 address Subnet MaskGateway Address Target Parameters Address Origin Authentication Authentication Method None Target NameMutual Chap Chap Username Mutual Chap Secret Chap Secret1st Target Port Name 2nd TargetSpeed Auto negotiate Topology CNA Parameter step Enable DCB Settings Ignore range Virtual MAC, Virtual WWNN, Virtual WWPN, Virtual E-MACAllocate virtual address No value error Not unique errorSyntax error Status Significance Allocate OK Edit Server Profile wizard Name step Edit Server Profile wizard Server model optional 206 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Comment 208 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Local boot settings used Fabric Column Significance Boot Parameter step Edit Server Profile wizard Dhcp IPv4 address LUN 1st Target, you configure the boot device 2nd Target, you configure the backup boot device Topology Enable DCB Settings 220 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Not changed Not checked Status Significance Confirm step Edit Server Profile wizard Select Action step Configuration Backup/Restore wizard Save Configuration wizardSave Configuration Select File step Save Configuration Wizard Restore ConfigurationSave on Management Station Select File step Restore Configuration wizard FileSave local Browse Restore file from Management Station Restore local file Select File step Delete Backup Files wizard Select All Select Data step Save Configuration wizard Clear SelectionSelect servers to save Save Profiles Select Data step Restore Configuration wizard Select the configuration to restoreOptions... button. It opens the Restore Target For blade servers only The target to which 230 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Authentication dialog box single blade server Dialog boxes 232 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Password Configure protocolsUse default port User name Authentication dialog box Primergy rack server Viom Manager authentication Primergy rack server Trap Destination 236 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Licenses Information dialog box Days Preferences dialog box Assign LimitUsed Assigns Assign Credit Display tab Display tab Preferences dialog box File name Write trace messages to fileMax. file size Restore Options dialog box servers Restore On Different Chassis Restore Spare InformationReassign Profiles Restore Options dialog box server profiles Restore Options dialog box server profiles Restore only reassigned profiles Abort RestoreRename Restored Profiles Restore Address Ranges Select Profile dialog box Power On after Assign Ignore ext. LAN connections Context menus Context menus on the Ext. LAN Connections tabIgnore Spare Skip downlink checks New Uplink Set Context menus in the Server Profiles viewEdit Uplink Set New Profile Context menu on the Server Configuration tabCopy Profile Start the servers General buttons Buttons in the area on the leftButton in the area on the right General buttons in other dialog boxes Icons Help buttonNext button OK button Starting the Virtual-IO Manager Closing Virtual-IO Manager Logging the actions using Viom Logging the actions on Windows ServerView Virtual-IO Manager 255 Logging the actions on Linux Managing servers with Viom Activating management with ViomPage Changing access rights and ports 231, Authentication dialog box Primergy rack server on Viom internal operations on blade servers Deactivating management with ViomViom internal operations during activation Page Standard configuration before activating Viom management Standard configuration of the IBP 10/6 before activation Initial configuration after activating Viom management Initial configuration of the IBP 10/6 after activationPage VIOM-internal operations on a Primergy rack server VIOM-internal operations during activationPage Page Behavior after AC failure Page Page Disabled Page VIOM-internal operations during deactivation Displaying license information 276 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Defining network paths LAN Defining an uplink set Defining an internal network Defining a single network Page Defining Vlan networks ServerView Virtual-IO Manager 283 Page Defining a dedicated service network Modifying an uplink set Deleting networks Modifying an uplink set directly in the table Copying an IBP configuration Activate the Graphic tab on the Ext. LAN Connections tab Copying configuration Defining and assigning server profiles Profiles view Defining server profilesServerList view Page Page Page Viewing server profiles Modifying server profiles Copying server profiles Deleting server profiles Assigning server profiles ServerView Virtual-IO Manager 297 Deleting profile assignments Page 300 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Viewing the blade server con- figuration 302 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Saving your configuration and server profiles Saving and restoring Restoring the configuration Restoring server profiles Restoring blade server configurations Restoring Primergy rack server configurations Restoring VIOM-specific configurations Deleting backup files on the management stationRestoring an IBP module configuration Deleting the configuration of an uninstalled IBP module Restoring the configuration of a server blade slot Replacing the front control blade Restoring the blade server chassis configuration 312 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Exporting server profiles Importing server profiles ErrorAction Format of export filesObjects element Abort ServerProfiles element ExistingProfileActionRefuse Replace ExistingAddressAction ServerProfile elementNewForAll Format of export files BootMenuUsage Yes SmuxSettingMezzanine2ServerProfileName IOVirtualizationUsage Yes IOChannel element ISCSIFunction IOSlotIndexIOBoardType OnBoard ServiceName NetworksNetworkName TaggedName BootDeviceUsage BootEnvironmentDCBConfiguration DCBUsage BootEnvironment element FunctionConfigurationPXEBootConfiguration ISCSIBootConfiguration Address element ISCSIBootConfiguration element VLANId IPv4AddressSubnetMask GatewayIPv4Address AuthenticationMethod None BootLUNPortNumber FCBootConfiguration element ChapUserName Not when AuthenticationMethod is NoneChapSecret Not when AuthenticationMethod is None MutualCHAP TargetWWPN TargetLUNFCLinkSpeed FCTopology DCBConfiguration element 12.3.10The FunctionConfiguration element 330 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Viom scenarios Shifting tasks from one server blade to another Moving tasks using the server profile failover Disaster Recovery 334 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Via MMB preferred because more convenient Procedure for restoring the failed site Via iRMC on each server blade Viom database Viom Backup Service Configuring the job schedule on Windows Dependencies on the database Syntax of Quartz cron expressions Field Mandatory Values Field Mandatory Values Special characters Special Description Example Meaning Characters Configuring the job schedule on Linux SAT Configuring the output directories For PostgreSQL Starting the Backup Service on Windows Starting the Viom Backup Service on Linux Restoring the Viom database on Windows Logging the Backup ServiceRestoration via SQL Server Management Studio Restore Databases window opens Select the options Overwrite the existing database Select the option Overwrite the existing database Checking the database backup Restoration via Enterprise Manager Restoring the Viom database on Linux Import the Viom database ServerView Virtual-IO Manager 351 352 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Appendix Replacing IBP modules Viom address ranges Address range Start address End address MAC78 Creating diagnostic data View Suite\plugins\viom\Manager ServerView Suite\plugins\viom\Manager\logs\viom-manager.log ServerView Suite\plugins\viom\Manager \Program Files\Fujitsu\ServerView Suite\Remote Connector Opt/fujitsu/ServerViewSuite/SCS Event logging On the Virtual-IO Manager tab click the Preferences button Appendix For Linux Event Meaning Event logging 362 ServerView Virtual-IO Manager