13 VIOM scenarios
5.You can only assign a server profile to a server blade if the server blade is shut down.
Therefore shut the server blade down, if applicable, by clicking Shut- down or by selecting Shutdown in the context menu. You can see the state of a server blade in the State column. To see the current power state, you may need to update the display using the Update States but- ton or with Update State in the context menu.
6.Click Assign Profile or select Assign Profile in the context menu of the required server blade.The Select Profile dialog box opens (see "Select Profile dialog box" on page 245.
7.Select the server profile of the faulty server blade in the tree structure. The area on the right displays information on the selected profile. Con- firm your selection with OK.
A message appears asking if you wish to delete the assignment. If you confirm this, then the previous assignment is deleted and the profile is assigned to the new server blade.
The display on the Server Configuration tab is updated accordingly.
8.Then switch the server blade back on using the Boot button.
The new server blade can then assume the tasks of the previous one without any restrictions.
13.2 Moving tasks using the server profile failover
Tasks can also be moved from one server blade to another. To do this, you define spare slots. It is advisable to install server blades in the spare slots that you do not use for regular operations.
You can also use a spare slot as a completely normal slot even though it has been configured as a spare slot.
1.Click Server List, if applicable, to switch to the server list view in the area on the left.
2.In the tree structure on the left, select the corresponding blade server from the VIOM Managed group.
3.Switch to the Server Configuration tab in the area on the right.
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