Resource Orchestrator Documentation Road Map
The documentation road map for Resource Orchestrator is as shown below.
Resource Orchestrator Documentation Road Map
For information about the documents for Resource Orchestrator, refer to "Chapter 1 Documentation Road Map" in the "Design Guide VE".
Purpose
This manual provides an outline of the operation method of the ROR console provided by ServerView Resource Orchestrator (hereinafter Resource Orchestrator).
Target Readers
This manual is written for people who will install Resource Orchestrator.
When setting up systems, it is assumed that readers have the basic knowledge required to configure the servers, storage, and network devices to be installed.
Organization
This manual is composed as follows:
Explains how to log in and out of the ROR console.
Explains the ROR Console Home window display.
Provides an overview of the two views available in Resource Orchestrator.
Explains license setup.
Explains how to register, modify, and delete user accounts.
Provides an overview of BladeViewer and explains its features.
Explains how to register the resources used by Resource Orchestrator.
Explains how to change the settings of the admin server.
Explains how to change settings for the admin server or resources registered on the admin server.
Explains how to install software to the registered managed servers and set up their operating environment.
Explains how to delete resources.
Provides an overview of the pre-configuration function and explains how to use system configuration files.
Provides an overview of the Network Map and explains its features.
Explains how to remotely control the power state of managed resources.
Explains the features specific to VM guests and VM hosts.
Explains how to use the backup and restore functions provided in Resource Orchestrator.
Explains how to use the server cloning function.
Explains the settings and usage of the server switchover function.
Explains how to export the power consumption data collected from registered power monitoring targets and how to display it as graphs, and also describes the exported data's format.
Provides an overview of the ROR console GUI.
Explains the format of the CSV system configuration files used by Resource Orchestrator's pre-configuration function.
Explains the maintenance mode available in Resource Orchestrator and how to use it.
Explains the terms used in this manual. Please refer to it when necessary.
Notational Conventions
The notation in this manual conforms to the following conventions.
When using Resource Orchestrator and the functions necessary differ due to the necessary basic software (OS), it is indicated as follows:
[Windows Manager] | Sections related to Windows manager |
[Linux Manager] | Sections related to Linux manager |
[Windows] | Sections related to Windows (When not using Hyper-V) |
[Linux] | Sections related to Linux |
[Red Hat Enterprise Linux] | Sections related to Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
[Solaris] | Sections related to Solaris or Solaris Containers |
[VMware] | Sections related to VMware |
[Hyper-V] | Sections related to Hyper-V |
[Xen] | Sections related to Xen |
[KVM] | Sections related to RHEL-KVM |
[Solaris Containers] | Sections related to Solaris containers |
[Physical Servers] | Sections related to physical servers |
[VM host] | Sections related to VMware, Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V enabled, Xen, RHEL-KVM, and Solaris containers |
Unless specified otherwise, the blade servers mentioned in this manual refer to PRIMERGY BX servers.
Oracle Solaris may also be indicated as Solaris, Solaris Operating System, or Solaris OS.
References and character strings or values requiring emphasis are indicated using double quotes ( " ).
Window names, dialog names, menu names, and tab names are shown enclosed by brackets ( [ ] ).
Button names are shown enclosed by angle brackets (< >) or square brackets ([ ]).
The order of selecting menus is indicated using [ ]-[ ].
Text to be entered by the user is indicated using bold text.
Variables are indicated using italic text and underscores.
The ellipses ("...") in menu names, indicating settings and operation window startup, are not shown.
The ">" used in Windows is included in usage examples. When using Linux, read ">" as meaning "#".
The URLs in this manual were correct when the manual was written.
Menus in the ROR console
Operations on the ROR console can be performed using either the menu bar or pop-up menus.
By convention, procedures described in this manual only refer to pop-up menus.
Regarding Installation Folder Paths
The installation folder path may be given as C:\Fujitsu\ROR in this manual.
Replace it as shown below.
When using Windows 64-bit (x64)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Resource Orchestrator
When using Windows 32-bit (x86)
C:\Program Files\Resource Orchestrator
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in this manual:
Abbreviation | Products |
|---|---|
Windows | Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard |
Windows Server 2008 | Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard |
Windows 2008 x86 Edition | Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard (x86) |
Windows 2008 x64 Edition | Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard (x64) |
Windows Server 2003 | Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Standard Edition |
Windows 2003 x64 Edition | Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition |
Windows 7 | Windows(R) 7 Professional |
Windows Vista | Windows Vista(R) Business |
Windows XP | Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional operating system |
Windows PE | Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Preinstallation Environment |
Linux | Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) AS (v.4 for x86) |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) AS (v.4 for x86) |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5 (for x86) |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6 (for x86) |
RHEL-KVM | Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6.1 (for x86) Virtual Machine Function |
Xen | Citrix XenServer(TM) 5.5 |
XenServer 6 | Citrix XenServer(TM) 6.0 |
DOS | Microsoft(R) MS-DOS(R) operating system, DR DOS(R) |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack2 for x86 |
Oracle Enterprise Linux | Oracle Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 4 for x86 (32 Bit) |
Solaris | Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System |
SCVMM | System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 |
VMware | VMware(R) Infrastructure 3 |
VMware ESX | VMware(R) ESX(R) |
VMware ESX 4 | VMware(R) ESX(R) 4 |
VMware ESXi | VMware(R) ESXi(TM) |
VMware ESXi 5.0 | VMware(R) ESXi(TM) 5.0 |
VMware Infrastructure 3 | VMware(R) Infrastructure 3 |
VMware Infrastructure Client | VMware(R) Infrastructure Client |
VMware vSphere 4.0 | VMware vSphere(R) 4.0 |
VMware vSphere 4.1 | VMware vSphere(R) 4.1 |
VMware vSphere 5 | VMware vSphere(R) 5 |
VMware vSphere Client | VMware vSphere(R) Client |
VMware vCenter Server | VMware(R) vCenter(TM) Server |
VMware vClient | VMware(R) vClient(TM) |
VIOM | ServerView Virtual-IO Manager |
BladeLogic | BMC BladeLogic Server Automation |
ServerView Agent | ServerView SNMP Agents for MS Windows (32bit-64bit) |
Excel | Microsoft(R) Office Excel(R) 2010 |
Excel 2010 | Microsoft(R) Office Excel(R) 2010 |
Excel 2007 | Microsoft(R) Office Excel(R) 2007 |
Excel 2003 | Microsoft(R) Office Excel(R) 2003 |
RCVE | ServerView Resource Coordinator VE |
ROR | ServerView Resource Orchestrator |
ROR VE | ServerView Resource Orchestrator Virtual Edition |
ROR CE | ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition |
Resource Coordinator | Systemwalker Resource Coordinator |
Resource Coordinator VE | ServerView Resource Coordinator VE |
Resource Orchestrator | ServerView Resource Orchestrator |
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SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE LINUX AG, a Novell business.
VMware, the VMware "boxes" logo and design, Virtual SMP, and VMotion are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.
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Notices
The contents of this manual shall not be reproduced without express written permission from FUJITSU LIMITED.
The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
Month/Year Issued, Edition | Manual Code |
|---|---|
November 2011, First Edition | J2X1-7606-01ENZ0(00) |
December 2011, 1.1 | J2X1-7606-01ENZ0(01) |
December 2011, 1.2 | J2X1-7606-01ENZ0(02) |
February 2012, 1.3 | J2X1-7606-01ENZ0(03) |
March 2012, 1.4 | J2X1-7606-01ENZ0(04) |
April 2012, 1.5 | J2X1-7606-01ENZ0(05) |
July 2012, 2 | J2X1-7606-02ENZ0(00) |
October 2012, Third Edition | J2X1-7606-03ENZ0(00) |
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