It is necessary to define that the server can be used as a VM software agent without using an agent for Resource Orchestrator, by creating the definition files before registering a server. In VM hosts registered using these definitions, obtain the server status or hardware configuration information (CPU core count, CPU clock speed, memory capacity, etc.) from VM software.
When the definition file is changed after registration, the modification is not valid.
Note
The server cannot be used for anything other than a VM host (spare server or Windows/Linux server).
On VM hosts registered using this definition, the following functions cannot be used.
Server switchover
Power operations
Power status monitoring
In the system configuration file for pre-configuration, do not describe the values in the following section header parameter for section name [Server]: If the values are described, registration fails.
snmp_community_name
Create the following three definition files:
server_control.rcxprop
The file used to define the names of physical servers which cannot perform IPMI communication.
[Windows Manager]
Installation_folder\SVROR\Manager\etc\customize_data
[Linux Manager]
/etc/opt/FJSVrcvmr/customize_data
Point
In the storage location above, the sample definition file (server_control.sample.rcxprop) is stored. When using the sample as the definition file, place the file after deleting the ".sample" included in the file name.
server_control.rcxprop
[Windows Manager] [Linux Manager]
UTF-8
[Windows Manager]
CR/LF
[Linux Manager]
LF
The following line must be entered in the first line of definition files.
ServerControl,V1.1 |
In the definition file, the name of each server is described on an individual line.
When defining two or more servers, use line breaks.
Each line is entered in the following format.
physical_server, ipmi |
Even if there are multiple same physical server names in the individual lines, no errors occur.
When adding comments, start the line with a number sign ("#").
Enter the same physical server name as the one entered when registering a managed server.
Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetical character and containing up to 15 alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-").
Specify "false".
Example
An example definition file is indicated below.
ServerControl,V1.1 |
register_ipmiless
The file used to register physical servers which cannot perform IPMI communication with Resource Orchestrator.
Create an empty file with the name shown below.
[Windows Manager]
Installation_folder\SVROR\Manager\etc\vm
[Linux Manager]
/etc/opt/FJSVrcvmr/vm
register_ipmiless
server_spec.rcxprop
When it is not possible to obtain hardware configuration information (CPU core count, CPU clock speed, memory capacity, etc.) from VM management software, this file is used to define the hardware configuration information in advance.
[Windows Manager]
Installation_folder\SVROR\Manager\etc\customize_data
[Linux Manager]
/etc/opt/FJSVrcvmr/customize_data
server_spec.rcxprop
For details on the definition file setting items, refer to "8.1.4 Definition Files when Creating a Virtual L-Server Using a Server which cannot Use ServerView Agents".
Method for Registering Servers
Register servers in Resource Orchestrator using the same method as used for rack mount servers and tower servers.
For details, refer to "5.5.1 Registering Rack Mount or Tower Servers" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
Configure the settings as below.
Setting Item | Value | |
|---|---|---|
Physical Server Name | The physical server name defined in server_control.rcxprop | |
[Register agent] check box | Check | |
Remote management controller | IP address | Do not specify |
User ID | Do not specify | |
Password | Do not specify | |
Association with server management software (ServerView) | Enable/Disable | [Disable] |
SNMP Community | Do not specify | |
Admin LAN | IP address | Admin LAN IP address |
MAC address (NIC1) | Do not specify | |
SAN Boot/Admin LAN Redundancy | MAC address (NIC2) | Do not specify |
OS | Type | [VM Host] |
User ID | Specify | |
Password | Specify | |
