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The VM Recovery Manager HA solution monitors the hosts and the virtual machines when you add information about your environment to the KSYS configuration.

  • In the VM Recovery Manager HA setup, there are only three steps: Register HMCs, Create Host Group, and Monitor Dashboard.

Adding the KSYS subsystem

If you have not added the KSYS subsystem to the environment, you will be navigated to add the KSYS subsystem page after you logged in to the GUI. To add a KSYS subsystem to your environment, complete the following steps:
  1. Click Add ksys.
  2. Select the type of deployment from the KSYS type drop-down list at the top left corner of the screen. You can select HA type of deployment from the selection list.
  3. Enter the KSYS subsystem details and the KSYS cluster details. Then, click Save & Next.
Note: Ensure that the cluster is already created by using command-line interface (CLI), and the host group you want to add must exist in the configuration.

Registering HMCs

After registering storage, you need to register HMCs in your HA environment. After registering storage, the GUI navigates you to the registering HMCs page. To register HMCs, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Register HMCs.
  2. Enter the HMCs details. Then, click Save and Next.

Adding host group

There are four steps in adding a new host group procedure: Add hosts, Add VIOSs, Add disks, and Add VMs. In the GUI dashboard, Click Add new HostGroup > Create Host Group. The system displays the deployment wizard page. To add a new host group, complete the following steps:

  1. Add hosts:
    1. In the deployment wizard page, select Host group name. Then, click Save & Next.
    2. Select host for the home site and the backup site.
  2. Add VIOSes: Select VIOSes and click Save & Next.
  3. Add Disks: Select disks . If you have already added the SSP cluster, you are not required to select a disk in this step.
  4. Add VMs: Select VMs. In this step, you can change policies for the VMs, and enable or disable the HA monitoring for the VMs. Then, click Save & Next.

    The browser displays summary page. You can review the host group configuration in the summary page. Also, you can export the summary of the host group in the pdf format.

  5. To export the summary, click Export Summary.
  6. Click Submit & Deploy. The following screen displays deployment progress. After deployment, the browser displays the GUI dashboard.

Virtual machine operations in the GUI dashboard

You can perform the cleanup operation for VMs, restart a VM, and migrate a VM.

  • Clean up a VM: In the GUI dashboard, select the VM from the navigation panel, then click Cleanup.
  • Restart a VM: In the GUI dashboard, select the VM from the navigation panel, then click Restart.
  • Migrate a VM: In the GUI dashboard, select the VM from the navigation panel, then click Migrate.