- 1. Clusters
- 1.1. Performing SmartState Analysis on Clusters
- 1.2. Comparing Clusters
- 1.3. Viewing a Cluster
- 1.4. Tagging Clusters
- 1.5. Viewing Capacity and Utilization Charts for a Cluster
- 1.6. Viewing Cluster Timeline
- 1.7. Detecting Drift on Clusters
- 1.8. Creating a Drift Report for Clusters
- 1.9. Removing Clusters
- 2. Hosts
- 2.1. Filtering Hosts
- 2.2. Performing SmartState Analysis on Hosts
- 2.3. Comparing Hosts
- 2.4. Refreshing Multiple Hosts
- 2.5. Discovering Multiple Hosts
- 2.6. Adding a Single Host
- 2.7. Editing Hosts
- 2.8. Viewing a Host
- 2.9. Tagging Multiple Hosts
- 2.10. Removing Hosts
- 2.11. Scaling Down Compute Hosts
- 2.12. Refreshing Relationships and Power States for a Host
- 2.13. Viewing Capacity and Utilization Charts for a Host
- 2.14. Viewing the Host Timeline
- 2.15. Host Virtual Summary
- 2.16. Viewing Host Device Information
- 2.17. Viewing Host Network Information
- 2.18. Viewing Storage Adapters
- 2.19. Detecting Drift on Hosts
- 2.20. Creating a Drift Report for Hosts
- 3. Virtual Machines
- 3.1. Filtering Virtual Machines and Templates
- 3.2. Changing Views for Virtual Machines and Templates
- 3.3. Sorting Virtual Machines and Templates
- 3.4. Creating a Virtual Machine or Template Report
- 3.5. Searching for Virtual Machines or Templates
- 3.6. Analyzing Virtual Machines and Templates
- 3.7. Comparing Virtual Machines and Templates
- 3.8. Controlling the Power State of Red Hat Virtualization Virtual Machines
- 3.9. Refreshing Virtual Machines and Templates
- 3.10. Extracting Running Processes from Virtual Machines and Templates
- 3.11. Setting Ownership for Virtual Machines and Templates
- 3.12. Removing Virtual Machines and Templates from the VMDB
- 3.13. Tagging Virtual Machines and Templates
- 3.14. Viewing a VMware Virtual Machine’s Storage Profile
- 3.15. Viewing Running Processes after Collection
- 3.16. Editing Virtual Machine or Template Properties
- 3.17. Setting Ownership of a Virtual Machine or Template
- 3.18. Right Sizing a Virtual Machine
- 3.19. Viewing Capacity and Utilization Charts for a Virtual Machine
- 3.20. Viewing the Virtual Machine or Template Timeline
- 3.21. Virtual Machine or Template Summary
- 3.22. Viewing the Operating System Properties
- 3.23. Viewing Virtual Machine or Template Snapshot Information
- 3.24. Viewing User Information for a Virtual Machine or Template
- 3.25. Viewing Group Information for a Virtual Machine or Template
- 3.26. Viewing Genealogy of a Virtual Machine or Template
- 3.27. Comparing Genealogy of a Virtual Machine or Template
- 3.28. Tagging Virtual Machines or Templates with a Common Genealogy
- 3.29. Detecting Drift on Virtual Machines or Templates
- 3.30. Creating a Drift Report for a Virtual Machine or Template
- 3.31. Viewing Analysis History for a Virtual Machine or Template
- 3.32. Viewing Disk Information for a Virtual Machine or Template
- 3.33. Reconfiguring Virtual Machines
- 3.33.1. Adding a Disk to a Virtual Machine
- 3.33.2. Removing a Virtual Machine Disk
- 3.33.3. Resizing a Virtual Machine Disk
- 3.33.4. Increasing or Decreasing a Virtual Machine’s Memory Size
- 3.33.5. Reconfigure a Virtual Machine’s Processors
- 3.33.6. Adding or Removing Virtual Machine Network Adapters
- 3.33.7. Attach or Remove an ISO (VMware Virtual Machines Only)
- 3.34. Viewing Event Logs for a Virtual Machine or Template
- 3.35. Remote Consoles
- 3.36. Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots
- 3.37. Creating a Template Based on a Virtual Machine
- 3.38. Retiring Virtual Machines
- 3.39. Migrating Virtual Machines
- 4. Resource Pools
- 5. Datastores
- 6. Data Optimization
- 7. PXE Servers
- 8. Availability Zones
- 9. Cloud Tenants
- 10. Volumes
- 10.1. Amazon Elastic Block Store Manager Volumes
- 10.2. OpenStack Block Storage Manager Volumes
- 10.2.1. Creating Volumes
- 10.2.2. Creating a Backup of a Volume
- 10.2.3. Restoring a Volume from a Backup
- 10.2.4. Restoring a Cloud Volume from a Backup
- 10.2.5. Deleting a Cloud Volume Backup
- 10.2.6. Creating a Snapshot of a Volume
- 10.2.7. Attaching a Volume to an Instance
- 10.2.8. Detaching a Volume from an Instance
- 10.2.9. Editing a Volume
- 10.2.10. Deleting a Volume
- 11. Flavors
- 12. Cloud Networks
- 13. Instances and Images
- 13.1. Filtering Instances and Images
- 13.2. Changing Views for Instances and Images
- 13.3. Sorting Instances and Images
- 13.4. Creating an Instance or Image Report
- 13.5. Searching for Instances or Images
- 13.6. Analyzing Instances and Images with SmartState Analysis
- 13.7. Comparing Instances and Images
- 13.8. Refreshing Instances and Images
- 13.9. Extracting Running Processes from Instances and Images
- 13.10. Setting Ownership for Instances and Images
- 13.11. Removing Instances and Images from the VMDB
- 13.12. Tagging Instances and Images
- 13.13. Reviewing an Instance or Image
- 13.14. Viewing Running Processes after Collection
- 13.15. Managing Security Groups for Cloud Instances
- 13.16. Editing Instance or Image Properties
- 13.17. Controlling the Power State of an Instance
- 13.18. Right Sizing an Instance
- 13.19. Resizing an Instance
- 13.20. Migrating a Live Instance
- 13.21. Evacuating an Instance
- 13.22. Viewing Capacity and Utilization Charts for an Instance
- 13.23. Viewing the Instance or Image Timeline
- 13.24. Viewing the Instance or Image Summary
- 13.25. Viewing User Information for an Instance or Image
- 13.26. Viewing Group Information for an Instance or Image
- 13.27. Viewing Genealogy of an Instance or Image
- 13.28. Detecting Drift on Instances or Images
- 13.29. Creating a Drift Report for an Instance or Image
- 13.30. Viewing Analysis History for an Instance or Image
- 13.31. Viewing Event Logs for an Instance or Image
- 14. Orchestration Stacks
- 15. Key Pairs
- 16. Object Stores
- 17. VMware Networking Switches
- 18. Container Entities
1. Clusters
Clusters provide high availability and load balancing for a group of hosts. The Clusters page under
displays the clusters discovered in your enterprise environment.
Any filter applied will be in effect here. |
Use the Clusters Taskbar to manage the analysis and tagging of your clusters. These buttons manage multiple clusters at one time. To manage one cluster, click on that cluster in the main area of the screen.
1.1. Performing SmartState Analysis on Clusters
Analyze a cluster to gather historical data to compare with previous points in time.
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Navigate to
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Check the clusters to analyze.
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Click (Configuration), and then (Perform SmartState Analysis).
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Click OK.
The SmartState Analysis begins and returns the current data.
1.2. Comparing Clusters
ManageIQ provides features to compare properties of clusters.
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Navigate to
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Check the clusters to compare.
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Click (Configuration), and then (Compare Selected items). The comparison displays in a default expanded view and lists a limited set of properties.
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To delete a cluster from the comparison, click (Remove this Cluster from the Comparison).
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To go to a compressed view, click (Compressed View). To return to an expanded view, click (Expanded View).
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To change the base cluster that all other clusters compare to, click its label at the top of its column.
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To go to the cluster summary screen, click its virtual thumbnail or icon.
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There are three buttons in the taskbar to limit the type of views:
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Click (All attributes) to see all attributes.
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Click (Attributes with different values) to see only the attributes that are different across clusters.
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Click (Attributes with the same values) to see only the attributes that are the same across clusters.
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To limit the mode of the view, there are two taskbar buttons.
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Click (Details Mode) to see all details for an attribute.
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Click (Exists Mode) to only see if an attribute exists compared to the base or not. This only applies to attributes that can have a Boolean property. For example, a user account exists or does not exist, or a piece of hardware that does or does not exist.
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This creates a comparison between clusters. Export this data or create a report from your comparison for analysis using external tools.
1.2.1. Creating a Cluster Comparison Report
Create a quick report of to compare clusters in CSV, TXT, or PDF formats.
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Create the comparison to analyze.
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Click (Download).
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Click the output button for the type of report.
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Click (Download comparison report in TXT format) for a text file.
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Click (Download comparison report in CSV format) for a comma-separated file.
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Click (Download comparison report in PDF format) for a PDF file.
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1.3. Viewing a Cluster
You can click on a specific cluster to view its details. The screen provides you with a cluster taskbar, a cluster accordion, and a cluster summary.
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Cluster Taskbar: Choose between Configuration, Policy and Monitoring options for the selected cluster
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Cluster Summary: See cluster summary such as Relationships, Totals for Hosts, Totals for VMs
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Cluster Summary Views: Choose between graphical or text view of the cluster summary
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Cluster Summary PDF: Generates cluster summary in PDF format
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Cluster Accordion: See details about Properties, Relationships, Storage Relationships for the selected cluster
1.4. Tagging Clusters
Use tags to categorize clusters.
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Navigate to
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Check the Clusters to tag.
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Click (Policy), and then (Edit Tags).
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Select a customer tag from the first dropdown, and then a value for the tag.
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Select more tags or click Save to save your changes.
1.5. Viewing Capacity and Utilization Charts for a Cluster
View capacity and utilization for a cluster.
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Navigate to
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Click the cluster to view Capacity and Utilization data.
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Click (Monitoring), and then (Utilization) or from the accordion menu, click
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From Interval, select to view hourly or daily data points and the dates to view data. Use Group by to group the lines by SmartTags. Use Time Profiles to select a time range for the data.
The Capacity & Utilization charts display
Daily charts only include full days of data. If a day does not include all the 24 data points for a day, the data does not show for that day. |
For information about data optimization including utilization trend reports, see Data Optimization.
1.6. Viewing Cluster Timeline
Use the cluster timeline to see a graphical depiction of operational and configuration events over time.
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Navigate to
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Click the cluster to view the timeline.
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Click (Monitoring), and then (Timelines) or from the accordion menu, click
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From Options, customize the period of time to display, and the types of events to see.
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Use the Interval dropdown to select hourly or daily data points.
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Use Date to type the date for the timeline to display.
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If you select to view a daily timeline, use Show to set how many days back to go. The maximum history is 31 days.
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The three Event Group dropdowns allow the selection of different groups of events to display. Each has its own color.
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From the Level dropdown, select a Summary event if needed, or a Detail list of events. For example, the detail level of a Power On event might include the power on request, the starting event, and the actual Power On event. If you select Summary, the timeline only displays the Power On event.
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To see more detail on an item in the timeline, click on it. A balloon appears with a clickable link to the resource.
1.7. Detecting Drift on Clusters
Over time, a cluster’s configuration might change. Drift is the comparison of a cluster to itself at different points in time. The cluster requires analysis at least twice to collect information. Detecting drift provides users with the following benefits:
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See the difference between the last known state of a cluster and its current state
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Review the configuration changes that happen to a particular cluster between multiple points in time.
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Capture the configuration drifts for a single cluster across a time period.
Detect drift on clusters:
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Navigate to
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Click on the cluster to view drift.
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Click Relationships in the cluster accordion.
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Click Drift History.
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Check the analyses to compare.
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Click (Drift Analysis) at the top of the screen. The results are displayed.
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Check the Comparison sections on the left to view in your comparison.
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Click the plus sign next to the section name to expand it.
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An item displayed on red text shows a change from the base analysis. An item displayed in black text shows no change from the base analysis.
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A (Changed from previous) shows there has been a change since the last analysis.
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A (Same as previous) means there has been no change since the last analysis.
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Click (Remove from drift) at the bottom of a column to remove a specific analysis. The drift is then recalculated and the new results display.
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Click (Expanded View) to see the expanded view. Click (Compressed View)] to compress the information.
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Click the minus sign next to the section name to collapse it.
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To limit the type of views, there are three buttons in the taskbar.
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Click (All attributes) to see all attributes of the sections selected.
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Click (Attributes with different values) to see only the attributes different across drifts.
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Click (Attributes with the same values) to see only the attributes the same across drifts.
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The drift displays for your cluster. Download the data or create a report from the drift for analysis using external tools.
1.8. Creating a Drift Report for Clusters
Use the drift report feature to export information about your cluster’s drift.
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Create a drift of a cluster.
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Click (Download).
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Click the output button for the type of report you want.
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Click (Download drift report in TXT format) for a text file.
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Click (Download drift report in CSV format) for a comma-separated file.
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Click (Download drift report in PDF format) for a PDF file.
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1.9. Removing Clusters
If a cluster has been decommissioned or requires troubleshooting, it might require removal from the VMDB.
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Check the clusters to remove.
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Click (Configuration), and then (Remove Clusters from the VMDB).
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Click OK.
The clusters are deleted. Any virtual machines or hosts associated with these clusters remain, but are no longer associated with them.
2. Hosts
The Hosts page under
displays the hosts discovered in your enterprise environment.
Any applied filters will be in effect here. |
After adding or sorting your hosts, click on one to examine it more closely and see its virtual machines, SmartProxy settings, and properties.
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Top left quadrant: Number of virtual machines on this host
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Bottom left quadrant: Virtual machine software
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Top right quadrant: Power state of host
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Bottom right quadrant: Authentication status
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Validated: Valid authentication credentials have been added. |
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Invalid: Authentication credentials are invalid |
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Unknown: Authentication status is unknown or no credentials have been entered. |
2.1. Filtering Hosts
The Host Filter accordion is provided to easily navigate through the hosts. Use the ones provided or create your own. In addition, you can set a default filter.
2.1.1. Setting a Default Host Filter
Set the default filter for viewing your hosts.
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From the Filters accordion on the left, click on the filter to use.
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Click Set Default at the top of the filters list.
The default filter is set and marked by a green star next to its name.
2.1.2. Creating a Host Filter
Create a filter for viewing your hosts.
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Click (Advanced Search) to open the expression editor.
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Use the expression editor to choose the appropriate options for your criteria.
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Click Save.
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Type in a name for the search expression in Save this search as.
This title depends on the type of resource you are searching.
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Click Save.
The filter is saved and displays in the My Filters area of the Filter accordion.
2.2. Performing SmartState Analysis on Hosts
Perform a SmartState analysis on a host to collect additional information about it, such as patches, CPU, and memory.
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Navigate to
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Check the hosts to analyze.
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Click (Configuration), and then (Perform SmartState Analysis).
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Click OK.
2.3. Comparing Hosts
ManageIQ allows you to compare hosts and check operating systems, host software and version information, and hardware.
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Navigate to
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Check the hosts to compare.
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Click (Configuration), and then (Compare selected Hosts). The comparison displays in a default expanded view, which lists a limited set of properties.
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To remove a host from the comparison, click (Remove this Host from the comparison) at the bottom of the column.
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To go to a compressed view, click (Compressed View). To return to an expanded view, click (Expanded View).
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To limit the mode of the view, there are two buttons in the taskbar.
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Click (Details Mode) to see all details for an attribute.
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Click (Exists Mode) to limit the view to if an attribute exists compared to the base or not. This only applies to attributes that can have a Boolean property. For example, a user account exists or does not exist, or a piece of hardware that does or does not exist.
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To change the base host that compare to the other hosts, click its label at the top of its column.
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To go to the summary screen for a host, click its virtual thumbnail or icon.
2.3.1. Host Comparison Sections
Section | Description |
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Host Properties |
Use this section to see basic information of the host, such as hostname, product, build number, hardware, and network adapters. |
Security |
Use this to see users and groups for the host, and firewall rules. |
Configuration |
Use this to see the operating system, applications, services, patches, vSwitches, vLANS, and advanced settings. |
My Company Tags |
Use this to see all tags. |
2.3.2. Using the Host Comparison Sections
The following procedure describes how to use the host comparison sections.
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On the left of a comparison screen, select the categories of properties to display.
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Click the plus sign next to the sections name to expand it.
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The following descriptions pertain to the Expanded View . Either the value of a property or an icon representing the property displays depending on the properties type.
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A property displayed in the same color as the base means that the compared host matches the base for that property.
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A property displayed in a different color from the base means that the compared host does not match the base for that property.
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If you are in the Compressed View , the values of the properties do not display. All items are described by the icons shown below.
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A (checkmark) means the compared host matches the base for that property. Hover over it and the value of the property displays.
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A (x) means the compared host does not match the base for that property. Hover over it and the value of the property displays.
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Click the plus sign next to the section name to collapse it.
This comparison is viewable in multiple ways. Export the data or create a report from your comparison for analysis using external tools.
2.3.3. Creating a Host Comparison Report
Create a quick report to compare clusters in CSV, TXT, or PDF formats.
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Create the comparison to analyze.
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Click (Download).
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Click the output button for the type of report.
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Click (Download comparison report in TXT format) for a text file.
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Click (Download comparison report in CSV format) for a comma-separated file.
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Click (Download comparison report in PDF format) for a PDF file.
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2.4. Refreshing Multiple Hosts
Manually refresh a host for its properties and related infrastructure components.
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Navigate to
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Check the hosts to refresh.
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Click (Configuration), and then (Refresh Relationships and Power States).
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Click OK.
When a host is refreshed and a new virtual machine is discovered on that host, ManageIQ checks to see if the virtual machine is already registered with another host. If this is the case, the host that the virtual machine is associated with switches to the new host. If the SmartProxy is monitoring a provider, this happens automatically. If not, the next refresh of the host addresses this.
2.5. Discovering Multiple Hosts
If not using a provider, use ManageIQ’s Discovery to find hosts in your environment within a range of IP addresses.
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Click (Configuration), then click (Discover items).
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Check the types of hosts to discover:
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Type in a range of IP Addresses.
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Click Start.
ManageIQ searches for the supported hosts. When available, the new hosts display. They are named by hostname and IP address. To make them identifiable, edit the basic information for each host.
2.6. Adding a Single Host
To analyze a host for more detailed information, add it to the VMDB first. If the host has not been found during Host Discovery or Provider Refresh, and the host’s IP address is known, use the Add a New Host button.
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Click (Configuration), then click (Add a New item).
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Type the Name, Host Name, and IP Address of the host to add. Name is how the device is labeled in the console. Select the type of operating system from the Host Platform dropdown. If the Host has been found during Discovery or Refresh and the host’s operating system has been identified, the Host Platform selector remains disabled. If adding an IPMI server for provisioning, add in the IP address of that host.
The Host Name must use a unique fully qualified domain name.
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In the Credentials box, the Default tab provides fields to type a user name with elevated security credentials and the user’s password. If using domain credentials, the format for User ID is in the format of
[domainname]\[username]
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Click Validate to check the credentials.
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Click Save.
2.7. Editing Hosts
If multiple hosts have the same settings or credentials, edit them at the same time.
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Click (Configuration).
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Check the Hosts to edit.
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Click (Edit Selected items).
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Use Credentials to provide login credentials required for this host.
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On the Default tab, type a user name with elevated security credentials and the users password. If you are using domain credentials, the format for User ID must be in the format of
[domainname]\[username]
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Use Web Services to supply credentials for any web service calls made directly to the host system. If this is not supplied, Default credentials are used.
Login credentials are required for performing SmartState Analysis on the host’s virtual machines and templates.
For each type of credential used, the following information is required:
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Use User ID to specify a login ID.
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Use Password to specify the password for the User ID.
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Use Verify Password to confirm the password.
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Test the credentials by using the Select Host to validate against drop down and click Validate.
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Click Save.