Bull Cedoc NovaScale Master 5.1, Installation And Administrator'S Manual

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Chapter 3. NovaScale Master Server Add-ons Description
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Note:
A hostgroup representing the virtual platform, a virtualization manager and instances of
services for the virtualization server (HyperNova category) and for the hosts representing
the virtual machine (VirtualMachine category) are also created
3.3.3.2.2 Virtual Machine Edition
A virtual machine is represented by a host linked to the HyperNova Virtualization platform.
It has properties linked to the platform and properties of a host object.
Add, remove or modification of properties linked to the platform must be done from the
HyperNova Virtualization platform edition page.
Modification of host properties must be done from the Host edition page.
Add a virtual machine to a platform
Add of a virtual machine is performed by checking the corresponding line in Virtual
Machines part of the platform edition form and setting the host characteristics in NSMaster
Configuration table zone (by filling in the corresponding fields or by selecting an already
defined host).
Note:
When you edit a Virtualization platform, only the Virtual Machines defined as part of the
NovaScale Master platform are displayed. To add virtual machine, you must performs a
Re-discovery to get the list of all machines defined on the Virtualization Server.
Remove a virtual machine from a platform
Remove a virtual machine is performed by unchecking the corresponding line in the Virtual
Machines part of the platform.
Note:
The corresponding host remains in the NovaScale Master definition with model set to other.
To delete it, click the 'Other Hosts' link to get the list of all Other Hosts configured, edit the
corresponding host and click on Delete button.
Modify a virtual machine defined in a platform
To modify the name of the NSMaster host corresponding to a virtual machine, enter the
new name in the corresponding field or choose it in the list of already defined hosts in
NovaScale Master by clicking the Select button.
To modify other characteristics as netName or OS, Host edition form must be used.
Note:
To get the Host edition form corresponding to the virtual machine, click the Hostname link
displayed in the global platforms page.