Managing virtual servers

Manage Virtual Servers within the IBM Power Virtual Server DR Automation® enables administrators to monitor and control the virtual server instances running critical workloads. Through this interface, users can manage existing virtual servers, check their current status, and perform actions such as adding or removing Power virtual server instances to enable disaster recovery through orchestator. This tool ensures that all servers involved in the DR plan are properly orchestrated and functional, safeguarding business continuity in the event of failures.

To set up and manage additional virtual server instances,you can use either DR Automation management UI or access the external orchestrator interface to add and manage advanced configuration for enabling disaster recovery.

Note: Currently IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud officially supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), IBM i, and IBM AIX® operating systems for creating virtual servers.

Add virtual servers

Procedure

Navigate to the Manage Virtual Servers table.

Note: DR Automation supports all virtual server instances as Managed Virtual Servers that are created through IBM Power Virtual Server. To learn more about all the supported Managed Virtual Server instances, click IBM Power Virtual Server documentation.
Click Add Virtual Server button.
You are redirected to the external orchestrator interface (UI),The orchestrator UI is launched at https:// <Orchestrator IP>:3000/login.

Note: The <Orchestrator IP> is the system on which the orchestrator UI is installed and it is loaded automatically.
In the external orchestrator interface, follow the guided steps to configure and add virtual servers to your disaster recovery setup.
After the servers are successfully added, the servers are displayed in the list under Managed Virtual Servers.

Efficient management of virtual servers through the DR Automation interface, coupled with the external orchestrator, ensures that your disaster recovery environment remains scalable and resilient. This seamless process provides confidence that your critical systems will be protected in the face of potential failures, maintaining business continuity.

Managed power virtual servers

View a list of virtual machinesthat are configured for disaster recovery.

You can sort the following configured VM details:

VM name: Name of the virtual machine that is added for DR management.
VM ID: Unique identifier that is assigned to the virtual machine.
Memory: Amount of memory that is allocated to the virtual machine.
Core: Number of processor cores that are assigned to the virtual machine.
Workgroup name: Workgroup to which the virtual machine belongs for DR operations.