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4. List of unconfigured tests for RHEV Hypervisor Performance rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 54321 Disk Activity VM Disk Space VM Handles Usage VM Memory Usage VM Network Traffic VM System Details VM TCP WM TCP Traffic VM Uptime VM Windows Memory WM Windows Network Traffic YM Windows Services VM CPU Details RHEW Host Details RHEV Memory Details RHEV Network RHEV RHEYV WM Details RHEV VM Status Virtual Network Traffic YM Connectivity Figure 2 32 List of Unconfigured tests for RHEV Hypervisor 4 Click on the CPU Details RHEV test in Figure 2 32 to configure it This test runs periodic usage checks on the CPU resources of the hypervisor Besides proactively detecting abnormal CPU consumption by the hypervisor the test also accurately points you to the root cause of the CPU contention did it happen because of CPU hungry VMs on the hypervisor Did it happen because of CPU hungry user processes or system level processes Did it occur when the hypervisor performed Kernel Same Page Merging Or did it happen when the CPU was idle 26 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor CPU Details RHEV parameters to be configured for rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 54321 RHEV Hypervisor To configure users for this test Click here 4 RHEVBASEHYP6 MAS EGINNOVATIONS C TEST PERIOD 5 mins v HOST RHEL MGR HOST RHEL MGR USER RHEL MGR PASSWORD CONFIRM PASSWORD RHEL MGR DOMAIN RHE
5. Username to connect to RHEVY manager Password for user Confirm password for user eeeeee Domain name for the RHEV Manager egmas Update Figure 2 34 Adding the RHEV Manager details on the fly CONFIRM PASSWORD Confirm the RHEL MGR PASSWORD by retyping it here HYPERVISOR USER Specify the name of a user who has the right to connect to the RHEV hypervisor via SSH HYPERVISOR PASSWORD Specify the password of the HYPERVISOR USER CONFIRM PASSWORD Confirm the HYPERVISOR PASSWORD by retyping it here HYPERVISOR SSH PORT Enter the SSH port at which the RHEV hypervisor listens SSL If the RHEV manager to which the eG agent should connect is SSL enabled then set this flag to Yes If not set it to No DETAILED DIAGNOSIS To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate the eG suite embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability With this capability the eG agents can be configured to run detailed more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server choose the On option To disable the capability click on the Off option The option to selectively enable disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled e The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability e Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should
6. er Enabling Service Excellence Configuring and Monitoring RHEV eG Enterprise v5 6 Restricted Rights Legend The information contained in this document is confidential and subject to change without notice No part of this document may be reproduced or disclosed to others without the prior permission of eG Innovations Inc eG Innovations Inc makes no warranty of any kind with regard to the software and documentation including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Trademarks Microsoft Windows Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in United States and or other countries The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners Copyright 2012 eG Innovations Inc All rights reserved Table of Contents CONFIGURING AND MONITORING THE RHEV MANAGER 1 00 cc ccsssecerrcrrcccccccccccssscscesssccccscssssssssssees 1 1 1 Administering the eG Manager to monitor the RHEV Managert cccccccccccccceesssseeeeeeececceeeeeeeaeaasaeseeseeeees l L2 Monitorim me RHEV MANAG Ci x sieisdeacedecntectcedsiesviaariaiadenweledniatidedsniadabenendicdeapdideaveesdiastiactletnendiademiisnteeeetes 2 CONFIGURING AND MONITORING THE RHEV HYPERVISOR eeeeessssssssccccccccccssssssssccoocceesesessssssosocosseessessssese 3 2 1 Pre requisite
7. the VMs on the RHEV hypervisor To be able to connect to the RESTful API the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user with read only access to the API To create a read only role and assign it to a user do the following 4 Open the RHEV manager 5 Inthe top navigation bar click Configure The configuration window opens 6 In the configuration window click the Roles tab 1 To create a role click New 2 Inthe New Role window provide the name of the role Select Admin as the account type and leave all the check boxes in the Check Boxes to Allow Action pane clear Click OK 7 In the configuration window click the System Permission tab gt To grant a user with the permission to access information about the virtual machines click Add gt In the Add System Permission to User pane select the user to whom you want to grant the permission gt From the Assign role to user list select the role that you created in step 3 and click OK 2 3 Configuring the Remote Agent to Obtain the Inside View of Windows VMs using the eG VM Agent To provide the inside view of a Linux VM the eG agent uses secure shell SSH To obtain the inside view of a Windows VM the eG agent offers two options The first option uses Windows File amp Print Sharing services to push monitoring components to the VMs These monitoring components are then executed on the VM to collect metrics from the VMs To push monitoring components to the V
8. 26 Deselecting the Don t allow exceptions check box 5 Next click on the Exceptions tab and ensure that the File and Printer Sharing option is enabled see Figure 2 27 ety re E 4 4 n p a EA VitualFloppyO Virtual CDROM ide0 0 amp B e ah winxp egp E egpoolz003s Summary Perfomance Events ook i H ae vi Control Pane Windows Firewall S such to ca GB Suse Linux 9 AD vista i Windows Frewall is blocking incoming network connections nclading the a roan programs and services selected below winadi b wirxp amp xp Programs and Services E Examplevm ograms and Service Name Remote Assistance O Remote Desktop COUP r Framework A winexesve A Nina a nniification aihen Windaus Firewall harke a ninaam ix gt Recent Tasks x Status Intiated by Time Start Time Compete Time F Logn Completed root 4 2 2007 3 06 55 AM 4 2 2007 3 06 55 AM 4 2 2007 3 05 55 am ra F loot Comokted root 4 2 2007 3 06 42 AM 4 2 2007 3 06 42 AIM 412 2007 3 06 42 AM __ at A Tasks Sa Figure 2 27 Enabling File and Printer Sharing 6 Then click the Edit button in Figure 2 27 to open the ports required for the agent guest communication Ensure that at least one of the listed TCP ports are enabled 22 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor 192 168 10 215 Virtual Infrastructure Client Jae File Edk View Inventory Administration Help Inventor Admn E
9. automatically displayed against the respective parameters If the RHEV hypervisor being monitored was not discovered via an RHEV manager but you still want to use an RHEV manager for obtaining the outside view then you can select any IP address of your choice from the RHEL MGR HOST list By default this list will be populated with the IP addresses host names of all the RHEV managers that were configured for the purpose of discovering the RHEV hypervisors If you select an RHEL MGR HOST from this list then the corresponding port number domain name and user credentials will be automatically displayed against the respective parameters On the other hand if the RHEV manager that you want to use for metrics collection is not available in the RHEL MGR HOST list then you can configure an RHEV manager on the fly by 27 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor Vv Vv V WV picking the Other option from the RHEL MGR HOST list An ADD THE RHEV MANAGER DETAILS window will then pop up as shown in Figure 2 34 Refer to Section 1 4 to know how to add an RHEV manager using this window Once the RHEV manager is added its IP address port number domain name and user credentials will be displayed against the corresponding parameters RHEV MANAGER DETAILS ADD THE RHEV MANAGER DETAILS RHEY Manager identity IP or Host name 192 168 10 100 Use SSL to connect to RHEVY Manager Manager Port Discover RHEV Hypervisors using this RHEY manager
10. by default the eG agent uses SSH WMI depending upon the virtual OS to be monitored to communicate remotely with the virtual machines on the ESX server and collect metrics To establish this remote connection with Windows VMs in particular eG Enterprise requires that the eG agent be configured with domain administrator privileges Besides the INSIDE VIEW USING flag of all inside view tests should be set to Remote connection to a VM In addition the following pre requisites need to be fulfilled gt The ADMINS share will have to be available on the Windows guests gt The Windows Firewall should be configured to allow Windows File and Print Sharing The sections to come discuss the procedure to be followed for fulfilling the 2 requirements above 2 4 1 Enabling ADMINS Share Access on Windows Virtual Guests 2 4 1 1 Enabling ADMINS Share Access on Windows 2000 2003 VMs If the ADMIN share is not available on any Windows based virtual guest create the share using the procedure detailed below 10 Open the Windows Explorer on the virtual machine browse for the corresponding Windows directory in the C drive right click on it and select the Sharing option from the shortcut menu 11 If the ADMIN share does not pre exist on the Windows guest then Figure 2 7 appears indicating the same 10 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor General Sharing Security You can share this folder among other users on your network T
11. choice from the RHEL MGR HOST list By default this list will be populated with the IP addresses host names of all the RHEV managers that were configured for the purpose of discovering the RHEV hypervisors If you select an RHEL MGR HOST from this list then the corresponding port number domain name and user credentials will be automatically displayed against the respective parameters On the other hand if the RHEV manager that you want to use for metrics collection is not available in the RHEL MGR HOST list then you can configure an RHEV manager on the fly by picking the Other option from the RHEL MGR HOST list An ADD THE RHEV MANAGER DETAILS window will then pop up Refer to Section 2 5 to know how to add an RHEV manager using this window Once the RHEV manager is added its IP address port number domain name and user credentials will be displayed against the corresponding parameters CONFIRM PASSWORD Confirm the RHEL MGR PASSWORD by retyping it here SSL If the RHEV manager to which the eG agent should connect is SSL enabled then set this flag to Yes If not set it to No gt IGNORE VMS Administrators of some high security RHEV environments might not have permissions to internally monitor one more VMs The eG agent can be configured to ignore such inaccessible VMs using the IGNORE VMS parameter Against this parameter you can provide a comma separated list of VM names or VM name patterns for which the inside view need no
12. not be 0 6 Finally click the Update button 7 When you try to signout of the eG administrative interface a list of unconfigured tests will appear as shown in Figure 2 35 28 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor List of unconfigured tests for RHEV Hypervisor Performance rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 54321 Disk Activity VM Disk Space YM Handles Usage WM Memory Usage YM Network Traffic YM System Details VM TCP VM TCP Traffic WM Uptime VM Windows Memory WM Windows Network Traffic VM Windows Services VV Figure 2 35 List of unconfigured tests for RHEV hypervisor 8 Click on the Disk Space VM test to configure it Figure 2 36 will now appear Disk Space VM parameters to be configured for rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 54321 RHEV Hypervisor To View VMs details Click here To configure users for this test Click here 4 RHEVBASEHYPS6 MAS EGINNOVATIONS C TEST PERIOD 10 mins 192 168 10 100 PORT 54321 RHEL MGR HOST 192 168 8 RHEL MGR USER eguser RHEL MGR PASSWORD seescee CONFIRM PASSWORD IILI RHEL MGR DOMAIN egmas RHEL MGR PORT 8443 SSL Yes C No IGNORE WMS INSIDE VIEW none IGNORE WINNT f Yes No EXCLUDE VMS none INSIDE VIEW USING Remote connection to VM Windows v DOMAIN chn ADMIN USER jjohn ADMIN PASSWORD TET CONFIRM PASSWORD e000 REPORT BY USER REPORT POWERED OS Figure 2 36 List of unconf
13. the Windows Firewall dialog box 4 Deselect the Don t allow exceptions check box as indicated by Figure 2 26 21 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor ai P Inventory Admin E 4 a a gt a EA Virtual Floppy 0 Virtual COROMfdeD 0 fs a a e i localhost localdoman god G espoolz003s Summary Perfoumance Events sions e H a Control Panel tal E egpod2003 File Edt view Favorites Tool de m First A Suse Linux 9 Qi O GB Ph fE Fokes Fi fe vista ym2000server Address e Control Panel F AB win2003 A accessibility Options a ft Control Pane a z Windows Firewall Windows Frewall helps protect your computer by preventing unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the Intemet ce a network On recommended This setbng blocks all outside sources from comnecting to thes computer with the exception of those selected on the Exceptions tab C Don t allow exceptions Select this when you connect to public networks in less secure Pr atiane mh ae sinaite Vau willay he notified whan Ulmndeawe R i gil W tA Recent Tasks Name Target Status Initiated by Time Start Time Complete Time a Logn Completed root 4 2 2007 3 06 55 AM 4 2 2007 3 06 55 AM 4 2 2007 3 06 55 AM PA Logout 7 Completed root 4i212007 3 06 42 AM 442 2007 3 06 42 AM 41212007 3 05 42 AM Rat gj Tasks toot Figure 2
14. the eG VM Agent The eG VM Agent is not license controlled Therefore you can install and use any number of VM agents in your infrastructure 2 3 3 Benefits of the eG VM Agent The eG VM Agent offers several key benefits gt Ideal for high security environments The eG VM Agent is capable of collecting inside view metrics from Windows VMs without domain administrator privileges It is hence ideal for high security environments where administrators might not be willing to expose the credentials of the domain administrators Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor gt Easy to install configure The eG RHEV Monitor offers users the flexibility to choose from multiple methodologies for installing the eG VM Agent on the target VMs Even a manual installation procedure would not take more than a few minutes Moreover since the eG VM agent communicates only with the eG agent and not the eG manager no additional configuration needs to be performed on the VM agent to facilitate the communication In addition the VM agent starts automatically upon installation thereby saving the time and trouble involved in manually starting each of the VM agents gt License independent Since the eG VM agent is not license controlled you can add any number of VM agents as and when required to your environment 2 4 Configuring Windows Virtual Machines to Support the eG Agent s Inside View without the eG VM Agent For the inside view
15. user accounts configured on the chosen domain then appear in the box below From this box choose the administrator s account and click on the Add button to add the chosen user account to the box below the Add button 12 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor Permissions for ADMINS Tf xi Share Permissions prrsreeenevesesseeeasesssesssees H H H H 8 Everyone Remove Permissions Allow Deny Full Control Change Read OK Cancel Apply Figure 2 10 Clicking the Add button Ee Look in ey CHN EGURKHA COM Name dt In Folder dd EF ANONYMOUS LOGON PF Authenticated Users fF BATCH E CREATOR GROUP EP CREATOR OWNER fF DIALUP fZ ENTERPRISE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS zi Add Check Names eGtest egtest CHN EGURKHA COM Figure 2 11 Selecting the administrative user to whom access rights are to be granted 6 Finally click the OK button You will then switch to Figure 2 12 where the newly added administrator account will appear 13 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor Permissions for ADMIN Share Permissions Add F P5 test eqtest CHN EGURKHA COM __Bemove 8 Everyone Permissions Allow Deny Full Control i HME Change O Read Cancel Apply Figure 2 12 The administrator account granted access permissions 7 Select the newly added administrator account from Figure 2 12 and then using the Permissions section grant the admin
16. with the port at which the eG VM Agent listens default port 60001 gt Set the INSIDE VIEW USING flag for all the inside view tests to eG VM Agent Windows Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor 2 1 4 Pre requisites for Obtaining the Inside View of VMs gt without using the eG VM Agent Ensure that the remote agent has IP connectivity to at least one of the network interfaces of the VMs The ADMIN share should be enabled for all Windows based virtual guests being monitored and the administrative account must have permissions to this share drive Refer to Section 1 3 1 of this document for a step by step procedure to achieve this To enable the remote agent to communicate with the Windows VMs an administrative account login and password either a local account or a domain account must be provided when configuring the eG monitoring capabilities In case of VMs with the Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2008 Windows Vista Windows 7 operating systems the firewall on the guest should be explicitly configured to allow Windows File and Print Sharing services which are required for the remote agent to communicate with the guest operating system Refer to Section 1 1 of this document for a detailed procedure For monitoring a Windows VM TCP port 139 must be accessible from the remote agent to the VM For monitoring a Linux VM the SSH port TCP port 22 must be enabled for communication between the remote agent and the VM
17. 2 2007 3 06 39 AM 4 2 2007 3 06 39 AM 41212007 3 05 39 AM M pms Figure 2 24 Opening the Windows Firewall 3 Figure 2 25 then appears with the General tab selected by default sd P a Invenio Admin ee a a p E L Vitual Fop 0 Qs Vitual COROMEded 0 e BB 2 i localhost localdomain winxp god s E egpoolz003s Summary gt Perfoarmance Events Permissions egpod2 z la E 2kserver D D D Search Folders jiii aA O O BS E E First Address G Control Panel GB Suse Linux 9 Ad vista vm2000server V Control Pane E win2003 Windows Firewall B winxp i xp z E Examplevm Windows Frewall helps protect your computer by preventing unaulhorized users from ganing access to your computer through the Intemet ce a network i On recommended Ww This setting blocks all outside sources from Connecting to this computer with the exception of those selected on the Exceptions tab M Don t allow exceptions Select ths when you connect to public networks in less secure locations such as airports You will not be notified when Windows Firewall blocks programs Selections on the Exceptions tab will be a a la Recent Tasks x Time Start Time Compete Time F Logn Completed root 4 2 2007 3 06 55 AM 4 2 2007 3 06 55 AM 4 2 2007 3 05 55 am F Looot Completed root 4 2 2007 3 06 42 AM 4 2 2007 3 06 42 AM 41212007 3 06 42 AM M Figure 2 25 The General tab of
18. D field Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box e If the guests do not belong to any domain as in the case of Linux guests In this case specify none in the DOMAIN field and specify a local administrator account name in the ADMIN USER below e Prior to this you need to ensure that the same local administrator account is available or is explicitly created on each of the virtual machines to be monitored Then proceed to provide the password of the ADMIN USER against ADMIN PASSWORD and confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box e If key based authentication is implemented between the eG agent and the SSH daemon of a Linux guest then in the ADMIN USER text box enter the name of the user whose lt USER_HOME_DIR gt on that Linux guest contains a ssh directory with the public key file named authorized_keys The ADMIN PASSWORD in this case will be the passphrase of the public key the default public key file that is bundled with the eG agent takes the password eginnovations Specify this as the ADMIN PASSWORD if you are using the default private public key pair that is bundled with the eG agent to implement key based authentication On the other hand if you are generating a new public private key pair for this purpose then use the passphrase that you provide while generating the pair For the detailed procedure on Implementing Key based Authentication refer to the Troubleshooting sect
19. EV manager Specify the name of the domain to which the RHEV manager belongs 2 Once the details required by Figure 2 29 are provided clicking on the Update button therein would discover all the RHEV Hypervisors that are managed by the RHEV Manager in your environment 24 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor 2 6 Administering the eG Manager to monitor the RHEV Hypervisor 12 Login to the eG administrative interface 13 The eG manager is capable of auto discovering the RHEV Hypervisors If the RHEV Hypervisor is already discovered use the Infrastructure gt Components gt Manage Unmanage menu as shown in Figure 2 30 to manage it Otherwise run discovery process using the menu sequence Infrastructure gt Components gt Discover DISCOVERY COMPONENTS MANAGE UNMANAGE as Discovery lt gt Actions Start Discovery E This page enables the administrator to manage unmanage the discovered servers r Click here for manage unmanage by systems Stop Discovery amp Manage Components T sy a Settings Component type RHEW Hypervisor Show managed component types only amp gt General gt Ports amp SNMP Communities MANAGED COMPONENTS UNMANAGED COMPONENTS Se initial en rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 543 View gt Add Discover Modify Discover gt Delete gt Configure lt gt HMCs Unmanage gt gt gt View Add Discover amp Modify Discover Delete gt RHEV Managers
20. HEV test cccsssscccsssessnnsceeesersenscerscersaneccoeseessnneceresesnensecs 27 Figure 2 34 Adding the RHE V Manager details on the fly ss cssivtesscceriea a vostdavenesiaioctseiansareibasdcbeadncveiasussandsbtaedetsiiascasulenvantiaeiadecees 28 Fig re 2 35 Eis or unconfis red tesisor REE V Ny perv isn hs cents wiess ets T yids beh eee ame temene 29 Figure 2 36 List of unconfigured tests for RHEV hypervisot siccctentsncuaws ctennancued Moana cae aaun Vinee eens 29 Preure Z oTe Oni Ornea V MAESE I O OOE O O O O OE EOE OEN 33 Pireure 239 The YM user coni saraton pan Cirera neni OTEA oasis ds bandas I ERE AA EAE 33 Pi cure 2 39 Addin another Use riie e EET E E ER AEREE EREA 34 Figure 2 40 Associating a single domain with different admin USETS ccccccccccceeeeseeeeeeenneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaeeeeeeeeeeseees 34 Figure 2 41 The test configuration page displaying multiple domain names user names and PpasSWOTds ccsesseeceeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeees 35 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Manager Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Manager This chapter focuses on the detailed procedure to configure and monitor the RHEV Manager 1 1 Administering the eG Manager to monitor the RHEV Manager 1 Login to the eG administrative interface 2 The eG manager is capable of auto discovering the RHEV Manager If the RHEV Manager is already discovered use the Infrastructure gt Components gt Mana
21. L MGR PORT HYPERVISOR USER HYPERVISOR PASSWORD CONFIRM PASSWORD HYPERVISOR SSH PORT DETAILED DIAGNOSIS APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS Figure 2 33 Configuring the test parameters of for CPU Details RHEV test 5 In Figure 2 33 specify the following to configure the CPU Details RHEV test gt TEST PERIOD How often should the test be executed gt HOST The host for which the test is to be configured gt RHEL MGR HOST RHEL MGR PORT RHEL MGR DOMAIN RHEL MGR USER RHEL MGR PASSWORD To auto discover the VMs on a target RHEV hypervisor and obtain the outside view of the performance of each VM the eG agent needs to connect to the RHEV Manager that manages the target RHEV hypervisor To enable the eG agent to obtain the outside view you need to configure the test with the following e RHEL MGR HOST The IP address host name of the RHEV manager that the eG agent should connect to e RHEL MGR PORT The port number at which the said RHEV manager listens e RHEL MGR DOMAIN The domain to which the RHEL manager belongs e RHEL MGR USER and RHEL MGR PASSWORD Specify the credentials of the user with read only access to the Restful API on the RHEV manager To know how to create a read only role and assign it to a user refer Section 2 2 If the RHEV hypervisor being monitored was discovered via an RHEV manager then the IP address port number domain name and user credentials of the RHEV manager used for discovery will be
22. M and to periodically invoke these components the eG agent requires domain administrator privileges to all the VMs being monitored In many production environments strict security restrictions are enforced and it may not be possible to configure a monitoring solution with domain administration privileges for each of the VMs To handle such environments the eG RHEV monitor uses a lightweight monitoring component called the eG VM Agent which is installed inside each of the VMs to obtain metrics regarding the health of the VMs The eG VM Agent can be best described as a software that can be installed on the Windows virtual machines of a virtual infrastructure to allow a single eG agent to obtain an inside view of these VMs without domain administrator privileges Users have multiple options to choose from when it comes to installing the eG VM Agent These options have been discussed below gt Manually install the eG VM Agent on every Windows VM using the executable that eG Enterprise includes gt Bundle the eG VM Agent as part of a template VM and use this template to create multiple VMs this way the eG VM Agent is automatically available in all the VMs that are created using the template gt Use a software distribution solution such as Microsoft System Center to distribute the eG VM Agent software to existing VMs from a central location Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor Use the install procedure that is ideal for you
23. ONFIGURATION OF MULTIPLE USERS This page enables you to add modify users for the test Disk Space VM of rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 54321 RHEV Hypervisor Domain ichn Admin User John rm Admin Pw e000 Confirm Pwd e000 Domain jegtest Admin User jegitlab Admin Pwd eeeec8 Confirm Pwd 80000 Figure 2 39 Adding another user 14 In some virtualized environments the same Domain could be accessed using multiple Admin User names For instance to login to a Domain named egtest the eG agent can use the Admin User name egitlab or the Admin User name jadmin You can configure the eG agent with the credentials of both these users as shown by Figure 2 40 CONFIGURATION OF MULTIPLE USERS This page enables you to add modify users for the test Disk Space VM of rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 54321 RHEV Hypervisor Domain ichn Admin User john Admin Pwd e000 Confirm Pwd e000 The same Domdimnain magtest Admin User legitlab mapped to Admin lt lt Confirm Pwd eeeeee different Ad jegtest Admin User admin Admin Pwd eeeeeee0 Confirm Pwd ee8e000 Update Figure 2 40 Associating a single domain with different admin users When this is done then while attempting to connect to the domain the eG agent will begin by using the first Admin User name of the specification In the case of Figure 2 40 this will be egitlab If for some reason the agent is unable to login using the fi
24. VM this VM agent allows the eG agent to collect inside view metrics from the Windows VMs without domain administrator rights Refer to Section 2 3 for more details on the eG VM Agent To ensure that the inside view of Windows VMs is obtained using the eG VM Agent set the INSIDE VIEW USING flag to eG VM Agent Windows Once this is done you can set the DOMAIN ADMIN USER and ADMIN PASSWORD parameters to none gt DOMAIN ADMIN USER ADMIN PASSWORD and CONFIRM PASSWORD By default this test connects to each virtual guest remotely and attempts to collect inside view metrics In order to obtain a remote connection the test must be configured with user privileges that allow remote communication with the virtual guests The first step towards this is to specify the DOMAIN within which the virtual guests reside The ADMIN USER and ADMIN PASSWORD will change according to the DOMAIN specification Discussed below are the different values that the DOMAIN parameter can take and how they impact the ADMIN USER and ADMIN PASSWORD specifications e If the VMs belong to a single domain If the guests belong to a specific domain then specify the name of that domain against the DOMAIN parameter In this case any administrative user in that domain will have remote access to all the virtual guests Therefore an administrator account in the given domain can be provided in the ADMIN USER field and the corresponding password in the ADMIN PASSWOR
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26. being monitored If the Linux VMs in your environment listen on a different SSH port then you can override the default SSH port of 22 using the steps provided below gt Login to the eG manager gt Edit the eg_tests ini file in the lt EG_INSTALL_DIR gt manager config directory on the A eG manager host gt In the AGENT_SETTINGS section of the file set the JavaSshPortForVm parameter Note to an SSH port of your choice By default this parameter is set to 22 gt If your environment consists of multiple Linux VMs each listening on a different SSH port then you can specify a comma separated list of SSH ports against the JavaSshPortForVm parameter For example 7711 7271 8102 gt Finally save the file For obtaining the inside view of VMs running Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 2008 operating systems the eGurkhaAgent service of the eG remote agent should be configured to run using domain administrator privileges Refer to the eG User Manual for the procedure For obtaining the inside view of other Windows VMs however the remote agent service requires no such privileges Set the INSIDE VIEW USING flag for all the inside view tests to Remote connection to VM Windows Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor 2 2 Configuring the eG Agent to use the RESTful APIs on the RHEV Manager to Obtain the Outside View The eG agent uses the RESTful APIs on the RHEV manager to report the outside view of performance of
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28. eces CONFIRM PASSWORD Seeeeeseesesseseces REPORT BY USER REPORT POWERED OS Figure 2 41 The test configuration page displaying multiple domain names user names and passwords 2 8 Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor To monitor the RHEV Hypervisor do the following 1 Login as a monitor supermonitor user 2 Click on the Components option in the menu bar and select the Servers option from the Components menu 3 From the Components page that appears next click on the RHEV Hypervisor for which you wish to view measurements You can proceed on to configure and monitor the RHEV Hypervisor VDI model in the same manner as that of the RHEV Hypervisor as explained above 35 Conclusion Conclusion This document has described in detail the steps for configuring and monitoring the RHEV Manager and Hypervisor For details of how to administer and use the eG Enterprise suite of products refer to the user manuals We will be adding new measurement capabilities into the future versions of the eG Enterprise suite If you can identify new capabilities that you would like us to incorporate in the eG Enterprise suite of products please contact support eginnovations com We look forward to your support and cooperation Any feedback regarding this manual or any other aspects of the eG Enterprise suite can be forwarded to feedback eginnovations com 36
29. elect text area and click the OK button Select Users Computers or Groups Ea xX Select this object type Users Groups or Built in security principals Object Types From this location CHN EGURKHA COM Locations Enter the object names to select examples eGtest egtest CHN EGURKHA COM Check Names Ad A OK Cancel me Figure 2 20 Allowing a domain administrator to access the folder 6 The newly added user will be listed in the Group or user names section as depicted by Figure 2 21 Select this user and then check all the three check boxes under Allow in the Permissions for lt user gt section in Figure 2 21 Then click the Apply and OK buttons therein 18 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor FL Permissions for ADMIN X Share Permissions Group or user names eGtest egtest CHN EGURKHA COM SR Everyone Add Remove Permissions for eGtest Allow Deny Full Control Mw z Change O Read O Learn about access control and permissions cow oooh Figure 2 21 Allowing full access to the local domain administrator 7 When Figure 2 22 appears click on the Apply and OK buttons therein to register the changes Advanced Sharing Xi MV Share this folder Settings Share name ADMIN Add Limit the number of simultaneous users to 16777 Comments i Caching OK Cancel Apply Figure 2 22 Applying the changes 8 Alter
30. elect the Share this folder option from Figure 2 8 and provide ADMIN share against the Share name text box see Figure 2 9 11 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor General Sharing Security You can share this folder among other users on your network To enable sharing for this folder click Share this folder C Do not share this folder Share this folder Share name AD MIN Comment User limit Maximum allowed amp Allow H Users To set permissions for how users access this Permissions folder over the network click Permissions _ To configure settings for Offline access to this shared folder click Caching Caching J Cancel Apply Figure 2 9 Creating the ADMIN share 4 Next to enable the eG agent to communicate effectively with the Windows guest you need to ensure that the permission to access the ADMIN share is granted to an administrative user local domain also the credentials of this user should be passed while configuring the eG monitoring capabilities i e while configuring the VMware tests To grant the access permissions click on the Permissions button in Figure 2 9 5 By default the ADMIN share can be accessed by Everyone see Figure 2 10 To grant access rights to a specific administrative local domain user select the Add button in Figure 2 10 When Figure 2 11 appears select the domain to search from the Look in list The valid
31. ent installshield Figure 2 2 Accepting the license agreement Use the Browse button in Figure 2 3 to indicate the location in which the agent should be installed 4 and click the Next button to proceed eG mAgent Setup Choose Destination Location Select folder where setup wil install files Setup wil install eGVinAgent in the following folder To natal to this folder click Next To install to a diferent folder cick Browse and select another foldes Destmaton Folder C4 Installshield Figure 2 3 Specifying the install directory of the eG VM Agent Next specify the port at which the VM agent listens for requests from the eG agent The default port is 5 60001 After port specification click on the Next button in Figure 2 4 to proceed Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor eG mAgent Setup Figure 2 4 Specifying the VM agent port 6 A summary of your specifications then follows see Figure 2 5 Click Next to proceed eGV mAeent Setup Figure 2 5 A summary of your specifications 7 Finally click the Finish button in Figure 2 6 to complete the installation Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor eGV mAgent Setup Setup has completed isstalling the eGY mAgent Figure 2 6 Finishing the installation 2 3 1 Communication between the eG Agent and the eG VM Agent At the time of the installation of the eG VM agent a folder named eGVMAgent is created in the install des
32. ge Unmanage menu to manage it Otherwise run diScovery process using the menu sequence Infrastructure gt Components gt Discover and manage the RHEV Manager as detailed in Figure 1 1 and Figure 1 2 DISCOVERY COMPONENTS MANAGE UNMANAGE Qs Discovery This page enables the administrator to manage unmanage the discovered servers Si Actions i D gt Start Discovery C gt Stop Discovery Click here for manage unmanage by systems amp Manage Components Sl Settings Component type RHEV Manager Show managed component types only gt General gt Ports lt gt SNMP Communities lt gt vCenters gt View gt Add Discover gt Modify Discover i gt Delete Configure lt gt HMCs i QD View Unmanage gt gt i gt Add Discover gt Modify Discover Delete lt lt Manage S gt RHEV Managers i gt View gt Add Discover Modify Discover Delete Gl Public Clouds lt gt Aws EC2 Cloud view Add Discover i gt Modify Discover amp gt Delete MANAGED COMPONENTS UNMANAGED COMPONENTS 192 168 8 9 8443 Delete Components Delete Components Figure 1 1 Viewing unmanaged RHEV Managers Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Manager DISCOVERY COMPONENTS MANAGE UNMANAGE ws Discovery This page enables the administrator to manage unmanage the discovered servers Sl Actions Start Discovery Click here for manage unmanage by systems Stop Discovery lt gt Manage Component
33. haring Set custom permissions create multiple shares and set other advanced sharing options OK Cancel Apply Figure 2 17 Clicking on Advanced Sharing 3 Select the Share this folder check box in Figure 2 18 that appears enter ADMIN against Share name and click on the Permissions button in Figure 2 18 to allow only a local domain administrator to access the folder Advanced Sharing E3 V Share this folder Settings Share name ADMIN Add Limit the number of simultaneous users to 16777 Comments OK Cancel Apply Figure 2 18 Enabling the ADMIN share 4 When Figure 2 19 appears click on the Add button therein 17 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor A Permissions for ADMIN X Share Permissions Group or USEr names Add Remove Permissions for Everyone Allow Deny Full Control O go Change O O Read O Learn about access control and permissions Cancel Apply Figure 2 19 Clicking on the Add button 5 To allow a domain administrator to access the folder first ensure that a valid domain is specified in the From this location box of Figure 2 20 If you want to grant access to a local administrator instead ensure that the name of the local host is displayed in the From this location box To change this specification use the Locations button in Figure 2 20 Then enter the name of the local domain administrator in the Enter the object names to s
34. iew Inventory Administration Help P Inventory Admin ei gt E U p BG Q Viua Q vituaconomideny G G Ble Recent Tasks Reus Time Start Time Compete Time F Logn Completed rok 3 24 2007 9 21 58PM 3 24 2007 9 21 58PM 3 24 2097 9 21 58 PM F Logout Completed root 3 24 2007 9 20 41 PM 3 24 2007 9 20 41 PM 3 24 2007 9 20 41 PA Logn Completed root 3 24 2007 9 20 33PM_3 24 2007 9 20 38 PM 3 24 2007 9 20 38 PM 2 Logout Completed root 3 24 2007 9 20 29PM_3 24 2007 9 20 29PM 3 24 2007 9 20 29 PM aa F Tack Figure 2 23 Selecting the guest OS 2 Follow the menu sequence Start gt All Programs gt Control Panel see Figure 2 24 and then double click on the Windows Firewall option within 20 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor FI i JAE Viri Sy Re a L Ale Edk View Inventory Administration Help ici P amp Inventory Admin t a n p a E VitualFioppp0 Virtual CDROMGde0 0 amp a fF Ss localhost localdoman god E egpoolz003s Summary Perfoamance Events E egpodlz EB 2kserver DQ egpocl2003 gt First winxp GB Suse Linux 9 AD vista E vm2000server T win2003 B winxp amp xp E Examplevm Security Center 2 Sounds and Audo Devices JR Wireless Network Setup Wizard Recent Tasks x Time Start Time Compete Time 2 Logout Completed root 4 2 2007 3 06 42 AM 4 2 2007 3 06 42 AM 4 2 2007 3 05 42 AM T 4
35. igured tests for RHEV hypervisor 9 To configure the test specify the following in Figure 2 36 gt TEST PERIOD How often should the test be executed gt HOST The host for which the test is to be configured gt RHEL MGR HOST RHEL MGR PORT RHEL MGR DOMAIN RHEL MGR USER RHEL MGR PASSWORD To auto discover the VMs on a target RHEV hypervisor and obtain the outside view of the performance of each VM the eG agent needs to connect to the RHEV Manager that manages the target RHEV hypervisor To enable the eG agent to obtain the outside view you need to configure the test with the following 29 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor gt RHEL MGR HOST The IP address host name of the RHEV manager that the eG agent should connect to RHEL MGR PORT The port number at which the said RHEV manager listens RHEL MGR DOMAIN The domain to which the RHEL manager belongs RHEL MGR USER and RHEL MGR PASSWORD The credentials of a user to the RHEV manager who has been assigned the RHEVMUser role If the RHEV hypervisor being monitored was discovered via an RHEV manager then the IP address port number domain name and user credentials of the RHEV manager used for discovery will be automatically displayed against the respective parameters If the RHEV hypervisor being monitored was not discovered via an RHEV manager but you still want to use an RHEV manager for obtaining the outside view then you can select any IP address of your
36. ion of the Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor document e If the guests belong to different domains In this case you might want to provide multiple domain names If this is done then to access the guests in every configured domain the test should be configured with the required user privileges this implies that along with multiple DOMAIN names multiple ADMIN USER names and ADMIN PASSWORDS would also have to be provided To help administrators provide these user details quickly and easily the eG administrative interface embeds a special configuration page 31 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor e To access this page simply click on the Click here hyperlink that appears just above the parameters of this test in the test configuration page To know how to use the special page refer to Section 2 7 of this document e If the INSIDE VIEW USING flag Is set to eG VM Agent Windows In this case the inside view can be obtained without domain administrator privileges Therefore set the domain admin user and admin password parameters to none gt REPORT BY USER While monitoring a RHEV Hypervisor the REPORT BY USER flag is set to NO by default indicating that by default the guest operating systems on the hypervisor are identified using the hostname specified in the operating system On the other hand while monitoring a RHEV Hypervisor VDI this flag is set to YES by default this implies that in case of the VDI mode
37. isites gt Enable the remote agent to communicate with the eG manager port default 7077 gt If VMs running on multi byte operating systems are to be monitored e g Windows Japanese then the remote agent monitoring such VMs should also run on a multi byte operating system gt 32 bit VMs that are to be monitored in an agentless manner should be configured with at least 2 GB RAM and 64 bit VMs require at least 4 GB RAM If more than four RHEV Hypervisors are being monitored in an agentless manner then the RAM capacity of the VMs should be increased proportionately 2 1 2 Pre requisites for Obtaining the Outside View of VMs by connecting to the RHEV Manager gt Ensure that the remote agent has IP connectivity to the RHEV Manager gt Ensure that the remote agent has HTTP HTTPS access to the port port 8080 8443 at which the RHEV Manager listens gt All the tests that the remote agent executes should be configured with the name and password of a user with read only access to the REST API of the RHEV manager To know how to configure a read only role on the RHEV manager and assign that role to a user follow the steps detailed in Section 2 2 of this document 2 1 3 Pre requisites for Obtaining the Inside View of Windows VMs using the eG VM Agent gt Install the eG VM Agent on each Windows VM For details on how to install the eG VM Agent refer to Section 1 2 of this document gt Enable the remote agent to communicate
38. istrator Full Control Change and Read permissions 8 Finally click the Apply and OK buttons in Figure 2 12 to register the changes 9 Once you return to the Properties window click on the Security tab to define the security settings for the ADMIN share see Figure 2 13 WINNT Properties CT General Sharing Security 8 Administrators EGURKHA32 Administrate fi CREATOR OWNER 8 Everyone 8 Power Users EGURKHAS2 Power Users Permissions Allow Deny Full Control Modify Read amp Execute List Folder Contents Read Write Advanced a Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object OK Cancel Apply Figure 2 13 Defining the Security settings for the ADMIN share Kaa as OOOOOO 14 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor 10 Here again you need to add the same administrator account which was granted access permissions earlier To do so click the Add button in Figure 2 14 pick a domain from the Look in list of Figure 2 14 select the said administrator account from the domain users list below and click the Add button in Figure 2 14 to add the chosen account Then click the OK button in Figure 2 14 2x Look in ey CHN EGURKHA COM 7 ANONYMOUS LOGON PF Authenticated Users 7 BATCH 7 CREATOR GROUP FP CREATOR OWNER fF DIALUP FI ENTERPRISE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS x dd Check Names eGtest egtest CHN EGURKHA COM OK Ca
39. l by default the desktops will be identified using the login of the user who is accessing them In other words in VDI environments this test will by default report measures for every username_on_virtualmachinename gt REPORT POWERED OS This flag becomes relevant only if the REPORT BY USER flag is set to Yes If the REPORT POWERED OS flag is set to Yes which is the default setting then this test will report measures for even those VMs that do not have any users logged in currently Such guests will be identified by their virtual machine name and not by the username_on_virtualmachinename On the other hand if the REPORT POWERED OS flag is set to No then this test will not report measures for those VMs to which no users are logged in currently 10 Finally click the Update button and signout of the administrative interface 2 7 Configuring Users for VM Monitoring In order to enable the eG agent to connect to VMs in multiple domains and pull out metrics from them the eG administrative interface provides a special page using which the different DOMAIN names and their corresponding ADMIN USER names and ADMIN PASSWORDS can be specified To access this page just click on the Click here hyperlink in any of the VM test configuration pages 32 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor Disk Space VM parameters to be configured for rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 54321 RHEV Hypervisor To View VMs details Click here i To c
40. natively by adding a new entry in the Windows registry you can quickly enable the ADMIN share The steps for the same are discussed hereunder gt In Run prompt type regedit to open registry editor gt Browse through the following sub key 19 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENTVERSION POLICIES SYSTEM gt Create a new entry with the below information o Key Name LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy o Key Type DWORD 32 bit o Key Value 1 gt Exit registry editor As with any change to the registry ensure that the above mentioned change is also performed with utmost care so as to avoid problems in the functioning of the operating Note system 2 4 2 Configuring Windows Firewalls to Allow File and Print Sharing In the case of virtual machines operating on Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2008 Windows Vista Windows 7 the firewall on the guest should be explicitly configured to allow Windows File and Print Sharing services which are required for the eG agent on the ESX host to communicate with the guest Operating system To achieve this do the following 1 Open the Virtual Infrastructure Client console and from the tree structure in its left pane select the guest OS Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows 2008 Windows 7 on which the firewall should be configured see Figure 2 23 192 168 10 215 Virtual Infrastructure Client ka Ale Edk V
41. ncel Figure 2 14 Adding the administrator account 11 This will bring you back to Figure 2 13 but this time the newly added domain administrator account will be listed therein as indicated by Figure 2 15 WINNT Properties 21x General Sharing Security Add Remove 8 Administrators EGURKHAS2 Administratc 7 CREATOR OWNER Pest egtest CHN EGURKHA COM 8 Everyone Primer leers IFRAILIRKH S32 Pater Or b Permissions Allow Deny Full Control Mv Modify Read amp Execute List Folder Contents Read Write Advanced Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object Cancel Apply Figure 2 15 The Administrator account in the Security list gfelelelele o00000 15 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor 12 Finally click the Apply and OK buttons in Figure 2 15 2 4 1 2 Enabling ADMINS Share Access on Windows 2008 VMs To enable the ADMIN share on a Windows 2008 VM do the following 1 Open the Windows Explorer on the virtual machine browse for the corresponding Windows directory in the C drive right click on it and select the Share option from the shortcut menu amp 0520085TD C Organize views Open 23 Share Burn Favorite Links ate 2008PACK 3 4 2009 3 45PM File Folder IF Documents ec4o 11 25 2008 5 03 File Folder E Pictures
42. o enable sharing for this folder click Share this folder PAEEE EAA E EERE EERE EEA EE EE ESHER EEE ESEE ESSE EE OE ENERO EES Share this folder Share name Comment User linit haimum allowed c Allow Users To set permissions for how users access this folder over the network click Permissions To configure settings for Offline access to Caching this shared folder click Caching Permissions Cancel Apply Figure 2 7 The ADMIN share does not exist On the other hand if the ADMIN share pre exists Figure 2 8 appears In such a case first remove the ADMIN share by selecting the Do not share this folder option from Figure 2 7 and clicking the Apply and OK buttons After this you will have to repeat step 1 of this procedure to open Figure 2 7 Then proceed as indicated by step 3 onwards zixl General Sharing Security You can share this folder among other users on your network To enable sharing for this folder click Share this folder Do not share this folder Share name ADMINS Comment User limit Maximum allowed C Allow Users To set permissions for how users access this Permissions folder over the network click Permissions To configure settings for Offline access to Cachin this shared folder click Caching g New Share Cancel Apply Figure 2 8 Admin share pre exists 3 To create or re create the ADMIN share s
43. onfigure users for this test Click here 4 os RHEVBASEHYP6 MAS EGINNOVATIONS C TEST PERIOD 10 mins Y HOST 192 168 10 100 PORT 54321 RHEL MGR HOST 192 168 8 8 RHEL MGR USER jeguser RHEL MGR PASSWORD eeeeee CONFIRM PASSWORD eovveee RHEL MGR DOMAIN egmas RHEL MGR PORT 8443 SSL Yes IGNORE VMS INSIDE VIEW jnone IGNORE WINNT Yes none INSIDE VIEW USING Remote connection to VM Windows v DOMAIN Sunconfigured ADMIN USER unconfigured ADMIN PASSWORD eeeerescesees CONFIRM PASSWORD eeeeseeceeees REPORT BY USER Yes No REPORT POWERED OS Yes C No Figure 2 37 Configuring a VM test Upon clicking Figure 2 38 will appear using which the VM user details can be configured CONFIGURATION OF MULTIPLE USERS This page enables you to add modify users for the test Disk Space VM of rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 54321 RHEV Hypervisor Domain Admin User john Admin Pwd Confirm Pwd e008 Figure 2 38 The VM user configuration page To add a user specification do the following 1 First provide the name of the Domain to which the VMs belong see Figure 2 38 If one more VMs do not belong to any domain then specify none here 2 The eG agent must be configured with user privileges that will allow the agent to communicate with the VMs in a particular domain and extract statistics If none is specified against Domain then a local user accoun
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45. r environment and quickly get the eG VM Agent up and running The detailed manual installation procedure has been discussed hereunder 8 To install the eG VM Agent on a 32 bit VM double click on the eGVMAgent exe and to install the same on a 64 bit VM double click the eGVMAgent_64 exe 9 Figure 2 1 then appears Click on the Next button in Figure 2 1 to continue eGYmAegent Setup Welcome to the eGVmAgert Setup program This program will install he eGVindgerk on your Computer It is strongly recommended that you ext al windows program before running thes Setup program Figure 2 1 Welcome screen of the eG VM Agent installation wizard 3 When Figure 2 2 appears click on Yes to accept the displayed license agreement Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor eGV mAeent Setup License Agreement Please read the folowing license agreement carefully Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE eG Products IMPORTANT PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY By choosing Yes when prompted to accept this icense agreement of by installing the software you are consenting to be bound by and are becoming party to this agreement If you do not agree to all of the terms of this agreement choose the No opbon and DO NOT INSTALL Do pou accept all the terms of the preceding License Ageemert If pou select No the setup will close To install eGYm gent you must accept this agreem
46. rst Admin User name then it will try to login again but this time using the second Admin User name of the specification i e jadmin in our example see Figure 2 40 If the first login attempt itself is successful then the agent will ignore the second Admin User name 2 To clear all the user specifications simply click the Clear button in Figure 2 40 34 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor 15 To remove the details of a particular user alone just click the gt button in Figure 2 40 16 To save the specification just click on the Update button in Figure 2 40 This will lead you back to the test configuration page where you will find the multiple domain names user names and passwords listed against the respective fields see Figure 2 41 Disk Space VM parameters to be configured for rhevbasehyp6 mas eginnovations c 54321 RHEV Hypervisor To View VMs details Click here amp To configure users for this test Click here RHEVBASEHYP6 MAS EGINNOVATIONS C TEST PERIOD 10 mins HOST 192 168 10 100 PORT RHEL MGR HOST RHEL MGR USER RHEL MGR PASSWORD eeceneees CONFIRM PASSWORD RHEL MGR DOMAIN RHEL MGR PORT SSL IGNORE VMS INSIDE VIEW IGNORE WINNT EXCLUDE WMS INSIDE VIEW USING DOMAIN ADMIN USER eeeeseee egmas 8443 Yes C No none Yes none Remote connection to VM Windows chn egtest egtest john egitlab jadmin D ADMIN PASSWORD severesecsesese
47. s F lt gt Settings Component type RHEV Manager Show managed component types only General Ports SNMP Communities veac Q vCenters view amp Add Discover amp Modify Discover Delete gt Configure D HMCs MANAGED COMPONENTS UNMANAGED COMPONENTS 192 168 8 9 8443 View Unmanage gt gt Add Discover Modify Discover gt Delete lt lt Manage D RHEV Managers view amp Add Discover Modify Discover Delete gt Public Clouds lt Aws EC2 Cloud amp view amp gt Add Discover Modify Discover Delete Delete Components Delete Components Cs Figure 1 2 Managing the RHEV Manager Refer For a more detailed procedure for managing components refer to Configuring and Monitoring Web Servers document 3 Next signout of the eG administrative interface 1 2 Monitoring the RHEV Manager To monitor the RHEV Manager do the following 1 Login as a monitor supermonitor user 2 Click on the components option in the menu bar and select the Servers option from the components menu 3 From the Components page that appears next click on the RHEV Manager for which you wish to view measurements Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor 2 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor This chapter focuses on the configuring and monitoring procedure associated with the RHEV Hypervisor 2 1 Pre requisites for Monitoring RHEV 2 1 1 General Pre requ
48. s for Monitoring RABY ssiiccsswesceacsvnccaceoseavecea drins rarrereecs drauca odru ELE O EEren ELENEN NOVENA E EARR 3 2 1 1 Gener Pedog CS ere a E eit aia asda atneat so satceucaateates 3 2 1 2 Pre requisites for Obtaining the Outside View of VMs by connecting to the RHEV Manager 3 2 Pre requisites for Obtaining the Inside View of Windows VMs using the eG VM Agent 0 3 2 1 4 Pre requisites for Obtaining the Inside View of VMs without using the eG VM Agent 4 2 2 Configuring the eG Agent to use the RESTful APIs on the RHEV Manager to Obtain the Outside View 5 2 3 Configuring the Remote Agent to Obtain the Inside View of Windows VMs using the eG VM Agent 3 2 3 1 Communication between the eG Agent and the eG VM Agent cccccccsssssseseeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeaseaeeeseeeeees 9 25 2 Licensing OF the eG VM Ateni sais eeicinedsl bcciwanineseendne naieaadticcde owls osu ncaa ebalrsiostaleuenpdblehde siete nit aoasvencensieesuagsbvadvseiinss 9 2 3 3 ICnerits OF ie cO V VE AGC ora E sem E E a 9 2 4 Configuring Windows Virtual Machines to Support the eG Agent s Inside View without the eG VM Agent 10 2 4 1 Enabling ADMIN Share Access on Windows Virtual Guests cccccccscccessssscceeessseeeeesssseeceesseeeeeeees 10 2 4 2 Configuring Windows Firewalls to Allow File and Print Sharing cseseeeseseeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 20 2 5 Configuring an RHEV Manager to Use for Monitoring the RHEV Hypervis
49. t view amp gt Add Discover gt Modify Discover Delete Figure 2 29 Configuring the details of the RHEV Manager 1 Specify the following in Figure 2 29 RHEV Manager Identify Specify the IP address host name of the RHEV manager in your environment Use SSL to Connect to the RHEV Manager Set this flag to Yes if the RHEV manager in your environment is SSL enabled Otherwise set this flag to No Manager Port If the RHEV manager is SSL enabled then 8443 will be displayed here by default On the other hand if the manager is not SSL enabled the default Manager Port will be 8080 If the RHEV manager in your environment listens on a different SSL or non SSL port then make corresponding changes to the default setting Discover RHEV Hypervisors using this RHEV Manager If you also want to discover additional RHEV servers in your environment using this RHEV manager set this flag to Yes If you only want to use this RHEV manager to obtain the outside view of VMs set this flag to No Username to connect to RHEV Manager and Password for user Specify the credentials i e user name and password of a user who has been assigned the RHEVMUser role If no such user pre exists then create a special user for this purpose assign the RHEVMUser role to this user and provide his her login credentials here Confirm password for user Confirm the password of the RHEVMUser by retyping it here Domain name for the RH
50. t be obtained For instance your IGNORE VMS specification can be xp in win vista Here the asterisk is used to denote leading and trailing spaces as the case may be By default this parameter is set to none indicating that the eG agent obtains the inside view of all VMs on an RHEV hypervisor by default Note While performing VM discovery the eG agent will not discover the operating system of the VMs configured in the IGNORE VMS text box gt IGNORE WINNT By default the eG agent does not support the inside view for VMs executing on Windows NT operating systems Accordingly the IGNORE WINNT flag is set to Yes by default gt INSIDE VIEW USING By default this test communicates with every VM remotely and extracts inside view metrics Therefore by default the INSIDE VIEW USING flag is set to Remote connection to VM Windows gt Typically to establish this remote connection with Windows VMs in particular eG Enterprise 30 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor requires that the eG agent be configured with domain administrator privileges In high security environments where the IT staff might have reservations about exposing the credentials of their domain administrators this approach to extracting inside view metrics might not be preferred In such environments therefore eG Enterprise provides administrators the option to deploy a piece of software called the eG VM Agent on every Windows
51. t can be provided against Admin User On the other hand if a valid Domain name has been specified then a domain administrator account can be provided in the Admin User text box If key based authentication is implemented between the eG agent and the SSH daemon of a Linux guest then in the ADMIN USER text box enter the name of the user whose lt USER_HOME_DIR gt on that Linux guest contains a ssh directory with the public key file named authorized_keys The ADMIN PASSWORD in this case will be the passphrase of the public key the default public key file that is bundled with the eG agent takes the password eginnovations Specify this as the ADMIN PASSWORD if you are using the default private public key pair that is bundled with the eG agent to implement key based authentication On the other hand if you are generating a new public private 33 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor key pair for this purpose then use the passphrase that you provide while generating the pair For the detailed procedure on Implementing Key based Authentication refer to the 7roubleshooting section of the Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor of this document 3 The password of the specified Admin User should be mentioned in the Admin Pwd text box 4 Confirm the password by retyping it in the Confirm Pwd text box 5 To add more users click on the button in Figure 2 38 This will allow you to add one more user specification as depicted by Figure 2 39 C
52. that is managing the RHEV Hypervisor to be monitored via HTTP HTTPS in order to collect metrics from the RHEV Hypervisor Therefore while running the auto discovery procedure it is imminent to provide the credentials of the RHEV Manager in the Discovery gt gt RHEV MANAGER DISCOVERY page that appears when you try to discover the RHEV Manager using Infrastructure gt Components gt Discover menu sequence To configure an RHEV Manager to monitor an RHEV Hypervisor do the following 23 Configuring and Monitoring the RHEV Hypervisor DISCOVERY DISCOVERY gt gt RHEV MANAGER DISCOVERY 4A Discovery This page enables the administrator to configure RHEY Manager preferences for discovering RHEV Hypervisors SG Actions Start Discovery RED HAT HYPERVISOR MANAGER DISCOVERY Stop Discovery Manage Components RHEW Manager identity IP or Host name 192 168 10 100 Use SSL to connect to RHEW Manager Manager Port NMP Communities Discover RHEV Hypervisors using this RHEW Manager Ben pk Ge Username to connect to RHEV Manager eguser gt Ada Discover P Modity Discover Password for the user eeeeeee lt gt Configure Confirm password for the user eoeceee HMCs Domain name for the RHEY Manager egmas gt View gt Add Discover amp gt Delete A A AA GC Go Gy D HEV Managers gt View gt Add Discover gt Modify Discover AAAA gt Ga Delete amp gt Public Clouds AWS EC2 Cloud g
53. tination specified The setup program also creates a Windows Service named eGVMAgent on the Windows VM This service must be running for the eG agent to obtain the inside view of the virtual machine Upon successful installation the eG VM agent starts automatically and begins listening for requests at default TCP port 60001 However if during the installation process you have configured a different port for the eG VM agent then after completing the installation follow the steps below to make sure that the eG agent communicates with the eG VM agent via the port that you have configured gt Login to the eG manager host gt Edit the eg_tests ini file in the lt EG_INSTALL_DIR gt manager config directory gt The WmilnsideViewPort parameter in the AGENT SETTINGS section of the file is set to 60001 by default If the eG VM agent s port is changed at the time of installation then you will have to ensure that this parameter reflects the new port Therefore change the default port specification accordingly gt Save the file At configured intervals the eG remote agent issues commands to each of the eG VM Agents using the TCP port configured during the VM agent installation The eG VM Agent executes the commands collects the inside view metrics from the Windows VM and sends the output back to the eG agent The eG agent then analyzes the metrics and informs the eG manager about the status of the Windows VMs 2 3 2 Licensing of
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