Executing management tasks on RHEV servers

You manage a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) environment by adding a host server running Red Hat Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) or RHEV Manager to BMC Server Automation . You can then browse the contents of the RHEL KVM or RHEV Manager server object type, and perform a variety of management tasks, such as creating, modifying, and deleting a domain.

BMC Server Automation supports both Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platforms, Red Hat KVM and RHEV Manager.

• To execute management tasks on a Red Hat KVM server
• To execute management tasks on a RHEV Manager server

To execute management tasks on a Red Hat KVM server

1. In the Servers folder, navigate to the server running Red Hat KVM and expand the Live node.

2. Expand the RHEL KVM server object type and then expand the Domainsnode. This node shows all domains configured within the Red Hat KVM server. The icons indicate the status of the domain.

   Task	Description
   	Running
   	Stopped
   	Paused

3. Right-click a domain. From the pop-up menu, select any of the management tasks described in the following table.

   Task	Description
   Snapshot or Audit	See Running-Snapshot-Audit-and-Compliance-Jobs-on-virtual-infrastructure.
   Run	Starts a domain.
   Pause	Pauses the domain.
   Resume	Starts a domain that is paused.
   Shut down	Run any power-down scripts and then stop a domain.
   Force off	Forces the domain offline.
   Delete	Deletes the domain.
   Properties	Displays a read-only view of the domain properties, such as path, universally unique identifier (UUID), domain status and various start and reboot options.

To execute management tasks on a RHEV Manager server

1. In the Servers folder, navigate to the server running RHEV Manager and expand the Live node.

2. Expand the RHEV Manager server object type and then expand the Virtual Machines node. This node shows all virtual machines configured within the RHEV Manager server. The icons indicate the status of the virtual machine.

   Task	Description
   	Running
   	Stopped
   	Paused

3. Right-click a virtual machine. From the pop-up menu, select any of the management tasks described in the following table.

   Task	Description
   Snapshot and Audit	See Running-Snapshot-Audit-and-Compliance-Jobs-on-virtual-infrastructure.
   Start	Starts a virtual machine.
   Stop	Stops a virtual machine.
   Guest Shutdown	Run any power-down scripts and then stop a virtual machine.
   Suspend	Pauses a virtual machine.
   Snapshot VirtualMachine	Takes a snapshot of the configuration of a virtual machine.
   Rename	Renames a virtual machine.
   Delete	Deletes the virtual machine
   Properties	Displays a read-only view of the virtual machine properties, such as path, UUID, virtual machine status and various start and reboot options.