Before z/VM Center can work with a z/VM system, you need to set
up a profile that includes access credentials for working with the systems
management API.
Before you start: z/VM Center and its subtask Virtual Server
Deployment are not necessarily included in each IBM Director setup.
Depending on the platform where your IBM Director Server is
installed, you need to install z/VM Center as an optional feature or as an
extension of IBM Director.
Complete the following steps to set up a profile:
- Start the IBM Director Console.
- Locate the z/VM System in the Group Contents pane.
Tip: Select
z/VM Systems in the Groups pane to only display z/VM systems in the Group
Contents pane.
If the z/VM System you want to work with is not shown
in the Group Contents pane, you might need to run a managed object discovery.
Complete these steps to discover z/VM systems:
- In the Group Contents pane, right-click into an empty space.
- Click Discover → z/VM Systems.
Tip:
- If you are not logged on to the z/VM system you want
to work with, you need to log on now. z/VM systems that you are
not logged on to, are marked with a padlock icon (
).
Complete these steps to log on:- Right-click the z/VM system; then click Request access...
- In the Request Access window, specify the credentials for the
z/VM manageability access point administrator ID on that z/VM (see Authorizing the z/VM manageability access point administrator ID).
- Right-click the z/VM system; then click z/VM Center → z/VM Virtual Server Deployment.
- In the z/VM Virtual Server Deployment widow, expand
the top node of the z/VM System resource tree. The top node represents
the z/VM system.
- Click the z/VM Profile node below the top node. The
z/VM Profile pane is displayed with a prompt to specify the access credentials
for the z/VM systems management API.
- Click Configure.
- In the Set Access Credentials wizard, specify the access credentials.
- Type the z/VM manageability access point administrator ID in
the User ID field. This is the z/VM user
ID that you have authorized in Authorizing the z/VM manageability access point administrator ID
- Type the password in the Password field.
- Type the IP address with which you access the z/VM systems management
API in the VSMSERVE Server field. This is usually the
IP address of the z/VM TCPIP service machine. Be sure to type the correct
address as defined on z/VM. The IP address must be in IPv4 dottet decimal
format.
- Click Finish.
- From the Disk Pool list, select the disk
pool you want to be the default disk pool.
- Click Save.