Managing virtual appliances

The SCC appliance provides visibility into all of the RSP/VSP virtual machines.

You configure virtual service settings under Manage > Virtualization: Virtual Appliances. This page displays only connected and capable appliances.

Click RSP/VSP Service to expand the page. These configuration options are available:

Specifies Install RSP Service, Manage RSP Service, (Re)install ESXi, or Restart ESXi from the drop-down list.

Specifies the image from the drop-down list to transfer selected image and then installs it.

Schedules an operation. Select an option.

Installs the service.

You manage RSP and VSP packages and slots settings in the Virtual Appliances page. You can:

• Transfer—Enables for the selected packages to be transferred and made available for later installation. Packages are only be transferred if necessary. If a package already exists on the selected appliance, it is skipped.

• Install—Enables any required package files that don’t exist on the target appliance to be automatically transferred. If a specified slot doesn’t exist on the target appliance, an empty slot is renamed to the specific slot name.

• Manage—Enables you to select the slots on which to perform an operation.

You can transfer a package under Manage > Virtualization: Virtual Appliances. Click Packages & Slots to display the package and slots operations.

Select the package to transfer. Only selected packages are transferred and made available on local appliances for later installation. Packages are transferred only if necessary. If a package already exists on the selected appliance, it is skipped.

These configuration options are available:

Schedules a future transfer.

Transfers the package at the scheduled time.

You can install a package under Manage > Virtualization: Virtual Appliances. Click Packages & Slots to display the package and slots operations. Select Install Packages to expand the page.

These configuration options are available:

Install specifies these options for each slot and package.

• Package—Specify the package from the drop-down list. Any required package files that don’t exist on the target appliance will be automatically transferred. If a specified slot doesn’t exist on the target appliance, an empty slot will be renamed to the specified slot name.

Overwrites existing slot with the specified package.

Schedules a future transfer.

Installs the package at the scheduled time.

You can manage slots under Manage > Virtualization: Virtual Appliances. Click Packages & Slots to display the package and slots operations page. Select Manage Slots to expand the page.

Select the check box next to the appliance name that you want to modify. This configuration option is available:

Allows you to select the slot number and click one of these options: Enable, Disable, Restart, Uninstal.l

Click the > arrow next to the appliance name to view appliance details.

For RSP, click RSP Service Details to view the configuration:

Displays whether or not RSP is installed.

Displays how much RSP free space is available.

Displays how much RSP free memory is available.

Displays whether or not RSP is enabled.

Starts or stops the service.

For VSP, click Service Details to view the configuration:

Displays how much CPU is used.

Displays how much free memory is available.

Displays how much disk space is used, free, and total.

Displays the ESXi management IP address.

To view slot details, click Slot Details. Click the > arrow to expand the page. These configuration options are available:

Enables the selected slot.

Disables the selected slot.

Restarts the selected slot.

Uninstalls the selected slot.

To create RSP backups, click Backups to expand the page. These configuration options are available:

Specifies the appliance slot from the drop-down list.

Compresses the backup file. This option is enabled by default. In most cases, we recommend that you compress backups. However, if you’re transferring—or expect to transfer—a backup over a slow WAN, you might want to leave it uncompressed. The transfers for an uncompressed files backup faster, assuming there is a corresponding RSP on the other side of the transfer.

Saves the backup file to the local RSP backup library on the appliance file system.

Specifies the remote URL to store the RSP backup file using FTP or SCP.

Schedules for later. Specify the date that the RSP backup file is created.

Imports an appliance using a URL.

Specifies the name of the backup.

Specifies the URL of the backup file.

Imports the RSP backup.

To configure high availability (HA), click High Availability to expand the page. These configuration options are available:

Accepts incoming HA transfers.

Specifies a password for the incoming HA transfer. This password decrypts slot images that are received from HA peers. Remote hosts must supply this password to initiate HA transfers. Don’t use your SteelHead appliance account password in this field.

Confirms the HA password.

Applies the changes.

Specifies the remote host from the drop-down list.

Allows you to select the check box next to the slot name. The system makes a copy of the slot on the remote host you specify