1.2. About This Guide¶

1.2.1. Organization of This Guide¶

This guide includes the following chapters:

• Introduction provides the basic information about the product and the guide itself.

• Installing and Managing Virtuozzo Automator Components describes how to install Virtuozzo Automator on your servers as well as update or remove its components.

• Organizing Virtuozzo Automator Infrastructure describes how you can use Virtuozzo Automator to manage relationships between different Virtuozzo objects (physical servers, virtual environments, etc.).

• Managing Physical Servers explains how to do the following with physical servers:

  • register with Virtuozzo Automator,

  • configure,

  • monitor resources,

  • manage installed OS and application templates,

  • reboot, etc.

• Managing Virtual Environments centers on how to do the following with virtual environments:

  • create, clone, configure, start/stop, reinstall, etc.,

  • manage services and running processes,

  • manage and monitor resources,

  • manage virtual environment templates,

  • migrate virtual environments to physical servers and vice versa.

• Managing Virtual Environment Backups provides information on the backup hierarchy.

• Managing Resource Library Tools explains how to work with file shares, virtual environment templates, IP pools, and virtual networks.

• Managing Product Licenses describes how to manage product licenses.

• Managing Virtuozzo Automator Security provides instructions on setting up Virtuozzo Automator security.

• Maintaining Virtuozzo Automator Management Tools explains how to

  • create timetables to automate backup and restarting of virtual environments,

  • monitor virtual environment statuses,

  • view alert and task logs,

  • identify top resource consumers among virtual environments.

• Managing Virtuozzo Network describes network-related concepts, such as configuring network accounting and shaping for physical servers and virtual environments, etc.

• Managing Virtuozzo OS and Application Templates provides information on how to manage Virtuozzo templates.

• Updating Virtuozzo Software describes how to check for updates, update system software, etc.

• Advanced Tasks explains how to

  • use Virtuozzo Automator command-line utilities,

  • monitor Virtuozzo objects via SNMP.

• Troubleshooting offers solutions to problems you might encounter while using Virtuozzo Automator.