HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.3 User Guide

#/usr/sbin/swlist VMMGR
NOTE: Beginning with the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2009 Operating Environment Update Release
(OEUR), you can optionally install Integrity Virtual Server Manager on HP SMH as part of the
VSE-OE or DC-OE.
Licensing requirements
The licensing requirements for Integrity Virtual Server Manager on HP SMH include the following:
On HP SMH, Integrity Virtual Server Manager is installed separately on a VSP. You must have a
license for Integrity VM and have Integrity VM installed on that VSP. A separate license for Integrity
Virtual Server Manager is not required.
For information about licensing, see the readme file in the /opt/vmmgr/src directory (HP SMH).
You must purchase licenses for any software you run in a VM or vPar, including the HP-UX operating
system and any HP or third-party layered software. You can purchase the licenses for HP software
under the HP Virtualization Licensing program. For more information, contact your HP representative.
• On HP Systems Insight Manager, Integrity Virtual Server Manager is included with Matrix
Operating Environment for HP-UX and is installed when Matrix OE is installed. To make
Integrity Virtual Server Manager operational, you must have a valid license installed for at
least one other component of Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX (for example, HP Matrix
OE visualization) and one license installed for Integrity VM on at least one VSP.
You cannot access the functionality in Integrity Virtual Server Manager unless you have a
license for Integrity VM and have Integrity VM installed on at least one system to be managed
through your licensed Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX components.
Setting security credentials
To display the full range of data about each VM or vPar in Integrity Virtual Server Manager, you
must have WBEM-recognized credentials for each VM or vPar. A user name and password are
required to collect resource utilization and other data, such as the status of the installed operating
system. This data is available only from a WBEM provider on the VSP or VM (vPar). The WBEM
providers are the tools used to gather data about the VM or vPar and the VSP. The user interface
uses this information to show various kinds of system status.
You can set credentials by specifying a default user name and password combination for any or
all VMs or vPars. You can also override the default user name or password on a case-by-case
basis.
NOTE:
• For a given VM or vPar, if no user name or password is specified, the default is used.
• If a password is specified but a user name is not, the default user name is used with the
password override. This allows a system administrator to use the same user name but different
passwords for each VM or vPar.
When running Integrity Virtual Server Manager with Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX,
Systems Insight Manager is responsible for managing the credentials needed for using WBEM
providers on the VSP and on VMs or vPars. When running Integrity Virtual Server Manager under
HP SMH, HP SMH manages credentials and access for the VSP on which HP SMH is running;
credentials for each VM or vPar are managed by Integrity Virtual Server Manager.
The method for setting WBEM credentials depends on whether you are using HP Systems Insight
Manager or HP SMH.
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