HP Insight Control Virtual Machine Management 7.3 User Guide

1 Introduction
Overview
HP Insight Control virtual machine management (VMM) adds virtual machine management capability
within HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). The Insight Control virtual machine management
software provides the following benefits:
• Integration with the HP SIM console to manage the virtual machine environment
• VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V server, and Xen on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) supported from a single management software
• Reduced cost and complexity in server consolidation projects
• Faster response times to changing business demands
Insight Control virtual machine management provides tracking, monitoring, and control functions
for organizing an effective virtualized environment. HP leverages key industry alliances to provide
best-in-class management capability across most virtualization software platforms and industry
standard servers.
NOTE: VMM supports provisioning and managing of virtual machine which has either IPv4 or
IPv6 or both addresses. VMM registers Hosts, vCenter, or SCVMM with IPv4 address.
Infrastructure
Insight Control virtual machine management is integrated with the HP SIM to provide ease of use,
installation, and maintenance. All requirements and practices for operation of HP SIM must be
observed for VMM.
For more information about VMware ESX Server, see http://www.hp.com/go/vmware. For more
information about requirements for and using HP SIM, see the Managing Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Hyper-V with HP Insight Management white paper at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/
products/servers/software/microsoft/virtualization.
Insight Control virtual machine management includes the following components that you need to
install during software installation:
• HP Insight Control virtual machine management—Installed on the HP SIM Central Management
Server (CMS). Provides access to the virtual machine monitoring and control functions and is
accessible locally or remotely by using industry-standard web browsers. Includes VMware
ESX 4.x, ESXi 4.X and ESXi 5.X; Xen on SLES; Xen on RHEL, and Microsoft Hyper-V server.
Systems Insight Manager console integration
Insight Control virtual machine management installs and runs on the HP SIM CMS. After you install
Insight Control virtual machine management, use the VM column that appears on the HP SIM
console to view the status of the virtual machine hosts and guests.
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