HP Insight Control Virtual Machine Management 6.2 User Guide

1 Introduction
Overview
HP Insight Control virtual machine management adds virtual machine management capability within HP
Systems Insight Manager version 6.0 or later. The Insight Control virtual machine management software
provides the following benefits:
• Integration with the Systems Insight Manager console to manage the virtual machine environment
• VMware, Citrix XenServer, 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.
Infrastructure
Insight Control virtual machine management is integrated with the Systems Insight Manager to provide ease
of use, installation, and maintenance. All requirements and practices for operation of Systems Insight Manager
must be observed for virtual machine management.
For more information about VMware ESX Server, see http://www.hp.com/go/vmware. For more information
about Citrix XenServer, see http://www.hp.com/go/citrix. For more information about requirements for
and using Systems Insight Manager, see the Managing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with HP
Insight Software 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:
• Insight Control virtual machine management — Installed on the Systems Insight Manager Central
Management Server (CMS). Provides access to the virtual machine monitoring and control functions,
accessible locally or remotely using industry standard web browsers.
• Agentless Insight Control virtual machine management — Includes VMware ESXi Server 3.0x, 3.5, and
4.0, VMware ESX 3.5 and 4.0, Citrix XenServer, Xen on SLES, Xen on RHEL, and Microsoft Hyper-V
server.
HP Systems Insight Manager console integration
Insight Control virtual machine management installs and runs on the Systems Insight Manager CMS. After
you install virtual machine management, use the VM column that appears on the Systems Insight Manager
console to view the status of the virtual machine hosts and guests.
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