HP Insight Management 7.3 Preinstallation Worksheet Abstract This document provides a single point of information that system administrators need prior to upgrading or installing HP Insight Management. By completing the tables (as applicable to the components being installed) system administrators have all the information needed for the upgrade or installation.
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Contents 1 Preparing for an installation or upgrade........................................................4 Verifying basic information before you begin................................................................................4 Preparing the Central Management Server (CMS).........................................................................5 Preparing servers you want to manage with Insight Management....................................................
1 Preparing for an installation or upgrade This document provides preinstallation information for the systems administrator who is installing or upgrading the HP Insight Management. It also provides tables for gathering information requested by the HP Insight Management Installer during an installation or upgrade. HP Insight Control includes the rights for HP Insight Control server provisioning, which is a new feature replacing HP Insight Control server deployment.
Table 1 Basic installation requirements (continued) Requirement satisfied? (y/n) Item Requirement Insight Management products You know which software products you want to install or upgrade. See the HP Insight Management Getting Started Guide for descriptions of the software products that are delivered on the HP Insight Management DVDs. NOTE: For new installations, HP recommends installing all software products.
Table 2 CMS preparation Item Requirement Hardware The server you plan to use as the CMS satisfies the hardware requirements listed in the HP Insight Management Support Matrix. Operating system • The Operating system of the CMS is a supported version listed in the HP Insight Management Support Matrix. If it is not, see the documentation for information regarding upgrading the operating system to a supported version.
Table 2 CMS preparation (continued) Item Requirement Notes Network interface • DNS server is responding to requests for each physical network interface. • Reverse DNS responses are provided and the resolved hostname matches the system under test. • TCP/IP stack is installed. • One or more network interfaces are up, and the network type is Ethernet. Open ports • The CMS must have specific ports open.
Table 2 CMS preparation (continued) Item Requirement Database configuration (If you are using a pre-installed database). • The CMS has a local or remote SQL server instance. Notes • Dynamic ports are not enabled. You can verify the status through the Microsoft SQL Configuration Manager (SQL Server Network Configuration→Protocols→TCP/IP Properties). The Dynamic Ports field must contain a null value, not a zero (0).
Table 3 Managed system preparation (continued) Item Requirement Notes The servers you want to manage do not require a pre-installed operating system when you install HP Insight Management. You can install the operating system after installing HP Insight Management using Insight Control server provisioning .
2 Gathering data for an installation or upgrade When you install or upgrade the Insight Management, the wizard-based installation interface presents you with a series of screens which require you to supply information. The HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide steps you through each screen of the installation interface, however, before you begin, HP recommends that you use the tables in this chapter to prepare for and record your responses for that information.
Collect HP Insight Management installation directory information Table 4 Information required for Insight Management installation directories Type of Information to collect installation Description Possible value New HP Insight Management HP Insight Management DVD #2 DVD • A valid DVD drive DVD #2 directory drive or an ISO mounting utility • A valid ISO mounting location utility location New Installation directory Your value The directory on the CMS where you A valid directory on the want to install
Collect database information Table 6 Information required for configuring the database Type of Information to collect installation Description New An SQL or SQL Express database. Database type (SQL Express or SQL Server) Possible value 1 Your value • New SQL Express database • Existing SQL or SQL Express database New Database user name The user name for database access (Windows authentication).
Collect Proxy information Table 8 Information required for configuring the proxy Type of Information to collect installation Description Possible value New I use an HTTP proxy server1 An indicator for environments requiring a proxy server for Internet access Yes or no New Proxy host The hostname for proxy server. (Software Update must access the Internet for updates.) • IP address Your value • The name of a valid, fully qualified host New Proxy port The port for the proxy server.
Collect HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager information Table 11 Type of installation Information to collect Description Possible value New VCEM MAC Range In case of multiple instances of 1 to 128 CMS under the same administration, each CMS instance must use unique VCEM MAC Range to ensure that the assigned virtual addresses are unique.
Table 13 Information required for Matrix infrastructure orchestration (continued) Type of Information to collect installation Description Possible value New SMTP hostname The host name or IP address of the SMTP server. Valid SMTP host name New SMTP port A valid port number for the SMTP server. Valid SMTP port New SMTP user name The user name for the SMTP server. Valid user name New SMTP password The password used to access the SMTP server.
Collect Matrix infrastructure orchestration deployment server information Table 14 Information required for Matrix infrastructure orchestration deployment server Type of Information to collect installation Description Possible value New HP Insight Control server An indicator that Insight Control server Yes or no provisioning provisioning is used as the deployment application.
Collect information for Version Control Repository Manager Table 15 Information required for automatic download of HP systems software Type of Information to collect installation Description New Enable automatic download of ProLiant and Integrity Support Packs to a repository.
3 Gathering data to finish the HP Insight Management installation This chapter contains the information required in Chapter 3: Finishing the HP Insight Management Installation of the HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide. For some tasks, the information required depends on what products and features you installed or are configuring.
Add authorized users to Systems Insight Manager (optional) The table provides space for one user and one user group to indicate the information required. You might need more space than the table provides. For more information about user groups and user accounts, see the HP Systems Insight Manager User Guide.
4 Gathering data for optional post-installation configuration tasks This chapter contains the information required in Chapter 4: Optional post-installation configuration. After the main installation is finished, the tasks here are also optional, depending on your installation environment and the products you installed. Configuring VMware vCenter server settings (optional) You will need this information only if you are managing VMware ESX hosts and virtual machines.
Table 20 Information required for a virtual connect domain group (continued) Type of Information to collect installation Description Possible value New or upgrade An indicator of serial number type • Logical serial number: designated by server profile Serial number type Your value • Factory default: serial number for physical server New or upgrade MAC range type Method by which MAC address range defined • VCEM-defined • User-defined • Factory-default New or upgrade WWN range type Method by whi
Table 22 Information required for performing server migration Type of Information to collect installation Description Possible value New or upgrade Source server IP address The IP address of the physical or Valid IP address virtual server from which you want to migrate operating system, applications, or data.
5 Support and other resources Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you contact HP: • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware and software • Technical support registration number – SAID (Service Agreement Identifier) How to contact HP Use the following methods to contact HP technical support: • In the United States, see the Customer
The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals in electronic form as they are made available from HP. With this service, Insight Management customers benefit from expedited problem resolution as well as proactive notification and delivery of software updates. For more information about this service, see the following website: http://www.hp.com/services/insight Registration for this service takes place following online redemption of the license certificate.
HP Insight Management Installer HP Insight Management Installer for the 7.3 release includes product enhancements. The following is a list of changes that are applicable for the HP Insight Management 7.3 release. • Supports a direct upgrade to Insight Management version 7.3 only from 6.3 or later. • Supports Simplified Chinese locale. • Supports Internet Explorer 11 • Supports the following new operating system: ◦ Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter editions.
Table 23 Typographic conventions (continued) 26 Key The name of a keyboard key. Return and Enter both refer to the same key. Term A term or phrase that is defined in the body text of the document, not in a glossary. User input Indicates commands and text that you type exactly as shown. Replaceable The name of a placeholder that you replace with an actual value. [] In command syntax statements, these characters enclose optional content.
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Index HP SIM Central Management Server, 4 A authorized resellers, 23 automatic download software, 10 automatic sign-in credentials, 10 C CapAd requirements, 10 Central Management Server database configuration, 4 disk space, 4 hardware, 4 HP SIM, 4 network interface, 4 open ports, 4 operating system, 4 prepare, 4 requirements, 4 software, 4 contact HP, 23 credentials automatic sign-in, 10 service account, 10 D data installation, 10 upgrade, 10 database requirements, 10 database configuration Central Manag
installation, 4 IO, 10 proxy information, 10 upgrade, 4 WMI Mapper Port, 10 S server local, 10 remote, 10 servers hardware, 4 operating system, 4 software, 4 service account credentials, 10 software automatic download, 10 Central Management Server, 4 servers, 4 T technical support registering, 23 type of installation new, 10 upgrade, 10 typographic conventions, 25 U update service registering, 23 upgrade data, 10 preinstallation, 4 requirements, 4 type of installation, 10 W warranty, 23 WMI Mapper Port
