HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

12.2 Registering the virtual host with HP Insight Control virtual machine
management
IMPORTANT: Before a host can be registered, either through the VM Host registration menu
item or with the Configure→Configure or Repair Agents... task, the sign-in credentials must
be specified either as global credentials, discovery credentials, or system credentials. Otherwise,
no credentials are set and the following error message is returned during HP Insight Control
virtual machine management registration:
No valid working Sign-in credentials were found for the system in HP SIM.
Check the Sign-in credentials by going to
'Options->Security->Credentials->System Credentials
After the operating system is installed on the virtual host, use the following procedure to register
the virtual host with the HP Insight Control virtual machine management:
1. For hosts running VMware ESX or VMware ESXi only:
Add the host name to the vCenter application. For more information on the vCenter
application, see Insight Control Virtual Machine Management User Guide.
2. Run the Configure→Configure or Repair Agents... task on the virtual host:
NOTE: This step does not apply to VMware ESXi. The WBEM providers (agents) are
embedded in VMware ESXi purchased from HP.
Ensure that the Install Linux PSP or ESX Ag ents and Register VM Host check boxes are
checked in the Install Providers and Ag ents screen.
For information on configuring the agents, see Section 4.4.4 (page 50).
3. Verify that HP Insight Control virtual machine management is configured correctly by
examining the system page for the virtual host with Tools→System Information→System
Page....
Locate the System Subtype row under Product Description. The description should contain
the text Virtual Machine Host.
140 Installing and setting up virtual machines