HP Insight Management 7.2 Update 2 Support Matrix

• Matrix OE uses Microsoft Windows Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication for the Matrix OE
services/processes database connectivity. HP recommends that you use the same Microsoft
Windows domain account credentials for both the Systems Insight Manager installation, the
Matrix OE installation, and the database access.
A CMS configuration can contain two separate databases, which can be local or remote:
• A CMS database for the CMS to store information about all managed devices
• A deployment server database that stores the inventory and state information about managed
systems (if you install the Insight Control server deployment software)
The databases can be local to the CMS or can be located on a remote system. The CMS and the
SQL Server database servers can either be in the same domain or in a trusted domain.
If you install Insight Control server deployment software, a CMS configuration contains a deployment
server that stores copies of OS images to deploy to managed systems. The managed systems
connect and communicate with the deployment server to register inventory and configuration
information and to run deployment and management tasks. The deployment server can be local
to the CMS or can be located on a remote server.
NOTE: This release of Insight Management also supports the configuration of the CMS as a
two-node failover cluster. For more information about a CMS configuration in a high-availability
environment, see “Management servers in a high-availability environment” (page 23).
Matrix KVM Private Cloud software
HP Matrix KVM Private Cloud includes the HP Matrix KVM Admin Console, an administrative
console that runs in concert with HP Matrix Operating Environment on a pre-integrated appliance.
The appliance runs on a RHEL KVM 6.3 or RHEL KVM 6.4 operating system.
Insight Control server provisioning software
Insight Control server provisioning runs on the following operating systems:
• VMware ESXi version 5.0, 5.0 Update 1, or 5.0 Update 2
• VMware vSphere (ESXi) version 5.1, 5.1 Update 1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
It also requires VMware vSphere Client with VMware Tools. WinPE image may be required and
it requires English-only WAIK 3.1 or later. For information on whether you require WinPE, see
Insight Control server provisioning documentation at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
NOTE: There are special considerations for using Insight Control server provisioning in a Matrix
Operating Environment which has been using Insight Control server deployment. See the Data
Migration from Insight Control server deployment to Insight Control server provisioning whitepaper
at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
NOTE: Matrix environments should not attempt to join a server to an Active Directory during the
OS installation with either Insight Control server provisioning or SA deployment. Doing so will
cause the Matrix OE post-install customization step to fail with an error stating:
Error customizing Logical Server <Logical server name> realized by
<target UUID>.
Matrix OE environments can have the newly provisioned server join the domain via an Operations
Orchestration workflow.
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