HP Insight Management 7.3 Quick Installation Guide Abstract This guide provides a high-level map of installation steps for experienced users who are installing or using Insight Management Components. This guide provides an overview of the installation procedures and requirements described in detail in the HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide. For more information, see the HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide on the HP Insight Management DVD #1 or at http://www.
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Contents 1 Installing HP Insight Management.................................................................4 How to use this guide................................................................................................................4 Obtain media and read documentation.......................................................................................4 Preliminary tasks......................................................................................................................
1 Installing HP Insight Management How to use this guide This condensed version of the HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide provides abbreviated instructions for anyone who has previous experience installing or upgrading Insight Management software and its associated components and does not require detailed instructions at every step. If you need more information at any time during the installation: • See the HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide at: http://www.
Start the installation Task 1. Sign in to the Central Management Server (CMS) with administrator privileges. Required or Optional Completed? Required Insert the HP Insight Management DVD #1 into the CMS DVD drive or mount the ISO image. Read and accept the end user license agreement. 2. Click Run Insight Management Advisor to analyze the existing software and Required hardware environment. 3. Run the HP Insight Management Advisor and resolve any issues that it discovers.
Respond to installation questions Task Required or Optional 1. Specify an installation directory. Required Completed? 2. Enter existing user account credentials with administrative rights for the CMS. Required 3. Configure a local or remote database. Required 4. Set automatic sign-in credentials. Optional1 5. Set proxy information for Internet access. Optional 6. Set product title and subtitle Optional 7.
2 Finishing the HP Insight Management installation The configuration procedures in this chapter assume that you are connected to the Central Management Server (CMS) through a web browser as a user with administrator privileges. Discover managed hardware components Required or Optional Task Completed? 1. Run Options→Discovery... to define one or more discovery tasks for hardware Required components that use the same credentials.
Configure CMS settings Task 8 Required or Optional 1. Add authorized users to HP Systems Insight Manager. By default HP IO installation configures access for Administrator on HP SIM. You can add users to HP IO groups under Windows User and Groups Manager page, and then set the users authorization on HP SIM “Users and Authorizations” page. Optional 2. Configure alerts through email settings on the CMS. Optional 3. Set up automatic event handling on the CMS. Optional 4.
3 Optional post-installation configuration Configure VMware vCenter settings Task Required or Optional Completed? 1. Configure Systems Insight Manager for connectivity with your Required only if you are VMware vCenter server(s) via Options→VME Options→Add managing VMware ESX hosts or Edit VME credentials... and virtual machines 2. Configure Systems Insight Manager for connectivity with your Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) server via Options→VME Options→Add or Edit VME credentials.
4 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 or 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.
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