HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Logical Server Management User Guide

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Logical server management leverages Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager and Virtual Connect
Manager to provide Virtual Connect based functionality. HP recommends that you are familiar
with these technologies. See http://www.hp.com/go/vcem/ and http://www.hp.com/go/
bladesystem/virtualconnect for more information.
Configuring and registering Hyper-V and ESX VM Hosts and VMware vCenter
To manage ESX and Hyper-V virtual machine logical servers, perform the following steps:
• Configure and identify individual VM Hosts using Systems Insight Manager
• Register VM Hosts using virtual machine management
To manage ESX virtual machine logical servers, perform the following additional steps:
• Configure VMware vCenter in Systems Insight Manager, including the credentials and URL
for vCenter (use Options→VME Options)
• Discover the vCenter in Systems Insight Manager
Configuring VMware vSphere client settings for browsing data store
The user configured in the Systems Insight Manager menu selection Options→VME Options→Add
or Edit VME Credentials... must have the VMware vSphere Browse Datastore permission set. This
is required for logical servers to use virtual storage.
Configuring Systems Insight Manager with Onboard Administrator credentials
The user Administrator of the Onboard Administrator for each C-class enclosure that is managed
by Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager must be configured into Systems Insight Manager for the
CMS on which logical server management in Matrix OE visualization is running.
Onboard Administrator credentials are obtained using the Systems Insight Manager System Sign
In credentials.
To set the OA credentials in Systems Insight Manager, perform the following steps.
1. Select the OA from the System and Event Collections panel, under All Management Processors.
2. Select the Tools & Links tab.
3. Click System Credentials....
4. Click Edit system credentials....
5. Enter the username and password for the OA node, and click OK.
6. To confirm that the OA credentials are correctly set, click View all credentials....
NOTE: If you see an “Active on unknown host” error, you may have to set the OA credentials
on the CMS. From the top, blue menu bar, select Options→Protocol Settings...→Global Protocol
Settings.... Set the global WBEM setting on the CMS.
Configuring Systems Insight Manager for SAN storage validation
To discover disk arrays into Systems Insight Manager and enable storage validation for servers
with Virtual Connect logical servers, perform the following steps.
1. From the upper, blue menu bar, select Options→Discovery..., then click the New… button.
2. Click the radio button next to Discover a single system.
3. For each disk array, fill in the Name (such has SMA_EVA) and the IP address of the Storage
Management Appliance.
4. Click the Credentials... button.
5. Enter the Sign-In System Credentials.
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