HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.3 User Guide

• The VM Provider provides VM Host and guest configuration data. This information is delivered
using WBEM. To use Integrity Virtual Machines Manager to view configuration data, install
the VM Provider (VMProvider bundle) that is provided with Integrity VM. Install the VM
Provider on the VM Host and on each virtual machine when you install the HP Integrity Virtual
Machines product. If you upgrade Integrity VM, be sure to keep the VM Provider up to date,
too. If the VM Provider version does not match the Integrity VM version, the Integrity Virtual
Machines Manager might not work as expected.
As for guests, the VM provider is required to view guest configuration data. The VM Provider
and Integrity VM versions need not match. A guest's VM Provider can be an earlier version
than that of the Integrity VM running on the VM Host. However, HP recommends upgrading
the guests to the latest version of VM Provider available, even if the latest available provider
version is greater than the version of the Integrity VM currently installed on the VM Host. When
the VM Host Integrity VM is upgraded, you are not required to upgrade the VM Provider on
each of the guests, but HP recommends upgrading the VM Providers on the guests to at least
match the version of the Integrity VM on the VM Host.
To install the VM Provider on the VM Host and guests, install the appropriate provider software
from the operating system media or the Integrity VM guest management software kit.
• The Utilization Provider gathers utilization statistics for CPU, memory, disk, and LAN. This
information is delivered using WBEM and gathers data using a daemon (/usr/sbin/utild).
You must install the Utilization Provider on the VM Host and on each virtual machine.
Installing VM Manager on HP Systems Insight Manager
On HP Systems Insight Manager, system requirements for installing VM Manager are the same as
requirements for installing Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX. You must have a license for
at least one other component of Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX, such as HP Matrix OE
visualization. You cannot access the functionality in VM Manager unless you have a license for,
and have installed Integrity VM on, at least one system to be managed through your licensed
Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX components.
For information about system requirements and installation instructions, see the HP Matrix Operating
Environment for HP-UX 7.0 Installation and Configuration Guide and the Insight managed system
setup wizard getting started guide. This and other similar documentation is available from the HP
Technical Documentation website:
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs
NOTE: Do not install the VMMGR bundle (the bundle containing the VM Manager HP SMH plug-in)
from the software depot onto the HP Systems Insight Manager CMS. For centralized Integrity VM
management capabilities, install the VSEMgmt bundle (containing the VM Manager for HP Systems
Insight Manager) from the software bundle.
Installing VM Manager on HP SMH
On HP SMH, VM Manager must be installed separately on a VM Host.
Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.3.0 requires JDK 6.0 for installation. Ensure that you have
installed JDK 6.0 before installing Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.3.0.
Download the VM Manager software depot from the following location:
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=VMMGR
This depot is also available with the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 and later releases.
After downloading the depot, install the software. As a privileged user, execute the following
command, where path-to-depot-file is the full path specification to the depot file:
# swinstall -x mount_all_filesystems=false -s path-to-depot-file VMMGR
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