HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.3 User Guide

2 Installing Integrity Virtual Server Manager
This chapter discusses how to install Integrity Virtual Server Manager on your system or on the
systems you will manage, including setup and software requirements, licensing requirements, and
how to set WBEM security credentials.
System and software requirements
System requirements for the VSP, VMs, and vPars are described in the HP-UX vPars and Integrity
VM Administrator Guide manual. In addition, see the HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM Release Notes,
which are available on the product media. The most up-to-date release notes are available at the
following location (click on the HP Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX tab):
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs
NOTE: Operating system support for VSP and guests varies from release to release of HP Integrity
VM. For information about operating systems supported by a particular release and about installing
supported operating systems on VMs or vPars, see the HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM Administrator
Guide manual.
With use of Integrity Virtual Server Manager in the Matrix OE environment, any managed node
must have WBEM and the appropriate WBEM credentials to support the visualization and
configuration features of HP Matrix OE visualization and the collection of utilization data by HP
Capacity Advisor. Without WBEM, only Global Workload Manager (gWLM) is functional. Managed
nodes are systems that the user has instructed HP Systems Insight Manager to manage. For Matrix
OE, all VMs or vPars and their VSP are managed nodes. Systems become managed nodes through
the Systems Insight Manager “discovery” mechanism. Nodes can be discovered by Systems Insight
Manager in various ways, including automated discovery or manual addition of the node. For
example, you can configure and initiate node discovery, and perform numerous other setup tasks,
by using the Insight managed system setup wizard. For more information, see the Insight managed
system setup wizard getting started guide, available at the following location:
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs
To use Integrity Virtual Server Manager and all its features, install the required WBEM provider
components on the VSP and on the VM or vPar.
In the Matrix OE environment, to install such components on guests, use the Insight managed system
setup wizard. The wizard allows you to choose whether to install the VM Provider. The wizard
also checks the selected VMs or vPars for the appropriate versions of Utilization Provider software
and installs the software as needed on supported platforms. (On a VSP, you must install the
appropriate providers manually, using the VSP command line.) For more information, see the
Insight managed system setup wizard getting started guide and the HP Integrity VM documentation
available from the HP Technical Documentation website (for the HP Integrity VM documentation,
click on the HP Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX tab):
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs
In the HP SMH environment, install the required provider components on the VM or vPar. These
provider components are located in /opt/hpvm/guest-images on the VSP. Subdirectories
contain the guest management software for each type of guest operating system, including both
HP-UX versions 11i v2 and v3, Windows, and Linux. Each subdirectory includes software provided
by HP Integrity VM that should be installed on the guest, including the latest VM Provider software.
For more information about installing software components on the VSP and guests, see the HP-UX
vPars and Integrity VM Administrator Guide manual and the HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM Release
Notes.
The WBEM provider components are the VM Provider and the Utilization Provider:
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