HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.3 User Guide

Setting WBEM credentials in HP Systems Insight Manager
Any VMs or vPars that are not managed nodes do not have any credentials available, and Integrity
Virtual Server Manager cannot contact them. These machines are displayed, but some of the
information that can be gathered from the managed nodes is not displayed for non-managed
nodes.
You can set credentials in HP Systems Insight Manager for a global configuration across multiple
systems by selecting Options→Protocol Settings→Global Protocol Settings...; for a single managed
node, set credentials by selecting Options→Protocol Settings→System Protocol Settings.... Integrity
Virtual Server Manager requires that the proper WBEM credentials (a valid user name and
password) be set in those option pages. Without WBEM, the HP Matrix OE visualization and HP
Capacity Advisor functionality will not be available; only Global Workload Manager (gWLM) is
functional.
With HP Systems Insight Manager, you can set the credentials when you first launch HP Systems
Insight Manager after installation by using the HP Systems Insight Manager First Time Wizard. For
information about setting credentials, see the HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Integrity CMS
Installation and Configuration Guide.
Setting WBEM credentials in HP SMH
You must set WBEM credentials for VMs or vPars in HP SMH. This allows Integrity Virtual Server
Manager to collect utilization data and operating system information on the VM or vPar. Stored
credentials are specific to the user logged in to HP SMH. Two users who are logged in with different
user names do not share credentials.
When you log into SMH without having already set the WBEM credentials and saving them in the
file system, the Set WBEM Credentials for VM or vPar page is displayed. When you create a new
VM or vPar, you must add credentials for that VM or vPar by selecting Modify→WBEM Credentials...
from the Integrity Virtual Server Manager menu bar, which displays the same page. Figure 3 shows
an example of the Set WBEM Credentials for VM or vPar page.
Figure 3 HP SMH: Set WBEM Credentials page
On this page, you can set one user name and password combination for all VMs or vPars, or you
can set them individually for one or more VMs or vPars. If you set the credentials for some but not
all of the individual systems, Integrity Virtual Server Manager does not collect utilization data and
operating system information for the excluded systems.
16 Installing Integrity Virtual Server Manager