HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Update 1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Provisioning with Virtual Resources

Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................6
HP Matrix Operating Environment setup and installation overview...................................................6
Related information resources.....................................................................................................7
2 Before you begin........................................................................................9
Verify Supported Hardware and Software....................................................................................9
Verify or Install Hypervisors........................................................................................................9
Compiling the documentation and media.....................................................................................9
Collecting network connection information.................................................................................10
Collecting management credentials...........................................................................................10
Planning and design for cloud bursting......................................................................................11
3 Preparing the Central Management Server...................................................13
Finalizing the Windows installation on the CMS server................................................................13
Installing additional Windows components................................................................................15
Configuring SNMP and UAC...................................................................................................19
Installing an SPP.....................................................................................................................21
Configuring the management networks......................................................................................21
Configuring firewalls...............................................................................................................22
Installing Windows updates.....................................................................................................25
Installing the remaining Insight Management software dependencies.............................................26
4 Installing Insight Management software on the CMS.....................................30
Installing and configuring the CMS...........................................................................................30
Installing Matrix OE patches....................................................................................................44
Setting the Matrix Operating Environment home page.................................................................45
Tuning the Matrix Operating Environment for large scale production environments..........................46
Increasing JVM heap size...................................................................................................46
Increasing timeout value for virtual logical servers..................................................................47
Configuring ESX memory oversubscription.............................................................................47
Configuring Microsoft SQL Server.............................................................................................47
5 Configuring the CMS................................................................................49
Setting Matrix Operating Environment role authorization..............................................................49
Role authorization overview.................................................................................................49
Senior Administrators.........................................................................................................49
Creating a Senior Administrators Users Group..................................................................49
Verifying Authorizations.................................................................................................50
Modifying authorization for Matrix infrastructure orchestration Administrators.............................51
User management overview................................................................................................52
Adding user accounts to groups...........................................................................................53
Checking and setting primary network of the CMS......................................................................53
Configuring alerts for disk space usage.....................................................................................54
6 Configuring discovery and credentials.........................................................56
Configuring credentials...........................................................................................................56
Changing the Daily System Identification time............................................................................57
Defining discovery tasks..........................................................................................................57
Troubleshooting discovery issues...............................................................................................62
Discovery order.................................................................................................................63
Large system discovery.......................................................................................................63
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