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

7. Click Credentials….
8. On the Sign In tab, set the appropriate Administrator credentials (for example, root) for the
hypervisor hosts in the User name and Password fields.
9. Also add the Administrator credentials for each guest that can be deployed onto these hosts.
For each anticipated set of credentials, click <<Add and set the appropriate Administrator
credentials for that guest. With the default horizontal discovery configuration, ESX VM guests
will be discovered while discovering hosts. Click OK.
10. Click Criticality and then select Non-Critical.
11. Click Save.
12. Click Run Now.
13. Verify the task results show up in the same window which indicates they completed successfully.
This should populate Virtual Machine Hosts collections in HP SIM. Check the collection to
ensure the VM guests are associated with the correct hosts.
Option 5: Define discovery tasks for systems with non-hypervisor operating
systems installed
Skip this step if your environment only has a hypervisor operating system installed.
1. Select Options→Discovery….
2. Click New….
3. Select Discover a group of systems.
4. Add a name, for example, Windows servers for <certain functions>.
5. Uncheck Automatic Discovery.
6. Add the IP addresses for servers.
7. Click Credentials….
8. On the Sign In tab, set the appropriate Administrator credentials and click OK.
9. Click Criticality and then select Non-Critical.
10. (OPTIONAL) Click Configure/Repair.
a. Select the Configure newly managed systems checkbox.
b. Click Use Sign-in credentials.
c. Select the Create subscriptions for WBEM events checkbox.
d. Select the Set read community string checkbox, and enter the desired community string.
e. Select the Set traps to refer to this instance of HP Systems Insight Manager checkbox.
f. Select the Configure a secure shell (SSH) access checkbox.
g. Click Host based authentication.
h. Select the Set trust relationship to “Trust by Certificate” checkbox.
i. Click OK.
11. Click Save.
12. Click Run Now.
13. Verify the task results show up in the same window which indicates they completed successfully.
Option 6: Define a discovery task that coincides with a DHCP scope that will
be used by this environment
Keep in mind that overlapping discovery tasks can be confusing to manage.
Troubleshooting discovery issues
These are issues that you may experience during discovery.
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