HP Insight Dynamics 6.
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction to HP Insight Dynamics.............................................................................5 Components of HP Insight Dynamics....................................................................................................5 HP Insight Virtualization Manager software....................................................................................6 Logical servers....................................................................................................
5 Support and other resources.......................................................................................29 Contacting HP.......................................................................................................................................29 Related information..............................................................................................................................29 Manuals and white papers......................................................................
1 Introduction to HP Insight Dynamics This document provides an overview of HP Insight Dynamics. It is intended to be used by system administrators and other technical professionals involved with data center operations, administration and planning. • Chapter 1 describes the product features and the available configurations. • Chapter 2 (page 15) describes the licensing model and license mangement procedures. • Chapter 3 (page 21) describes initial setup steps to get started with Insight Dynamics.
• including security recommendations, summary of included products, and documentation roadmap, see HP Insight Software 6.2 Getting Started Guide. Insight Dynamics can be installed on the following types of CMS running HP-UX: — HP Integrity server — HP Integrity server blade — virtual machine running under HP Integrity Virtual Machines For installation on a CMS running HP-UX, see HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide.
• • • Populate an enclosure Load balance servers Evacuate servers, for routine maintenance or in case of disaster NOTE: Logical server management is only supported on a CMS running Microsoft Windows. For more information about managing logical servers, see the HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.2 Software with Logical Server Management User Guide, available at http://www.hp.com/go/ insightdynamics/docs.
HP Insight Orchestration software HP Insight Orchestration extends HP Insight Dynamics to provide rapid provisioning and repurposing of infrastructure services from shared resource pools using a self-service portal. Insight Orchestration delivers advanced template-driven design, provisioning and on-going operations for multinode, multi-tier infrastructure services.
SPM is automatically installed as part of Insight Dynamics and is accessed through the logical server management (LSM) feature of Virtualization Manager. SPM must be connected to EVAs using Command View (CV), storage arrays that are managed by HP Insight Orchestration (HPIO) using Insight Operations Orchestration or SMI-S, and to unmanaged storage arrays. For more information about SPM, see the HP Storage Provisioning Manager User Guide, available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs.
Partition Manager Partition Manager provides system administrators with a convenient graphical user interface to configure and manage nPartitions on HP server systems. Using Partition Manager, you can perform configuration tasks without having to remember commands and parameters. You select nPartitions, cells, I/O chassis or other components from the graphical display, then select an action from a menu.
Table 1-1 Managed Systems Supported by CMS Suite license HP Insight Dynamics suite for ProLiant HP Insight Dynamics suite for non-HP servers Managed systems supported CMS platform • HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows or Linux • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server blades running Microsoft • HP ProLiant server running Windows or Linux Microsoft Windows • Virtual machines and VM hosts • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant running under VMware ESX, server blade running Microsoft VMware ESXi, or M
Table 1-2 Insight Dynamics Features on Windows CMS Feature Managed systems supported Visualize and monitor physical and virtual resources and • HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows or workloads using HP Insight Virtualization Manager Linux software • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server blades running Microsoft Windows or Linux • Virtual machines and VM Hosts running under VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V on HP ProLiant and supported non-HP servers • Selected non-HP servers running
Table 1-2 Insight Dynamics Features on Windows CMS (continued) Feature Managed systems supported Enable site-to-site fault recovery of logical servers using • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server blades HP Insight Recovery software running Microsoft Windows or Linux1 • Virtual machines running Microsoft Windows or Linux under VMware ESX or VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant and supported non-HP servers • Virtual machines running Microsoft Windows under Microsoft Hyper-V on HP ProLiant and supported non-HP serve
Table 1-3 Insight Dynamics Features on an HP-UX CMS (continued) Feature Managed systems supported Identify and monitor running applications and processes • HP Integrity servers running HP-UX, Integrity Linux, using Application Discovery or Microsoft Windows for Integrity • HP Integrity server blades running HP-UX, Integrity Linux, or Microsoft Windows for Integrity • Virtual machines running under HP Integrity Virtual Machines • virtual partitions running under a vPars monitor.
2 License management This chapter describes the licensing model, the types of licenses available for Insight Dynamics, and how to add and apply licenses. The tables in the following sections summarize the hardware platforms and operating systems supported for each Insight Dynamics license. For detailed hardware and software configurations supported by Insight Dynamics, see the HP Insight Software 6.2 Support Matrix, available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs.
Manager. For information about the managed system setup wizard, see the Insight Managed System Setup Wizard Getting Started Guide. For information about vselicense, see vselicense(1M) [p. 41]. IMPORTANT: Integrity trial licenses that have already been activated from previous versions of the software (VSE Management Software 4.*) will not be retained when upgrading to the current release. Managed systems that were licensed with older Integrity trial licenses will appear unlicensed after the upgrade.
HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers and Integrity server blades License name Licensed products Managed system OS HP Insight Dynamics - VSE suite for • HP Insight Virtualization Manager • HP-UX software Integrity • HP Insight Capacity Advisor software • HP Insight Global Workload Manager software for Integrity • HP Insight Control virtual machine management HP Insight Virtualization Manager software • HP Insight Virtualization Manager • HP-UX software • Microsoft Windows for HP • HP Insight Control virtual
HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software The HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software license allows you to collect and analyze data from systems that are planned to be consolidated. This license is only needed on managed systems that do not have a license for HP Insight Capacity Advisor software or Insight Dynamics.
and applied licenses for all products in the HP SIM License Manager database. To use HP SIM License Manager, you must have administrative rights on the CMS. Some licenses cannot be applied through License Manager: • Trial licenses can only be applied to managed systems by the Insight managed system setup wizard or by the vselicense command. For information about vselicense, see vselicense(1M) [p. 41].
License requirements for systems with HP Instant Capacity products For systems using HP Instant Capacity products (including iCAP, GiCAP, and TiCAP), the total number of licenses assigned across all nPartitions within the complex (or across multiple complexes when using GiCAP) must be equal to or greater than the total number of processors that you have purchased.
3 Getting Started Installing the software This document does not cover installation of the software or upgrade from previous versions of the software. For installation and upgrade on a CMS running Microsoft Windows, see HP Insight Software 6.2 Preinstallation Worksheet, HP Insight Software 6.2 Quick Installation Guide, and HP Insight Software 6.2 Installation and Configuration Guide. For installation and upgrade on a CMS running HP-UX, see HP Insight Dynamics 6.
Virtualization Manager, click the button in the upper right of the screen. Select the “Logical servers” help topic from the help navigation links on the left, then select the “Authorizations and configuration” link at the top of this page. Configuring data collection credentials Systems that are to be managed using Capacity Advisor or Virtualization Manager must be configured to allow data collection from the CMS.
In these cases, when you use the managed system setup wizard to configure the system, the following message will be displayed: Agentless data collection is not configured; it will be configured. An HP Utilization Provider has been detected; it will not be used for data collection. You should remove any sub-OS workloads defined on this system. NOTE: Any sub-OS workloads are automatically removed during the upgrade to Insight Dynamics 6.0.
4 Troubleshooting This chapter describes some of the tools and procedures that can be used to troubleshoot problems in Insight Dynamics. Additional troubleshooting information can be found in the user guides listed in “Manuals and white papers” (page 29). For information about known issues and workarounds in this release, see the HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Release Notes.
3. 4. For each check performed by this task, one of the following status indicators is displayed: PASS No configuration problem was found FAIL A serious configuration problem was found. You must resolve the problem for correct operation of Insight Dynamics. WARN A configuration problem was found. The problem will not necessarily prevent correct operation of Insight Dynamics, but it may limit or restrict operation of some features. N/A Not Applicable: the check does not apply to this type of system.
5. 6. For each check performed by this task, one of the following status indicators is displayed: PASS No configuration problem was found FAIL A serious configuration problem was found. You must resolve the problem for correct operation of Insight Dynamics. WARN A configuration problem was found. The problem will not necessarily prevent correct operation of Insight Dynamics, but it may limit or restrict operation of some features. N/A Not Applicable: the check does not apply to this type of system.
5. 6. For each check performed by this task, one of the following status indicators is displayed: PASS No configuration problem was found FAIL A serious configuration problem was found. You must resolve the problem for correct operation of Insight Dynamics. WARN A configuration problem was found. The problem will not necessarily prevent correct operation of Insight Dynamics, but it may limit or restrict operation of some features. N/A Not Applicable: the check does not apply to this type of system.
5 Support and other resources Contacting HP Your comments and suggestions regarding product features will help us develop future versions of Insight Dynamics. Use the following email address to send feedback directly to the product development team: vse@hpuxweb.fc.hp.com. To send comments and suggestions regarding the documentation for Insight Dynamics, use the following email address: docsfeedback@hp.com. HP cannot provide product support through these email addresses.
Installation and configuration: HP-UX CMS Topic Document Requirements, feature support, compatibility • HP Insight Software 6.2 Support Matrix Release notes • HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Release Notes Installation and configuration • HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide Using Insight Dynamics Topic Document Getting started • • • • User and administrator guides • HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.
Websites Information and solutions Reference Architectures for Application Deployment in Virtualized Environments http://www.hp.com/go/idvsera HP Business Support Center http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport Large Enterprise Business http://www.hp.com/go/enterprise Enterprise Library http://www.hp.com/go/enterpriselibrary HP Insight Dynamics suite http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics HP Insight Dynamics suite for ProLiant http://www.hp.
Reference page Description capcollect(1M) Collect Capacity Advisor data from systems capovpaextract(1M) Export HP Performance Agent (formerly HP OpenView Performance Agent, or OVPA) system data from managed systems and import into Capacity Advisor cappmpextract Export HP Performance Management Pack (PMP) system data from specified managed systems and import the data into Capacity Advisor (Windows CMS only) capprofile(1M) Import, export, display, invalidate and remove Capacity Advisor data for workl
Reference pages installed on systems running HP Integrity Virtual Machines Reference page Description hpvm(5) About HP Integrity Virtual Machines hpvmclone(1M) Create a cloned copy of an Integrity virtual machine hpvmcollect(1M) Collect crash dumps, logs, system status, and configuration on guests and the Integrity VM Host hpvmconsole(1M) Connect to the console of an Integrity virtual machine hpvmcreate(1M) Create a new Integrity virtual machine hpvmdevmgmt(1M) Manage the Integrity VM device da
Enter The name of a keyboard key. Note that Return and Enter both refer to the same key. A sequence such as Ctrl+A indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while pressing the A key. term A term that is defined in the glossary and links to a glossary definition. variable The name of an environment variable, for example PATH or errno. value A value that you may replace in a command or function, or information in a display that represents several possible values.
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vseassist(1M) NAME vseassist -- Help Resolve Insight Dynamics Configuration Problems SYNOPSIS Path (HP-UX): /opt/vse/bin/vseassist Path (Windows): install-path\bin\vseassist.exe vseassist -a [-q] [ -n nodename | -g collectionname ]... vseassist -c [-q] vseassist { -l | -r } [-q] { -n nodename | -g collectionname }... vseassist -s [-q] -h cms DESCRIPTION The vseassist command performs a number of checks to identify configuration problems in HP Insight Dynamics.
Or, from the HP SIM user interface, select the managed systems, then from the Diagnose menu, select Troubleshoot Insight Dynamics, then select Check Managed Node Configuration. 4. If you are unable to resolve issues with one of your managed systems, you can install or copy vseassist to the managed system and run it from the command line there.
mxnode(1M)). Multiple -n and -g options can be used to specify multiple systems. Note: This command is only designed to diagnose problems with sytems that are part of the All VSE Resources collection. Applying this command to other resources using -n or -g options will not produce useful results. -g collectionname (Group) Specifies the name of a collection of systems known to the CMS. The specified checks will be performed for each of the managed systems in the collection.
Version: A.6.2.0.* +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Performing CMS configuration verification | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ unixsys: HP SIM running.........................................................................[PASS] HP SIM memory configuration............................................................[PASS] HP Insight Dynamics - VSE suite running...............
MESSAGES The following message may be displayed when running managed system configuration checks on a 64–bit Windows managed system: 'chcp' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. This is an issue with the remote command execution facility of HP SIM. The message can be ignored. FILES Configuration settings, including communication port settings, are read from the following file: HP-UX: /etc/opt/mx/config/globalsettings.
vselicense(1M) NAME vselicense -- Manage licenses to use (LTUs) on HP Integrity and HP 9000 Systems SYNOPSIS Path (HP-UX): /opt/vse/bin/vselicense Path (Windows): installation-directory\bin\vselicense vselicense { -? | --help } (Show command help) vselicense --usage (Show command syntax) vselicense { -t | --tempLicense } { -n sys | --sys=sys }... (Apply temporary trial licenses) vselicense { -l key | --key=key } { -n sys | --sys=sys }...
Licenses from previous versions of the software and licenses included in the HP-UX VSE or DC Operating Environments are automatically migrated to the License Manager database if they were previously in use (the license had already been installed and scanned). If these licenses were never installed or have not yet been scanned, you may be able to migrate them to License Manager database using vselicense (see “Migrating previously unused licenses” below).
NOTE: This operation may take a long time to complete. 4. If necessary, correct the number of per-core or per-socket licenses assigned to the systems using vselicense with the -m and -c options, as described above. To migrate and apply unused HP Integrity Linux or HP Integrity Windows LTUs, follow these steps: 1. Execute the following command on the CMS (note that multiple -n sys options can be specified): vselicense -l key -n sys -p prod where key is the license key provided with the LTU product prod.
-l key|--key=key -n sys|--sys=sys continue to manage these systems beyond the trial period, permanent licenses must be purchased. Install the license key for the LTU product identified by the -p option on the systems identified by the -n options. The system name, as identified in HP SIM. NOTE: HP Integrity virtual machines are licensed through the VM Host. You cannot specify a virtual machine as the target of a vselicense command. Instead, apply the command to the VM Host system.
Remove all the licenses that were previously migrated and assigned to the managed system winsys4. vselicense -m -c 0 -n winsys4 AUTHORS vselicense was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company. DOCUMENT LAST UPDATED July 2010 SEE ALSO Additional information is available in the “License Management” topic of the Insight Dynamics help, and in the following documents: vseinitconfig(1M), HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Getting Started Guide, HP Insight Dynamics 6.
Glossary active logical server A logical server that has been bound to both an HP SIM managed system and a workload, and is bound to specific storage. Active logical servers can be in one of two states: powered on or powered off. agent A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's immediate presence. Insight Dynamics relies on agents on managed systems to provide in-depth hardware and software information.
or virtual machine. An active logical server can be moved from one location to another and its characteristics can be modified. This feature allows you to populate an enclosure, load balance servers, and evacuate servers in case of disaster; it allows you to provision resources only when needed and increase utilization of limited compute resources. LTU License to use. managed system A server or other system that can be managed by HP SIM from a CMS. A managed system can be managed by more than one CMS.
allocation of resources to the partition can be set using HP Insight Global Workload Manager software for Integrity (gWLM). server blades Thin, modular, self-contained computer servers, containing one or more microprocessors and memory. Server blades are designed for high density and eliminate many components such as power cords and network cables that are present in traditional rack-mount systems.
Utilization Provider The WBEM services provider for real-time utilization data from managed systems. VCEM Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager. A management tool for defining a server connection profile for each server bay. This profile establishes the Media Access Control (MAC) addresses for all Network Interface Controllers (NICs), the World Wide Names (WWNs) for all host bus adapters (HBAs), and the SAN boot parameters.
Index agent removing unneeded agents, 22 agentless data collection, 22 configuring credentials, 22 Application Discovery, 9 authorizations, 21 HP Insight Virtualization Manager (see Virtualization Manager) HP Instant Capacity Instant Capacity, 5 HP Instant Capacity Manager (see Instant Capacity Manager) HP SIM (see Systems Insight Manager) HP-UX Operating Environments, 19 C I Capacity Advisor, 7 scenario, 7 Capacity Advisor Consolidation Software, 7, 18 Central Management Server (see CMS) CMS, 5 check C
Microsoft Windows agentless data collection, 22 P Partition Manager, 10 PowerBroker, 21 privilege elevation, 21 R related information, 29 remote command execution, 21 requirements memory, 25 root access, 21 S service and support, 29 Shared Resource Domain, 9 SIM (see Systems Insight Manager) SPM (see Storage Provisioning Manager) Storage Provisioning Manager, 8 sub-OS workload, 23 sudo, 21 T troubleshooting, 25 typographic conventions, 33 U unlicensed systems, 18 upgrade from earlier release, 22 user a
