HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server Release Notes 7.
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Description HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server (Insight Control for vCenter) is a single integrated application that you use to manage HP ProLiant servers and/or HP storage systems. The application consists of three modules. The core module is required along with one or two optional components: the Server Module for vCenter and Storage Module for vCenter. Core Module Provides the framework required by the Server Module for vCenter and Storage Module for vCenter.
Supported Windows operating systems • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x64) • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 HP recommends that you install the latest service packs and patches. Supported vCenter Server versions Table 1 vCenter Server support for Insight Control for vCenter 7.2 vCenter Server version vSphere Client vSphere Web Client 5.0 Yes Yes 5.0 U1 Yes Yes 5.0 U2 Yes Yes 5.1 Yes Yes 5.
HP Insight Control server provisioning To use the HP Insight Control server provisioning in HP Insight Control for vCenter (vSphere Web Client), you must install HP Insight Control server provisioning software, available for download from the following website: http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/software/insight-control/deployment.
• ◦ VMware does not support multi-byte or special characters to be used for credentials. The credentials specified for the Storage Administrator Portal User during the installation of HP Insight Control for vCenter should not contain such characters. ◦ When using the Active Management operations, the names for VMs or Datastores specified in the wizards should not contain multi-byte or special characters. The database used for the News Feed and Tasks data has changed.
• Uninstalling HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter does not remove all files. The following directories and their contents remain after uninstalling HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter: ◦ \JBoss\standalone\log You can access this directory to retrieve log files. ◦ \icvc Part of the uninstallation process is to back up server module configuration data.
1. 2. 3. 4. Stop HP Common Services service. Delete the store file from the \hpcs\db directory. Start HP Common Services service. Restart HP Insight Control for vCenter Server service. • If you enter VMware host credentials using an IP address that is different from the host IP address, those credentials do not change. The Host Property option on the settings icon list is intended for the selected host only. Do not attempt to change credentials for a different host.
Suggested action: Do not be concerned if a recent event does not appear in all areas of the GUI immediately. • The Export Data option is missing when Insight Control for vCenter is uninstalled. The product is designed to display the export data option during software removal only if Insight Control for vCenter was installed with Custom option. The configuration data is exported implicitly if the product was installed using Typical option.
• Insight Control for vCenter cannot communicate with a node if proxy authentication is required to reach the node. Suggested action: Disable the proxy setting to enable Insight Control for vCenter to communicate with the node. • The ASR status for servers running the HP CIM Providers is displayed with a white status icon. The current HP CIM providers do not monitor ASR. • Software iSCSI storage is not displayed in the Network Diagram.
