HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server Release Notes 7.3

• 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.
• During a firmware update, the Percent Complete status does not update.
The Smart Component does not give the provider an estimated install time. Therefore, the provider
displays 0% or nothing in the Percent Complete field until the installation completes.
• When deploying ESXi 5.0, the ESXi installation window displays a warning similar to the following:
warning:ftp://192.0.2.55/ds/hpfeatures/esxi50/500000
1.cfg:line 19: argument "– -gateway" to command "network"
is missing a value.
warning:ftp://192.0.2.55/ds/hpfeatures/esxi50/500000
1.cfg:line 19: bootproto was set to static but "- –gateway"
was not set. Setting gateway to 192.0.2.254.
This occurs if you do not supply a value in the Gateway or DNS Servers boxes during step 2 of
the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard.
Suggested action: Ignore this warning message. After a minute the message vanishes and the
installation completes.
• Running the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard on a USB flash drive fails.
Suggested action: Install ESX/ESXi on the USB flash drive manually. Insight Control for vCenter
does not support deployment on a USB flash drive.
• IP configuration details are retained for subsequent ESX/ESXi deployment.
Suggested action: When deploying a target for a second time, be sure to update the IP Address
and Netmask information.
• When deploying ESX with the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard Use DHCP option selected,
the target ESX is not configured with the reserved IP address.
Suggested action: Log into the ESX host and do one of the following:
◦ Configure the host network settings manually.
◦ Obtain the generated MAC address from the host vSwitch, and use it to update the DHCP
configuration.
• Insight Control for vCenter supports firmware discovery only on ESXi hosts that have the HP ESXi
offline bundle for VMware installed. The ESXi user name and password are required for
communication with CIM providers.
Suggested action: Verify that the HP ESXi offline bundle is installed for all ESXi hosts.
• Multiple credentials for iLO or the Onboard Administrator in the Insight Control for vCenter
password database can cause Insight Control for vCenter to function unpredictably.
Entering credentials with a new user name and then clicking Save in the Host Properties page or
the Cluster Properties page adds a new set of credentials for that host.
Suggested action: If a configuration has multiple credentials per host, remove the duplicates:
1. From the home page, select HP Insight Management Administration icon.
2. Select Server Password Management from the drop-down menu.
3. Delete all duplicate entries from the database.
10 Important notes and suggested actions