HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Release Notes

• HP System Management Homepage The HP System Management Homepage provides a consolidated
interface for single-system management. By aggregating the data from HP web-based agents and
management utilities, the HP System Management Homepage provides a common, easy-to-use interface
that displays hardware fault and status monitoring, performance data, system thresholds, diagnostics,
and software version control for an individual server.
• HP Performance Management Pack HP SIM provides a software solution that detects, analyzes, and
explains hardware bottlenecks on HP ProLiant servers and HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array
shared storage. HP Performance Management Pack (PMP) provides the tools needed to receive proactive
notification of impending bottleneck conditions and debug existing performance issues. With PMP,
users can monitor on one or more servers. The performance information is analyzed to determine if
there is an impending or existing performance bottleneck issue. This information can be interactively
displayed or logged to a database for later analysis or reporting, and set up proactive notification
using the HP SIM notification mechanism. The PMP tools that are available in HP SIM include:
• Report
• Configuration
• Licensing
• Manual Log Purge
The PMP tools operate in conjunction with HP SIM and installs with Insight Management Agents. For
more information, see http://www.hp.com/go/ice.
• HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack identifies
and provides advice to resolve security vulnerabilities. It delivers advanced patch management through
automated acquisition, optimized deployment, and continuous enforcement of security patches. For
more information, see HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack at http://www.hp.com/go/ice.
• HP Virtual Machine Management Pack The Virtual Machine Management Pack provides central
management and control of VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix virtual machines. Using the Virtual Machine
Management Pack, all virtual machines and virtual machine (VM) hosts can be managed from the HP
SIM console. The Virtual Machine Management Pack displays a tree view of the virtual machine hosts
and virtual machine guests in the left pane of the HP SIM console. After selecting a system in the left
pane tree, information for the system selected appears in the right pane. You can deploy, register,
unregister, and upgrade the Virtual Machine Management Pack Agent. The Virtual Machine Management
Pack is now integrated into HP SIM. See http://www.hp.com/go/vmmanage for documentation and
more information about the Virtual Machine Management Pack.
• HP Server Migration Pack - Universal Edition The HP Server Migration Pack - Universal Edition (SMP
Universal) extends the functionality of the Virtual Machine Management Pack to provide integrated
physical-to-virtual (P2V), virtual-to-virtual (V2V), virtual-to-ProLiant (V2P), and physical-to-ProLiant (P2P)
migrations. SMP Universal enables you to simplify the server consolidation process. To purchase
additional licenses, see http://www.hp.com/go/migrate.
• HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP SIM HP SIM delivers a blade environment designed to
consolidate access to blade deployment, configuration, and monitoring tools. Picture views are available
of racks and enclosures. The HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager is automatically installed with HP
SIM. No license key is required. To access HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager, select
Tools→Integrated Consoles→HP BladeSystem. See http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/
servers/management/bsme for more information.
• HP Rapid Deployment Pack The HP Rapid Deployment Pack is a multiserver deployment tool that
enables IT administrators to easily deploy large numbers of servers in an unattended, automated fashion.
The Rapid Deployment Pack is installed separately from HP SIM. It requires a license for each server
managed. You must register your Rapid Deployment Pack product to purchase licenses or obtain a
10-node 30-day license before installing Rapid Deployment Pack (a 10-node 7-day evaluation license
is built into the software). The Rapid Deployment Pack is installed from its own DVD. See http://
www.hp.com/servers/rdp for information about Rapid Deployment Pack including a link to obtain
evaluation licenses or register your product. See the Rapid Deployment Pack documentation for network
environment setup, prerequisites for the deployment server, and installation instructions.
8 Features and What's New