HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.1 Software: User Guide

The WBEM provider components are the VM Provider and the Utilization Provider:
• The VM Provider provides VM Host and guest configuration data. This information is
delivered using WBEM. To use Integrity Virtual Machines Manager to view configuration
data, install the VM Provider (VMProvider bundle) that is provided with Integrity VM.
Install the VM Provider on the VM Host and on each virtual machine when you install the
HP Integrity Virtual Machines product. If you upgrade Integrity VM, be sure to keep the
VM Provider up to date, too. If the VM Provider version does not match the Integrity VM
version, the Integrity Virtual Machines Manager might not work as expected.
As for guests, the VM provider is required to view guest configuration data. The VM Provider
and Integrity VM versions need not match. A guest's VM Provider can be an earlier version
than that of the Integrity VM running on the VM Host. However, HP recommends upgrading
the guests to the latest version of VM Provider available, even if the latest available provider
version is greater than the version of the Integrity VM currently installed on the VM Host.
When the VM Host Integrity VM is upgraded, you are not required to upgrade the VM
Provider on each of the guests, but HP recommends upgrading the VM Providers on the
guests to at least match the version of the Integrity VM on the VM Host.
To install the VM Provider on the VM Host and guests, install the appropriate provider
software from the operating system media or the Integrity VM guest management software
kit.
• The Utilization Provider gathers utilization statistics for CPU, memory, disk, and LAN. This
information is delivered using WBEM and gathers data using a daemon
(/usr/sbin/utild). You must install the Utilitization Provider on the VM Host and on
each virtual machine.
Installing VM Manager on HP SIM
On HP SIM, system requirements for installing VM Manager are the same as requirements for
installing Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity. You must have a license for at least one other
component of Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity, such as Virtualization Manager. You cannot
access the functionality in VM Manager unless you have a license for, and have installed Integrity
VM on, at least one system to be managed through your licensed Insight Dynamics - VSE for
Integrity components.
For information about system requirements and installation instructions, see the HP Insight
Dynamics - VSE 6.0: Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide and the Insight managed
system setup wizard getting started guide. This and other similar documentation is available from
the HP Technical Documentation website:
http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs
NOTE: Do not install the VMMGR bundle (the bundle containing the VM Manager HP SMH
plug-in) from the software depot onto the HP SIM CMS. For centralized Integrity VM management
capabilities, install the VSEMgmt bundle (containing the VM Manager for HP SIM) from the
software bundle.
Installing VM Manager on HP SMH
On HP SMH, VM Manager must be installed separately on a VM Host.
Download the VM Manager software depot from the following location:
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=VMMGR
This depot is also available with the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 and later releases.
After downloading the depot, install the software. As a privileged user, execute the following
command, where path-to-depot-file is the full path specification to the depot file:
# swinstall -x mount_all_filesystems=false -s path-to-depot-file VMMGR
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