HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Getting Started Guide Abstract This document provides an overview of the HP Matrix Operating Environment. It is intended to be used by system administrators and other technical professionals involved with data center operations, administration, and planning.
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Contents 1 Introduction to the HP Matrix Operating Environment.......................................7 Components of Matrix OE.........................................................................................................7 HP Matrix OE visualization....................................................................................................8 HP Matrix OE logical server management...............................................................................8 HP Capacity Advisor.............
Configuring data metrics to better reflect your environment......................................................29 Solving utilization data collection problems...........................................................................29 Removing unneeded agent software..........................................................................................30 Using Matrix OE visualization..................................................................................................
Glossary....................................................................................................63 Index.........................................................................................................
1 Introduction to the HP Matrix Operating Environment This document provides an overview of HP Matrix Operating Environment (Matrix OE). • Chapter 1 describes the product features and the available configurations. • Chapter 2 (page 19) describes the licensing model and license management procedures. • Chapter 3 (page 27) describes initial setup steps to get started with Matrix OE.
of included products, and a documentation roadmap, see the HP Insight Management Getting Started Guide. Table 2 (page 15) provides information on the Matrix OE features that are available on a CMS running Microsoft Windows.
A logical server is managed within Matrix OE and, when activated, is applied to the creation of a virtual machine using hypervisor-based software or to a bare-metal server blade using HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager. Logical servers can be defined using the Create Logical Server wizard, or created and activated via the import of an existing server blade or virtual machine. Logical server management allows you to perform tasks such as the following: • Populate an enclosure. • Load-balance servers.
The Capacity Advisor Consolidation software license includes the following restrictions: • This license does not include Matrix OE visualization or any other Matrix OE components. • Systems with this license are not included in the analysis performed by the Capacity Analysis tool. For more information, see “Data collection and the HP Capacity Advisor Consolidation software” in the HP Capacity Advisor User Guide.
For information about what is covered in the limited operations orchestration license, see “HP Operations Orchestration limited license” (page 22). For more information about Matrix infrastructure orchestration, see the list of documents under “Related information” (page 44). For information on provisioning resources to a public cloud service in Matrix infrastructure orchestration and the managed instance license that is required, see “Matrix OE public cloud managed instance licenses” (page 24).
With Application Discovery, you can do the following: • Discover the location and number of recognized, running, and installed applications in your network or data center. • Monitor the activity and resource usage of running processes and applications. • Define and adapt application templates to your environment for better discovery of your third-party and custom applications, and to make them available for adding to monitored workloads.
• Create, modify and delete nPartitions. • Examine the nPartition configuration of a complex. • Check the complex for potential configuration and hardware problems. • Manage hardware resources on the complex. For more information about Partition Manager, see the Partition Manager help. HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager Integrity Virtual Server Manager is the GUI that you can use from your browser to manage Integrity VM resources.
Table 1 Matrix OE software Matrix OE software Managed systems supported CMS platform • HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows or Linux HP Matrix OE for ProLiant • 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 hosts HP Matrix OE for non-HP servers • Virtual machines and VM hosts running under VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V on selected non-H
Table 2 Matrix OE features on Windows CMS Feature Managed systems/instances supported Visualize and monitor physical and virtual resources and workloads using Matrix OE visualization • HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows or Linux • 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 Microsoft Window
Table 2 Matrix OE features on Windows CMS (continued) Feature Managed systems/instances supported Provision logical servers using Matrix infrastructure orchestration • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant Server Blades running Microsoft Windows 2 • Virtual machines running Microsoft Windows under VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V on HP ProLiant and supported non-HP servers • HP Integrity server blades running HP-UX, Integrity Linux, or Microsoft Windows for Integrity • Managed instances on public
Table 3 Matrix OE features on an HP-UX CMS Feature Managed systems supported Visualize and monitor physical and virtual resources and workloads using HP Matrix OE visualization • HP Integrity servers running HP-UX, Integrity Linux, or Microsoft Windows for Integrity • HP Integrity server blades running HP-UX, Integrity Linux, or Microsoft Windows for Integrity • Virtual machines running under Integrity Virtual Server Manager • Virtual partitions running under a vPars monitor Perform capacity analysis an
2 License management This chapter describes the licensing models and types of licenses available for Matrix OE, and explains how to add and apply licenses. Two categories of Matrix OE licenses are available: for on-site managed systems and for public cloud managed instances. End-user license agreement Your use of Matrix OE is subject to the terms of the end-user license agreement included with the software.
To use a purchased license, it must be added to the HP SIM License Manager database on the CMS and then applied to a managed system. Licensed Matrix OE products on managed systems The tables in the following sections summarize the licensed Matrix OE products and the platforms on which they are available. For detailed hardware and software configurations supported by Matrix OE, see the HP Insight Management Support Matrix, available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs.
Table 6 Licensed Matrix OE products: For Integrity servers (continued) License name Licensed products Supported OS HP Capacity Advisor5 • HP Matrix OE visualization • HP-UX • HP Capacity Advisor • Microsoft Windows for HP Integrity • HP Insight Control virtual machine management • Linux for HP Integrity • HP Matrix OE visualization • HP-UX HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) • HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) • HP Insight Control virtual machine management 1 2 3 4 5 A license for HP Matrix
Table 8 Capacity Advisor Consolidation software license License name Licensed products Supported platforms HP Capacity Advisor Consolidation software HP Capacity Advisor1, 2 Servers running HP-UX 11i, Microsoft Windows for Integrity, x86-based Microsoft Windows Server, or Linux 1 License is valid for six months after it is assigned to a system. 2 Does not include license for Matrix OE visualization. Systems with only this license will not be visible in visualization.
Adding and applying managed system licenses To use a purchased license, you must first add it to the HP SIM License Manager database on the CMS, then apply the license to a specific managed system. The CMS keeps track of how many of each type of license are available to be applied to managed systems. As you apply licenses, the number of available licenses decreases.
HP ProLiant ML/DL/SL server 1. 2. 3. HP iLO Advanced Insight Control Matrix OE HP BladeSystem c-Class Integrity Server Blade 1. VCEM (enclosure license required for logical server management of server blades) Matrix OE 2. Scan for HP-UX licenses From a CMS, use the Scan for HP-UX Licenses task to perform the following functions: • Enable the HP Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX licenses that are included in the HP-UX Operating Environments.
Resources accessible via these services are represented as Cloud Resources inside Matrix OE. Cloud Resources can be added to a server pool in the same way as any other VM Host or ESX Resource Pool. Two white papers provide more detailed descriptions. They explain how to configure Matrix OE for bursting and how to provision to an external cloud with Matrix infrastructure orchestration.
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 Management Preinstallation Worksheet, HP Insight Management Quick Installation Guide, and HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide.
Configuring user authorizations Users must be authorized in HP SIM to use Matrix OE tools and features. Information about Matrix OE user authorizations is available in the Matrix Operating Environment online help, with additional information provided in the Matrix OE component help. Configuring data collection credentials Systems that are to be managed using Matrix OE or simulated for capacity planning and analysis must be configured to allow data collection from the CMS.
2. In the Name column, look for “HP Capacity Advisor Data Service.” Right-click on this name and select Start. Procedure 4 HP-UX CMS: Stopping the Capacity Advisor Data Collection Service • From the command line as root, run /sbin/init.d/hp_cpdata_service stop Procedure 5 HP-UX CMS: Starting the HP Capacity Advisor Data Collection Service • From the command line as root, run /sbin/init.
Removing unneeded agent software If you have upgraded from a previous version of HP Matrix Operating Environment (formerly known as HP Insight Dynamics or VSE Management Software), there may be agents installed on some of your managed systems that are no longer needed. This will occur on managed systems that previously used the Utilization Provider for data collection and are now configured for agentless or native data collection.
• Customize the level of detail that you want to see. • Easily access additional applications to manage and configure systems and workloads. • Centrally configure your server resources for optimum utilization. • Manage logical servers. Starting Matrix OE visualization from HP SIM Start HP Matrix OE visualization software from HP Systems Insight Manager in any of the following ways: • From the blue HP SIM menu bar, choose Tools→HP Matrix OE visualization...
NOTE: Do not create multiple browser windows in the same session by using Ctrl-N or File→New Window in Internet Explorer or Firefox. This results in the same session running in both windows and causes errors in the Matrix OE visualization. Similarly, do not create multiple tabs by using Ctrl-T or File→New Tab, which also causes problems. You can, however, start multiple browsers from the desktop icon or the Start button.
Table 10 Matrix OE visualization Tools menu Menu selection Description Global Workload Manager Use the Global Workload Manager task screens to define resource-sharing policies across multiple HP servers.
Table 12 Matrix OE visualization Modify menu Menu selection Description Shared Resource Domain... Modify the definition of a shared resource domain. Workload Definition... Edit properties of a monitored workload. Logical Server Edit properties of a logical server (Windows CMS only). Logical Server Storage Pools... Edit storage pools for use by logical servers (Windows CMS only). Logical Server Portability Groups... Edit properties of portability groups (Windows CMS only).
Table 15 Matrix OE visualization Policy menu (continued) Menu selection Remove Associated gWLM Policy... Create gWLM Policy... Table 16 Matrix OE visualization Report menu Menu Selection Description gWLM Real-time Reports... Monitor current interaction of workload activity and management policies. gWLM Historical Reports Create a report of historical workload activity. gWLM Advanced Reports...
3 4 The tool bar expand and collapse buttons allow you to manage the extent of detail you want shown in the compartments and sub-compartments. For information about how these buttons work, see the online help for tool bar buttons. The Search field allows you to locate a given system by searching for a compartment name. When you enter the name in the search field, Matrix OE visualization first highlights all complete or partial matches of the name.
• HP Matrix OE visualization (Logical Servers) – Makes Matrix OE visualization the default view for the collection and opens with the “Logical Server” perspective. • HP Matrix OE visualization (Blades) – Makes Matrix OE visualization the default view for the collection and opens with the “Blades” perspective. • HP Matrix OE visualization (Virtual Machines) – Makes Matrix OE visualization the default view for the collection and opens with “Virtual Machines” perspective.
4 Troubleshooting This chapter describes some of the tools and procedures that can be used to troubleshoot problems in Matrix Operating Environment. Additional troubleshooting information can be found in the user guides listed in “Using Matrix OE and related environments” (page 45). For information about known issues and workarounds in this release, see the HP Matrix Operating Environment 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 Matrix Operating Environment. WARN A configuration problem was found. The problem will not necessarily prevent correct operation of Matrix Operating Environment, but it may limit or restrict operation of some features.
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 Matrix OE. WARN A configuration problem was found. The problem will not necessarily prevent correct operation of Matrix OE, 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 Matrix OE. WARN A configuration problem was found. The problem will not necessarily prevent correct operation of Matrix OE, 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 Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you contact HP: • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware or software • Technical support registration number (if applicable) How to contact HP Use the following methods to contact HP technical support: • In the United States, see the Customer Service / Contact HP U
The service also provides access to software updates and reference manuals in electronic form as they are made available from HP. Customers who purchase an electronic license are eligible for electronic updates. With this service, Insight Management customers benefit from expedited problem resolution as well as proactive notification and delivery of software updates. For more information about this service, see the following website: http://www.hp.
Installation and configuration: Microsoft Windows CMS Topic Document Requirements, feature support, compatibility • HP Insight Management Support Matrix Release notes • HP Matrix Operating Environment Release Notes • HP Insight Control Release Notes • HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Release Notes Installation and configuration • HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide • HP Insight Management Preinstallation Worksheet • HP Insight Management Quick Installation Guide Installat
Websites Information and solutions Reference Architectures for Application Deployment in Virtualized Environments http://www.hp.com/go/idvsera HP Support Center http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc Large Enterprise Business http://www.hp.com/go/enterprise HP Matrix Operating Environment http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe HP Insight Management http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement HP Insight Control http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/ HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager http://www.hp.
Reference page Description gwlmxml(4) Overview of XML file structure for Global Workload Manager vseassist(1M) Help resolve Matrix OE configuration problems vseinitconfig(1M) Configure or unconfigure the Matrix OE software vselicense(1M) Manage licenses to use (LTUs) on HP Integrity and HP 9000 systems Reference pages installed with agent software on managed systems Reference page Description agent_config(1M) Control Application Discovery certificates from the managed node amgrd(1M) Control o
Reference page Description hpvmstart(1M) Start an Integrity VM virtual machine hpvmstatus(1M) Display status of one or more Integrity VM virtual machines hpvmstop(1M) Stop an Integrity VM virtual machine Selected HP Systems Insight Manager reference pages Reference page Description mxagentconfig(1M) Configure the agent to work with a CMS mxauth(1M) Add, remove or list authorizations in Systems Insight Manager mxglobalsettings(1M) Manage global settings in Systems Insight Manager mxinitconfig
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vseassist(1M) NAME vseassist -- Help Resolve Matrix OE 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 your installation of HP Matrix Operating Environment.
Or, from the Matrix OE user interface, select the managed systems, then from the Diagnose menu, select Troubleshoot Matrix Operating Environment, 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.
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. Multiple -n and -g options can be used to specify multiple systems. Note: System or collection names that include spaces must be enclosed in quotes. Refer to mxquery(1M) for more information about collections under HP SIM.
HP SIM running.........................................................................[PASS] HP SIM memory configuration............................................................[PASS] HP Matrix Operating Environment running................................................[PASS] Localhost name resolution..............................................................[PASS] Matrix OE manageable systems discovered in HP SIM......................................[PASS] Application Discovery server running......
'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.props Windows: install-path\config\globalsettings.props Detailed results of the checks performed by vseassist are written to the log file.
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.
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. -p prod|--prod=prod -g|--gwlm -m|--migrate -c count|--count=count -s|--show The product number of the LTU being installed or migrated. For example, T2783AC is the product number for the Virtualization Manager LTU for HP Integrity managed systems running Linux.
DOCUMENT LAST UPDATED June 2012 SEE ALSO Additional information is available in the “License Management” topic of the Matrix OE help, the “Reference pages installed on the CMS” (page 46) and in the following documents: vseinitconfig(1M), , HP Matrix Operating Environment Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide, HP Insight Management Installation and Configuration Guide 61
Glossary active logical server A logical server that has been bound to both a managed system in HP Systems Insight Manager and a workload, and is bound to specific storage. Active logical servers can be in one of two states: powered on or powered off. An active logical server can be moved from one location to another and its characteristics can be modified. agent A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's immediate presence.
iCAP HP Instant Capacity. The product allows you to purchase and install additional processing power through the use of a two-step purchase model. Initially, you purchase system components (cores, cell boards, memory) at a fraction of the regular price because the usage rights are not included. These Instant Capacity components are inactive but installed and ready for use. When extra capacity is needed, you pay the remainder of the regular price for the usage rights to activate the components.
policy A collection of rules and settings that control compute resources For example, an HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) policy can indicate the minimum and maximum amount of CPU resources allowed for a workload, and a target to be achieved. A single policy can be associated with multiple workloads. provision A function that makes a component operational. Provisioning might include installing, upgrading, loading, and configuring a software or hardware component.
an nPartition, or a virtual partition containing FSS groups can be an SRD for its FSS-group compartments. A complex with nPartitions can hold multiple SRDs. For example, if the complex is divided into nPartitions named Par1 and Par2, Par1's compartments could be virtual partitions, while Par2's compartments are PSETs. SSL Secure Sockets Layer. Protocol for validating identity and for creating an encrypted connection between a server and a Web browser. system 1. 2.
Index A agent removing unneeded agents, 30 agentless data collection, 30 configuring credentials, 28 Analysis tab, 32 Application Discovery, 11 authorizations setting, 23 user, 28 C Capacity Advisor, 9 scenario, 9 Capacity Advisor Consolidation Software, 9 capacity planning, 9 Central Management Server see CMS CMS, 7 check CMS configuration, 39 check CMS to managed node configuration, 40 HP-UX CMS installation, 27 memory requirements, 39 troubleshooting, 39 Windows CMS installation, 27 command reference pa
supported configuration, 13 troubleshooting, 39 managed system setup wizard, 23, 27, 39 using to apply licenses, 23 manpage, 46 manuals, 44 Matrix OE Configure menu, 34 Create menu, 33 Delete menu, 34 Modify menu, 34 Policy menu, 35 Report menu, 35 tabs, 32 Tools menu, 33 Matrix OE licenses for Capacity Advisor Consolidation software, 21 for HP Integrity servers, 20 for HP ProLiant servers, 20 for Instant Capacity products, 22 for non-HP servers, 21 for public cloud, 24 for trial licenses, 22 limited licens
