HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.4.0-00 Administrator Guide (web) (TB581-96325, December 2012)

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NOTE:
Support for VMware ESX 3.x and VMware ESX Server 3.x ended with version 7.3.0. If VMware
ESX 3.x or VMware ESX Server 3.x is installed on virtualization servers that are registered in
Device Manager, unregister them from the Device Manager GUI or CLI.
Use vMA to manage virtualization servers in an environment in which Plug-in for Virtualization
Server Provisioning is used.
Related topics:
Host management software supported by Device Manager, page 36
Software configuration, page 24
Prerequisites for normal hosts, page 37
Prerequisites for virtual machines, page 39
Prerequisites for virtualization servers, page 46
Prerequisites for mainframe hosts, page 53
Details about the hosts to be managed by the host management software: Release Notes
Prerequisites for normal hosts
To manage normal hosts by using Host Data Collector or the Device Manager agent, you must perform
environment setup of the normal hosts before registering them in Device Manager.
Prerequisites for normal hosts managed by Host Data Collector (Windows hosts)
To use Host Data Collector to manage normal hosts, install Host Data Collector, and then specify
firewall exceptions list entries and network sharing settings on each normal host.
Host Data Collector comes with P9000 Command View AE Suite, which is installed on the management
server, but can also be installed on a computer other than the management server.
Before you register normal hosts in Device Manager, the following environment settings must already
be specified on the normal hosts:
Communication with the normal host can be performed via the WMI protocol.
If Host Data Collector is installed on a computer whose OS is Windows, the following settings are
required:
From the Computer Management window of Windows, a user with Administrator permissions
is assigned as a user who can execute the Host Data Collector service (Host Data Collector).
WMI is registered as an exception in the Windows Firewall settings.
admin$ is shared over the network.
You can check this by using the Windows net share command. If a security-monitoring program
is installed on a normal host, Host Data Collector might not be able to collect the host information.
In the Windows Firewall settings, File and Printer Sharing is registered as an exception.
Related topics:
Chapter 12, page 265
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