HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.1.1 Administrator Guide (web) (TB581-96065, September 2011)

Host requirements
Device Manager can manage, as hosts, computers that use volumes on managed storage systems.
By assigning the most appropriate volume based on usage, you can centrally manage the disk
resources for individual hosts by using Device Manager.
Host types managed by Device Manager
The following table lists the types of computers that Device Manager can manage as hosts.
Table 4 Host types managed by Device Manager
Required programDescriptionHost type
• Device Manager server
• Host Data Collector
•
Device Manager agent
#1
An environment in which virtualiza-
tion software is not installed
Normal host
Open hosts
• Device Manager server
• Device Manager agent
A virtual environment created by us-
ing virtualization software
Virtualization server
• Device Manager server
• vMA
A physical environment in which vir-
tualization software is installed
#2
Virtual machine
• Device Manager server
• P9000 mainframe agent
Computers that use mainframe
volumes
Mainframe hosts
#1:
This program is required if you want to manage copy pairs or if you want to use Device Manager
to manage hosts (OSs) whose volume usage cannot be acquired by Host Data Collector.
#2:
A physical environment in which Windows Server® (Hyper-V™) is installed is treated as a normal
host by Device Manager.
Prerequisites for normal hosts
This section describes the system requirements for normal hosts.
Prerequisites for normal hosts managed by Host Data Collector
Before registering a normal host in Device Manager, the host must be in the following state.
When the OS of a normal host to be managed is Windows
• 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.
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