Managing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with HP Insight Software, integration note, 4th edition

Introduction

If your IT role includes managing physical and virtual servers or utilizing multiple hypervisor vendors

you need the ability to manage from a single console. This technology brief defines the products in

the HP Insight Management family that let you manage Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, a

hypervisor-based virtualization platform that provisions and manages virtual server workloads. This

paper also discusses typical use cases and installation considerations.

Overview

Insight Management and Matrix Operating Environment work together to manage the physical and

virtual infrastructure lifecycle for HP CloudSystem Matrix. HP CloudSystem Matrix is a platform for

private cloud and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). HP CloudSystem Matrix capabilities include the

ability to provision infrastructure and applications in minutes rather than months. You can also use

built-in lifecycle management to optimize infrastructure, monitor applications, and increase uptime for

your cloud.

HP CloudSystem Matrix includes a portfolio of integrated, yet modular products that let you manage

physical and virtual servers. They include: HP iLO Management Engine, HP Insight Control, and HP

Matrix Operating Environment. The modular architecture of the software allows you to tailor

deployment according to specific functions, choice of platforms, and virtualization methods.

Comparing Insight Management software Hyper-V R2 and

VMware ESX management

HP Insight Management and Matrix Operating Environment provide a common method for managing

both Hyper-V R2 and VMware ESX virtual machines (VMs). Table 1 compares the capabilities of

Insight Management and Matrix Operating Environment.

Table 1. Insight Management and Matrix Operating Environment software have management functions that apply

to Hyper-V R2 and VMware ESX.

Function Hyper-V R2 VMware ESX

Insight Control virtual machine management:

VM creation and control Yes Yes

Relocate VMs based on hardware

predictive failure alerts

Yes Yes

Recover VMs of failed Host (Failed Host

Recovery)

Yes Yes

VM Copy, VM Move Yes Yes

Capability to back-up and restore VM

guests

Yes Yes

Capability to create a VM template and

deploy the VM template as a VM guests

Yes Yes

CPU, network, disk, and memory

threshold reporting

Yes Yes

Linked Clone VM support Yes Yes