HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

host, it is displayed as such in the console, and the Virtual Machine Management Pack functionality is enabled

for that system.

Related procedures

• Deploying the VMM agent

• Registering VMM

• Unregistering VMM

• Upgrading VMM

Related topic

▲ VM status types

Deploying the VMM agent

This tool is used to deploy the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack agent on the target

virtual machine hosts. Multiple virtual machine hosts can be selected to deploy the agent. This agent enables

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) to identify, through the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine

Management Pack server, whether the server is a virtual machine host.

NOTE: OpenSSH must be configured properly and running on both the

Central Management Server

(CMS) and the selected target virtual machine hosts to deploy Virtual Machine Management Pack. See

“Installing OpenSSH” for information on installing OpenSSH.

For VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 or 3.0 virtual machine hosts, you must perform Virtual Machine Management

Pack registration. However, it is not necessary to perform the following steps for the hosts. Instead, the Virtual

Machine Management Pack agent is provided with the HP ProLiant Support Pack and activated upon

registration of the virtual machine hosts. The HP ProLiant Support Pack is available from the SmartStart CD

included with your server or by accessing http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/server/management/

psp/index.html and clicking Download.

To deploy the Virtual Machine Management Pack agent:

1. Sign in to HP SIM from an account with administrator privileges.

2. Select Deploy→Drivers, Firmware and Agents→Install VMM Agent, and select either Linux or

Windows.

3. Select the target virtual machine hosts by selecting the checkbox next to the appropriate systems.

4. Click Apply.

5. If necessary, click Add Targets to add targets, or click Remove Targets to remove targets, and then

click Next.

6. Click Run Now to deploy the Virtual Machine Management Pack agent immediately, or click Schedule

to deploy the Virtual Machine Management Pack agent to selected virtual machine hosts at a later time.

7. View the task results in the HP SIM task logs.