HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

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• Licensing

• Manual Log Purge

The PMP tools operate in conjunction with HP SIM and installs with Insight Management Agents. For

more information, see http://www.hp.com/go/ice.

• HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack identifies

and provides advice to resolve security vulnerabilities. It delivers advanced patch management through

automated acquisition, optimized deployment, and continuous enforcement of security patches. For

more information, see HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack at http://www.hp.com/go/ice.

• HP Virtual Machine Management Pack The Virtual Machine Management Pack provides central

management and control of VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix virtual machines. Using the Virtual Machine

Management Pack, all virtual machines and virtual machine (VM) hosts can be managed from the HP

SIM console. The Virtual Machine Management Pack displays a tree view of the virtual machine hosts

and virtual machine guests in the left pane of the HP SIM console. After selecting a system in the left

pane tree, information for the system selected appears in the right pane. You can deploy, register,

unregister, and upgrade the Virtual Machine Management Pack Agent. The Virtual Machine Management

Pack is now integrated into HP SIM. See http://www.hp.com/go/vmmanage for documentation and

more information about the Virtual Machine Management Pack.

• HP Server Migration Pack - Universal Edition The HP Server Migration Pack - Universal Edition (SMP

Universal) extends the functionality of the Virtual Machine Management Pack to provide integrated

physical-to-virtual (P2V), virtual-to-virtual (V2V), virtual-to-ProLiant (V2P), and physical-to-ProLiant (P2P)

migrations. SMP Universal enables you to simplify the server consolidation process. To purchase

additional licenses, see http://www.hp.com/go/migrate.

• HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP SIM HP SIM delivers a blade environment designed to

consolidate access to blade deployment, configuration, and monitoring tools. Picture views are available

of racks and enclosures. The HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager is automatically installed with HP

SIM. No license key is required. To access HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager, select

Tools→Integrated Consoles→HP BladeSystem. See http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/

servers/management/bsme for more information.

• HP Rapid Deployment Pack The HP Rapid Deployment Pack is a multiserver deployment tool that

enables IT administrators to easily deploy large numbers of servers in an unattended, automated fashion.

The Rapid Deployment Pack is installed separately from HP SIM. It requires a license for each server

managed. You must register your Rapid Deployment Pack product to purchase licenses or obtain a

10-node 30-day license before installing Rapid Deployment Pack (a 10-node 7-day evaluation license

is built into the software). The Rapid Deployment Pack is installed from its own DVD. See http://

www.hp.com/servers/rdp for information about Rapid Deployment Pack including a link to obtain

evaluation licenses or register your product. See the Rapid Deployment Pack documentation for network

environment setup, prerequisites for the deployment server, and installation instructions.

• HP Storage Essentials HP is changing the economics of managing the data center. HP Storage

Essentials is the first open, standards-based suite of storage products designed to integrate into HP SIM.

See http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/esuite/index.html for more information

about HP Storage Essentials.

• HP Insight Power Manager HP Insight Power Manager (IPM) is an integrated power-monitoring and

management application that provides centralized control of server power consumption and thermal

output at the data center level. It extends the capacity of data centers by enabling the user to control

the amount of power and cooling required for ProLiant servers. Built on ProLiant Power Regulator

technology, IPM extends new server energy instrumentation levers into HP SIM for greater Unified

Infrastructure Management.

• Support for HP-UX Serviceguard clusters HP SIM recognizes HP-UX Serviceguard clusters and displays

them in the GUI. HP Serviceguard Manager opens when you click a Serviceguard cluster in a search

list and provides information on the clusters.