Owner's manual

1 Overview
This guide is designed for system administrators who use the HP ProLiant VMware Management
Pack, HP Management Agents for VMware (the HP Insight Management Agents used for HP
VMware servers), and other HP applications and tools to manage HP ProLiant servers running
supported versions of VMware operating system software in a Microsoft System Center environment.
You should be familiar with:
• Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
• HP Management Agents for VMware (the HP Insight Management Agents for HP VMware
servers)
Because of the potential risk of data loss, only individuals who are experienced with using this
software should implement the procedures described in this guide. This guide supplements the
Microsoft System Center user documentation.
Introduction
The HP ProLiant VMware Management Pack for System Center complements and extends Operations
Manager. This management pack adds alert processing, state monitoring, and hardware resource
lifecycle management for HP ProLiant servers running supported versions of VMware operating
system software. The management pack provides user discovery of servers, predefined views,
monitors, event processing rules, and tasks. These features enable administrators to streamline IT
operations and ensure increased systems availability by monitoring HP hardware platforms through
a common management console.
The HP ProLiant VMware Management Pack enables user configuration, monitoring, and automatic
grouping of the servers into a common view. Default monitoring highlights the state of HP hardware
subsystems and components, and presents a consolidated view of the server status.
For advanced hardware lifecycle management and remote administration of servers, the HP ProLiant
VMware Management Pack includes a task that launches HP Integrated Lights-Out web consoles.
Complete information on supported hardware and software is included in the HP SCOM
Management Packs User Guide.
HP Device Monitor Service, HP Device Monitor Console, and this
management pack
The HP Device Monitor Console (DMC) communicates with instances of the HP Device Monitor
Service (DMS), allowing you to add, update, or remove servers. Servers supported by this
management pack must be registered with an instance of the DMS before those servers can be
managed in the Operations console. It is possible to run multiple DMS instances, and the DMC
can communicate with all of those instances.
You must use the DMC to register servers supported by this management pack with an instance of
the DMS before they can be viewed or monitored in the Operations console.
For more information about the DMC and the DMS, see the HP Device Monitor for Microsoft System
Center User Guide.
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