HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.2 Administrator Guide (web)

Figure 6 System configuration of virtual machines supported by Device Manager
Prerequisites for virtual machines managed by Host Data Collector
If the OS of a virtual machine is Windows, you can use Host Data Collector to manage the host
information. Before registering a virtual machine in Device Manager, the virtual machine must be in
the following state.
• Communication with virtual machines 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.
• admin$ is shared over the network.
• In the Windows Firewall settings, File and Printer Sharing is registered as an exception.
Prerequisites for virtual machines managed by Device Manager agent
The prerequisite environment differs depending on the configuration of virtual machines, as follows:
• If an HBA is allocated for each virtual machine:
Install a Device Manager agent on each virtual machine to which you want to allocate volumes.
• If an HBA is shared by multiple virtual machines:
Install a Device Manager agent on any one of the virtual machines to which you want to allocate
volumes.
• If a virtual HBA is allocated to each virtual machine (if an NPIV HBA is used):
Install a Device Manager agent on all virtual machines to which you want to allocate volumes.
In addition, if you manage virtual machines on VMware ESX 4.x or VMware ESXi 4.x, install
VMware Tools on the virtual machines to be managed.
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