HP Insight Control Virtual Machine Management 6.0

1 Introduction
HP Insight Control virtual machine management
HP Insight Control virtual machine management adds virtual machine management capability within
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) 6.0 or later. Insight Control virtual machine management provides
the following benefits:
• Integration with the HP SIM console to manage the virtual machine environment
• VMware, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V server, and Xen on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) supported from a single management software
• Reduced cost and complexity in server consolidation projects
• Faster response times to changing business demands
Insight Control virtual machine management provides tracking, monitoring, and control functions for organizing
an effective virtualized environment. HP leverages key industry alliances to provide best-in-class management
capability across most virtualization software platforms and industry standard servers.
Infrastructure
Insight Control virtual machine management is integrated completely within HP SIM to provide ease of use,
installation, and maintenance. All requirements and practices for operation of HP SIM must be observed for
Insight Control virtual machine management.
For more information about VMware ESX Server, see http://www.hp.com/go/vmware. For more information
about Citrix XenServer, see http://www.hp.com/go/citrix..For more information about requirements for
and using HP SIM, see the Managing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with HP Insight Software
white paper at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/microsoft/virtualization.
Insight Control virtual machine management includes the following components, which you install and set
up during software installation:
• Insight Control virtual machine management—Installed on the HP SIM Central Management Server
(CMS). Provides access to the virtual machine monitoring and control functions, accessible locally or
remotely using industry standard web browsers.
• Agent-less Insight Control virtual machine management—Includes VMware ESXi Server 3.0x, 3.5, and
4.0, VMware ESX 3.5 and 4.0, Citrix XenServer, Xen on SLES, Xen on RHEL, and Microsoft Hyper-V
server.
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