HP Insight Remote Support 7.0.9 Monitored Devices Configuration Guide

Important: If using the ESXi distribution files distributed by HP, then it is not necessary to
download and install the WBEM Providers bundle because the distribution files already have the
bundle integrated within.
Download HP ESXi 4 distribution from the following link:
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVM06.
Download HP ESXi 5 distribution from the following link:
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVM09.
Obtain and Configure the VMware ESXi Distribution
HP has developed WBEM providers for VMware ESXi. The bundle contains the WBEM providers, and it is
necessary to download and install the bundle when the distribution files used to install the ESXi operating
system were obtained from VMware.
The bundle is available from the following links:
l VMware ESXi 4.0
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?swItem=MTX-
7ba9a9031d7e4a41ad65f038e0
l VMware ESXi 4.1
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?swItem=MTX-
4f1abc63053540bebfd1389f0f
l VMware ESXi 5.0
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?swItem=MTX-
83016c4f7e82421f82ad5c2fcc
Add Protocol Credentials and Start Discovery
Important: If you are managing your ESXi hosts using VMware vCenter Server, you can skip
the following steps and discover all of your ESXi hosts with a single discovery of the VMware
vCenter Server.For more information, see "Configuring VMware vCenter Servers" on page 258.
To discover your monitored devices, complete the following steps:
Add WBEM Protocol Credentials in Insight RS Console
Before discovering the ESXi ProLiant server, you must create WBEM protocol credentials in the Insight
RS Console. After this task is complete, you can discover the ESXi ProLiant server and it will start
reporting alerts to Insight Remote Support.
To configure WBEM in the Insight RS Console, complete the following steps:
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Chapter 6: Configuring ProLiant VMware ESXi Servers