HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.0 User Guide

2 Installing Virtual Server Manager
This chapter discusses how to install Virtual Server Manager on your system or on the systems you
will manage, including setup and software requirements, licensing requirements, and how to set
WBEM security credentials.
System and software requirements
System requirements for the VSP and virtual partitions are described in the HP Integrity Virtual
Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration manual. In addition, see the HP Integrity
Virtual Machines Release Notes, which are available on the product media. The most up-to-date
release notes are available at the following location (click on the HP Matrix Operating Environment
for HP-UX tab):
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs
NOTE: Operating system support for VSP and guests varies from release to release of HP Integrity
Virtual Partitions. For information about operating systems supported by a particular release and
about installing supported operating systems on virtual partitions, see the HP Integrity Virtual
Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration manual.
To use Virtual Server Manager and all its features, install the required WBEM provider components
on the VSP and on the virtual partition guests.
In the HP SMH environment, install on the virtual partition guests the required provider components
located in /opt/hpvm/guest-images on the VSP. Subdirectories contain the guest management
software for each type of guest operating system, including both HP-UX versions 11i v2 and v3,
Windows, and Linux. Each subdirectory includes software provided by HP Integrity VM that should
be installed on the guest, including the latest VM Provider software.
For more information about installing software components on the VSP and guests, see the HP
Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration manual and the HP
Integrity Virtual Machines Release Notes.
The WBEM provider components are the VM Provider and the Utilization Provider:
• The VM Provider provides VSP and guest configuration data. This information is delivered
using WBEM. To use Integrity Virtual Server Manager to view configuration data, install the
VM Provider (VMProvider bundle) that is provided with Integrity VM. Install the VM Provider
on the VSP and on each virtual partition when you install the HP Integrity virtual partitions
product. If you upgrade Integrity VM, be sure to keep the VM Provider up to date, too. If the
VM Provider version does not match the Integrity VM version, the Integrity Virtual Server
Manager might not work as expected.
As for guests, the VM provider is required to view guest configuration data. The VM Provider
and Integrity VM versions need not match. A guest's VM Provider can be an earlier version
than that of the Integrity VM running on the VSP. However, HP recommends upgrading the
guests to the latest version of VM Provider available, even if the latest available provider
version is greater than the version of the Integrity VM currently installed on the VSP. When
the VSP Integrity VM is upgraded, you are not required to upgrade the VM Provider on each
of the guests, but HP recommends upgrading the VM Providers on the guests to at least match
the version of the Integrity VM on the VSP.
To install the VM Provider on the VSP and guests, install the appropriate provider software
from the operating system media or the Integrity VM guest management software kit.
• The Utilization Provider gathers utilization statistics for CPU, memory, disk, and LAN. This
information is delivered using WBEM and gathers data using a daemon (/usr/sbin/utild).
You must install the Utilization Provider on the VSP and on each virtual partition.
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