HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Provisioning with Virtual Resources

Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................6
HP Matrix Operating Environment setup and installation overview...................................................6
Related information resources.....................................................................................................7
2 Before you begin........................................................................................9
Verify Supported Hardware and Software....................................................................................9
Verify or Install Hypervisors........................................................................................................9
Compiling the documentation and media.....................................................................................9
Collecting network connection information.................................................................................10
Collecting management credentials...........................................................................................10
Planning and design for public cloud bursting............................................................................11
3 Preparing the Central Management Server...................................................12
Finalizing the Windows installation on the CMS server................................................................12
Installing additional Windows components................................................................................14
Configuring SNMP and UAC...................................................................................................16
Installing an SPP.....................................................................................................................17
Configuring the management networks......................................................................................18
Configuring firewalls...............................................................................................................18
Installing Windows updates.....................................................................................................21
Installing the remaining Insight Management software dependencies.............................................21
4 Installing Insight Management software on the CMS.....................................24
Installing and configuring the CMS...........................................................................................24
Installing Matrix OE patches....................................................................................................37
Setting the Matrix Operating Environment home page.................................................................37
Tuning the Matrix Operating Environment for large scale production environments..........................39
Increasing JVM heap size...................................................................................................39
Configuring ESX memory oversubscription.............................................................................40
Configuring Microsoft SQL Server.............................................................................................40
5 Configuring the CMS................................................................................42
Setting Matrix Operating Environment role authorization..............................................................42
Role authorization overview.................................................................................................42
Senior Administrators.........................................................................................................42
Creating a Senior Administrators Users Group..................................................................42
Verifying Authorizations.................................................................................................43
Modifying authorization for Matrix infrastructure orchestration Administrators.............................44
User management overview................................................................................................45
Adding user accounts to groups...........................................................................................46
Checking and setting primary network of the CMS......................................................................46
Configuring alerts for disk space usage.....................................................................................47
6 Configuring discovery and credentials.........................................................49
Configuring credentials...........................................................................................................49
Changing the Daily System Identification time............................................................................50
Defining discovery tasks..........................................................................................................50
Troubleshooting discovery issues...............................................................................................55
Discovery order.................................................................................................................56
Large system discovery.......................................................................................................56
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