HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 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...................................................................................................18
Installing an SPP.....................................................................................................................20
Configuring the management networks......................................................................................20
Configuring firewalls...............................................................................................................21
Installing Windows updates.....................................................................................................24
Installing the remaining Insight Management software dependencies.............................................25
4 Installing Insight Management software on the CMS.....................................28
Installing and configuring the CMS...........................................................................................28
Installing Matrix OE patches....................................................................................................42
Setting the Matrix Operating Environment home page.................................................................43
Tuning the Matrix Operating Environment for large scale production environments..........................44
Increasing JVM heap size...................................................................................................44
Increasing timeout value for virtual logical servers..................................................................45
Configuring ESX memory oversubscription.............................................................................45
Configuring Microsoft SQL Server.............................................................................................45
5 Configuring the CMS................................................................................47
Setting Matrix Operating Environment role authorization..............................................................47
Role authorization overview.................................................................................................47
Senior Administrators.........................................................................................................47
Creating a Senior Administrators Users Group..................................................................47
Verifying Authorizations.................................................................................................48
Modifying authorization for Matrix infrastructure orchestration Administrators.............................49
User management overview................................................................................................50
Adding user accounts to groups...........................................................................................51
Checking and setting primary network of the CMS......................................................................51
Configuring alerts for disk space usage.....................................................................................52
6 Configuring discovery and credentials.........................................................54
Configuring credentials...........................................................................................................54
Changing the Daily System Identification time............................................................................55
Defining discovery tasks..........................................................................................................55
Troubleshooting discovery issues...............................................................................................60
Discovery order.................................................................................................................61
Large system discovery.......................................................................................................61
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