HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager Version 4.0 Getting Started Guide

2 Installing VM Manager
This chapter discusses how to install VM 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.
In specific, this chapter includes the following sections:
• “System and Software Requirements” (page 17)
• “Installing VM Manager on HP SIM” (page 18)
• “Installing VM Manager on HP SMH” (page 19)
• “Licensing Requirements” (page 19)
• “Setting Security Credentials” (page 20)
System and Software Requirements
System requirements for the VM Host and virtual machines 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:
docs.hp.com
NOTE: Operating system support for VM Host and guests varies from release to release of HP
Integrity Virtual Machines. For information about operating systems supported by a particular
release, see the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration manual.
For information about installing supported operating systems on guests, see the HP Integrity
VM documentation cited previously.
With use of VM Manager in the HP SIM and VSE Management Software environment, any
managed node must have WBEM and the appropriate WBEM credentials to support the
visualization and configuration features of Virtualization Manager and the collection of utilization
data by HP Capacity Advisor. Without WBEM, only HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) is
functional. Managed nodes are systems that the user has instructed HP SIM to manage. In HP
SIM, all virtual machines and their VM Host are managed nodes. Systems become managed
nodes by the HP SIM “discovery” mechanism. Nodes can be discovered by HP SIM in various
ways, including automated discovery or manual addition of the node. For example, you can
configure and initiate node discovery by using the HP SIM Options→Discovery menu.
To use VM Manager and all its features, install the required provider components on the VM
Host and on the guests. The provider components are the VM Provider and the Utilization
Provider:
• The VM Provider provides configuration data on the VM Host and guests. This information
is delivered using WBEM. Install the VM Provider when you install or upgrade the HP
Integrity Virtual Machines product. Install the VM Provider on the VM Host and on each
virtual machine. The version of the VM Provider installed on the VM Host must be equal
to or greater than the version of the Integrity VM product installed on the VM Host. For
example, you can install a version 4.0 VM Provider on a VM Host with Integrity VM version
4.0; however, you cannot install a version 3.5 VM Provider on a VM Host with Integrity VM
version 4.0.
As for guests, the VM Provider and Integrity VM versions also need not match. A guest's
VM Provider can be an earlier version than that of the Integrity VM running on the VM
Host. HP recommends upgrading the guests to the latest version of VM Provider available,
even if the version is greater than the version of the Integrity VM on the VM Host. When
the VM Host Integrity VM is upgraded, you are not required to upgrade the VM Provider
System and Software Requirements 17