HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Getting Started Guide

Configuring user authorizations
Users must be authorized in Systems Insight Manager to use Matrix OE tools and features.
Information about Matrix OE user authorizations is available in the Matrix Operating Environment
online help, with additional information provided in the help of Matrix OE components where
needed.
Configuring data collection credentials
Systems that are to be managed using Matrix Operating Environment or simulated for capacity
planning must be configured to allow data collection from the CMS. In general, data collection
can be enabled either through the Utilization Provider (UP) installed on the managed system, or
through native data collection. For a description of the two methods, see the section “Comparison
of agentless and UP data collection” in the HP Capacity Advisor User Guide.
Authentication is required to enable data collection. The required credentials are summarized in
Table 3 (page 21). You can verify or modify the WBEM or SSH credentials for a system that has
been discovered in Systems Insight Manager by selecting Options→Security→Credentials→System
Credentials... from the top menu bar.
Table 3 Data collection credentials requirements
Required access levelRequired access credentials
Managed system OS / Data Collection
Method
Non-root or rootWBEM credentials must be configured
(or discovered) in HP SIM for these
systems
HP-UX/Utilization Provider
Does not require Administrator level
access
WBEM credentials must be configured
(and discovered or identified) in HP
SIM for these systems
Integrity Windows, (physical server or
VM), from an HP-UX CMS/Utilization
Provider
WBEM login must be a member of the
Administrators group on these systems
WBEM credentials must be configured
(or discovered) in HP SIM for these
systems
Windows physical server from a
Windows CMS/Agentless
Non-root or root credentials, or
certificate-based authentication may be
used
SSH credentials or certificate-based
SSH authentication must be configured
(or discovered) in HP SIM for these
systems
x86 Linux physical server or Integrity
Linux (physical server or
VM)/Agentless
NOTE: On a Windows CMS, any VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V hosts must be properly
registered in HP Insight Control virtual machine management to allow data collection from these
hosts and their virtual machines. For information about registering the hosts in Insight Control virtual
machine management, see HP Insight Control Virtual Machine Management User Guide.
About the HP Capacity Advisor Data Collection Service
With 7.0 release, collection of resource usage data is managed by a service, rather than by a
scheduled task in the CMS. The service gathers data provided by the Utilization Provider and
native data collectors and normalizes it into 5–minute data points. The service starts automatically
on installation and runs constantly unless stopped — providing data for visualization of resource
usage on discovered systems and workloads and for capacity planning. When needed, the service
can be stopped or restarted on the CMS.
Procedure 2 Windows CMS: Stopping the HP Capacity Advisor Data Collection Service
1. Select Start→Administrative Tools→Services.
2. In the Name column, look for “HP Capacity Advisor Data Service”. Right-click on this name
and select Stop from the menu.
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