HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Installation Guide (7.3)

1 Overview
HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server (Insight Control for vCenter) is a single integrated
application that you use to manage ProLiant servers and/or HP storage systems. The application
consists of four modules. The core module is required along with at least one of the three optional
components.
• Core Module—Provides the framework required by the Server Module for vCenter and Storage
Module for vCenter.
• Server Module for vCenter—Adds HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem hardware monitoring into
the vCenter Server console. Provides server hardware management capabilities, including
comprehensive monitoring, firmware update, vSphere 5.x/ESXi 5.x image deployment, remote
control, end-to-end monitoring for Virtual Connect, and power optimization for HP servers in
the VMware environment. The Server module is not required for RMV installation.
• Storage Module for vCenter—Provides storage configuration and status information for mapping
VMs, datastores, and hosts to LUNs on HP storage arrays. The Storage Module enables you
to register HP Storage arrays and use the VASA provider.
Supports provisioning on HP 3PAR StoreServ, HP StoreVirtual, HP MSA, and HP EVA storage
systems. Supported provisioning tasks include creating, expanding, or deleting a datastore,
and creating or cloning a VM. Displays view-only information for the HP StoreOnce Backup
systems.
• 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware (RMV)—Two installation options are provided:
RMV with Plug-in integration—Installs RMV plugin with vSphere Client and vSphere Web
Client integration.
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◦ RMV service only —Installs RMV target server for managing remote recovery sets.
Insight Control for vCenter is integrated with the vCenter management server (also known as vCenter
Server) and the vSphere Client software from VMware. VMware vCenter is used as the single point
of management for VMware virtual environments, which can consist of many standalone or clustered
vSphere configurations. The virtual environment administrator accesses the vCenter management
capabilities using the vSphere Client software.
The Insight Control for vCenter software is installed on a server or a VM and is then configured to
connect and register with a vCenter server. After Insight Control for vCenter is registered with a
vCenter Server, all vCenter clients connected to the vCenter Server can access the Insight Control
for vCenter software.
You can access Insight Control for vCenter using the vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client.
Except where noted below, both clients display the same information, but the page layout differs
slightly. See Figure 1 (page 5) and Figure 2 (page 5).
4 Overview