HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server Installation Guide Abstract This document contains detailed instructions for installing, upgrading, and removing HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server. The intended audience is system administrators who are experienced in virtual and physical IT infrastructure administration and understand server virtualization, storage, and networking concepts.
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Contents 1 Overview..................................................................................................4 Architecture.............................................................................................................................4 Server Module for vCenter features.............................................................................................6 Storage Module for vCenter features..........................................................................................
1 Overview HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server (Insight Control for vCenter) includes the core Insight Control capabilities for VMware vCenter Server, the HP Insight Control Server Module for vCenter (Server Module for vCenter), and the HP Insight Control Storage Module for vCenter (Storage Module for vCenter). Architecture Insight Control for vCenter is delivered as a single integrated application. The application consists of three modules.
Figure 1 HP Insight Management tab The Server Module for vCenter does the following: • Provides inventory and status information at the server or cluster level. This information is collected from HP ProLiant tools such as Onboard Administrator, iLO, Virtual Connect Manager, HP ESXi Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi, and HP Management Agents for VMware ESX. • Provides graphical status indications collected from the HP ProLiant tools, and a graphical view of the end-to-end network for each host.
Figure 2 HP Insight Control for vCenter and VMware configuration Server Module for vCenter features Insight Control for vCenter provides HP Insight Control hardware management capabilities to administrators, enabling comprehensive monitoring, remote control, and power optimization from the VMware vCenter Server console.
• Stability—Monitor and deploy firmware on HP ProLiant ESXi hosts that have the HP software bundle installed. • Deployment of ESX/ESXi hosts on bare-metal ProLiant servers directly from VMware vCenter—Use the HP Insight Control Deployment Wizard available on the home page of the vSphere Client. In addition to these tasks, when Insight Control for vCenter is installed with Insight Control, you have the full capabilities of both tools to manage your VM environment.
2 Installing, upgrading, and removing the software This chapter provides the procedures to install, upgrade, and remove Insight Control for vCenter. Insight Control for vCenter licensing Insight Control for vCenter is licensed as part of HP Insight Control. Insight Control for vCenter does not have separate license keys. You must have one Insight Control license for each HP ProLiant server managed by Insight Control for vCenter. The Storage Module for vCenter does not require this license.
Insight Control for vCenter requirements This section describes the hardware, software, and network connectivity requirements for Insight Control for vCenter.
Table 3 Network connectivity requirements Insight Control for vCenter module Specification All Insight Control for vCenter modules Network connectivity to the following: • Systems running vCenter Server • Systems running VMware vSphere Client Server Module for vCenter Network connectivity to the following: • HP SIM (optional) • All iLOs you want to manage • All Onboard Administrators you want to manage • Systems running Virtual Connect Storage Module for vCenter • Network connectivity to the followin
Additional components Table 4 Additional components Component Functional advantage iLO • Power management • Remote control Onboard Administrator • Events • Enclosure information • Status Virtual Connect Manager End-to-end network connectivity information for Virtual Connect environments Smart components and ESXi Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi Updates firmware components on ESXi 5.
4. Click Next to continue. The License Agreement dialog box opens. 5. Review the license agreement and select I accept the terms of the License Agreement. Click Next. The Choose Install Set dialog box opens. 6. Select the Typical or Custom installation option, and then click Next. • Select Typical if you want to use the default values for Storage Module for vCenter data import, ports, and the installation location.
8. Click Next to continue. The Support Data License Agreement dialog box opens. The Storage Module for vCenter gathers information about your VMware environment and sends it to HP. This information helps with product support and will help to improve the product in future releases. The collected data is anonymous and nonintrusive; it does not contain any sensitive information about the user or the environment. The data is encrypted before it is sent to a secure HP FTP site.
Figure 4 HP Insight Control for vCenter – Port Selection dialog box 12. Optionally, change the ports, and then click Next. A dialog box prompts you to import previously exported data to the Insight Control for vCenter database. NOTE: The installation program verifies that the ports are available. If any of the ports are not available, you are prompted to change them before continuing. 13. Perform one of the following steps: • If this is a new installation, select No, and then click Next.
14. Select from the following options to configure user login credentials for the Storage Administrator Portal: • Allow all vSphere client credentials—Allows any vSphere user to log in to the Storage Administrator Portal. • Allow single vSphere client—Allows a specific Windows user to log in to the Storage Administrator Portal. Enter the name of an existing Windows user who is part of the Administrators group.
18. Select the check boxes for the items you want to open, and then click Done. After installation, complete the following setup procedures, and then configure Insight Control for vCenter as described in the HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server User Guide.
8. 9. Click OK to return to the Assign Permissions window. Select Administrator in the Assigned Role list. The Administrator role assigns all of the available privileges to the selected user, including the HP Storage permission. 10. Click OK to save and close the Assign Permissions window. 11. Exit the vSphere Client. Setting the iLO address In order for iLO information to display on the Insight Control for vCenter — Server module Overview page, iLO must be associated with the host.
Figure 8 Previous Version Detected dialog box 8. Click Next. The uninstall program for the Storage Module for vCenter version 6.x starts. During the Storage Module for vCenter uninstall process, export the Storage Module data to the default location (C:\Storage Integration). If you export the data to the default location, it will be imported automatically when you install Insight Control for vCenter 7.x. When the uninstall process is finished, the uninstall program prompts you to restart. 9.
For typical installations: The program is removed and the Uninstall Complete dialog box opens. Proceed to Step 3. For custom installations: The installer prompts you to export Insight Control for vCenter data. Proceed to Step 4. 3. 4. Click Done. Perform one of the following steps: • If you do not want to export the data, select No, and then click Next. • If you want to export the data, select Yes, and then click Next. A dialog box displays the default directory for exporting the data.
3 Support and other resources This chapter describes the support available for Insight Control for vCenter.
HP authorized resellers For the name of the nearest HP authorized reseller, see the following sources: • In the United States, see the HP U.S. service locator website: http://www.hp.com/service_locator • In other locations, see the Contact HP worldwide website: http://www.hp.
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Glossary API Application Programming Interface. CIM Common Information Model. datastore A storage location for VM files in the VMware environment. ESX An enterprise-level virtualization product offered by VMware. EVA Enterprise Virtual Array. FCP Fibre Channel Protocol. HP SIM HP Systems Insight Manager. iLO Integrated Lights-Out. J2EE Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition. LUN Logical unit number. A LUN results from mapping a logical unit number, port ID, and LDEV ID to a RAID group.
Index A ActiveX requirements, 9 administrator role assigning, 16 architecture, 4 C configuration, 8 D document related information, 21 documentation providing feedback on, 22 requirements ActiveX, 9 hardware, 9 software, 9 S setting up iLO address, 17 Insight Control for vCenter, 16 software requirements, 9 Storage Module for vCenter removing, 18 support, 20 U H upgrade Insight Control for vCenter, 17 hardware requirements, 9 V vCenter administrator role, 16 I iLO address setting up, 17 Insight Co
