HP OneView for VMware vCenter Installation Guide (7.4)

1 Overview
(formerly HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter) is a single integrated application that is used to
manage ProLiant servers and/or HP storage systems. The application consists of two modules.
• HP OneView for VMware vCenter—Includes support for the following components:
HP OneView for VMware vCenter Server Module—Adds HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem
hardware monitoring into the HP OneView for VMware vCenter console. Provides server
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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.
◦ HP OneView for VMware vCenter StoreFront Module—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.
◦ HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for vCenter—Installs RMV plugin with vSphere Client and
vSphere Web Client integration.
• HP 3PAR RMV Remote Service—Installs RMV target server for managing remote recovery sets.
HP OneView for vCenter is integrated with the vCenter management 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 HP OneView for vCenter software is installed on a server or a VM and is then configured to
connect and register with a vCenter server. After HP OneView for vCenter is registered with a
vCenter server, all vCenter clients connected to the vCenter server can access the HP OneView for
vCenter software.
You can access HP OneView 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