HP OneView for VMware vCenter Release Notes 7.
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Description HP OneView for VMware vCenter (formerly HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server) is a single integrated application that you use to manage HP 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 vCenter console.
Supported Windows operating systems • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x64) • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Update HP recommends that you install the latest service packs and patches. Supported vCenter Server versions Table 1 vCenter Server support for HP OneView for vCenter 7.4 vCenter Server version vSphere Client vSphere Web Client 5.0 Yes No 5.0 U1 Yes No 5.0 U2 Yes No 5.0 U3 Yes No 5.1 Yes Yes 5.
Comparing vSphere Client to vSphere Web Client integration vSphere Client vSphere Web Client Navigation Uses a drop-down list Uses a series of buttons (tabs) Theme setting You can select a dark or light background theme No theme settings Bare metal deployment capability Yes (RDP) Yes (IC server provisioning) New Storage Provisioning Wizards (Storage Module) No Yes Graphical view for VMs-To-Volumes No Yes Peer Persistence support in storage provisioning actions No Yes RMV integration No
http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/software/insight-control/deployment.aspx HP Management Deployment Wizard If you want to use the HP Management Deployment Wizard, you must: • Install HP RDP, available for download from the HP Insight Rapid Deployment website: http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/rdp.html • Install HP SIM, available for download from the HP Insight Management Media website: https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.
Installing Certificate Authority (CA) signed SSL certificates To establish secure network communication, HP recommends the installation of Certificate Authority (CA) signed SSL certificates for HP OneView for vCenter. Use the following procedure to install a CA signed certificate on HP OneView for vCenter: 1. Generate CSR compliant with your security department. 2. Obtain a CA signed certificate in the form of key and pem format. 3.
• The Physical NIC labels of some blade servers may be incorrect if the plug-in has not discovered the enclosure's Onboard Administrator. This can happen for the first few minutes after the plug-in is installed or when new hardware is added. • When using the HPSIM launch link with Internet Explorer 9, the browser must be set to Compatibility View.
deleted and a suggestion to reboot the system in order to clean up registry entries may be displayed. Suggested action: Manually restart the system. • Erasing a job on a server can reset the date and time on that server to a default value. Suggested action: Set the date and time as described in the RDP knowledge base article at http:// h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/rdp/knowledgebase/20000083.html.
• The vSphere Web Client does not display information in the host details page unless an iLO Advanced license is installed on the host’s iLO. Suggested action: Install an iLO Advanced license for each host that is managed by HP OneView for vCenter. • After installing a certificate, the HP OneView for vCenter displays Error communicating with HP's services. Suggested action: Restart all services for HP OneView for vCenter.
• When deploying ESX with the HP Management Deployment Wizard Use DHCP option selected, the target ESX is not configured with the reserved IP address. Suggested action: Log into the ESX host and do one of the following: • ◦ Configure the host network settings manually. ◦ Obtain the generated MAC address from the host vSwitch, and use it to update the DHCP configuration. HP OneView for vCenter supports firmware discovery only on ESXi hosts that have the HP ESXi offline bundle for VMware installed.
• P9500 disk arrays are supported only with the default security option Command Device Authentication Security Disabled. • Snapshot and remote replication information is not reported for HP MSA arrays. • When you use the storage provisioning features with HP EVAs, new datastores and virtual machines cannot be created on thin-provisioned devices. You can clone an existing virtual machine that resides on a thin-provisioned device, but the clone will be on a thick-provisioned device.
