HP VMware ESXi management environment integration note

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 Remote Command Line Interface. It is possible to manage VMware ESXi through a remote execution
environment that can run VMware ESXi command scripts.
 Advanced manageability and usability features. Users can manage the entire virtualized IT
environment with VMware ESXi.
 VMware’s vSphere client. Users can manage VMware ESXi, virtual machines, and (optionally)
VMware vCenter Server with a common user interface.
 VMware View Portal. VMware ESXi can be managed with simple Web interface (formerly known
as the Management User Interface, or MUI).
 Virtual machine shortcuts. For self help, users have direct access to virtual machines through a Web
browser.
 Remote devices. It is possible to install software in a virtual machine running on a server from the
CD-ROM of a desktop.
 Agent-less Hardware Management with CIM. CIM provides a protocol for monitoring hardware
health and status through VMware vCenter Server.
Using HP-SIM to manage servers running ESXi
HP SIM 5.3.2 or later and the Insight Providers are fully integrated to support identification, inventory,
event monitoring, and status polling. In order for HP SIM to successfully identify a VMware ESXi
managed node, the user must enter system level WBEM credentials. The WBEM credentials can be
entered through the “First Time Wizard,” through the Global Protocol Settings page, or through the
Systems Protocol Settings page.
The “First Time Wizard”
When HP SIM is started for the first tim
e, it raises the First Time Wizard. The First Time Wizard allows
the user to enter a variety of HP SIM configuration parameters:
 Managed Environment: Specifies all operating systems managed by the Central Management
Server (CMS).
 System Automatic Discovery: Use the wizard to enable discovery, set up the discovery schedule,
and enter the IP address ranges or host names of the systems to discover.
 Credentials: Use the wizard to set the sign-in credentials and the SNMP credentials for the System
Automatic Discovery task.
 Configure Managed Systems: Configure managed systems as they are discovered, by configuring
WBEM and WMI, SNMP, SSH access, and trust relationship.
 Privilege Elevation: Enable privilege elevation if, on HP-UX, Linux, and ESX managed systems, you
are required to sign in as a non-root user and then request privilege elevation to run root-level tools.
 E-mail: Enter the e-mail settings that the CMS will use to send e-mail notifications. You can set up
Automatic Event Handling tasks that prompt HP SIM to send e-mails when the CMS receives a
specific event.
The WBEM credentials entered here are applied globally (see Figure 5).