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Table of Contents 1 Introduction to using HP Insight Control.........................................................9 How to use this guide..............................................................................................................................9 Insight Control integration with Systems Insight Manager..............................................................................9 Alternative consoles........................................................................................
Power management overview..................................................................................................................25 Launching power management features....................................................................................................25 Obtaining power management documentation..........................................................................................25 8 Managing and monitoring server performance.............................................
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List of Tables 3-1 4-1 5-1 6-1 7-1 8-1 9-1 10-1 11-1 Launching the software advisor.........................................................................................................17 Launching the Insight managed system setup wizard............................................................................19 Launching server deployment............................................................................................................21 Launching virtual machine management features.........
1 Introduction to using HP Insight Control Insight Control is a product in the HP Insight software family of products that is delivered on the Insight software distribution media. Insight Control is installed through the HP Insight Software Installer wizard, which integrates the installation and upgrade of all Insight software products. If you need to know more about installing Insight Control, see the Insight software installation documentation at the following website: http://www.hp.
Insight Control features and capabilities A full installation of all Insight Control components provides the following features and capabilities: NOTE: If you did not install all components of Insight Control the list of features will vary for your environment. • Rapid OS deployments Insight Control provides a server deployment solution that facilitates the installation, configuration, and deployment of high-volumes of servers.
The following features have been integrated into Systems Insight Manager and Insight Control to make them secure: • Browser Connections Systems Insight Manager enforces a secure HTTPS connection to the web browser. • User Names and Passwords A Systems Insight Manager administrator has total flexibility to configure user accounts and passwords to allow or restrict actions on managed systems. User logins are authenticated by the OS on the CMS, and alll passwords are encrypted.
The web address comprises the following: • The fully qualified host name of the CMS or its IP address • The default access port, port 280 For example, if the fully qualified host name of the CMS is earth.example.com, enter the following web address in your web browser: http://earth.example.com:280/ 3. When the sign-in screen appears, enter the Systems Insight Manager administrator user name and the associated password.
2 Adding and applying licenses When you installed Insight software, the HP Insight Software Getting Started Guide instructed you to use the HP Insight managed system setup wizard to add and apply licenses to your managed systems. Use the procedures in this chapter to add and apply licenses whenever you purchase additional Insight Control licenses from HP.
3. Do one of the following to add the license: a. Select the option to Specify a file name and path: and enter the path to the license key file. b. Manually enter the Insight Control license key (the license key consists of five sets of five characters). NOTE: HP recommends that you add license(s) directly from a license key file to avoid chances of error from manual transcription. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1. 2. 3. 4. Shut down all Deployment Consoles and Deployment Web Consoles. Click Start→All Programs→Altiris→Deployment Solution→Product Licensing Utility. Enter the path to the new license file in the Activation Key File Information field, and click Next. Follow the instructions to apply the additional licenses.
3 Verifying your software and hardware environment with the Insight Software Advisor This chapter describes how to use the Insight Software Advisor to analyze and test your software and hardware environment after the initial installation. Running the Insight Software Advisor after installation During the Insight software installation process, you ran the Insight Software Advisor before beginning the installation and then again just after you selected the software you wanted to install or upgrade.
4 Using the HP Insight managed system setup wizard This chapter describes the HP Insight managed system setup wizard, which you can use to run configuration tasks on your managed systems. The first time you instantiate the GUI, you are prompted to select key settings that will get you the best fit and most functionality from your managed systems.
5 Deploying operating systems to managed systems This chapter provides an overview of Insight Control server deployment features to distribute supported operating systems (OSs) to your managed systems. Server deployment overview Insight Control server deployment software offers a complete deployment solution for HP servers by automating the process of deploying and provisioning server software.
Obtaining server deployment documentation See the following sources for server deployment documentation: • The server deployment Knowledge Base website provides information about how to use Insight Control server deployment features and provides many how-to topics: http://www.hp.com/go/rdp/kb • The HP Insight Rapid Deployment software (RDP) User Guide describes how to use the Deployment Console: http://www.hp.
6 Managing a virtual machine environment This chapter introduces the Insight Control virtualization features, which significantly extends Systems Insight Manager capabilities to manage a virtual environment. Virtualization overview The virtualization features of Insight Control provide central management and control for virtual environments with Microsoft, HyperV, VMware ESX Server, Citrix XenServer, or Xen on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).
Insight Control documentation is available at the following website: http://www.hp.
7 Optimizing server power consumption and cooling This chapter provides an overview of Insight Control power management features to manage server power consumption. Power management overview Insight Control power management is an integrated power monitoring and management application that provides centralized monitoring and control of data center power consumption and thermal output.
8 Managing and monitoring server performance This chapter provides an overview of how Insight Control performance manager features help you to manage and monitor server health and performance. Performance management overview Insight Control performance management detects, analyzes, and explains hardware bottlenecks on HP servers (Insight Control does not require Integrity servers to be licensed in order to provide the performance management functionality for Integrity servers).
9 Migrating existing physical or virtual servers to another server This chapter provides an overview of Insight Control server migration. Server migration overview Insight Control server migration makes it easy for you to upgrade or replace your existing server or to implement virtualization. Server migration features enable you to replicate servers that are running correctly, but might be under-performing or are over-provisioned, to a new physical or virtual server.
1. 2. 3. 4. From the Insight software distribution media, install the Insight Control server migration application on the CMS From the CMS, prepare the source server or virtual machine for migration by installing the server migration Source Agent on the source server or virtual machine. Prepare the destination server or virtual machine for migration: a.
10 Obtaining automatic software updates from HP This chapter describes the automatic software features that enable you to automatically receive software updates from HP. Software version control overview To update managed servers with the most current software, Systems Insight Manager provides software update capabilities that use the HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) and the HP Version Control Agent (VCA).
From Windows From the CMS management console GUI Description . Deploy→Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Installs the most current software and firmware on managed servers. Agents →Install Software and Firmware... Deploy→Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Installs a ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) to systems that are not running the VCA.
11 Generating reports This chapter describes reports that are available for Insight Control. Reports overview The Systems Insight Manager reporting features enable you to generate many different types of reports. In addition to offering predefined reports, you also can create user-defined custom reports, and reporting features enable you to edit, copy, and delete any reports you create. All users with sign-in access to Systems Insight Manager can generate reports.
Snapshot of events by severity Trend of user selected events 34 Generating reports
12 Uninstalling software products and features This chapter lists the various methods to uninstall Insight software products and features. Uninstalling Insight software To uninstall all Insight software products, follow these steps: 1. 2. On your Windows desktop, select Start→All Programs→HP Insight Software→Uninstall HP Insight Software Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the product.
13 Backing up and restoring a CMS If your CMS environment becomes lost or corrupted, it might be necessary to restore the environment from a backup copy. HP has published a white paper that contains step-by-step procedures for defining backup and recovery procedures for HP Insight software products running on a Microsoft Windows-based CMS. The white paper is available at the following website: http://www.hp.
14 Troubleshooting This chapter identifies and provides solutions for commonly encountered issues, as well as answers to frequently asked questions. Troubleshooting Insight Control features Specific troubleshooting hints and tips for Insight Control features are contained in their respective user guides, which are available at the following website: http://www.hp.
15 Support and other resources Information to collect before contacting HP Be sure to have the following information available before you contact HP: • Software product name • Hardware product model number • Operating system type and version • Applicable error message • Third-party hardware or software • Technical support registration number (if applicable) How to contact HP Use the following methods to contact HP technical support: • In the United States, see the Customer Service / Contact HP
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://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact.html Documentation feedback HP welcomes your feedback. To make comments and suggestions about product documentation, send a message to: docsfeedback@hp.
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Index C Central Management Server (see CMS) CMS, 9 backing up, 37 migrating to another server, 29 restoring, 37 sign in, 11 web address, 11 CMS management interface, 11 console alternative, 9 CMS, 9 Insight Control for Microsoft System Center, 9 Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server, 9 D deploy OS, 21 diagnostic test running Insight Software Advisor, 17 digital signature, 11 documentation Insight Control, 9 Insight software, 9 server deployment knowledge base, 22 Systems Insight Manager, 12 Version Con
licensing, 14 server migration, 29 documentation, 30 server performance, 27 monitoring, 27 sign in Systems Insight Manager, 11 software obtaining from web, 9 uninstalling, 35 update automatically with HP Version Control, 31 software environment testing, 17 software signing, 11 Systems Insight Manager CMS, 9 connecting to, 11 default port 280, 11 documentation, 12 quick launch, 12 running tasks from the GUI, 12 T task run now, 12 scheduling, 12 view results, 12 thermal output monitoring, 25 troubleshooting,
