Page 3 - Introduction to HP Insight Dynamics
Table of Contents 1 Introduction to HP Insight Dynamics ............................................................................. 5 Components of HP Insight Dynamics....................................................................................................5 HP Insight Virtualization Man...
Page 6 - “Related information”; HP Insight Virtualization Manager software; VSE; Logical servers; logical server
including security recommendations, summary of included products, and documentationroadmap, see HP Insight Software 6.2 Getting Started Guide. • Insight Dynamics can be installed on the following types of CMS running HP-UX:— HP Integrity server— HP Integrity server blade— virtual machine running und...
Page 7 - HP Insight Capacity Advisor software; Tools; management domain; HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
• Populate an enclosure • Load balance servers • Evacuate servers, for routine maintenance or in case of disaster NOTE: Logical server management is only supported on a CMS running Microsoft Windows. For more information about managing logical servers, see the HP Insight Virtualization Manager6.2 So...
Page 8 - HP Insight Orchestration software; Provision; HP Insight Recovery software
HP Insight Orchestration software HP Insight Orchestration extends HP Insight Dynamics to provide rapid provisioning andrepurposing of infrastructure services from shared resource pools using a self-service portal.Insight Orchestration delivers advanced template-driven design, provisioning and on-go...
Page 9 - EVAs; Application Discovery
SPM is automatically installed as part of Insight Dynamics and is accessed through the logicalserver management (LSM) feature of Virtualization Manager. SPM must be connected to EVAs using Command View (CV), storage arrays that are managed by HP Insight Orchestration (HPIO)using Insight Operations O...
Page 10 - Product configurations
Partition Manager Partition Manager provides system administrators with a convenient graphical user interface toconfigure and manage nPartitions on HP server systems. Using Partition Manager, you canperform configuration tasks without having to remember commands and parameters. You selectnPartitions...
Page 11 - Table 1-1 Managed Systems Supported by CMS; Features of Insight Dynamics; systems using a CMS running Microsoft Windows.
Table 1-1 Managed Systems Supported by CMS CMS platform Managed systems supported Suite license • HP ProLiant server runningMicrosoft Windows • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiantserver blade running MicrosoftWindows • Microsoft Windows virtual machinerunning under VMware ESX orMicrosoft Hyper-V on HP P...
Page 12 - Table 1-2 Insight Dynamics Features on Windows CMS
Table 1-2 Insight Dynamics Features on Windows CMS Managed systems supported Feature • HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows orLinux • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server bladesrunning Microsoft Windows or Linux • Virtual machines and VM Hosts running under VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, or Mic...
Page 13 - Table 1-3 Insight Dynamics Features on an HP-UX CMS
Table 1-2 Insight Dynamics Features on Windows CMS (continued) Managed systems supported Feature • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server bladesrunning Microsoft Windows or Linux 1 • Virtual machines running Microsoft Windows or Linuxunder VMware ESX or VMware ESXi on HP ProLiantand supported non-HP...
Page 15 - License management; Insight Dynamics licensing model; Insight Dynamics is licensed for use on; “Adding and applying; Trial licenses; vselicense
2 License management This chapter describes the licensing model, the types of licenses available for Insight Dynamics,and how to add and apply licenses. The tables in the following sections summarize the hardwareplatforms and operating systems supported for each Insight Dynamics license. For detaile...
Page 16 - End-user license agreement; Virtual Server Environment; HP ProLiant servers and ProLiant server blades
Manager. For information about the managed system setup wizard, see the Insight ManagedSystem Setup Wizard Getting Started Guide. For information about vselicense , see vselicense(1M) [p. 41] . IMPORTANT: Integrity trial licenses that have already been activated from previous versions of the softwar...
Page 17 - HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers and Integrity server blades
HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers and Integrity server blades Managed system OS Licensed products License name • HP-UX • HP Insight Virtualization Managersoftware • HP Insight Capacity Advisorsoftware • HP Insight Global WorkloadManager software for Integrity • HP Insight Control virtualmachine manag...
Page 18 - Adding and applying licenses; All Tools; Recommended Process: Use the managed system setup wizard
HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software The HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software license allows you to collect and analyzedata from systems that are planned to be consolidated. This license is only needed on managedsystems that do not have a license for HP Insight Capacity A...
Page 19 - Deploy; Run Now
and applied licenses for all products in the HP SIM License Manager database. To use HP SIMLicense Manager, you must have administrative rights on the CMS. Some licenses cannot be applied through License Manager: • Trial licenses can only be applied to managed systems by the Insight managed system s...
Page 21 - Getting Started
3 Getting Started Installing the software This document does not cover installation of the software or upgrade from previous versions ofthe software. For installation and upgrade on a CMS running Microsoft Windows, see HP InsightSoftware 6.2 Preinstallation Worksheet, HP Insight Software 6.2 Quick I...
Page 22 - Configuring data collection credentials; . You can verify or modify the; Options; from the HP SIM menu.; Removing unneeded agent software
Virtualization Manager, click the button in the upper right of the screen. Select the “Logical servers” help topic from the help navigation links on the left, then select the “Authorizationsand configuration” link at the top of this page. Configuring data collection credentials Systems that are to b...
Page 23 - Procedure 3-4 Remove the Utilization Provider from a Linux system
In these cases, when you use the managed system setup wizard to configure the system, thefollowing message will be displayed: Agentless data collection is not configured; it will be configured. An HP Utilization Provider has been detected; it will not be used for data collection. You should remove a...
Page 25 - Troubleshooting; CMS; Insight managed system setup wizard; agent; Diagnose menu actions; vseassist; Check CMS configuration; “Check
4 Troubleshooting This chapter describes some of the tools and procedures that can be used to troubleshoot problemsin Insight Dynamics. Additional troubleshooting information can be found in the user guideslisted in “Manuals and white papers” (page 29) . For information about known issues and workar...
Page 26 - Check CMS to managed node communication; “Check CMS configuration”
3. For each check performed by this task, one of the following status indicators is displayed: No configuration problem was found PASS A serious configuration problem was found. You must resolve the problem for correctoperation of Insight Dynamics. FAIL A configuration problem was found. The problem...
Page 27 - Check managed node configuration; mxexec
5. For each check performed by this task, one of the following status indicators is displayed: No configuration problem was found PASS A serious configuration problem was found. You must resolve the problem for correctoperation of Insight Dynamics. FAIL A configuration problem was found. The problem...
Page 28 - vseassist command
5. For each check performed by this task, one of the following status indicators is displayed: No configuration problem was found PASS A serious configuration problem was found. You must resolve the problem for correctoperation of Insight Dynamics. FAIL A configuration problem was found. The problem...
Page 29 - Support and other resources; Contacting HP; Manuals and white papers; Installation and configuration: Microsoft Windows CMS
5 Support and other resources Contacting HP Your comments and suggestions regarding product features will help us develop future versionsof Insight Dynamics. Use the following email address to send feedback directly to the productdevelopment team: [email protected] . To send comments and suggest...
Page 30 - Installation and configuration: HP-UX CMS; Using Insight Dynamics
Installation and configuration: HP-UX CMS Document Topic • HP Insight Software 6.2 Support Matrix Requirements, feature support,compatibility • HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Release Notes Release notes • HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide Installation and configurat...
Page 31 - Websites; Information and solutions
Websites Information and solutions Reference Architectures forApplication Deployment inVirtualized Environments http://www.hp.com/go/idvsera HP Business Support Center http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport Large Enterprise Business http://www.hp.com/go/enterprise Enterprise Library http://www.hp.com/go/en...
Page 32 - Reference page installed on cell-based complexes
Description Reference page Collect Capacity Advisor data from systems capcollect(1M) Export HP Performance Agent (formerly HP OpenView Performance Agent, or OVPA)system data from managed systems and import into Capacity Advisor capovpaextract(1M) Export HP Performance Management Pack (PMP) system da...
Page 33 - Selected HP Systems Insight Manager software reference pages; Typographic conventions; Book Title; user input; computer output
Reference pages installed on systems running HP Integrity Virtual Machines Description Reference page About HP Integrity Virtual Machines hpvm(5) Create a cloned copy of an Integrity virtual machine hpvmclone(1M) Collect crash dumps, logs, system status, and configuration on guests and the Integrity...
Page 34 - term
Enter The name of a keyboard key. Note that Return and Enter both refer to the same key. A sequence such as Ctrl+A indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while pressing the A key. term A term that is defined in the glossary and links to a glossarydefinition. variable The name of an e...
Page 35 - Command reference
Page 37 - cms; nodename
Or, from the HP SIM user interface, select the managed systems, then from the Diagnose menu, select Troubleshoot Insight Dynamics , then select Check Managed Node Configuration . 4. If you are unable to resolve issues with one of your managed systems, you can install orcopy vseassist to the managed ...
Page 38 - Installation; RETURN VALUES
mxnode(1M)). Multiple -n and -g options can be used to specify multiple systems.Note: This command is only designed to diagnose problems withsytems that are part of the All VSE Resources collection. Applying this command to other resources using -n or -g options will not produce useful results. -g c...
Page 39 - Check the communication from the CMS to the managed system named; AUTHORS; DOCUMENT LAST UPDATED
Version: A.6.2.0.* +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| Performing CMS configuration verification |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ unixsys: HP SIM running.....................
Page 40 - Detailed results of the checks performed by; SEE ALSO
MESSAGES The following message may be displayed when running managed system configuration checkson a 64–bit Windows managed system: 'chcp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file. This is an issue with the remote command execution facility of HP SIM. The m...
Page 41 - xx
vselicense(1M) NAME vselicense -- Manage licenses to use (LTUs) on HP Integrity and HP 9000 Systems SYNOPSIS Path (HP-UX): /opt/vse/bin/vselicense Path (Windows): installation-directory\bin\vselicense vselicense { -? | --help } (Show command help) vselicense --usage (Show command syntax) vselicense ...
Page 42 - Correcting the number of licensed cores or sockets; Insight Dynamics; Migrating previously unused licenses
Licenses from previous versions of the software and licenses included in the HP-UX VSE or DCOperating Environments are automatically migrated to the License Manager database if theywere previously in use (the license had already been installed and scanned). If these licenseswere never installed or h...
Page 44 - linsys1
continue to manage these systems beyond the trial period,permanent licenses must be purchased. -l key| --key= key Install the license key for the LTU product identified by the -p option on the systems identified by the -n options. -n sys| --sys= sys The system name, as identified in HP SIM. NOTE: HP...
Page 45 - winsys4; vselicense was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.
Remove all the licenses that were previously migrated and assigned to the managed system winsys4 . vselicense -m -c 0 -n winsys4 AUTHORS vselicense was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company. DOCUMENT LAST UPDATED July 2010 SEE ALSO Additional information is available in the “License Management” topic...
Page 47 - Glossary
Glossary active logicalserver A logical server that has been bound to both an HP SIM managed system and a workload , and is bound to specific storage. Active logical servers can be in one of two states: powered on orpowered off. agent A program that regularly gathers information or performs some oth...
Page 51 - Index
Index A agent removing unneeded agents, 22 agentless data collection, 22 configuring credentials, 22 Application Discovery, 9authorizations, 21 C Capacity Advisor, 7 scenario, 7 Capacity Advisor Consolidation Software, 7, 18Central Management Server (see CMS)CMS, 5 check CMS configuration, 25check C...
