HP ProLiant Essentials Overview

Virtualization Management This document provides basic information about installing the
HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software. This

Software software consists of the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine

Management Pack and the HP ProLiant Essentials Server
Migration Pack.

Quick Setup Poster

1 Prerequisites
Consisting of the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine
Management Pack and the HP ProLiant Essentials Server Table 1 lists the prerequisites needed for the Virtual Machine
Migration Pack Management Pack and Server Migration Pack to function properly
on the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Central Management
Server (CMS).

Table 1 HP SIM CMS prerequisites

Component Requirement

Software • HP SIM 5.0 SP5 or later

• OpenSSH installed and configured (only if deploying
through CMS)
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) installed
and configured
• New Technology File System (NTFS) if a Microsoft®
Windows® operating system (such as Microsoft
Windows NT®, Windows 2000, or Windows® XP) is
used
• Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.02 must be installed,
available from http://www.microsoft.com
• HP Insight Management Agents from the latest
HP ProLiant Support Pack, available from
http://www.hp.com/servers/swdrivers (recommended)

Hardware 250 MB of available disk space to install the Virtual Machine

Management Pack and Server Migration Pack

Database If Oracle® is used as the primary HP SIM database, an

Oracle database must be created manually with the name
VMMV21 and the same user credentials as HP SIM

For specific hardware and software requirements for HP SIM, see the
HP SIM User Guide.
Be sure to have the following items available before beginning the
Virtual Machine Management Pack installation:
Legal notices
• HP SIM credentials with administrative rights
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• If SQL is used as the primary HP SIM database, SQL database
Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for credentials
possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212,
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Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government
under vendor’s standard commercial license. 2 Installing the software
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The
only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express You must have administrative rights in HP SIM to install the Virtual
warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing Machine Management Pack and Server Migration Pack. To use a
herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall remote database, you must have administrative rights for the
not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. database.
Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and Windows XP are U.S. registered The Virtualization Management Software installation requires that
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Oracle is a registered U.S. trademark both HP SIM and database services are running. During installation,
of Oracle Corporation, Redwood City, California. VMware and VirtualCenter the HP SIM service is restarted.
are trademarks of VMware, Inc.
Both the Virtual Machine Management Pack and Server Migration
Part number: 380096-006
Pack can be acquired either from the HP Management CD or the
Sixth edition: May 2007 HP website. The Virtual Machine Management Pack and Server
Migration Pack can be installed at the same time as HP SIM 5.0 SP5
or installed separately as stand-alone products.
 The menu item to upgrade the VMM Agent is available only after a
Installing from the Management CD Virtual Machine Management Pack upgrade. To upgrade the
VMM Agent:
1. Insert the Management CD into the CD-ROM drive of the
HP SIM CMS. 1. Select Options>Virtualization Management>
2. Read the license agreement. Click Agree to continue. Post VMM Upgrade.
3. If HP SIM 5.1 has not been installed, click Install in the 2. Click Run Now to deploy the agent immediately, or click
HP Systems Insight Manager section. Select Typical or Custom. Schedule to deploy the agent at a designated time.
• If you select Typical, the Virtualization Management
Software is automatically installed. Post-installation configuration tasks
• If you select Custom, be sure that the Virtualization To configure the VMware VirtualCenter, select Options>
Management Software checkbox is selected. If Oracle is Virtualization Management>Security>VMware VirtualCenter Settings.
used as your primary HP SIM database, an Oracle The Virtualization Management Software supports both VirtualCenter
database must be created manually with the name Version 1.x and 2.0. However, only one version of VirtualCenter can
VMMV21 before continuing with the migration. be registered at a time.
4. If HP SIM 5.1 is already installed, click Install located in the
IMPORTANT: This configuration is required for Live Move,
HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software
which uses VMware VMotion™ Technology.
section.

4 Setting up virtual machine hosts

Table 2 lists the requirements for the virtual machine host.

Table 2 Virtual machine host requirements

Component Requirement

Software • SNMP
• HP Insight Management Agent. For VMware ESX
Server, HP Insight Management Agent is located at
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/
server/us/revision/8901.html?jumpid=reg R1002
USEN
• Windows Management Instrumentation services
must be running
• HP Insight Management Agents from the latest
HP ProLiant Support Pack available at
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. http://www.hp.com/servers/swdrivers
(recommended for ProLiant servers)
Installing from the Web Hardware 65 MB of available disk space for the VMM Agent
(100 MB during installation)
1. Download the Virtualization Management Software from
http://www.hp.com/go/vmmanage.
2. Double-click the downloaded executable file to start the For supported versions of virtualization technology required on the
installation. virtual machine hosts, see the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization
Management Software Support Matrix at http://www.hp.com/
3. Follow the on-screen instructions, and enter your user-specific
go/vmmanage.
information when prompted.
Perform the procedures in the following sections before attempting to
use the Virtual Machine Management Pack and the Server
3 Post-upgrade configuration Migration Pack.

tasks IMPORTANT: These configuration steps must be performed

before attempting to use the Virtual Machine Management
Pack and Server Migration Pack.
Perform the following procedures if you are upgrading from an
earlier version of the Virtualization Management Software and you
performed a typical installation. Performing an HP SIM discovery
Upgrading the VMM Agent 1. Log in to HP SIM from an account with administrator privileges.
2. Select Options>Protocol Settings>Global Protocol Settings, and
IMPORTANT: A Virtual Machine Management Pack configure the default Web Based Enterprise Management
upgrade temporarily unregisters the VMM Agent. You must (WBEM) settings with appropriate credentials to enable access
upgrade the VMM Agent to maintain all associated to target systems. If some target systems use individual protocol
information in the database, including all HP SIM settings, select Options>Protocol Settings>
associations and schduled task data. System Protocol Settings to configure settings for individual
systems.
3. Perform an HP SIM discovery of virtual machine hosts and Configuring OpenSSH
guests to enable the Virtual Machine Management Pack to
access target systems in the network. For VMware ESX Server 2.5.3. or later, the root login for OpenSSH
is disabled by default. To enable the root access for OpenSSH:
IMPORTANT: Do not manually alter serial numbers on
virtual machine hosts unless you are restoring the original 1. Edit the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config from ESX server and change
serial number. For information about restoring server serial the parameter of “PermitRootLogin” to Yes.
numbers, see the server documentation. 2. Restart the OpenSSH service by entering /etc/init.d/sshd
restart from the command prompt.
NOTE: For information about performing basic HP SIM If OpenSSH is already installed, it must be configured on both
tasks, see the HP SIM User Guide. Windows and Linux virtual machine hosts using the
MxAgentConfig command.
From the command prompt, enter:
5 Deploying the VMM Agent mxagentconfig –r –n <host IP address>

The VMM Agent can be deployed manually or from HP SIM. This mxagentconfig –a -n <hostname> -u <username>
section includes instructions for deploying agents using manual -p <password>
deployment or from HP SIM. For more information about the MxAgentConfig command, go to
the HP SIM online help and search for keywords “Getting started
Manual deployment of VMM Agent using the command line interface commands.”

Deploying to Microsoft Windows virtual Deploying the VMM Agent from the HP SIM menu
machine hosts IMPORTANT: OpenSSH must be configured properly and
1. Log in to HP SIM from an account with administrator privileges. running on both the HP SIM CMS and the selected target
virtual machine hosts to deploy the VMM Agent.
2. Locate the hpvmmagent.exe file in the C:\Program Files\HP\
HP Virtualization Management software\Agents\
Windows directory. 1. Log in to HP SIM from an account with administrator privileges.
3. Transfer the hpvmmagent.exe file to each Microsoft Windows 2. Select Deploy>Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Agents>
virtual machine host using the network or other media. Install VMM Agent from the HP SIM toolbar, and select Linux or
Windows.
4. On each virtual machine host, double-click hpvmmagent.exe to
execute the file and install the VMM Agent. 3. Select the target virtual machine hosts by selecting the
checkbox next to the appropriate system.
5. Register the virtual machine host.
4. Click Apply.
Deploying to VMware ESX Server virtual 5. (Optional) If necessary, click Add Targets to add targets or
machine hosts click Remove Targets to remove targets, and then click Next.
6. Click Run Now to deploy the VMM Agent to selected virtual
1. Log in to HP SIM from an account with administrator privileges.
machine hosts immediately.
2. Locate the hpvmmagent.tar file in the C:\Program Files\HP\
HP Virtualization Management Software\Agents\ Deploying the SMP Agent
Linux directory.
3. Transfer the hpvmmagent.tar file to each VMware ESX Server IMPORTANT: This step is only required if you plan on
virtual machine host using the network or other media. performing a physical-to-virtual (P2V) migration. P2V
4. On each virtual machine host, perform the following: migrations can be performed only from Microsoft Windows
a. Run tar-xvf hpvmmagent.tar command to extract the files. source server. Virtual machine hosts cannot be migrated
onto a virtual machine.
b. Run ./hpvmmagent.sh command to execute the file and
install the VMM Agent.
1. Log in to HP SIM from an account with administrator privileges.
5. Register the virtual machine host.
2. Select Deploy>Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Agents>
Deployment of VMM Agent from Install SMP Agent from the HP SIM toolbar.
3. Select the physical machine by selecting the checkbox next to
HP SIM the appropriate system.
4. Click Apply.
Installing OpenSSH on HP SIM CMS and 5. Verify that the correct target hosts appear in the list.
Windows-based virtual machine hosts 6. (Optional) If necessary, click Add Targets to add targets or
click Remove Targets to remove targets, and then click Next.
OpenSSH provides secure communications between the virtual
7. Select to install the SMP Agent using SMP deploy
machine host and the CMS by encrypting online traffic to eliminate
(recommended) or OpenSSH. Click Run Now to deploy the
network-level attacks. Install OpenSSH on Microsoft Windows hosts
SMP Agent immediately.
before deploying the VMM Agent from the CMS.
NOTE: The Installing OpenSSH and Configuring OpenSSH
To install OpenSSH on Windows hosts, select Deploy>
procedures must be performed if the OpenSSH mechanism
Deploy Drivers, Firmware, and Agents>Install OpenSSH. Click the
is used to deploy SMP Agents.
HP SIM help icon ( ) and follow the on-screen instructions to
complete the installation.
 Free licenses
6 Setting up virtual machine Five fully functional, 60-day trial licenses are provided with the
guests Virtual Machine Management Pack for evaluation purposes. These
licenses are available after the Virtual Machine Management Pack is
installed and can be applied to systems from the HP SIM License
Microsoft Virtual Server Additions and VMware Tools are required to Manager. For more information or to purchase more licenses, see
perform certain Virtual Machine Management Pack on virtual http://www.hp.com/go/vmmanage.
machine guests. For more information about configuring virtual
machine guests, see the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Licensing preparation
Management Software User Guide.
Before licensing servers for the Virtual Machine Management Pack,
verify that the servers have a supported virtualization product and
the VMM Agent is installed.
7 Licensing the software For more information about discovering and updating the server list
in HP SIM, see the HP SIM User Guide. For information about
To locate the license key, look on the back of the package in which supported operating systems, see the HP ProLiant Essentials
the software was delivered. The license key is in the lower left Virtualization Management Software Support Matrix.
corner.
Applying licenses to virtual machine hosts
Adding licenses
IMPORTANT: After a license is applied to a specific server,
HP SIM 5.0 the license cannot be removed or transferred to another
server. For a new virtual machine host to be discovered in
1. From the console toolbar, select Deploy>License Manager> HP SIM, a valid serial number must be associated with the
Manage Keys. virtual machine host. Only one license can be assigned to
2. Click Add Key to enter one or more new key strings, and a server for each product.
click OK.
HP SIM 5.1 1. From the console toolbar, select Deploy>License
Manager>Deploy Keys.
Licenses can be added using one of three methods. Depending on 2. Select VMM in the product table.
your current setup, use one of the following methods:
3. Click Manage Licenses.
If no products have been defined: 4. Select the licenses to apply.
1. From the console toolbar, select Deploy>License Manager. 5. Click Assign Licenses.
2. Click Add Key to enter one or more new key strings, and 6. Select the target virtual machine hosts to be licensed.
click OK. 7. Click Apply.
If the Virtual Machine Management Pack or Server Migration Pack 8. Verify that the correct target hosts appear in the list.
has not been identified to the license manager: 9. (Optional) If necessary, click Add Targets to add targets or
1. From the console toolbar, select Deploy>License Manager. click Remove Targets to remove targets, and then click Next.
2. Select Add New Product in the product table. 10. Select the appropriate Virtual Machine Management Pack
3. Click Manage Licenses. license to apply to the selected target host.
4. Click Add Key to enter one or more new strings, and click OK. 11. Click Assign Now.
If the Virtual Machine Management Pack or Server Migration Pack is NOTE: To unassign, or release, a license, repeat the same
in the license manager product table: procedure except in step 5, click Un-Assign Licenses.
1. From the console toolbar, select Deploy>License Manager.
2. Select Product in the product table. Server Migration Pack licensing
3. Click Manage Licenses.
4. Click Add License to enter one or more new strings. This section provides information about Server Migration Pack
licensing. One license is required for each successful
5. Click Open.
physical-to-virtual (P2V), virtual-to-virtual (V2V), or virtual-to-physical
6. Click Add Now. (V2P) migration. Server Migration Pack licenses do not have to be

Virtual Machine Management Pack deployed. Server Migration Pack licenses are consumed when Server
Migration Pack migrations are performed.
licensing Free licenses
This section provides information about licensing servers for use with Five fully functional licenses are provided with the Server Migration
the Virtual Machine Management Pack. One license is required for Pack for evaluation purposes. These licenses are available after the
each virtual machine host managed by the Virtual Machine Server Migration Pack is installed.
Management Pack.
Licensing requirements The HP SIM toolbar is expanded with the Server Migration Pack
installation, as shown in the following figure.
• A P2V, V2V, or V2P migration can only be performed if at
least one Server Migration Pack license is available.
• In a P2V migration, the target virtual machine host involved
must be licensed and managed by the Virtual Machine
Management Pack.
• In a V2V migration, both the source and target virtual machine
hosts must be licensed and managed by the Virtual Machine
Management Pack.
• In a V2P migration, the source virtual machine host must be
licensed and managed by the Virtual Machine Management
Pack.

8 Navigating the software

The HP SIM toolbar is expanded with the Virtual Machine
Table 4 lists the appropriate menu to select from the HP SIM toolbar,
Management Pack installation, as shown in the following figure.
as shown in the previous figure, to initiate a Server Migration Pack
action.

Table 4 Server Migration Pack interface

Menu Action

1 Install the SMP Agent for Windows.

2 Access the Server Migration Pack V2P, P2V, and V2V wizards.

3 Access the Server Migration Pack page on the HP website.

Support and information

This section describes HP Software Technical Support and Update
Service and HP contact information.
Table 3 lists the appropriate menu to select from the HP SIM toolbar,
as shown in the previous figure, to initiate a Virtual Machine
Management Pack action. HP Software Technical Support and
Table 3 Virtual Machine Management Pack interface Update Service
Menu Action Starting in July 2007, HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization
Management Software will include one year of 24 x 7 HP Software
1 Install the VMM Agent for Windows and Linux. Technical Support and Update Service.
2 Start, resume, shut down, stop, suspend, reset, restart, copy, and This service provides access to HP technical resources to help you
move virtual machines; recover virtual machines of a failed host; resolve software implementation or operational issues. This service
create and deploy virtual machine templates; create virtual machine also provides access to software updates and reference manuals
backups; and restore last backup. either in electronic format or on physical media as they are made
available from HP.
3 Register and unregister virtual machine hosts.
With this service, HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management
4 Restart the VMM Agent, set alternate virtual machine hosts, and set Software customers will benefit from expedited problem resolution
performance thresholds. and proactive notification and delivery of HP ProLiant Essentials
5 Upload drivers, perform VMM Agent upgrade, and configure Virtualization Management Software updates.
VMware VirtualCenter settings. To activate your HP Software Technical Support and Update Service
for HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software, you
6 Access the Virtual Machine Management Pack page on the
must register your software purchase through the HP website at
HP website.
http://www.hp.com/go/vmmanage.
Failure to register your service will jeopardize service fulfillment.
Your Service Agreement Identifier (SAID) will be delivered to you
after registration. After you have received your SAID, you can go to
the software update manager (SUM) web page to view your contract
online and elect electronic delivery (in addition to standard media-
based updates). For more information about this service, see
http://www.hp.com/services/insight.
In addition to the new Software Technical Support and Update
Service, HP also offers a number of additional software support HP contact information
services, many of which are provided to our customers at no
For HP support, software updates, and additional information, see
additional charge.
the following resources:
• Warranty—HP will replace defective delivery media for a
• http://www.hp.com/go/vmmanage
period of 90 days from the date of purchase. This warranty
applies to all Insight Control Management, HP Systems Insight • HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software
Manager, and ProLiant Essentials products. Support Matrix
• Startup technical software support—Phone support is available • HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software
to help you with basic installation, set-up, and usage questions. User Guide
This support is provided by the knowledgeable HP Insight For the name of the nearest HP authorized reseller:
Control Management and Systems Insight Manager specialists’
• In the United States, see the HP U.S. service locator at
team, and is available for no additional charge up to 90 days
http://www.hp.com/service_locator.
from the date of purchase of your server. For support in the
U.S., call 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836). (When • In other locations, see the Contact HP worldwide at
prompted, say “Insight Manager, P2P, and SMP.”) http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact.html.
HP Worldwide support numbers for HP SIM, P2P, and SMP are For HP technical support:
available at http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/
wwcontact.html. • In the United States, for contact options see Contact HP United
States at http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/
• Join the discussion (http://forums.itrc.hp.com)—The wwcontact.html. To contact HP by phone, call
HP Support Forum is a community-based, user-supported tool 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836). This service is available
for HP customers to participate in discussions among the 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For continuous quality
customer community about HP products. For discussions related improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.
to Insight Control and ProLiant Essentials software, click
Management software and system tools. • In other locations, see the Contact HP worldwide at
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact.html.
• Software and Drivers download pages (http://www.hp.com/
support)—These pages provide the latest software and drivers
for your ProLiant products.
• Management Security (http://www.hp.com/servers/
manage/security)—HP is proactive in its approach to the
quality and security of all its management software. Check this
website often for the latest downloadable security updates.
• Obtain the latest SmartStart (http://www.hp.com/servers/
smartstart)—The SmartStart, Management, and Firmware CDs
are now available for download by registering at the
SmartStart website. If you wish to receive physical kits with
each release, you can order single release kits from the
SmartStart website. To receive proactive notification when
SmartStart releases are available, subscribe to Subscriber's
Choice at http://www.hp.com/go/subscriberschoice.