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T a ble o f C o n t e n ts 1 In tr odu c ti o n t o HP Insi gh t Dy nami c s.............................................................................5 Components of HP Insight Dynamics....................................................................................................5 HP Insight Virtualization Manager software....................................................................................6 Logical servers...................................................................
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5 Su ppo r t and o the r r e s o ur ce s.......................................................................................29 Contacting HP.......................................................................................................................................29 Related information..............................................................................................................................29 Manuals and white papers...............................................
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1 In tr odu c ti o n t o HP Insi gh t Dy nami c s This document provides an overview of HP Insight Dynamics. It is intended to be used by system administrators and other technical professionals involved with data center operations, administration and planning. • Chapter 1 describes the product features and the available configurations. • Chapter 2 (page 15) describes the licensing model and license mangement procedures. • Chapter 3 (page 21) describes initial setup steps to get started with Insi
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including security recommendations, summary of included products, and documentation roadmap, see HP Insight Softwar e 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 under HP Integrity Virtual Machines For installation on a CMS running HP-UX, see HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide. The following sections summarize the majo
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• Populate an enclosure • Load balance servers • Evacuate servers, for routine maintenance or in case of disaster NO TE: Logical server management is only supported on a CMS running Microsoft Windows. For more information about managing logical servers, see the HP Insight V irtualization Manager 6.2 Softwar e with Logical Server Management User Guide, available at http://www.hp.com/go/ insightdynamics/docs. HP Insi gh t C a pac it y A d v is o r s o f t w ar e Capacity Advisor lets you quickly a
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HP Insi gh t Or c he s tr ati o n s o f t w ar e HP Insight Orchestration extends HP Insight Dynamics to provide rapid provisioning and repurposing of infrastructure services from shared resource pools using a self-service portal. Insight Orchestration delivers advanced template-driven design, provisioning and on-going operations for multinode, multi-tier infrastructure services. HP Insight Orchestration supports four main activities to automate the deployment of infrastructure services: Design
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SPM is automatically installed as part of Insight Dynamics and is accessed through the logical server management (LSM) feature of Virtualization Manager. SPM must be connected to EV As using Command View (CV), storage arrays that are managed by HP Insight Orchestration (HPIO) using Insight Operations Orchestration or SMI-S, and to unmanaged storage arrays. For more information about SPM, see the HP Storage Pr ovisioning Manager User Guide, available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs.
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P ar titi o n Manage r Partition Manager provides system administrators with a convenient graphical user interface to configure and manage nPartitions on HP server systems. Using Partition Manager, you can perform configuration tasks without having to remember commands and parameters. You select nPartitions, cells, I/O chassis or other components from the graphical display, then select an action from a menu. You can use Partition Manager to perform the following tasks: • Create, modify and delet
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T abl e 1 - 1 M anag ed S y stems Suppor ted b y CMS Suite license M anag ed s y stems suppor ted CMS plat f or m • HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows or Linux • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server blades running Microsoft • HP ProLiant server running HP Insight Dynamics suite for Windows or Linux Microsoft Windows ProLiant • V irtual machines and VM hosts • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant running under VMware ESX, server blade running Microsoft VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Windows Hy
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T abl e 1 - 2 Insight D y namic s F eatur es on W indo w s CMS F eatur e M anag ed s y stems suppor ted Visualize and monitor physical and virtual resources and • HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows or workloads using HP Insight Virtualization Manager Linux software • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server blades running Microsoft Windows or Linux • Virtual machines and VM Hosts running under VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V on HP ProLiant and supported non-HP servers • Se
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T abl e 1 - 2 Insight D y namic s F eatur es on W indo w s CMS (co n tin ued) F eatur e M anag ed s y stems suppor ted Enable site-to-site fault recovery of logical servers using • HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant server blades 1 HP Insight Recovery software running Microsoft Windows or Linux • Virtual machines running Microsoft Windows or Linux under VMware ESX or VMware ESXi on HP ProLiant and supported non-HP servers • Virtual machines running Microsoft Windows under Microsoft Hyper-V on HP Pr
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T abl e 1 -3 Insight D y namic s F eatur es on an HP -UX CMS (co n tin ued) F eatur e M anag ed s y stems suppor ted Identify and monitor running applications and processes • HP Integrity servers running HP-UX, Integrity Linux, using Application Discovery or Microsoft Windows for Integrity • HP Integrity server blades running HP-UX, Integrity Linux, or Microsoft Windows for Integrity • Virtual machines running under HP Integrity Virtual Machines • virtual partitions running under a vPars monitor
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2 L i ce ns e manage me n t 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 hardware platforms and operating systems supported for each Insight Dynamics license. For detailed hardware and software configurations supported by Insight Dynamics, see the HP Insight Softwar e 6.2 Support Matrix, available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs. Insi gh t Dy nam
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Manager. For information about the managed system setup wizard, see the Insight Managed System Setup W izard Getting Started Guide. For information aboutvselicense, see vselicense(1M) [p. 41]. I MP OR T ANT : Integrity trial licenses that have already been activated from previous versions of the software (VSE Management Software 4.*) will not be retained when upgrading to the current release. Managed systems that were licensed with older Integrity trial licenses will appear unlicensed after the
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HP In t egr it y and HP 9 000 s e r v e r s and In t egr it y s e r v e r blade s L icense nam e L icensed pr oduc ts M anag ed s y stem O S HP Insight Dynamics- VSE suite for • HP Insight Virtualization Manager • HP-UX Integrity software • HP Insight Capacity Advisor software • HP Insight Global Workload Manager software for Integrity • HP Insight Control virtual machine management HP Insight Virtualization Manager • HP Insight Virtualization Manager • HP-UX software software • Microsoft Window
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HP Insi gh t C a pac it y A d v is o r C o ns o li dati o n s o f t w ar e The HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software license allows you to collect and analyze data from systems that are planned to be consolidated. This license is only needed on managed systems that do not have a license for HP Insight Capacity Advisor software or Insight Dynamics. L icense nam e L icensed pr oduc ts M anag ed s y stems HP Insight Capacity Advisor HP Insight Capacity Advisor software Servers running
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and applied licenses for all products in the HP SIM License Manager database. To use HP SIM License 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 setup wizard or by thevselicense command. For information aboutvselicense, see vselicense(1M) [p. 41]. • LTUs from earlier versions of the VSE Management Software for Integrity or from the HP-UX VSE o
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L i ce ns e r eq uir e me n ts f o r s y s t e ms w ith HP Ins t an t C a pac it y pr odu c ts For systems using HP Instant Capacity products (including iCAP, GiCAP, and T iCAP), the total number of licenses assigned across all nPartitions within the complex (or across multiple complexes when using GiCAP) must be equal to or greater than the total number of processors that you have purchased. 20 License management
