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HP Insight Control Environment User Manual (181 pages)
HP Insight Control Environment User Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
Hp Insight Control Environment Suites
1
User Guide
1
List of Tables
13
About this Document
15
Intended Audience
15
Related Documents
15
1 Introduction
17
Overview
17
HP Insight Control Environment Suites
17
HP Insight Control Environment Suites (Proliant ML, Proliant DL, and Proliant Bladesystem Servers and Blade Workstations)
17
HP Systems Insight Manager
17
HP Insight Control Environment for Bladesystem
18
Key Benefits for HP Insight Control Environment Suites
18
Licensing
19
Platform Support
19
Component Summary
19
HP Components Licensed with HP Insight Control Environment Suites
21
2 Licensing HP Insight Control Environment Suites
23
Preparing for HP Insight Control Environment Licensing
23
Adding and Applying Licenses to Insight Control Environment
23
Licensing HP Insight Control Environment
23
Adding and Applying Licenses to HP Insight Control Environment for Bladesystem Uses Three License Keys
24
Licensing HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software
25
Adding a License File to an Existing Installation
25
Applying a License File During a First-Time Installation or Upgrade
25
License Types
25
Replacing Licenses in an Existing Installation
25
Adding Ilo 2 Advanced License Keys
25
3 Managing Server Blades from HP SIM
27
Overview
27
What's New in HP Bladesystem Integrated Manager 3.5 with Update 1
27
Racks and Enclosures
27
Rack and Enclosure Collections
27
System Page
28
Viewing Racks
28
Navigating the System(S) Tab
29
System List Buttons
31
Deleting a Blade System
32
Save a Collection
32
Navigating the Event Tab
32
Event Collection Columns
33
Event Details
33
Event Status Legend
33
Filter Criteria
33
Assigned to
34
Comments
34
Event Time
34
Event Type
34
Rack Name
34
Selection
34
Severity
34
State
34
System Name
34
System Type
34
Enclosure Name
35
Event Management Buttons
35
Viewing Enclosures
35
Viewing an Enclosure
38
Creating a Rack
39
Editing a Rack
40
Deleting a Configuration Script
41
Restoring an Onboard Administrator Configuration
41
Saving an Onboard Administrator Configuration
41
4 Monitoring and Controlling Servers
43
Configuring Insight Power Manager Options
43
Using the Ilo Browser Interface
44
Using the System Status Tab
44
Using the Remote Console Tab
45
Using the Virtual Devices Tab
46
Monitoring PMP Parameters
46
Default PMP Settings
46
Number of Samples
46
Sample Rate
46
Using the PMP Interface
46
Online and Offline Analysis
47
Server Tree Frame
47
Systems Detail Frame
47
Results Frame
48
Storage Analysis
48
PMP Reports
48
Offline Analysis
49
Manual Log Purge
50
Using PMP
51
Debugging a Server Bottleneck Condition
51
Opening the HP SIM Console
51
Displaying the Memory Status
52
Selecting the Server
52
Displaying the Memory Graph
53
Contrasting the Graphical Display
53
Expanding the Local Storage
53
Displaying the Controller
54
Displaying the Port
54
Displaying the Drive
55
Displaying the Inventory
55
Debugging a Network Storage Bottleneck Condition
56
Selecting the Server
56
Debugging a Virtual Machine Host and Guest Bottleneck Condition
57
Displaying the Array
57
Displaying the Logical Drive under Network Storage
57
Displaying the Storage Status
57
Displaying the Virtual Machine Host Status
58
Selecting the Server (Virtual Machine Host)
58
Displaying the Virtual Machine Guest
59
Displaying the Virtual Machine Guest Performance
59
Displaying the Virtual Machine Guests Page
59
Addressing Performance Issues with no Hardware Upgrade Recommendation
60
General Usage
60
Performing a Static Analysis
60
Half Duplex Port
61
Unassigned Disks
61
Host Bus Balancing
62
Performing Online Analysis
62
Reduced SCSI Speed
62
Performing Offline Analysis
63
Data Reporting
64
Generating a SQL Queries List
65
Generating a Static Analysis Report
65
Generating a System Summary Report
65
Generating a CSV File Generator Report
66
Generating a SQL Queries List
66
Generating a Server Availability Report
67
Generating a SQL Queries List
67
Licensing Integrity and Storage Systems
67
Licensing Virtual Machine Hosts and Virtual Machine Guests
67
Changing Server Monitoring Status
68
Monitoring Administration
68
Enabling Virtual Machine Host and Virtual Machine Guests Logging
69
Monitoring Parameters
70
Modifying Log Days
71
Modifying Management Agents from the Control Panel
71
Modifying the Sample Rate
71
Number of Samples
71
Performance Threshold Setting
71
Modifying Management Agents from Internet Explorer
72
Setting Performance Thresholds
72
Threshold Values
74
Manual Log Purge
74
5 Deploying and Securing Servers
75
Configuring Bladesystem Servers and Image Installs Using the HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software
75
Configuring Image Installs
75
Configuring SAN-Attached Scripted Install
75
Configuring Scripted Installs
75
Configuring HP Bladesystem Enclosures
76
Using HP Insight Rapid Deployment Software
76
Deployment Console Basics
76
Connecting Server Blades
77
Deploying the First Server Blade
78
Reconfiguring the Server Blade
78
Vulnerability Scanning and Deploying Patches and Fixes
78
HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (VPM) Overview
78
Provided Scan Definitions
79
Scanning for Vulnerabilities
79
Viewing Vulnerability Scan Results
80
Viewing Vulnerability Scan Results by Scan Name
80
Viewing Vulnerability Scan Results by Scan System
80
Viewing, Modifying, or Canceling a Scheduled Task
80
Vulnerability Scan Results Guidelines
80
Customizing Vulnerability Scan Definitions
81
Deleting Scan Results
81
Deleting Scan Results by Scan Name
81
Deleting Scan Results by System
81
Deploying Patches and Fixes
81
Deploying Patches and Fixes Based on a Vulnerability Scan
81
Deploying Patches Without a Vulnerability Scan
83
Viewing Patch Reboot Status
84
Viewing the Patch Repository
84
Removing Patches
86
Validating Installed Patches
86
Redeploying the VPM Patch Agent
88
HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack Events
89
6 Using HP Virtual Machine Management Pack
91
Virtual Machine Management Pack Interface Overview
91
Virtual Machine Host
91
Virtual Machine Guest
93
Configured and Unconfigured Virtual Machine Hosts
94
Configured
95
Unconfigured
95
Task Execution Process
95
Using Virtual Machine Management Pack Controls and Tools
95
Icons and Tasks
95
Starting or Resuming a Virtual Machine Guest (Windows or Linux)
96
Shutting down or Stopping a Virtual Machine Guest (Windows or Linux)
97
Suspending a Virtual Machine Guest
97
Copying a Virtual Machine Guest (Windows or Linux)
98
Resetting or Restarting a Virtual Machine Guest
98
Moving a Virtual Machine Guest (Windows or Linux)
99
SUSE Linux Scenario
99
Creating a Virtual Machine Guest Template
101
Creating a Virtual Machine Guest Backup
102
Deploying a Virtual Machine Guest Template
102
Restoring a Virtual Machine Guest Backup
103
Recovering Virtual Machines of a Failed Host on a Vmware ESX Server or HP Integrated Citrix Xenserver
104
Restoring the most Recent Virtual Machine Guest Backup
104
Setting an Alternate Virtual Machine Host on a Vmware ESX Server or HP Integrated Citrix Xenserver
104
Launching VNC
105
Removing an Alternate Virtual Machine Host on a Vmware ESX Server or HP Integrated Citrix Xenserver
105
Restarting the VMM Agent
105
Setting or Removing the Performance Threshold
105
Registering Virtual Machine Hosts
106
Registering Virtual Machine Hosts for Linux CMS
106
Registering Virtual Machine Hosts Using the Command Line Interface
106
Launching Remote Access
107
Launching Remote Console
107
For Vmware ESX Server 2.5.X
108
For Vmware Server
108
Launching Remote Desktop
108
Unregistering Virtual Machine Hosts
108
Updating the HP SIM Certificate on the Virtual Machine Management Service
108
Configuring the Xapi Port for HP Integrated Citrix Xenserver
108
Configuring WMI Mapper Proxy Server Settings for Hyper-V
109
Configuring the Polling Frequency for Virtual Machine Status Checks
109
Handling Prefailure Events
109
Handling Automatic Prefailure Events
109
Handling Automatic Prefailure Events Using the Virtualcenter DRS Cluster Enabled in the Virtualcenter Server
110
Handling Semi-Automatic Prefailure Events with the Virtualcenter DRS Cluster Enabled in the Virtualcenter Server
110
Prerequisites
110
Handling Automatic Prefailure Events Using Citrix Xenserver Resource Pool with HA Enabled
111
Handling Automatic Prefailure Events Using the Set Alternate Host Feature
111
Handling Semi-Automatic Events Using the Set Alternate Host Feature
111
Handling Automatic Prefailure Events Using Citrix Xenserver Resource Pool with HA Disabled
112
Prefailure Event List
112
Proliant Storage Events
112
Proliant System and Environmental Events
112
Failed Host Recovery
114
Setting up the Recovery Feature
114
Creating a Criticalvmhost Collection
115
Setting the Alternate Virtual Machine Host
115
Scheduling the Recovery of Virtual Machines of Failed Hosts
115
Launching SCVMM
117
Microsoft Virtual Server Host System Page
117
Microsoft Virtual Server Guest System Page
118
Launching VC
118
Vmware ESX Server Guest System Page
118
Vmware ESX Server Host System Page
118
Virtualcenter Information
119
Configuring Virtual Machine Management Pack on a Microsoft Cluster Server
120
Configuring Virtual Machine Management Pack on an HP Integrated Citrix Xenserver Resource Pool
120
Configuring Virtual Machine Management Pack for Hyper-V Hosts Microsoft Failover Cluster
120
Considerations on VMM-Enabled and HA-Enabled Resource Pool
120
Multisystem Aware Tools Available
121
Performance Information
121
Displaying Virtual Machine Host Performance Information
121
Virtual Machine Host Performance
121
Virtual Machine Performance
122
Displaying Virtual Machine Guest Performance
123
Virtual Machine Performance
123
Resource Allocation
123
Performance Color Codes
124
Virtual Machine Management Pack Infrastructure
124
7 Reporting
125
Reporting in HP SIM
125
Printing Reports
126
Software Inventory Details
126
Sample PMP CSV File
126
PMP Measurement Categories
127
Servers
127
Servers with MSVS or Vmware GSX (VM Host)
127
Servers with Vmware ESX (VM Host)
128
Smart Array Controllers
128
VM Guest
128
Fibre Channel Enclosures
129
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
129
SCSI Buses Attached to Smart Array Controllers
129
Smart Array Logical Drives
129
Smart Array Physical Arrays
129
IDE Controllers
130
Network Adapters
130
SCSI Adapters
130
SCSI Buses Attached to SCSI Adapters
130
SCSI Drives Attached to SCSI Adapters
130
Host Buses
131
Sample PMP System Summary Report
131
System Summary Report for a Server or Msvs/Vmware GSX Host
131
System Summary Report for a Vmware ESX Host
132
System Summary Report for a VM Guest
133
Overall PMP Performance
134
PMP Overall Performance Summary
134
Sample PMP Static Analysis Report
135
Sample PMP Server Availability Report
135
Viewing Patch Installation Status
135
Viewing Patch Installation Status by Patch
136
Viewing Patch Installation Status by Search Filter
136
Viewing Patch Installation Status by System
136
8 Troubleshooting
137
General Troubleshooting
137
General Installation Issues
137
ASP.NET 1.1 Installation Error
139
IIS Error Message Appears During Installation
139
Applying and Assigning HP Insight Software Suite Licenses from HP SIM License Manager
140
HP Insight Software Installation Does Not Accept Username, but Password Is Already Accepted by HP SIM
140
HP Insight Software Licensing Menus Do Not Appear
140
Updating Passwords
140
Verifying Environment Functionality with Insight Software Advisor
140
Uninstalling HP Insight Software
141
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack Troubleshooting
142
An Error Occurs When Installing MSDE Files from a Remote Desktop Session
142
STAT Scanner WSI Requires IWAM and IUSR" Error Occurs During VPM Installation
142
Viewing VPM Installation Logs
142
VPM Installation and Configuration
142
VPM Installation Updates MDAC and MSDE
142
Cannot Modify VPM Acquisition Settings to Acquire Updates from a Local Repository
143
Installation Fails with "Product RMS Not Installed: Service RMS Error. the Specified Service Does Not Exist as an Installed Service (0X424)" Message
143
Required Open Ports
143
VPM Installation Fails
143
Configuring a DNS Server
144
Modifying Firewall Configuration Settings
144
Administrator Credentials Have Been Changed
145
All Target Systems Do Not Have the same Administrator Credentials
145
Multiple VPM Servers
145
Uninstalling Vulnerability and Patch Management
145
Reinstalling VPM
146
Remaining VPM Files
146
Vulnerability and Patch Management Cannot Access Target Systems
146
Vulnerability Scans
146
A Scan was Submitted but Never Started
147
Linux Target Systems
147
Scan Reports Cannot be Viewed
147
Scan Results Are Inaccurate Because of Overlapping Tasks
147
Windows
147
Windows XP
147
A Patch Acquisition was Started, but no Patches Are Seen
148
Current Patch Information Is Not Displayed in Scan Reports
148
Patches and Configuration Fixes
148
VPM Patch Agent Installation Fails
148
Check for Missing Patches
149
HTTP 300 Errors Received During Patch Acquisition
149
Patch Installation Status Reports Are Not Current or Do Not Match Information that Appears in Scan Reports
149
Patches Appear in a Scan Report but Are Not Successfully Deployed
149
Validating VPM Patch Agent Installation
149
Abuse of Service" Error Occurs When Attempting to Acquire Red hat Patches
150
HP SIM Integration
150
Multiple Events Listed in HP SIM for Patch Deployments
150
Other Tools Report that a Windows System Is Patched, but Vulnerability and Patch Management Reports Patches Needed
150
Patch Source for Vendor Patches Is Microsoft or Red hat
150
Radia Internal Error Listed in the HP SIM Event Log
150
STAT Scanner Update Error Listed in the HP SIM Event Log
150
Validate Installed Patches Event Does Not Complete
150
9 Technical Support
151
HP Software Technical Support and Update Service
151
HP Installation and Startup Service for Bladesystem Integrated Manager Infrastructure
151
HP Contact Information
152
A HP Performance Management Pack Measurement Parameter Matrix
153
Static Analysis
153
ATA Disk Array
153
ATA Disk Array Inventory
153
ATA Disk Array Status
153
ATA Disk
154
ATA Disk Inventory
154
ATA Disk Status
154
Drive Array
154
Drive Array Inventory
154
Drive Array Status
154
External Storage Enclosure
154
External Storage Enclosure Inventory
155
External Storage Enclosure Status
155
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
155
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Inventory
155
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Status
155
Host Buses
155
Host Buses Inventory
156
Host Buses Status
156
IDE Channel
156
IDE Channel Inventory
156
IDE Channel Status
156
IDE Controller
156
IDE Controller Inventory
156
IDE Controller Status
156
Logical Drive
156
Logical Drive Inventory
157
Logical Drive Status
157
Memory
157
Memory Status
157
Memory Inventory
158
Network Adapter
158
Network Adapter Inventory
158
Network Adapter Status
158
Network Connections
158
Network Connection Inventory
158
Network Connections Status
158
Network Port
158
Network Port Inventory
159
Network Port Status
159
Network Storage Array
159
Network Storage Array Inventory
159
Network Storage Array Status
159
Network Storage Controller
159
Network Storage Controller Inventory
160
Network Storage Controller Status
160
Network Storage Enclosure
160
Network Storage Enclosure Inventory
160
Network Storage Enclosure Status
160
Network Storage Logical Drives
160
Network Share Status
160
Network Share Inventory
161
PCI Bus
161
PCI Bus Inventory
161
PCI Bus Status
161
Processors
161
Processors Status
161
Processors Inventory
162
SCSI Adapter
162
SCSI Adapter Inventorycontroller Configuration
162
SCSI Adapter Status
162
SCSI Storage Enclosure
162
SCSI Storage Enclosure Inventory
163
SCSI Storage Enclosure Status
163
SCSI Drive
163
SCSI Drive Status
163
SCSI Drive Inventory
164
Server Metrics
164
Server Inventory
164
Server Status
164
Smart Array Controller
164
Smart Array Controller Inventory
165
Smart Array Controller Status
165
Smart Array SCSI Drive
165
Smart Array SCSI Drive Status
165
Smart SCSI Drive Inventory
165
SATA Drives
166
SATA Drive Inventory
166
SATA Drive Status
166
SAS Drives
166
SAS Drive Status
166
SAS Drive Inventory
167
Storage Components
167
Storage Inventory
167
Storage Status
167
B HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Infrastructure Requirements and Additional VPM Functionality
169
Infrastructure
169
VPM Hardware Requirements
170
VPM Software Requirements
170
Hardware Requirements
170
Software Requirements
170
VPM Acquisition Utility Requirements (Optional)
171
Provided Scans
171
Target Systems
171
VPM Acquisition Utility Requirements
171
Updating VPM Credentials Using the Change VPM Credentials Utility
172
Backing up and Restoring the Vulnerability and Patch Management
172
Provided Scan Definitions
172
Component Backup
173
Component Restoration
173
Reinstalling Vulnerability and Patch Management to a New Host
173
Vulnerability and Patch Management Events
173
Scan Events
173
VPM Scan Events
173
Patch and Fix Events
174
VPM Patch and Fix Events
174
Acquisition Events
175
Miscellaneous Events
175
VPM Acquisition Events
175
Miscellaneous VPM Events
175
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