HP Insight Dynamics 6.2, Getting Started Manual

Page 1: ...HP Insight Dynamics 6 2 Getting Started Guide HP Part Number T8671 91017 Published October 2010 Edition 1 ...

Page 2: ...s warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein HP UX Release 10 20 and later and HP UX Release 11 00 and later in both 32 and 64 bit configurations on all HP 9000 computers are Open Group UNIX 95 branded products Acknowledgm...

Page 3: ...roLiant server blades 16 HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers and Integrity server blades 17 Non HP servers 17 HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software 18 Adding and applying licenses 18 Recommended Process Use the managed system setup wizard 18 Alternative Process Use HP SIM License Manager 18 Scan for HP UX licenses 19 License requirements for systems with HP Instant Capacity products 20 3...

Page 4: ...1 Products 31 Command references manpages 31 Reference pages installed on the CMS 31 Reference pages installed with agent software on managed systems 32 Reference page installed on cell based complexes 32 Reference pages installed on systems running HP Integrity Virtual Machines 33 Selected HP Systems Insight Manager software reference pages 33 Typographic conventions 33 Command reference 35 vseas...

Page 5: ...nPartitions virtual partitions applications and workloads You can dynamically resize virtual servers and migrate resources where they are needed based on service level objectives and business requirements For information about the changes in this release of Insight Dynamics see the HP Insight Dynamics 6 2 Release Notes For a complete list of Insight Dynamics documentation and the web sites where t...

Page 6: ...systems and workloads Inventory your virtual and physical servers Centrally configure your server resources for optimum utilization Launch Virtualization Manager from HP SIM in any of the following ways From the HP SIM menu bar choose Tools Virtualization Manager From the HP SIM Systems and Event Collections list in the left navigation area choose Systems Shared Systems by Type All VSE Resources o...

Page 7: ...ou manage your current server resources and plan for changes to your workloads and resources These scenarios allow you to simulate the following actions Resizing systems Resizing workloads Moving workloads Capacity Advisor provides the following additional features Automated generation of reports Capacity Advisor automates report generation that would otherwise take many manual steps to collect an...

Page 8: ...des simplified disaster recovery of logical server environments With a mouse click HP Insight Recovery transfers application environments running on HP BladeSystems or on virtual machines to a remote Recovery Site It utilizes the data replication capabilities of HP storage environments to ensure that application data is properly transitioned to the recovery location and that the overall transition...

Page 9: ...Tools Global Workload Manager from the Insight Dynamics menu bar Global Workload Manager improves both workload performance and resource utilization in a shared computing environment For servers partitioned with nPartitions virtual partitions virtual machines psets or FSS groups gWLM can do the following Monitor each application Determine the CPU resources needed by each application Automatically ...

Page 10: ... VM Manager allows you to create configure and evaluate virtual machines and monitor and evaluate data and resources at the level of the VM Host You can view all of a VM Host s virtual machines and their assigned resources and you can view all resources assigned to a specific virtual machine or virtual switch For example VM Manager provides graphical views of virtual to physical network and storag...

Page 11: ...ng Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows virtual machine running under VMware ESX or Microsoft Hyper V on HP ProLiant or selected non HP host HP Integrity server running HP UX HP Integrity server blade running HP UX HP UX virtual machine running under HP Integrity Virtual Machines HP Integrity servers running HP UX HP OpenVMS Integrity Linux or Microsoft Windows for Integrity HP Integrity server bla...

Page 12: ...dows or Linux HP Integrity servers running HP UX Integrity Linux 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 Servers licensed for HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software Perform capacity analysis ...

Page 13: ... servers using Partition Manager HP Integrity servers with HP Instant Capacity products installed Monitor HP Instant Capacity resources iCAP GiCAP and TiCAP using HP Instant Capacity Manager HP Integrity servers with HP Serviceguard installed Manage HP Serviceguard clusters using Serviceguard Manager 1 Requires HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager software on BladeSystem enclosure 2 Logical serve...

Page 14: ...tegrity Virtual machines running under HP Integrity Virtual Machines virtual partitions running under a vPars monitor Manage workloads with automated policies using HP Insight Global Workload Manager software for Integrity Virtual machines running under HP Integrity Virtual Machines HP Integrity hosts running HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manage HP Integrity virtual machines using Integrity Virtua...

Page 15: ...license Virtual machines running under any of the following HP Integrity Virtual Machines VMware ESX VMware ESXi Microsoft Hyper V 1 The HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software license is always licensed per system regardless of system type See HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software page 18 2 Trial licenses are licensed per system See Trial licenses page 15 To obtain a perma...

Page 16: ...nt Your use of Insight Dynamics is subject to the terms of the end user license agreement included with the software Please read this document at its installed location on the CMS HP UX CMS opt vse src README Microsoft Windows CMS installation directory src README The default installation directory is C Program Files HP Virtual Server Environment but this directory can be changed at installation t...

Page 17: ...re for Integrity Notes Logical server management is only supported on a CMS running Microsoft Windows A license for HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager software is required for BladeSystem enclosures in order to manage logical servers on server blades A license for HP Insight Orchestration software for Integrity is included with the HP UX VSE and DC Operating Environments A license for Integrity...

Page 18: ...tems were ignored by Virtualization Manager because they are not licensed or have an expired license The licensing status of Virtual machines that are no longer associated with their VM Host cannot be determined by Insight Dynamics In this case the following message is displayed The licensing status for the following Virtual Machines could not be determined because they are not associated with a V...

Page 19: ...ce errors Apply licenses to each managed system in the order shown for each system type HP BladeSystem c Class ProLiant blades HP iLO Advanced 1 2 VCEM enclosure license required for logical server management of server blades 3 Insight Control 4 Insight Dynamics HP ProLiant ML DL servers HP iLO Advanced 1 2 Insight Control 3 Insight Dynamics HP BladeSystem c Class Integrity Blades VCEM enclosure l...

Page 20: ...nstant Capacity products including iCAP GiCAP and TiCAP 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 ...

Page 21: ...ration may also be needed For example you may need to configure SSH access using Configure Configure or Repair Agents and you may need to configure the managed system to allow host authentication for non root users For more information see the HP SIM help mxagentconfig 1M and the Insight Dynamics installation and configuration guides Links to these documents can be found in Related information pag...

Page 22: ...er of the Administrators group on these systems WBEM credentials must be configured or discovered in HP SIM for these systems Windows physical server or Hyper V VM from a Windows CMS Agentless Non root or root credentials or certificate based authentication may be used SSH credentials or certificate based SSH authentication must be configured or discovered in HP SIM for these systems Physical x86 ...

Page 23: ...n the system that still uses it for example HP Insight Control power management Do not remove the agent if it is still in use Procedure 3 2 Remove the Utilization Provider from a Windows 2003 system 1 From Control Panel select Add or Remove Programs 2 Select HP WMI Util Provider v1 8 1 1 or the current installed version 3 Click Remove Procedure 3 3 Remove the Utilization Provider from a Windows 20...

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Page 25: ...ynamics The wizard automates the installation of required licenses agent software and other configuration settings to support the management capabilities intended for use on the system To start the managed system setup wizard select Configure Managed System Setup Wizard from the HP SIM top menu Help is available in each step of the wizard Diagnose menu actions There are three tasks available from ...

Page 26: ...th managed systems where you are having problems Some of the problems detected with this option include expired licenses no open WBEM ports and improperly configured SSH authentication These checks will verify whether the CMS can communicate with the managed systems in order to perform management functions Procedure 4 2 Check the communication between the CMS and managed systems 1 Optional Select ...

Page 27: ...u do not have any unresolved CMS configuration issues Then use the Check CMS to managed node communication page 26 task to resolve communication issues with managed systems where you are having problems Once you have resolved the communication issues use this task to resolve configuration issues for any managed systems where you are still having problems Procedure 4 3 Check the configuration of ma...

Page 28: ...ms encountered TIP The vseassist command line that was executed by this task is displayed on this screen above the output box This command is also displayed in the printable version of the report You can use this information to create your own diagnostic scripts that can be run from the command line You can review these results again later by selecting Tasks Logs View Task Results from the HP SIM ...

Page 29: ...irtual Server Environment but this directory can be changed at installation time Manuals and white papers The latest versions of manuals and white papers for Insight Dynamics and related products can be downloaded from the HP Web The manuals and white papers listed below can all be found at the Insight Dynamics information library http www hp com go insightdynamics docs The information library inc...

Page 30: ... User Guide HP Insight Orchestration 6 2 User Guide HP Operations Orchestration Software Central User Guide HP Operations Orchestration Software Studio Guide to Authoring Flows HP Operations Orchestration Software Administrator Guide HP Insight Control 6 2 Power Management User Guide HP Insight Control 6 2 Remote Management User Guide HP Insight Control 6 2 Server Deployment User Guide Virtual Con...

Page 31: ...nsight Control virtual machine management http www hp com go vmmanage HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager software http www hp com go vcem HP Systems Insight Manager software http www hp com go hpsim HP BladeSystem Matrix http www hp com go matrix HP VSE Managed Node Software Update http vsemgmt external hp com Command references manpages Insight Dynamics and related products include manpages fo...

Page 32: ...initconfig 1M Overview of XML file structure for Global Workload Manager gwlmxml 4 Help resolve Insight Dynamics configuration problems vseassist 1M p 36 Configure or unconfigure the Insight Dynamics software vseinitconfig 1M Manage licenses to use LTUs on HP Integrity and HP 9000 systems vselicense 1M p 41 Reference pages installed with agent software on managed systems Description Reference page...

Page 33: ...vmstop 1M Selected HP Systems Insight Manager software reference pages Description Reference page Configure the agent to work with a CMS mxagentconfig 1M Add remove or list authorizations in Systems Insight Manager mxauth 1M Manage global settings in Systems Insight Manager mxglobalsettings 1M Perform initial configuration of the server mxinitconfig 1M Add modify identify remove or list nodes in S...

Page 34: ...rm A term that is defined in the glossary and links to a glossary definition variable The name of an environment variable for example PATH or errno value A value that you may replace in a command or function or information in a display that represents several possible values find 1 HP UX manpage In this example find is the manpage name and 1 is the manpage section 34 Support and other resources ...

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Page 36: ...ollection and the configuration on those systems Refer to the summary output and examine the log file for any problems Follow the resolution steps in the log file to fix any problems that were found Fix problems in the CMS configuration first You can verify that you have fixed those problems by executing the following command from the CMS command line vseassist c You can also run this command dire...

Page 37: ...figuration of the CMS Note For a Windows CMS if IOAssist is installed additional IOAssist resource and CMS configuration checks will be launched l Link From the CMS check the communication between the CMS and the managed systems specified by the n and g options Some of the problems detected with this option include expired licenses no open WBEM ports and improperly configured SSH authentication Th...

Page 38: ...d Otherwise vseassist will use its own built in WBEM checks Note wbemassist checks for problems in HP UX WBEMServices and recommends solutions It does not perform checks on WBEM Providers or other services that use the CIM server For more information see wbemassist 1M When you use vseassist with the r option on the CMS mxexec will remotely execute vseassist on the managed systems using the s optio...

Page 39: ...tion console and Identify the system using Options Identify Systems menu Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager responsive PASS Logical Server Automation installed PASS Running Insight Orchestration HP IO Checks PASS Result Summary 13 verification check s performed on 1 system s 12 check s passed 0 check s failed 1 check s warned 0 check s not applicable See log for details C Program Files HP Virtual ...

Page 40: ...g globalsettings props Detailed results of the checks performed by vseassist are written to the log file Examine the log file for recommended steps to resolve any problems found Note The log file is not automatically pruned HP UX var adm syslog vseassist log Windows install path logs vseassist log Linux var log vseassist log The default install path on a Windows CMS is C Program Files HP Virtual S...

Page 41: ...per socket licenses that are applied for LTUs This command applies only to HP Integrity systems running HP UX Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems and HP 9000 systems running HP UX It is not used for licenses based on 5x5 keys introduced with VSE Management Software version 4 0 It is only used for trial licenses included with Insight Dynamics and for the LTUs in the following list You may ...

Page 42: ...ith HP unused licenses that were purchased for an earlier release but have not yet been installed or scanned can be migrated to the License Manager database and applied to a managed system by the vselicense command using the following procedures These procedures should also be used to enable the LTUs included with the HP UX VSE or DC Operating Environments To scan for HP UX LTUs to migrate and app...

Page 43: ...E suite for Integrity Migrated from T2786AC HP VSE Suite for HP UX 11i LTU HP Insight Virtualization Manager software Migrated from T2782AC HP Virtualization Manager for HP UX LTU T2806AC HP Virtualization Manager for Integrity Windows T2783AC HP Virtualization Manager for Integrity Linux HP Insight Capacity Advisor software Migrated from T2784AC HP Capacity Advisor for HP UX LTU T2807AC HP Capaci...

Page 44: ...ager database c count count count Set the number of per core or per socket licenses to apply to the system identified by the n option This option is only valid for previously migrated LTUs on the specified system A count value of 0 removes all migrated LTUs for that system from the License Manager database s show List the managed systems that have licenses that have been migrated from previous sof...

Page 45: ...Company DOCUMENT LAST UPDATED July 2010 SEE ALSO Additional information is available in the License Management topic of the Insight Dynamics help and in the following documents vseinitconfig 1M HP Insight Dynamics 6 2 Getting Started Guide HP Insight Dynamics 6 2 Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide HP Insight Software 6 2 Installation and Configuration Guide 45 ...

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Page 47: ...d by HP Insight Global Workload Manager software for Integrity gWLM Multiple compartments are grouped to form a shared resource domain SRD The compartments all share the resources of the SRD A compartment can be in only one SRD Each compartment holds a workload gWLM manages each workload s resource allocation by adjusting the resource allocation of its compartment complex A complex includes one or...

Page 48: ...it from HP Insight Capacity Advisor software or HP Insight Global Workload Manager software for Integrity gWLM As with any workload the historical data will be lost if the workload is deleted When migrating a workload from one system to another it may be useful to park the workload removing the association with the original system until the new system becomes available This preserves the historica...

Page 49: ...tween all objects that must be managed in a storage area network and the tools used to manage them socket CPU socket The physical chip carrier on the circuit board that houses a CPU chip The CPU may consist of multiple cores SRD Shared resource domain A collection of compartments that share system resources managed by HP Insight Global Workload Manager software for Integrity gWLM The compartments ...

Page 50: ...soft Hyper V that provides multiple virtual machines each running its own instance of an operating system vPars An HP software product that provides virtual partitions vPars monitor The program that manages the assignment of resources to virtual partitions in a vPars enabled system To enable virtual partitions the vPars monitor must be booted in place of a normal HP UX kernel Each virtual partitio...

Page 51: ...chestration HP Insight Recovery see Insight Recovery HP Insight software see Insight software HP Insight Virtualization Manager see Virtualization Manager HP Instant Capacity Instant Capacity 5 HP Instant Capacity Manager see Instant Capacity Manager HP SIM see Systems Insight Manager HP UX Operating Environments 19 I Insight Control 16 Insight Orchestration 8 Insight Recvoery 8 Insight software 5...

Page 52: ...ing Manager 8 sub OS workload 23 sudo 21 T troubleshooting 25 typographic conventions 33 U unlicensed systems 18 upgrade from earlier release 22 user authorizations 21 Utilization Provider 22 V VCEM see Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6 16 17 Virtualization Manager 6 VM Manager see Integrity Virtual Machines Manager VSE see Virtual Server Environment vseassist...

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