Upgrading incompatible firmware modes and versions – HP Insight Management-Software User Manual
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11. Create a new VC Domain Group, and then add one or more already licensed VC Domains
to it. For more information on creating a new VC Domain Group, see
.
IMPORTANT:
In a new environment when adding VC Domains to into the VC Domain Group
you must have one configured VC Domain. Any additional VC Domains can remain
non-configured as they are automatically configured by VCEM. For an environment with
existing already configured VC Domains, simply create a VC Domain Group for the VC
Domains.
You can continue using VCEM and its additional functions such as creating server profiles and
assigning them to bays.
VCEM uses a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection provided by Systems Insight Manager. For
more information about the available cipher suites and how to enable or disable them, see the
Understanding HP SIM security white paper at
VCEM uses the same TCP ports as Systems Insight Manager. VCEM does not open any other TCP
ports.
Upgrading incompatible firmware modes and versions
If unsupported VC Domain firmware versions are detected at the end of a VCEM 7.0 upgrade, a
warning message similar to the following is displayed:
VCEM detected unsupported VC firmware. For information on how to upgrade
your firmware, run the Insight Software Advisor or refer to the VCEM
User Guide troubleshooting section.
Upgrade to a supported VC firmware by performing the following steps:
1.
Select the VC Domain with an incompatible status and click VC Domain Maintenance.
2.
Upgrade the managed VC Domains to the minimum VCEM supported VC firmware version.
See the HP Insight Management 7.0 Support Matrix or
“Installation prerequisites” (page 16)
for the VCEM supported VC firmware versions.
3.
Click Complete VC Domain Maintenance to close the operation.
4.
Upgrade the VC Domain Group firmware mode to the minimum VCEM supported VC firmware.
For more information, see
“Upgrading VC Domain Group firmware mode” (page 66)
Installing VCEM in an HA clustered CMS configuration in an Microsoft
Cluster Server cluster
VCEM can be installed in an HA clustered CMS configuration on an MSCS cluster. This installation
is described in Installing and upgrading to HP Insight Software 6.3 on Windows Server 2008 R2
Failover Clusters with SQL Server 2008 for high availability. This whitepaper is accessible in the
HP Insight Management documentation library at
By installing in a failover cluster configuration, the CMS fail over to a backup cluster node if the
primary node needs maintenance or experiences a failure.
In preparation for a planned failover, ensure that no Insight Management jobs, tasks, requests, or
migration processes are running at the time of the failover. The configuration of the managed
environment should not be changed between powering down the CMS on the primary node and
resuming operations on the backup cluster node.
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Installing and configuring VCEM