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host, it is displayed as such in the console, and the Virtual Machine Management Pack functionality is enabled
for that system.

Related procedures

Deploying the VMM agent

Registering VMM

Unregistering VMM

Upgrading VMM

Related topic

VM status types

Deploying the VMM agent

This tool is used to deploy the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack agent on the target
virtual machine hosts. Multiple virtual machine hosts can be selected to deploy the agent. This agent enables
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) to identify, through the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine
Management Pack server, whether the server is a virtual machine host.

NOTE:

OpenSSH must be configured properly and running on both the

Central Management Server

(CMS) and the selected target virtual machine hosts to deploy Virtual Machine Management Pack. See

“Installing OpenSSH”

for information on installing OpenSSH.

For VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 or 3.0 virtual machine hosts, you must perform Virtual Machine Management
Pack registration. However, it is not necessary to perform the following steps for the hosts. Instead, the Virtual
Machine Management Pack agent is provided with the HP ProLiant Support Pack and activated upon
registration of the virtual machine hosts. The HP ProLiant Support Pack is available from the SmartStart CD
included with your server or by accessing

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/server/management/

psp/index.html

and clicking Download.

To deploy the Virtual Machine Management Pack agent:

1.

Sign in to HP SIM from an account with administrator privileges.

2.

Select Deploy

Drivers, Firmware and AgentsInstall VMM Agent, and select either Linux or

Windows

.

3.

Select the target virtual machine hosts by selecting the checkbox next to the appropriate systems.

4.

Click Apply.

5.

If necessary, click Add Targets to add targets, or click Remove Targets to remove targets, and then
click Next.

6.

Click Run Now to deploy the Virtual Machine Management Pack agent immediately, or click Schedule
to deploy the Virtual Machine Management Pack agent to selected virtual machine hosts at a later time.

7.

View the task results in the HP SIM task logs.

Related topics

Virtual Machine Management Pack

VM status types

Registering VMM

This procedure establishes communication between the virtual machine host and HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual
Machine Management Pack console. When registration is complete, the virtual machine host status is
displayed in the VM column.

To register a virtual machine host:

1.

Select Configure

Virtual Machine Host RegistrationRegister VM Host.

2.

Select the target virtual machine host to register by selecting the checkbox next to the system, and click
Apply

.

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