Scenario 2, Current scenario, Action required – HP OneView for Microsoft System Center User Manual
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Disadvantage
Advantage
Management Pack
The historical data available
in the HP Virtual Connect
No need to explicitly add
the credentials for each of
HP OneView Virtual
Connect Management Pack
Management Pack on the
the Virtual Connect modules
alerts or state changes will
to be managed. Once the
be lost when migrating to
credentials of the HP
the HP OneView
Management Pack.
OneView appliance are
added and the management
pack is imported, all the VC
modules being managed by
the appliance will be
automatically discovered
and monitored.
The HP OneView
Management Pack does not
require the Device
Monitoring Service (DMS) to
be set up to manage the
different hardware
resources.
Scenario 2
In an environment, having a set of enclosures being managed by SCOM and Virtual Connect
Domain software, a subset of these enclosures are migrated to be managed by HP OneView.
Current scenario
The enclosures that are being managed by the VC domain and the following management packs
are used to manage the HP hardware.
•
HP Virtual Connect Management Pack—This management pack identifies, groups, and displays
HP Virtual Connect logical and physical components in the SCOM console.
•
HP BladeSystem Management Pack—This management pack identifies, groups, and displays
HP BladeSystem enclosures in the SCOM console.
•
HP ProLiant Server Management Pack—This management pack automatically identifies, groups,
and displays HP ProLiant Windows servers within the SCOM console.
Action required
No change is required for the enclosures being managed by the VC domain. They will continue
to function as they did previously in the SCOM console (under the HP Systems folder).
For the enclosures which are now being managed by HP OneView, the HP OneView Virtual
Connect Management Pack has to be imported to manage the Virtual Connects and customers will
have two options to manage the enclosures.
•
Virtual Connect modules
To manage and monitor Virtual Connect modules, perform the following steps:
1.
In the SCOM console, delete the Virtual Connect domain entries that will be managed
by HP OneView from the Device Monitor Console (DMC).
2.
Install the HP OneView Management Pack using the HP OneView for Microsoft System
Center DVD. For installation steps, refer to
“Installing the HP OneView Management Pack”
in this guide.
3.
Import the HP OneView Management Pack, along with its dependent management packs.
NOTE:
The HP OneView Management Pack identifies, groups, and displays Virtual
Connect modules, uplink ports, networks, and server profiles being managed by HP
OneView in the SCOM console.
Scenario 2
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