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1 overview – HP OneView for VMware vCenter User Manual

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1 Overview

HP OneView for VMware vCenter (formerly HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server) is a
single integrated application that you use to manage ProLiant servers and HP storage systems. The
application consists of two modules.

HP OneView for VMware vCenter—Includes support for the following components:

HP OneView for VMware vCenter Server module—Adds HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem
hardware monitoring into the HP OneView for vCenter console. Provides server hardware

management capabilities, including comprehensive monitoring, firmware update, vSphere
5.x/ESXi 5.x image deployment, remote control, end-to-end monitoring for Virtual Connect,
and power optimization for HP servers in the VMware environment. The Server module
is not required for RMV installation.

HP OneView for VMware vCenter StoreFront Module—Provides storage configuration
and status information for mapping VMs, datastores, and hosts to LUNs on HP storage
arrays. The Storage Module enables you to register HP Storage arrays and use the VASA
provider.

Supports provisioning on HP 3PAR StoreServ, HP StoreVirtual, HP MSA, and HP EVA
storage systems. Supported provisioning tasks include creating, expanding, or deleting
a datastore, and creating or cloning a VM. Displays view-only information for the HP
StoreOnce Backup systems.

HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for vCenter—Installs RMV plugin with vSphere Client and
vSphere Web Client integration.

HP 3PAR RMV Remote Service—Installs RMV target server for managing remote recovery sets.

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