Additional Software Requirements on Managed Systems

Utilization Provider

The Utilization Provider is required on all VSE managed systems. It provides utilization data for Virtualization Manager and Capacity Advisor.

Use the process described in “Installing VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems” to install the latest version of the Utilization Provider.

Application Discovery WBEM Provider

The Application Discovery WBEM Provider version 3.0 is required on all systems that will be managed by Application Discovery. Use the process described in “Installing VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems” to install the latest version of the WBEM provider.

gWLM Agent

The gWLM agent is required on all systems that will be managed by gWLM. This release of gWLM will work with earlier versions of the gWLM agent. However, the following features of gWLM 3.0 will not be available on systems using an older version of the agent:

HP recommends upgrading to the latest version of the gWLM agent, using the process described in “Installing VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems”.

nPartition Provider

Install this software on HP-UX managed systems even if the system does not use nPartitions.

Use the process described in “Installing VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems” to install the latest version of the nPartition Provider.

VM Provider

VM Provider version 1.20 or later must be installed on HP Integrity VM host systems. Earlier versions of the VM Provider can be used on individual virtual machines. Installed versions of HP Integrity Virtual Machines, VM Provider, and VMGuestLib must be compatible. Do not mix different versions of these components on the same system.

Use the process described in “Installing VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems” to install the latest version of the VM Provider.

	IMPORTANT: The VM Provider cannot be installed on systems running HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31).

vPar Provider

The vPar Provider that was included with the March 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) does not work properly. With the March 2006 version installed, HP SIM and the VSE Management software do not discover and display virtual partitions correctly. The vPar Provider that is included with the VSE Management software fixes this problem. However, it presents the same version number as the March 2006 version.

The same problem exists with the HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) version of the vPar Provider when used with WBEM version A.02.00.09. This problem does not occur with the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) vPar Provider.

You can fix this problem by executing the following command on each system where the vPar Provider has been installed:

# /opt/wbem/bin/cimmof -n root/cimv2/vpar \
  /opt/vparprovider/mof/HPUX_VParLocalPartition.mof

Alternatively, on systems running HP-UX 11i v2, you can remove the installed version of the vPar Provider and install the version delivered with the VSE Management software (or forcibly reinstall the VSE Management Software version).

WBEM

WBEM is required on managed systems to support the visualization and configuration features of Virtualization Manager and the collection of utilization data for Capacity Advisor. Without WBEM, only gWLM is functional.

On managed systems running HP-UX 11i v1 or HP-UX 11i v2, HP WBEM Services for HP-UX version A.02.00.11 or later must be installed. For managed systems running HP-UX 11i v3, HP WBEM Services for HP-UX version A.02.05 or later is required. Using earlier versions of WBEM can generate cimserver errors, including timeouts in Virtualization Manager and VM Manager, and messages such as “CIM failure” and “Connection Refused”. The latest version of HP WBEM Services for HP-UX is available from the HP Software Depot web site at http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8465BA.

	NOTE: On all HP-UX managed systems, HP WBEM Services for HP-UX version A.02.05 or later is required in order to use certificate-based WBEM authentication. Refer to “Preparing for Installation” for information about WBEM authentication options.

On Linux managed systems you must install tog-pegasus and the HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux Management CD. For more information, see “Preinstallation Steps for Linux Managed Systems”.

LDAP

If you use LDAP-UX, HP recommends using version B.04.00.xx. Previous versions (such as B.03.xx) deny WBEM authentication as well as authentication to HP System Management Homepage (SMH). LDAP-UX Version B.03.xx prevents HP SIM and the VSE Management Software from reading required WBEM data.

The latest version of LDAP-UX Integration for HP-UX is available from Software Depot at http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=J4269AA.

OpenSSH

OpenSSH is required on managed systems in order to install the VSE agent software from HP SIM, create monitored workloads, and execute commands on managed systems remotely from the CMS. Remote command execution is used by Partition Manager, VM Manager, and the capovpaextract command.

OpenSSH for HP-UX managed systems is provided by HP-UX Secure Shell, which is installed by default. OpenSSH must be configured for use by HP SIM. This topic is covered in “Installing VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems”.

	IMPORTANT: HP-UX Secure Shell Version A.04.30.x is known to contain defects that can prevent HP SIM from successfully using this protocol on HP-UX systems. If you have installed this version of SSH, you must install a different version. HP recommends that you install the latest version of HP-UX Secure Shell. This software can be downloaded from http://software.hp.com, and is also available on the HP-UX OE/AR media releases.

On Windows managed systems, OpenSSH is not installed by default, but it can be installed from the HP Smart Setup installation media (version 4.5 or later). You must manually configure OpenSSH for use with HP SIM. For more information, see “Preinstallation Steps for Microsoft Windows Managed Systems”.

On Linux systems, OpenSSH is usually installed by default, or it can be installed from the Linux distribution media. However, you might need to manually configure OpenSSH for use with HP SIM. For more information, see “Preinstallation Steps for Linux Managed Systems”.

For more information about configuring OpenSSH for use with HP SIM, see the HP white paper Secure Shell (SSH) in HP SIM 5.0, available from the Information Library link at http://hp.com/go/hpsim.

OpenSSL

OpenSSL is required on managed systems in order to enable the Application Discovery agent software to send application information to the CMS.

The latest version of OpenSSL software for HP-UX is available from Software Depot at http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=OPENSSL11I. On Linux systems, OpenSSL is usually installed by default, or it can be installed from the Linux distribution media.

To avoid a number of known security vulnerabilities, the version of OpenSSL on a managed system should be later than 0.9.7l for the 0.9.7 branch, or later than 0.9.8d for the 0.9.8 branch.

For the latest information about OpenSSL, including security advisories, see http://www.openssl.org/news.

	NOTE: This link refers to an external web site outside of the HP web. Hewlett-Packard is not responsible for the information at this site.

HP Integrity VM

Installed versions of HP Integrity Virtual Machines, VM Provider, and VMGuestLib must be compatible. Do not mix different versions of these components on the same system. In addition, HP Integrity VM might require additional HP-UX patches installed on the VM Host and on virtual machines. For more information, see the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Release Notes.

HP Serviceguard

HP Serviceguard version 1.16 or later is supported by Virtualization Manager. Monitored workloads can be associated with a Serviceguard cluster and package. If HP Serviceguard Manager is installed on the CMS, systems that are contained in Serviceguard clusters can be viewed through Serviceguard Manager with a click from Virtualization Manager.