ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack

Overview

The ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack (VMM) provides central management and control of virtual machines from Microsoft and VMware. Integrated with HP Systems Insight Manager, VMM provides unified management of HP ProLiant host servers and virtual machines.

The combined view of host and virtual machine resources eliminates the need for separate VM management consoles. When coupled with HP's heterogeneous management approach, customers have the flexibility to support different VM environments. With the VMM software, you can utilize one central console for all your virtual machines to monitor their status and easily adapt to changing business needs. The VMM Pack also provides the tools you need to manage workloads across host server systems.

Available Packs and Purchase Information
Licensing and Packaging	ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack, Single-Server License NOTE: For use with a single server. Contains one license with a unique license activation key and documentation.	372214-B21
	ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack, Flexible-Quantity License NOTE: For use with multiple servers. This part number can be used to purchase multiple licenses with a single activation key. The quantity ordered of this part number will be the quantity of licenses included in the kit in the form of a corresponding activation key. Use the same key to activate all licenses in the actual quantity ordered. For a given order, one kit will be delivered with the activation key, and documentation.	372215-B21
	ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack, Tracking license NOTE: For use with signed and implemented Activation Key Agreements only. Purchase of this part number entitles the customer to deploy additional licenses of the product under the terms of the existing Activation Key Agreement. NOTE: Nothing is delivered in conjunction with the purchase of this part number. Visit http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantessentials/license/akalic.html for more information on Activation Key Agreements.	372216-B21

Standard Features

Unified Management	Supports multiple virtual machine types including VMware ESX/GSX Server and Microsoft Virtual Server.

Remote Console	Provides the capability to start/stop/snooze Virtual Machines remotely.

Workload Management	Maximizes utilization of datacenter resources by moving virtual machines between host servers.

Insight Manager Front-page Integration	Leverages existing management structure through single pane view of hardware fault, performance, system software, and existing virtual machines.

Customer Usage Scenarios

Virtual Machine Management/Control

Discover virtual servers and associate with physical hardware
Replicate virtual machines
Control section to start/stop/suspend/reset VMs

Test and Development

Quickly create and simulate production environments
Test business applications without requiring a server farm
Test applications across platforms and operating systems
Bound test environment before release into production

Workload Optimization

Move virtual machines from one host to another
Maximize utilization of datacenter resources

Complementary Products	ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack (shipped with every ProLiant Server from HP) NOTE: May be named the Server Setup & Management Pack in some servers
	Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition
	ProLiant Essentials Integrated Lights-Out Advanced Pack
	HP Systems Insight Manager
	ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack
	ProLiant Essentials Workload Management Pack
	SmartStart Scripting Toolkit
	ProLiant BL, ML and DL servers (except ProLiant 100 Series)
	MSA500 and MSA1000 shared storage devices

Supported Product

VMM runs on any Windows platform supported by HP SIM.
VMM agents run on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and ESX.

Virtual Machines	Host OS	Platforms
Microsoft Virtual Server	Windows Server 2003	HP ProLiant ML/DL and blade servers
VMware GSX	Windows 2000 Windows 2003	HP ProLiant ML/DL and blade servers
VMware ESX	None - ESX runs as bare metal and acts as the host OS	HP ProLiant ML/DL and blade servers

Other product information

Visit http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantessentials/valuepack/vmm/index.html for more information on the ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack.

Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information

Warranty

HP will replace defective delivery media replacement for a period of 90 days following the date of purchase.

Startup technical software support is available at no additional charge by calling HP Support up to 90 days from the date of purchase. This includes phone support to assist customers with installation, set-up and product usage questions and/or problems. Worldwide numbers for Support are available at: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact.html

Software Support

With HP Software Support for Virtual Machine Management Pack provided as part of the ProLiant Essentials Environmental service offer, you have fast and reliable access to HP Response Center engineers. Software support can be purchased in Incident Packs of 3 calls. The service allows any member of your IT staff to locate essential product support information. Features include:
For more information: http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/services/cp_sw_technical.html

Software Implementation	Virtual Machine Management Pack is one of several software plug-ins to HP Systems Insight Manager. Deployment or implementation of the software can be purchased as part of the custom HP Systems Insight Manager Implementation Service. For more information: http://www.hp.com/hps/servers/sr_proliant_sim_implement.html

Education Services

Training is an essential part of server deployment. The ProLiant Essentials curriculum provides a broad range of instructor-led and online courses, designed to build both core and advanced skills in server implementation and management.

Education services can be purchased in two ways:

HP Care Pack Total Education: This pack provides "credits" that can be used for any of more than 200 different instructor-led courses offered at HP education centers. Credits can also be used for any of more than 3,000 online courses offered through the HP IT Resource Center.
Technology-specific HP Care Pack: These services are designed to meet particular training needs specific to a certain technology or level of training.

For more information: http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/services/cp_sw_technical.html

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The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

DA-12110 - World Wide - Version 4 - February 18, 2005