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This document is an overview of the changes made to HP Operations Smart Plug-in for Virtualization Infrastructure (VI SPI). It contains important information that is not included in books or Help. You can find information about the following in this document:
What's New in This Release
Supported Environments
Installation Notes
Enhancements and Fixes
Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds
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HP Operations Smart Plug-in for Virtualization Infrastructure (VI SPI) contains new features, feature enhancements, and other changes.
In this release, new vendor-based node groups and policy groups are created.
New Graphs and Reports are added for all technologies that VI SPI monitors
For more information about customer-related enhancements and software fixes, see Enhancements and Fixes.
Before installing the Virtualization Infrastructure SPI, make sure that your system meets the following minimum requirements for HPOM management server and managed nodes.
To know about the supported operating system architectures, supported operating system release versions, and for recent updates, go to the support matrix URL:HP Software Support Matrix.
The Infrastructure SPIs are supported on HPOM for Windows, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. The following table lists HPOM requirements and the HP Software products you must install on the management server. The patches mentioned are the minimum/mandatory applicable level. Always apply the latest available patches.
| Product Name | Operating System | Versions Supported | Patch/ Hot fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP Operations Manager | Windows | 9.00 | 9.10 Admin GUI consolidated hotfix* |
| 8.16 | OMW_00097 | ||
| HP-UX | 9.10 | 9.10 Admin GUI consolidated hotfix* | |
| 9.00 | PHSS_41692 | ||
| Linux | 9.10 | 9.10 Admin GUI consolidated hotfix* | |
| 9.00 | OML_00034 | ||
| Solaris | 9.10 | 9.10 Admin GUI consolidated hotfix* | |
| 9.00 | ITOSOL_00748 | ||
| HP Performance Manager (to view graphs) | Windows | 9.00 | - |
| 8.20 | - | ||
| HP-UX | 9.00 | - | |
| 8.20 | - | ||
| Solaris | 9.00 | - | |
| 8.20 | - | ||
| Linux | 9.00 | - | |
| 8.21 | - | ||
| HP Reporter (to view reports) | Windows | 3.90 | - |
| 3.80 | - |
* Contact HP Support to obtain the hotfix
The Infrastructure SPIs supports nodes running Windows, AIX, Linux, HP-UX, or Solaris operating systems. The following table lists the agent versions that you must deploy on the managed nodes. Install the latest patch available for the agents.
| Product Name | Version Supported |
|---|---|
| HP Operations agent | 11.00 |
| HP Operations agent | 8.60 |
| HP Performance Agent | 5.00 |
HP Performance Agent is mandatory for VI SPI if you are not using HP Operations agent 11.00.
For supported version and architecture related information, visit the support matrix URL:HP Software Support Matrix
Installation requirements, as well as instructions for installing the Smart Plug-ins for Virtualization SPI are documented in the HP Operations Smart Plug-ins for Infrastructure Installation Guide,provided in PDF (.pdf) format.
When installing the SPIs/packages on the HPOM management Server, also select previously installed SPIs/packages, if any. If you do not select the previously installed SPIs/packages, the installer automatically removes them and installs only the selected SPIs/packages.
The following CRs (identified by reference number) are fixed in the current software release. You can view details about this CR using the reference number from the HP Software Support Online. You need a HP passport to access this web site. To set up your passport profile, go to: HP Support.
QCCR1A101754: VI-VMwareVMFSUtilizationMonitor showing different alerts for the same device
QCCR1A108343:VISPI's event collector: Mismatch in UUIDs when events come from vCenter and ESX hosts
QCCR1A118823: OMW VISPI 1.6 generating repeated false swap and memory usage alarms
This release of VI SPI has the following limitations:
The package HPSpiInfG 02.00.073 (HP Software SPI for Infrastructure - Graphs); can not be uninstalled. Dependent packages : HP Performance ManagerThe following problems appear in certain cases:
The known problems and workarounds for this release of Virtualization Infrastructure SPI are listed below:
QCCR1A125074
Problem: SPI upgrade installation removes policy group assignments.
Workaround: If you have created your own node groups and want to maintain previous policy versions, before an upgrade move the policy groups along with assignments using the following command:
# /opt/OV/bin/OpC/utils/opcpolicy -copy_group group=//x group_to=/y/zThe -copy_group command copies the content of /x (sub groups + assignments) to /y/z. The command creates the path /y and /y/z if it not exist.
QCCR1A105913
Workaround: Set the proxy for the SYSTEM user on the HPOM server because the Infrastructure SPI runs the HPOM for Windows scripts as SYSTEM. The syntax to set the proxy is:
Windows 2008:
netsh winhttp set proxy [proxy-server=] <ProxyServerName> [bypass-list=] <HostsList> Windows 2003:
proxycfg -d -p <ProxyServerName> "<Hostlist>"
QCCR1A123916
Workaround: Start agtrep component by running the command ovc -restart agtrep
ERROR: (NDUT1011) Cannot create node with specified parameters. Additional
information:
Description: Unexpected error [(WMI4098E) ] from internal call to
the WMI function 'IWbemClassObject::Get'. Use tracing to get more
context for this error.
(MDLAPI23) A node with the same hierarchical
path (Caption) does already exist.
Status code: -1040252905
Operation: ExecMethod
Parameter info: OV_ManagedNode
Provider: WinMgmt
Workaround: On the vMA node, run the following command:
ovconfchg -ns infraspi.nodegrp -set VI_GUEST_NODEGRP true
Problem: The following message appears in the annotation text of the Auto-Add messages:
<Automatic action command> was running longer than the defined timeout (616 secs, timeout 590).
It has been killed.
Workaround: Follow these steps:
ovagtrep -clearall
ovagtrep -run VI-Discovery
ovagtrep -publish
Note that ^M is NOT SHIFT+6 + M. Type CTRL+V+M to enter the command.
The package HPSpiInfG 02.00.073 (HP Software SPI for Infrastructure - Graphs); can not be uninstalled. Dependent packages : HP Performance Manager
Cause:This is because the SPI Graph component is already a part of HP Performance Manager 9.00 and is registered for it, It will not be removed by SPI Uninstaller. When the latest version of the SPI is installed, VPI_GraphsInfraSPI gets over-written and is updated to the latest version (regkey).
The first page of this release notes document contains the following identifying information:
To check for recent updates or to verify that you are using the most recent edition, visit this URL: HP Software Product Manuals
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HP supplies Infrastructure SPI localized software and documentation in these languages:
This web site provides contact information and details about the products, services, and support that HP Software offers. For more information, visit the HP Support web site at: HP Software Support Online.
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To access the Self-solve knowledge base, visit the Self-solve knowledge search home page.
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To register for an HP Passport ID, go to: HP Passport Registration.
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