Requests for this software update are due back
to HP no later than November 26, 2008
· Insight Control Management provides integrated installation or upgrade of the following component versions:
–
HP
Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) 5.1 SP1
–
Hotfix
Update Kit for HP Systems Insight Manager 5.1 (new)
–
HP
System Management Homepage 2.1.10 (updated)
–
HP
Version Control Repository Manager 2.1.9 (updated)
–
WMI
Mapper 2.4 (updated)
–
HP
BladeSystem Integrated Manager 3.1 (updated)
–
HP
Insight Power Manager 1.30 (updated)
– HP Services Essentials Remote Support Pack
– Extensions for HP SIM on Microsoft® Windows®
– HP Performance Management Pack 4.6 (updated)
– HP Rapid Deployment Pack 3.70 (updated)
– HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack 2.1.1 (updated)
– HP Virtual Machine Management Pack 3.0 (updated) *
– HP Insight Control Environment Advisor 2.10 (updated)
* Virtual Machine Management Pack and Server Migration Pack were previously installed as Virtualization Management Software. Server Migration Pack has moved to the HP Server Migration Pack – Universal Edition Application and Boot CD. Server Migration Pack 2.2 or earlier is uninstalled when Virtualization Management Software is upgraded to Virtual Machine Management Pack 3.0.
· The blade suites now support all HP ProLiant c-Class and p-Class server blades, and the xw460c Blade Workstation. For the complete list of servers supported by each management suite, see the HP Insight Control Management Support Matrix.
· Changed SMH, VCRM and WMI Mapper to be explicit components
· Evaluation licenses for HP Insight Control management suites and ProLiant Essentials products can be obtained at www.hp.com/go/tryinsightcontrol.
· .NET 2.0 is a prerequisite to install Rapid Deployment Pack, and is automatically loaded if necessary.
· New Automatic Logon feature for installations requiring a reboot mid-install.
· Insight Control Management user interface now supports for Firefox browser (although some ICM components do not support Firefox)
· The Insight Control Management installation and uninstallation events logged in HP SIM now list the components and their status.
· Installation log files are now created in separated directories for each execution of the ICM installer.
· Upgrade support from Insight Control Management 1.10, 1.11 and 2.00. Upgrade support from Insight Control Data Center Edition 1.0, 1.0.1, and 1.0.2.
· Updated Insight Control Environment pre-requisite tests
· Installation now supported on Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 SP2 (Standard or Enterprise Editions).
· Documentation for HP Performance Management Pack and Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack is now included in the Insight Control Management documentation.
For more information about HP Insight Control Management, see the following resources:
· http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol
· HP Insight Control Management Installation
Checklist Form
· HP Insight Control Management Quick Setup
Poster
· HP Insight Control Management Release Notes
· HP Insight Control Management Support Matrix
What’s new in SMP Universal 3.0:
·
SMP Universal 3.0 replaces SMP 2.2 and SMP-P2P 1.4 with a single
product that does P2ProLiant, V2ProLiant, P2V, and V2V migrations
·
SMP Universal can be run standalone or can integrate with HP SIM
by installing on the HP SIM CMS
·
SMP Universal can queue multiple P2ProLiant and V2ProLiant
migrations to process multiple migrations faster. Concurrent migrations still supported for P2V
and V2V.
·
Supports
new ProLiant hardware and virtualization platforms.
What’s new in HP Performance Management Pack
(PMP) 4.6:
New hardware support:
·
ProLiant server:
o
ProLiant
DL580 G5
o
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
o
ProLiant
ML310 G5
o
ProLiant
BL680c G5
o
ProLiant
xw460c Blade Workstation with XP
Note: Generation name for the following ProLiant servers is updated from:
o
DL385 G2 to DL385
G5
o
DL585 G2 to DL585 G5
o
BL465c G1 to
BL465c G5
o
BL685c G1 to
BL685c G5
o
DL365
G1 to DL365 G5
However, support is available for both the generation
of models.
o
Integrity server:
§
Integrity
BL 860c
o
Support
for other hardware:
§
BL860c
Broadcom 5704
§
HP
NC 364m
§
HP
NC 360m
§
HP
Smart Array E200
§
QLogic
QMH2462 4 GB FC HBA
§
HP
8 Internal Port SAS HBA with RAID (1824-0223)
New
operating system support:
·
Red
Hat Linux Enterprise 5 (32-bit and 64-Bit)
·
Windows
XP with Service Pack 2
Starting this release, you can install PMP on a
supported Windows 64-bit operating system and configure it as an Analysis
Server.
New
Browser support:
PMP supports Firefox 2.0.0.6
or higher.
Scalability
Support
PMP is scaled to monitor up to 2000 servers with Single Analysis
Server.
Removal
of licensing mechanism
·
The
licensing mechanism control is moved from HP SIM to ICE. Licensing mechanism
for Integrity server systems is removed and the Integrity server license is
available for free.
·
Licensing
mechanism for the external network storages, attached with the server is removed.
All the attached external storages with that particular server can directly be
monitored without licensing.
Analysis
Server - CMS Licensing
·
The
licensing mechanism control is moved from HP SIM to ICE and hence, Analysis
Server - CMS will not be available for free and has to be licensed.
·
VPM
version 2.1.1 supports new Microsoft® data feed catalog file formats.
·
Vulnerability
and Patch Management Pack (VPM) version 2.1.1 resolves minor installation and
application issues.
·
Evaluation
licenses are now available as part of Insight Control Environment suites.
·
VPM documentation
is now contained in the HP Insight Control Management documentation.
|
What’s new in Insight Power Manager 1.30: |
|
·
Support for HP Insight Power Manager Electronic Licenses ( ·
Support for HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure ·
Support for HP ProLiant BL 680c G5 server blade and xw460
workstation blade ·
Support for HP Integrity rx2660, rx3600, rx6660 What's
new in Rapid Deployment Pack 3.70: Review the RDP 3.70
Deployment Support Knowledge Base article to see the
"NEW" flags indicating support for the new servers and
Operating System support http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/rdp/knowledgebase/00001001.html |
What’s new in Virtual Machine Management Pack
3.0:
·
Automated
actions with VMWare ESX based on predictive failure alerts from HP SIM
·
Collect
events from VMware ESX and VirtualCenter for alerting
·
New
alert thresholds for memory and network
·
Provide
basic launch integration with VMware VirtualCenter and Microsoft System Center
Virtual Machine Manager
·
Support
VMM (32-bit) on 64-bit Windows SIM CMS
·
New
platform support, including VMware ESX 2.5.5, 3.0.2, and MS Virtual Server 2005
R2 SP1
·
Display
cluster and resource pool info from VirtualCenter on ESX host page
·
VMM
failover on a clustered SIM CMS
·
Certificate
based VMM agents
·
Ability
to alternate ports at VMM installation