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• Host IP address for vMA (IPv4 or IPv6)
• User name and password for logging on to vMA (with Administrator or superuser permissions)
• Version of the virtualization server
NOTE:
The virtualization server must be VMware ESX 4.x or VMware ESXi 4.x. For VMware ESXi 5.x,
use Host Data Collector. For details about supported versions, see the
Release Notes.
Tasks to be completed beforehand:
• Target hosts are connected to the network
• When registering virtualization servers, specify environment settings for virtualization server regis-
tration. For details see HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software Administrator
Guide.
1. From the Administration tab, select Managed Resources.
2. From the Hosts tab, click Add Hosts.
3. In the Add Hosts window, select Discover Hosts.
4. From OS Type, select VMware.
5. Enter the IP address, user ID, and password of vMA.
6. In Host Data Collector, clear the Use Host Data Collector check box.
7. Check the entered data, and if there are no problems, execute the task.
The task is registered in the Data Collection Tasks tab.
8. Check the execution result in the Data Collection Tasks tab.
Registered hosts can be viewed in the resource tree view.
TIP:
Hosts registered by using vMA can be changed to be managed by using Host Data Collector. To do
so, in the Edit Host dialog box, select the Host Data Collector check box. Note that management
cannot be changed from Host Data Collector to vMA.
Workflow for scanning and merging hosts
When registering hosts, if the hosts you want to register include a host that has a WWN that has
already been registered, or includes multiple hosts that have the same WWN, the host which acquires
the WWN is determined based on the product or application that detects it.
If hosts that are not managed by Device Manager are detected and added, occasionally one of them
might be registered as multiple hosts by Device Manager even though it is just one host in the actual
environment. In this case, the hosts must be merged. This topic describes the workflow for detecting
hosts and merging hosts.
The purpose of detecting hosts is to add hosts to Device Manager in order to manage the storage
system registered in Device Manager from the hosts' point of view. Detection is used after the storage
system is purchased and hosts are registered in Device Manager at the same time.
A host group is configured on the storage system side, and the storage system is registered in Device
Manager. After that, if a host is detected by Device Manager, a host group in the storage system that
is selected at the time of detection of the host is registered in Device Manager. If the same WWN is
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