HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.3 User Guide

The method for setting WBEM credentials depends on whether you are using HP Systems Insight
Manager or HP SMH.
Setting WBEM credentials in HP Systems Insight Manager
Any virtual machines that are not managed nodes do not have any credentials available, and VM
Manager cannot contact them. These machines are displayed, but some of the information that
can be gathered from the managed nodes is not displayed for non-managed nodes.
You can set credentials in HP Systems Insight Manager for a global configuration across multiple
systems by selecting Options→Protocol Settings→Global Protocol Settings...; for a single managed
node, set credentials by selecting Options→Protocol Settings→System Protocol Settings.... VM
Manager requires that the proper WBEM credentials (a valid user name and password) be set in
those option pages. Without WBEM, the HP Matrix OE visualization and HP Capacity Advisor
functionality will not be available; only Global Workload Manager (gWLM) is functional.
With HP Systems Insight Manager, you can set the credentials when you first launch HP Systems
Insight Manager after installation by using the HP Systems Insight Manager First Time Wizard. For
information about setting credentials, see the HP Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX 7.0
Installation and Configuration Guide.
Setting WBEM credentials in HP SMH
You must set WBEM credentials for virtual machines in HP SMH. This allows VM Manager to collect
utilization data and operating system information on the virtual machine. Stored credentials are
specific to the user logged in to HP SMH. Two users who are logged in with different user names
do not share credentials.
When you log into SMH without having already set the WBEM credentials and saving them in the
file system, the Set WBEM Credentials for Virtual Machines page is displayed. When you create
a new virtual machine, you must add credentials for that virtual machine by selecting Modify→WBEM
Credentials... from the VM Manager menu bar, which displays the same page. Figure 3 shows an
example of the Set WBEM Credentials for Virtual Machines page.
16 Installing VM Manager