vmware 3par plugins and the web client?

[mujzeptu]

With vmware vcenter moving away from the desktop thick client and going to all web-based in the near future, what are we to do with 3par plugins?

[mike3PAR]

I think you will find that the functionality you are looking for might have been moved into the Insight Control plug-ins for vSphere. IC supports the new web based virtual center environment.

https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdep ... mber=HPVPR

http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/serv ... ation.html

The Insight Control plugin has two roles (Server and Storage). The Server portion requires Insight Control licensing on the server for full functionality but you do not need a license for the storage side.

[mujzeptu]

Awesome, thank you!

Do you find the licenses for the server-side useful? We have a bunch of HP BL blades all running esxi so I am just curious if anyone finds them useful and worth the cost?

[mike3PAR]

Insight Control is really an operational environment. If you are familiar with the free "Systems Insight Manager" or "SIM"; IC extends the functionality of SIM by allowing you to do additional tasks. Like P2P/P2V/V2P conversions, dynamic power capping, advancement power management/monitoring, automated replacment of servers with spare blades (if using Virtual Connect), automated server deployment, etc. Often times the blade chassis is sold with Insight Control licensing to begin with (although you can buy without). So you may want to check around to see if you've got license keys or anything on your order. You would need to setup a physical or virtual server to run the SIM environment; Insight Control then adds extended functionality on top of SIM. If nothing else you can still stand up a SIM server for free and get some cool monitoring, patching (SPP), and alerting features.

If you buy HP rack servers and are buying ILO Advanced then the Insight Control license for those servers isn't a whole lot more and includes ILO Advanced.

This may help explain the benefits of Insight Control a little better
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/serv ... index.html

SIM http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/serv ... index.html

[mujzeptu]

Awesome, thank you for the detailed response!

I am in the process of checking it out now.

Thanks again!