HP published on its website the latest version of the HP Insight software bundle including a new version of the Matrix Operating Environment 7.2.
Nice to know is the availability of the new Insight Control Server Deployment software which will replace the good old RDP Rapid Deployment Pack based on Altiris.
From now it is HP owned software based on HP Server Automation.
Other new features good to know are SNMP v3 in HP SIM, latest hardware support and support for Windows 2012.
All details and specs:
Insight Management 7.2 DVDs:
The HP Insight Management integrated installer and all product documentation are located on DVD #1. The installer will automatically prompt for DVD #2 if components located on that DVD are selected for install or upgrade. Insight Control and Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager users only need DVD #1. Matrix Operating Environment users need both DVDs.
- DVD2 is now double-layer
- Support for Gen8 Snap4 servers
- New CMS support:
- Windows Server 2012 Standard
- Windows Server 2012 Data Center
- HP-UX 11iv3 (11.31) 1303
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
- New database support:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express SP2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard SP2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard Initial release and SP1
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Initial release and SP1
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence Initial release and SP1
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Web Initial release and SP1(HP SIM only)
- New managed system support:
- RHEL 5.9
- Hyper-V • KVM on RHEL 5.9
- (The deprecated support list can be found in the Insight Management Support Matrix.)
- HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2:
- Security enhancements including SNMP v3 support (for SNMP v3 compliant devices), SSL support for 2048 bit certificates, and user defined ciphers
- HP Insight Control 7.2:
- Location Discovery Services support on blade servers
- New Insight Control server provisioning component for rapid physical OS provisioning, firmware, BIOS and smart array configuration
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 7.2:
- Support for Virtual Connect FW 3.75
- HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2:
- Intra-company resource sharing via CloudSystem-to-CloudSystem bursting
- Built-in OpenStack connector for Service Providers
- Support for Insight Control server provisioning
- Enhancements to initial VM server import capabilities
- Support for 3PAR StoreServ 7000
Insight Management 7.2 DVD #1 (double-layer):
- HP Insight Software Integrated Installer 7.2 updated
- HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 updated
- HP Systems Management Homepage (SMH) 7.2 updated
- WMI Mapper 7.2 updated
- HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) 7.2 updated
- HP Insight Control 7.2 updated
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) 7.2 updated
- HP Managed System Setup Wizard 7.2 updated
- mxsync 7.2 updated
- HP Insight Software Advisor 7.2 updated
- MIBs 9.30 updated
- HP Insight Control power management 7.2 updated
- HP Insight Control server deployment 7.2 updated
- HP Insight Control server migration 7.2 updated
- HP Insight Control performance management 7.2 updated
- HP Insight Control virtual machine management 7.2 updated
Insight Management 7.2 DVD #2 (double-layer):
- HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 updated
- HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 updated
- HP Matrix infrastructure orchestration 7.2 updated
- HP Matrix recovery management 7.2 updated
- Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) 2.2 updated
- EMC Adaptor 7.2 updated
- Open source files
Where to find it?
- hp.com update website: www.hp.com/go/insightupdates
- SW Depot direct link: https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=IMDVD
- Product documentation: www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs
New features in Matrix Operating Environment
•Provisioning to an HP Matrix KVM Private Cloud
•Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) Windows CMS only)
◦Support for virtual domains
◦New SPM security groups (e.g., Matrix User Security Group)
•Data disk provisioning for HP Cloud Services servers
•User-defined properties in templates to facilitate external integration
•Organization lifecycle API and CLI extensions
•Bursting support for HP Matrix systems, as a source and a target
•Upgrade Matrix OE Operations Orchestration to version 9.06.0001 with Content Pack 9
•Extending bursting capabilities to partners
•Support for Insight Control server provisioning
•Enhancements to initial VM server import capabilities
•Assign service to another user
•Per user template control
•Chargeback archival mechanism
•mxreconfig for CMS
•Support for HyperV non-HA VM with non-Clustered RDM disk
•Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 in Compatibility View