HPE oneview license and features

[baber1]

Dear all

Hi

I have 4 questions about hpe oneview license: I bought two HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO and 20 ilo advance license now

1-how many servers can i manage via oneview with my licenses?

2- What features have HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO ?

3- What features have HPE OneView Advanced with ILO?

4- i have a cluster with more than 10 hosts now want to use proactiveHA

can i run and config it with my license ( HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO and 20 ilo advance license ) ?

[baber1]

It is so strange for me no one cannot help

[Siddhartha_M]

Hello,

For more information about OVA license please check below user guide and management guide.

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00037746en_us&docLocale=en_US

https://psnow.ext.hpe.com/doc/a00081895en_us

Should you need any further support please log a support case.

Thanks,

I am an HPE employee

[baber1]

Is oneview advance license trial for 60 days ?

[ChrisLynch · Accepted solution]

Is oneview advance license trial for 60 days ?

Yes.  Although, you will not lose functionality if your trial goes beyond 60-days.  The appliance will simply display a Warning message of servers that do not have a license applied.

As to your other questions:

1-how many servers can i manage via oneview ?

This is documented in the HPE OneView Support Matrix, which you can find on the Enterprise Information Library.  Today, it is 740 servers per appliance.  But that can change depending on if rack mounts (i.e. DL/ML/Apollo) or c-Class BladeSystem.

2- What features have HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO ?

3- What features have HPE OneView Advanced with ILO?

HPE OneView does not require iLO Advanced licenses for management functionality.  iLO Advanced license is needed (which is bundled with the HPE OneView Advanced SKU) for only iLO specific features you may require (e.g. remote graphical console, scripting virtual media, recording console for playback, etc.) or for power and thermal monitoring.

4- i have a cluster with more than 10 hosts now want to use proactiveHA can i run and config it with my license ( HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO and 20 ilo advance license ) ?

If you are asking about the VMware vSphere Proactive HA feature introduced in vSphere 6.5, that is an independent feature to OneView, and is not a requirement.  HPE OneView does not require it for operations, nor for high availability of the virtual machine appliance (VMA).  Only VMware HA, Microsoft Failover Cluster Service, or Red Hat Clustering for KVM are needed to ensure high availability of the VMA.

[baber1]

So thanks

but that is so strange for me you said ProactiveHA in vcenter is independent to oneview ?

but in all of documents and also your colleagues said proactiveHA will not work without oneview

[ChrisLynch]

I stated that Proactive HA is a VMware feature that is completely I dependant of OneView Appliance itself. OneView for vCenter integration that can manage Proactive HA requires OneView for physical host invenyory purposes.

And I thought you were asking about VMware Proactive HA was a requirement for the OneView Appliance, and it is not.

[baber1]

Thanks

But oneview and OV4VC are requirements for run proactiveHA or I can run proactiveHA just with OV4VC (oneview for vCenter)  without oneview ?

[ChrisLynch]

If you need to use Proactive HA, which integrates with hardware alerts and status from the OEM partner, like us HPE, then yes. But Proactive HA is not required for O eView to operate.

Do you need the HPE OneView Advanced license for the OneView for vCenter integration to work with Proactive HA? No. But OneView is required for server inventory and health status the Proactive HA plug-in provider needs. Which you can get with using the HPE OneView Standard license (free, does not require any license keys.)

[baber1]

ok

i am a little confused

1- As all of my servers are DL580 G10 and need to run proactiveHA and proactiveHA will not work without oneview thus i need install oneview and then run proactiveHA ?

2- Is that mandatory use and install oneview if I just want run proactiveHA or can just deploy OV4VC for use proactiveHA or had to deploy both of them ? (my means is just for run proactiveHA)

BR

Babak

[Doug de Werd]

1- As all of my servers are DL580 G10 and need to run proactiveHA and proactiveHA will not work without oneview thus i need install oneview and then run proactiveHA ? Yes, you need to install OneView

2- Is that mandatory use and install oneview if I just want run proactiveHA or can just deploy OV4VC for use proactiveHA or had to deploy both of them ? (my means is just for run proactiveHA) No, you must install both OneView and OV4VC for P-HA to work

Thanks,

Doug

[baber1]

So thanks but

1- confusing part fo me is server integration part in HPE ONEVIEW for vmWARE VCENTER plugin such as attach pic . i am saying if we need oneview that through it vcener can get logs from physical servers why this part has been designed in this plugin and you said that is not necessary to insert esxi credential or ilo credential in this part now what is it ?

2- such as attach pic in HPE ONEVIEW for vmware vcenter there is HPE ONEVIEW FOR VMWARE VCENTER DEPLOYMENT part what can I do in this part ?

Regards

Babak

[Doug de Werd]

1- confusing part fo me is server integration part in HPE ONEVIEW for vmWARE VCENTER plugin such as attach pic . i am saying if we need oneview that through it vcener can get logs from physical servers why this part has been designed in this plugin and you said that is not necessary to insert esxi credential or ilo credential in this part now what is it ? The health information that is used by Proactive HA is gathered by OneView and sent to vCenter. SO you need to connect the vCenter to OneView and not the individual iLOs

2- such as attach pic in HPE ONEVIEW for vmware vcenter there is HPE ONEVIEW FOR VMWARE VCENTER DEPLOYMENT part what can I do in this part ? This manages ESXi images that can be used for deploying HPE blade servers and Synergy using what is referred to as "Grow Cluster". You can find more information in the OV4VC User Guide at www.hpe.com/info/ovvcenter/docs

Thanks,

Doug

[baber1]

So thanks

but about question1 ;

I asked why design Server integraions part on HPE ONEVIEW FOR VMWARE VCENTER

when we select + button in new widows we can add a server with ILO credential or esxi Credential

now i want to know why this part has been designed

what happen will be do when i add hosts here and when i won't add ?

[Doug de Werd]

The ability to add individual servers via iLO credentials is a legacy feature that was used before OneView came out. It allowed OV4VC to talk directly to the iLO.  However, since OneView has been out (now for quite some time), the recommended method is to use OneView instead of talking to each individual iLO. That is our strategy for the future.

So when Proactive HA support came out, it was designed to get the health information only from OneView. The HPE Proactive HA provider will only get data from OneView, and will not get it directly from the individual iLOs.

So in order to use Proactive HA, you must be using OneView.

Thanks,

Doug

[WernerHel]

Hello,

I've tested with a trial license (HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO), and have a warning message in HPE Oneview that "1 server needs license"

I want to remove the license, but the server is already re-used and I have now Idea how to find the server.

Is there a way to find this server in HPE Oneview?

Werner