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I can see some of our virtual servers showing up on SIM. do you think these machines used to be physical machines and were converted to virtual machines? if so would they still show up on SIM?<br />
Thanks
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I can see some of our virtual servers showing up on SIM. do you think these machines used to be physical machines and were converted to virtual machines? if so would they still show up on SIM?
Thanks

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They'll still show up because SIM is a database and has stored previous data from them. You'll find if you launch Systems Management Homepage from SIM you'll either not be able to connect (since it may get uninstalled during migration) or you connect but get no hardware information, only OS info.
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They'll still show up because SIM is a database and has stored previous data from them. You'll find if you launch Systems Management Homepage from SIM you'll either not be able to connect (since it may get uninstalled during migration) or you connect but get no hardware information, only OS info.

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so how to update SIM? I think it's misleading if the servers that have been converted to virtual machines still sow up there.
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so how to update SIM? I think it's misleading if the servers that have been converted to virtual machines still sow up there.

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we use vmware on the network so we have Virtual servers. the physical Hosts are HP machines.<br />
I wonder if we can install HP support pack in the virtual machine if so how do I know which type of support pack the machine needs?<br />
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we use vmware on the network so we have Virtual servers. the physical Hosts are HP machines.
I wonder if we can install HP support pack in the virtual machine if so how do I know which type of support pack the machine needs?


thanks

installing HP support pack on virtual machines

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.

Server Hardware

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.