Administrator's Guide HP Session Allocation Manager (SAM) v.2.1
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation
- Install the HP SAM Web Server and SQL Software
- Install and Validate the HP SAM Registration Service Software
- Install and Validate the HP SAM Client Software
- Deploy the HP SAM Registration Service to All HP SAM Computing Resources
- Deploy HP SAM Client Software to All HP SAM Access Devices
- Administration
- Log In
- General Navigation and User Interface Design
- Managing the HP SAM Administrator Access List
- HP SAM Administrator Console Tabs
- Setting Up Smart Card Login on the Access Device
- Firewall rules
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Registration Service Error Codes
- Glossary
- Index

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Scheduled Time—Select the time when the synchronize operation is to run. Check as many as
appropriate.
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Scheduled Day—Pick one of the options below.
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Daily—Type the number of days after which the event is to recur.
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Weekly—Type the number of weeks after which the event is to recur and on which day(s) of
the week it is to recur.
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Clear Options
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Delete entries older than—Type the number days to keep entries and delete if older.
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Delete types—Check Information, Warning, and/or Error to delete.
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Delete without saving—Select this if it is ok for the data to be permanently deleted.
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Save as CSV file and then Delete—Select this to save to an external text file before deleting
the data permanently.
—Type the file path where you want to store the CSV file.
Licensing
By default (i.e., no license key entered), you are allowed to run up to 30 resources (such as blade PCs).
This is meant for evaluation purposes only. There is no expiration date for this evaluation software.
Click the Enter New Key button to add a new key to HP SAM. Once entered, the system displays the
information encoded on the key. To delete the key from the system, check the appropriate key(s), and
then click Delete.
If a license message displays on the HP SAM administrator console at any time, go to this area to view
the details of the license message.
Reports Tab
NOTE: You must enable history recording in System Settings > General to populate reports.
HP SAM provides three reports:
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Resource Capacity Consumption Report—See the peak resource usage levels in terms of
percentages and highlight if any percentage value exceeds a specified threshold value.
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Resource Capacity Consumption Trend Report—See the charting of peak resource usage
levels over a time period.
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Resource Utilization Report—See the current status of resource usage activities. This report is
also posted on the main Home tab.
Resource Capacity Consumption Report
Select the filter options and display options, and click the Generate Report button.
Filters
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Time Frame (From/To)—Narrow the data shown to the time period you are interested in
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Role Enabled—Narrow the data to all roles that are enabled only (Yes), disabled only (No), or
ignore this flag by selecting Both.
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