HP Virtual Server Environment Management for Integrity Version 4.0 Release Notes

Minor Issues
• Adding Licenses Via VSE Management for Integrity Licenses... Screens When
incrementing the number of licenses for a given system, if licenses have been assigned to
that system in the same day, the system will end up licensed with only the difference between
the original and new assignments.
For example, after assigning one license to a system and, that same day, returning to the
license screen and changing it to four licenses, the result is the system has only three licenses
assigned.
Workaround You can use either of the following workarounds to avoid this issue:
— Temporarily change the number of licenses to zero, then change it to the desired value.
— Wait one or more days, then change the number of licenses to the desired value.
• If you will be managing systems that are Virtual Machines under VMware ESX Servers or
MS Virtual Servers, and/or blades running in Virtual Connect domains, then the HP Insight
Dynamics application may cause faster growth of the HP SIM audit log.
The rate at which the audit log file grows will increase with the number of virtual machines
and blades you are managing.
Workaround If you are concerned with keeping backups of the HP SIM audit log to retain
an audit log history, then you will need to monitor the growth of the audit log files and
schedule your archiving tasks to run more frequently to insure the HP SIM auditing data is
retained.
You can also use the following information to increase the size of the HP SIM audit log file
to reduce how often you need to archive it.
By creating a file named log.properties under the <HPSIM install folder>\config
directory with the following key, you can specify the maximum size (default is 20 MB) of
the log file. Once this limit is reached, the logs will be rolled over.
MX_LOG_FILESIZE = <audit log size in MB>
For example, to increase the file size to 40 MB: MX_LOG_FILESIZE=40
This property file also gives you more control over the name of the HP SIM audit log file
(mx.log) and the role-over filename (mx.log.old).
— MX_LOG_FILENAME — The base name of the audit log file name (default “mx”).
— MX_LOG_FILEEXT — The audit log extension file name (default “.log”).
— MX_LOG_ROLLFILEEXT — The extension file name of the rolled-over audit log file
name (default “.old”).
To relocate the log files location to make it easier to back up, you can create a file named
path.properties in the <HPSIM install folder>\config directory and specify
the path using the LOG attribute (for example: LOG=C\:\\hpsimlogs).
• Certain VSE 4.0 components are generating a large number of HP SIM logins, which are
normally recorded in the SIM audit log and which generate SIM events. A large number of
SIM events can overwhelm and slow down SIM, and a large number of entries in the audit
log will cause the log to roll over on itself, effectively deleting audit information.
Workaround To resolve these issues:
— To prevent the large number of HP SIM events for logins: access the
Options→Security→Sign-In Event Settings menu and specify Only failed sign-in
attempts.
— To avoid audit log file rolls, either:
◦ Create a Windows scheduled task to save copies of the log before it rolls over.
◦ Configure the audit log size in the HP SIM log.properties file.
See the topic “Configuring the audit log file” in HP SIM help.
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