HP Insight Management Agents Installation Guide Part number: 333513-005 Fifth edition: June 2009
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Contents 1 HP Insight Management Agents overview Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Insight Management Agents ...................................................................................................................... 4 HP Systems Insight Manager .....................................................................................................................
1 HP Insight Management Agents overview Introduction HP Insight Management Agents deliver multisystem access to all key system administration tools for predictive fault management, access to critical system information, and integration with partner management solutions.
2 Installation instructions for Microsoft Windows Installing the Insight Management Agents The following is a list of services that are installed: • Insight Foundation Agents • Insight NIC Agents • Insight Storage Agents • Insight Server Agents • Web Agent • Event Notifier System requirements and preinstallation Insight Management Agents for Microsoft® Windows® are supported on HP ProLiant servers. The agents require the hardware and software described in Table 2-1.
7. Click Install. 8. After the installation is complete, click Close. To install the SNMP service in Windows Server® 2003: 1. Select Start>Settings>Control Panel. 2. Click Add/Remove Programs>Add/Remove Windows Components. 3. From the Windows Components Wizard window, select Management and Monitoring Tools, and then click Next. 4. From the Management and Monitoring Tools window, select Simple Network Management Protocol. 5. Click OK. The Component Wizard window appears. 6.
Storage Tab Screen The Storage tab enables you to disable Fibre Agent tape support: • To disable Fibre Array Tape Support, click the check box. • To enable Fibre Array Tape Support, clear the check box. SNMP Settings tab screen The SNMP Settings tab enables you to do the following: • Set the data collection interval—Controls the interval at which the Insight Management Agents for Servers collect data. Set the time interval for data collection by selecting an interval from the dropdown menu.
• Stop—An SNMP trap is generated when this process stops. • Start & Stop—An SNMP trap is generated when this process starts or stops. • Adding a New Process—Click Add to add a new process to the monitor. Enter the name of the new process, and then click Apply to add the process. • Deleting a Process—Highlight a process in the list, and then click Delete to delete the process. NOTE: You can only delete processes that have been created by a user.
Table 2-2 Command line arguments Command line argument Description /s[ilent] Specifies whether the GUI is suppressed or displayed. Use this argument when scripting the Smart Components to suppress the GUI. If this argument is omitted from the command line, the GUI is displayed.
Configuring the HP Event Notifier When the system restarts after installing Insight Management Agents for Servers, the Event Notifier Configuration Wizard runs to complete the installation process. To initiate the configuration wizard, select Start > Programs > HP Management Agents > Event Notifier Config. Use the configuration wizard to completely configure the notification service.
3 Installation instructions for NetWare System requirements and preinstallation Insight Management Agents for Servers for Novell NetWare require the following hardware and software.
Table 3-3 Insight Foundation Agents File name (NLM) Description CPQHOST.NLM HP Management Host Agent CPQTHRSA.NLM HP Threshold Agent CPQAGIN.NLM HP Server Agent Installation and Configuration Utility CPQWEBAG.NLM HP Web-enabled Server Management Agent Table 3-4 Insight Server Agents File name (NLM) Description CPQBSSA.NLM HP Base System Agent CPQHTHSA.NLM HP Server Health Agent CPQRISA.NLM HP Remote Insight Agent Table 3-5 Insight Storage Agents File name (NLM) Description CPQIDESA.
Read this installation procedure completely before installing the software. The installation varies, depending on whether you are installing all four of the Insight Management Agents for Servers components, or updating only specific components. To install the Server Agents for NetWare from the Management CD: 1. Insert the Management CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Mount the CD mounted as a NetWare volume. 3.
Console component The console component of Power Manager is an addition to Insight Manager. Insight Manager must be installed before installing the Power Manager software. When viewing UPS information on servers with the Power Manager server component installed, the Power Manager screen is displayed. When viewing UPS information on servers without the Power Manager server component, the traditional UPS screen is displayed.
With this method of registration, CPQCLNT.EXE writes the client INI file to the CPQDATA directory specified by the -F command line option. Installing and updating Web Agents on multiple NetWare systems The following procedure is intended for administrators wanting to use software distribution tools to distribute agent settings from one server to multiple servers on the network.
your environment configuration. Be sure to place the alarm destination address under the appropriate protocol section and to indent each address with at least one space. Verify that the network address of the management console where Insight Manager runs is included in TRAPTARG.CFG.
Configuring agents NOTE: CPQBSSA must be installed to enable Insight Manager to verify that the system is manageable. To configure Management Agents for Servers for NetWare: 1. At the NetWare console prompt, enter the following command: LOAD CPQAGIN 2. Select the Configure Existing NetWare Agents option to display a list of Management Agents for Servers to be configured. The next screen enables you to select which agents you want to configure. 3.
4 Where to go for additional help In addition to this guide, the following information sources are available: • HP Insight Management Agents 7.30 User Guide • HP Insight Manager software Telephone numbers For the name of the nearest HP authorized reseller, see the HP website, http://www.hp.com/service_locator. For HP technical support: • In North America: • Call 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836). This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Index codes, 9; single component, 8; SmartStart CD, 6; SNMP, 5; Web Agents on multiple systems, 15 A Asynch Mgmt tab, 7 C client management support, 14 command line: arguments, 8; examples, 9; syntax, 8 community strings, SNMP, 16 configuration: Management Agents for Servers, 17 configuring: Event Notifier, 10 console, power management, 14 CPQCLNT.EXE, 14 CPQCLNT.
