HP System Management Homepage Release Notes HP-UX, Linux, and Windows Systems HP Part Number: 438861-007 Published: December 2007 Edition: 14
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Table of Contents About this document..........................................................................................................7 Intended audience..................................................................................................................................7 New and changed information in this edition.......................................................................................7 December 2007 release for Linux and Windows...........................................
HP SMH 2.2.5 release for HP-UX..........................................................................................................25 HP SMH 2.2.4 release for HP-UX..........................................................................................................25 HP SMH 2.2.3 release for HP-UX..........................................................................................................26 HP SMH 2.2.2 release for HP-UX.................................................................
List of Tables 1-1 HP SMH integrated applications..................................................................................................
About this document Intended audience The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers on HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems. This release notes is for system administrators and any level of user of HP SMH. New and changed information in this edition These sections list what is new for the HP SMH releases. December 2007 release for Linux and Windows HP SMH 2.1.
June 2007 release for HP-UX HP SMH 2.2.6 provides the following functionality over previous HP SMH releases: • • • Provided support for the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) and HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) releases. This HP SMH release is not for HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) New web-based solution for Role-based Access Control (RBAC) Delivered defect fixes to the HP-UX 11i releases April 2007 release for Linux and Windows HP SMH 2.1.
Added operating system support to include: • • • • Windows Vista SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for Itanium Added browser support to include: • Internet Explorer 7.0 December 2006 release for HP-UX HP SMH 2.2.5 provides the following functionality over previous HP SMH releases: • • • Delivered defect fixes to the HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.
— — — — — • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 for Itanium Update 2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 Service Pack 3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 Service Pack 3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T Service Pack 3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Itanium Service Pack 3 Added browser support to include: — Mozilla 1.7 — Firefox 1.0.
May 2005 release for HP-UX HP SMH 2.2 provides the following functionality for the initial Management HTTP Server release of HP-UX: • • • • • • • • • • • Delivered the first HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) release Supported the HP-UX Tomcats application Standardized the HP-UX Graphical User Interface (GUI) Enhanced the authentication and authorization functionality Delivered HP SMH as a default-installed bundle (SysMgmtWeb) on the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) Operating Environment (OE) and Applications (AR) media.
Related information This section lists the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) documentation and related HP documentation. HP SMH documentation For more information regarding HP SMH, refer to the following sources: 12 • HP System Management Homepage Release Notes The release notes provide documentation for what's new with the release, features and change notifications, system requirements, and known issues. The release notes are available on the HP Technical Documentation web site at http://docs.hp.
home at http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot and search for System Management Homepage. • HP ProLiant Essentials software page at http://www.hp.com/servers/manage. Related documentation For more information relating to HP SMH, refer to the following sources. They are available on the Instant Information DVD and on the HP Technical Documentation web site at http:// docs.hp.com. • HP-UX 11i Installation and Update Guides (v1, B.11.11; v2, B.11.23; v3 B.11.
Manufacturing Part Number Supported Operating Systems Supported Versions Edition Number Publication Date 381383-004-en HP-UX HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) 3 December 2005 381383-002 HP-UX HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) 2 September 2005 381383-002 HP-UX HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) 2 May 2005 381383-001 Linux and Windows See “System requirements” (page 19).
1 Features The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) for HP-UX, Linux, and Windows provides the following features. They apply to all releases, except where noted. Product features • HP Insight Management Agent Security Provides security for HP Insight Management Agents using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for Linux and Windows. • Web-based Applications Security SSL. • Configure Trust Mode Enables you to configure the trust mode level.
Table 1-1 HP SMH integrated applications 16 Application Name Operating System Application Description Accounts for Users and Groups (ugweb) HP-UX The Accounts for Users and Groups (ugweb) tool is a web-based single-system management tool for managing user accounts and groups on a local and Network Information Service (NIS) system. For more information, see the product's online help. Audit Configuration HP-UX Audit events, system calls, and users.
Table 1-1 HP SMH integrated applications (continued) Application Name Operating System Application Description Network Interfaces Configuration HP-UX Network Interfaces Configuration is a web-based system management tool that enables you to configure network interfaces on HP-UX installed systems. For more information, see the product's online help. Network Services Configuration (ncweb) HP-UX The ncweb tools allows the user to configure network services.
Table 1-1 HP SMH integrated applications (continued) Application Name 18 Operating System Application Description Serviceguard Cluster - Serviceguard HP-UX, Linux, Windows Manager Serviceguard allows you to create high availability clusters of HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers.
2 System requirements This chapter provides the minimum system requirements for the HP-UX, Linux, and Windows systems to run HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). Supported operating systems HP SMH supports the following operating systems for the HP-UX, Linux, and Windows systems: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) for HP Integrity Servers and HP 9000 Servers HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition (DCE) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SBS Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Slipstream, Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Slipstream, Web Edition RTM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Slipstream, Enterprise Edition RTM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SBS, Standard and Premium Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems Micro
NOTE: Installation of HP SMH does not require a browser. The HP Web-enabled System Management Software is hardware-dependent. For the installation to complete successfully, your system must support at least 256 colors. RPMs supported on the x86 platform HP SMH supports the following Red Hat Package Managers (RPM) for each of the Linux operating systems on the x86 platform. Operating system RPM SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86) • • • • glibc 2.3.90 or later pam 0.99 or later perl 5.8.
RPMs supported on the Itanium platform HP SMH supports the following RPMs for each of the Linux operating systems on the Itanium platform. Operating system 22 RPM Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 and 5.0 (Integrity platforms) • • • • • • • • glibc-2.3.4 j2sdk-1-4-2 (version 2.1.7 and earlier) jrockit-R27.1.0-jdk1.5.0 net-snmp-utils-5.1.2-11.EL4.6hp net-snmp-perl-5.1.2-11.EL4.6hp openssl-0.9.7a-43.8 or greater pam-0.77-66.14 or greater perl-5.8.
NOTE: The AMD64 is an AMD Opteron processor. The EM64T is an Intel Xeon processor with Extended Memory 64 Technology. The x86 is an Intel Pentium III/IV/Xeon 32-bit processor. The IPF is an Intel Itanium 64-bit processor. Verifying system requirements Before installation begins, the installation utility verifies whether: • • • • For HP-UX, Linux, and Windows, the operating system meets the minimum requirements.
3 Known issues This chapter contains known issues with the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) releases. HP SMH undergoes rigorous testing before releasing any given version of the product. From HP test activities to date, the following items have been uncovered that you should keep in mind. Please also refer to the HP System Management Homepage Installation Guide and HP System Management Homepage Online Help for known issues. HP SMH 2.2.
address to use http://hostname:2301. Click the Go button, then wait for the HP SMH Login screen to appear. Enter the user name and password and click the Sign In button. HP SMH 2.2.3 release for HP-UX • • This release corrects the 2.2.2 release problem of numerous unnecessary processes attributed to the System Management Homepage startup daemon.
2. Click Use the system's full DNS name. Click OK. System Management Homepage should launch correctly. NOTE: If the problem still exists, run Configure ⇒ Configure or Repair Agents against the managed node. Make sure SSH is working by selecting Configure Secure Shell Access - Host Based authentication and then Relationship - Set to Trust by Certificate. This causes System Management Homepage to prompt you to accept the certificate the first time you run it from HP SIM.
2. Manually add the tag: a. Open the smhpd.xml in the \hp\hpsmh\conf directory on the boot drive with a text editor. b. Add the following line between the and tags: value Note: The value can be 64-512 on Windows systems or 25-64 on Linux systems. The default value for Windows systems is 250 and the default for Linux systems is 25. c. 3. • Save the file. Restart the HP SMH service. HP SMH 2.1.
HP SMH 2.0 release for Linux • • HP SMH already uses the user and group name hpsmh. You should not use it for any other purpose. The user and group ID of 79 no longer must be available for use with HP SMH. HP SMH 2.0 release for Windows • HP SMH becomes inaccessible after installing Windows XP Service Pack 2. In addition, HP Systems Insight Manager and the HP Version Control Repository Manager are inaccessible.
Index A S audience, 7 service and support, 14 software, 23 D document organization, 11 documentation, 12 F features, 15 new, 7 H T troubleshooting, 25 typographic conventions, 11 W web browsers, supported, 20 web sites, 23 HP SMH install requirements, 23 media, 23 operating systems, 19 RPMs on AMD64, 21 RPMs on EM64T, 21 RPMs on Itanium, 22 RPMs on x86, 21 software, 23 web browsers, 20 web sites, 23 I install operating systems, 19 requirements, 23 RPMs on AMD64 and EM64T, 21 RPMs on Itanium, 22 RP
