HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

4. Preconfigure the System Management Homepage and version control components. For more information
about preconfiguring the SMH component, see System Management Homepage Installation Guide at
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html and for
version control, see HP Version Control Installation Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/
servers/management/agents/documentation.html.
5. Install the ProLiant or Integrity Support Packs on remote systems. Run the Initial HP ProLiant Support Pack
Install to install the latest HP ProLiant Support Pack on Windows systems. For details, see “Installing the
HP ProLiant Support Pack on Windows systems for the first time”.
6. Run the Configure or Repair Agents feature. For more information, see “Configuring the managed system
software using the Configure or Repair Agents feature from the CMS”.
Performing initial setup
The initial setup involves setting up managed systems , configuring discovery , configuring event handling,
adding users , and defining authorizations. It assumes that you just completed the installation of your Central
Management Server (CMS). If you bypassed or canceled the First Time Wizard, the following steps assist
you in setting up your environment to run HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM).
NOTE: The First Time Wizard starts the first time a user with full configuration rights signs in to HP SIM. If
the wizard is canceled before completion, it restarts each time a user with full configuration rights signs in.
You can cancel and disable the wizard from automatically starting by selecting the Do not automatically
show this wizard again checkbox. The wizard can be manually started by selecting Options→First Time
Wizard.
If you are a new administrator of an existing management domain , it might be useful for you to familiarize
yourself with these steps even though your CMS has already been through the initial setup. The steps in this
process are common tasks that HP SIM administrators perform on a regular basis.
Initial setup process
When you first start HP SIM, the introductory page appears with a section called Do this now to finish
the installation. To get started using HP SIM:
1. Setting up managed systems Setting up managed systems involves installing the required management
agents and configuring HP SIM software. See “Setting up managed systems” for more information.
2. Configure storage systems If you have storage systems on your network, you must install and configure
their SMI-S providers before HP SIM can discover them. See “Configuring HP SIM with storage systems”
for more information.
3. Configuring protocol settings Configuring the protocol settings defines what systems are added to
HP SIM using discovery in the next step. See “Setting global protocols” for more information.
If you ran the First Time Wizard, the protocol settings might already be configured.
IMPORTANT: If you have storage systems on your network, you must add the user name and password
for each SMI CIMOM to the Default WBEM settings section of the Global Protocol Settings page.
If you do not add this information, your storage systems will not be discovered.
4. Configuring discovery: automatic or manual Discovery is the process that HP SIM uses to find and
identify the systems on your network and populate the database with that information. A system must
first be discovered to collect data and track system health status . There are two ways to discover new
systems:
• Automatic discovery. Searches the network for systems running specific protocols. It runs
automatically every 24 hours, but the process can be manually executed or scheduled to execute
at other times.
If you ran the First Time Wizard, discovery might already be completed.
• Manual discovery. Used to add a single system or a group of systems to the HP SIM database.
See “Configuring automatic discovery” for information on automatic discovery or “Adding a system
manually” for information on manual discovery.
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