HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UXHP Part Number: 418810-005 Published: April 2009 Edition: 5.3.1

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Table of Contents

1 Product overview........................................................................................8

Product architecture.................................................................................................................................8

Central management server.................................................................................................................8

Managed systems..............................................................................................................................8

Web-browser clients...........................................................................................................................8

Default toolboxes....................................................................................................................................8

Toolboxes.........................................................................................................................................9

Tools................................................................................................................................................9

User security...........................................................................................................................................9

Authorizations........................................................................................................................................9

CMS user configuration rights.................................................................................................................10

Information storage...............................................................................................................................10

HP SIM audit log.............................................................................................................................10

Database........................................................................................................................................10

Database software......................................................................................................................11

Secure access.......................................................................................................................................11

Command line interface...................................................................................................................11

Graphical user interface...................................................................................................................11

Secure data transmission........................................................................................................................12

Management protocols.....................................................................................................................12

Web server security.........................................................................................................................13

Self-signed certificates......................................................................................................................13

X application security.......................................................................................................................13

Managing servers behind a firewall...................................................................................................14

2 Installation overview and requirements........................................................15

First time install process overview............................................................................................................15

Upgrade overview.................................................................................................................................15

System requirements..............................................................................................................................15

HP-UX Central Management Server....................................................................................................15

HP-UX patches............................................................................................................................16

Downloading and installing individual HP-UX patches.....................................................................17

Managed system requirements and recommendations...........................................................................18

Managed storage system..................................................................................................................22

Foreign language support.................................................................................................................22

3 Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time..............................................23

Preparing the system..............................................................................................................................23

Installing and configuring the software.....................................................................................................24

Tuning HP SIM (Optional) .....................................................................................................................26

Next steps............................................................................................................................................26

4 Setting up managed systems .....................................................................28

Installing the required software on an HP-UX system...................................................................................28

Setting up managed storage systems.......................................................................................................29

Installing SMI-S providers.......................................................................................................................29

Verifying SSL........................................................................................................................................29

Configuring SMI-S providers...................................................................................................................29

5 Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard...........................................30

Using the First Time Wizard....................................................................................................................30

Configuring the managed environment....................................................................................................31

Enabling automatic system discovery.......................................................................................................31

Configuring System Automatic Discovery task sign in credentials.................................................................32

Configuring managed systems................................................................................................................32

Configuring the WMI Mapper Proxy........................................................................................................33

Configuring privilege elevation...............................................................................................................33

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