HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-16 - iCAP

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 14 (of 24)
Chapter 16 Instant Capacity (iCAP)
October 29, 2013
have a machine-readable serial number, as displayed by the command:
# getconf CS_MACHINE_SERIAL
To use GiCAP purchase a special GiCAP Sharing Rights codeword. After purchase, the
codeword can be retrieved form the iCAP Portal at http://www.hp.com/go/icap/portal. To acquire
the codeword provide:
 Serial number of the Group Manager system
 Partition information for the Group Manager
 Sales order number
Applying this codeword on a HP-UX system running iCAP enables the creation of a GiCAP
Group with members.
In order to use GiCAP the following requirements must be fulfilled:
 All partitions on all servers in the group must be running Instant Capacity version 9.0
or later.
 Every GiCAP group member must be hardware-compatible with other GiCAP group
members as determined by the GiCAP grouping rules.
 The active Group Manager must be an HP-UX system running Instant Capacity
software version 9.0 or later.
 WBEM version A.02.05 or higher must be installed on the Group Manager and on all
member systems in order to use GiCAP. The CIM Server configuration property
sslClientVerificationMode must be set to a value of “optional” on all GiCAP Group
Managers and on all OS instances of all member systems.
Unlike other iCAP code words, GiCAP code words must be generated for and applied to a
specific partition, if the Group Manager is on a partitionable system.
Use the “icapmanage -s” command on the Group Manager system to get the serial number and
the nPAR ID, or vPAR code that if applicable.
Here is a short description how to create a new group and add members to that group.
 The first step is to create the new group. This is done using the command:
# icapmanage -a -g <groupname>
 The next step is to download and apply the grouping rules. The rules must be
downloaded from the iCAP Portal http://www.hp.cpm/go/icap/portal. They are
defined based on a server class. To install the encrypted rules on the Group Manager
system by issuing the command:
# icapmanage -i -U <full path to rulefile>