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

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 19 (of 24)
Chapter 16 Instant Capacity (iCAP)
October 29, 2013
 Compliance exception
 Temporary capacity expiration
 Instant Capacity enforcement
 Virtual partition boot time compliance
 Hardware incompatibility in a GiCAP group
Starting with iCAP version 8.02, asset reporting is turned off by default for new installations.
If asset reporting is configured (icapnotify -a on), and the system has email connectivity to HP,
these messages are sent to HP:
 icapnotify (on demand)
 System startup and system shutdown
 icapd (daily at noon)
The following are requirements for email connectivity:
 The Instant Capacity system or partition must have the sendmail utility installed and
configured so that it can send email to the hp.com domain.
 The domain name in the Instant Capacity FROM email address, for the email sent from
the Instant Capacity system to HP, must be DNS resolvable by HP.
The email is rejected by the mail servers at HP if, for email sent from the Instant
Capacity system to HP, the domain name in the “From” field is not DNS resolvable by HP. Also,
because asset reports are encrypted and must be decrypted at the HP portal, the decryption
process might not work correctly if outgoing email sent from your system is automatically
modified in any way, for example, to include a privacy notice.
If email connectivity to HP is not possible, this causes your system to be out of compliance with
your Instant Capacity contract if you are using temporary capacity (TiCAP).
To verify e-mail connectivity:
 Send an email message from your system to an email address in the same domain
(intranet).
 Send an email message from your system to an email address outside of your domain.
 Send an email message from your system to someone at HP.
 As root, execute the following command:
# /usr/sbin/icapnotify <reply_address>
This sends an email message to HP’s audit application. HP sends a confirmation email
message to the reply_address. Receipt of the confirmation email message confirms
successful email configuration.
 If all the previous steps are successful, but asset reports are still not visible on the HP
portal, examine your email configuration to determine whether outgoing messages are
automatically being modified or appended.