HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 installation guide (T4283-96011, January 2006)

Installing the CIM Extension for IBM AIX114
• (Optional) On some versions of AIX, the CIM Extension cannot start automatically after the
host is rebooted. To see if your version of AIX supports the automatic startup, see ”Fulfilling
the Prerequisites” on page 118.
Setting Up Monitoring
If you want the management server to be able to monitor the AIX host, iostat must be set to true.
When iostat is set to true, disk activity history is retained for all disks. The retention of disk activity is
required for the management server to accurately monitor the AIX host.
To verify if disk activity history is being retained:
1. Enter the iostat command in the command prompt:
# iostat
2. If you see the message “Disk history since boot not available”, enter the following at the
command prompt to enable the retention of disk activity history:
# chdev -l sys0 -a iostat=true
Starting the CIM Extension Manually
The management server can only obtain information from this host when the CIM Extension is
running. To start the CIM Extension, type the following in the /opt/APPQcime/tools directory:
# ./start
Keep in mind the following:
• You must have root privileges to run the CIM Extension. The CIM Extension only provides the
information within the privileges of the user account that started the CIM Extension. Only root
has enough privileges to provide the information the management server needs. If you do not
start the CIM Extension with root privileges, the management server will display messages
resembling the following: Data is late or an error occurred.
• To configure UNIX CIM Extensions to run behind a firewall, see ”Configuring UNIX CIM
Extensions to Run Behind Firewalls” on page 250.
• If you see a “Fork Function Failed” message when you start the CIM Extension, the AIX host is
running low on physical or virtual memory. See ”“Fork Function Failed” Message on AIX Hosts”
on page 275.
The following is displayed:
Starting CIM Extension for AIX
..........
The CIM Extension is ready to be contacted by the management server when it displays a message
resembling the following:
Thu Sep 22 10:23:15 EDT xxxx
CXWS x.x.x.x on /192.168.1.5 now accepting connections
where
• xxxx is the year.
• x.x.x.x is the version of CIM Extension