Installing and configuring HP SIM 5.x on HP Integrity VM (447783-002, January 2009)
Managing
HPVM
in
HP
SIM
Managing your Integrity Virtual Ma
c
hines (VM) w
i
th HP System Insight Manager (HP SIM) requires
Virtual Server Environment (VSE) Management Softw
a
re installed on
the same server as HP SIM.
More information on VSE can be found at:
htt
p
://
d
ocs.h
p
.com/en/T2786
-
90012/T2786
-
9006
2.
pd
f
In sta l
lin g
H P
SIM
and
V S E
Use the following proced
u
re to install HP SIM and the VSE Management Software on an HP
-
UX CMS.
1.
Install the software by executing the following command:
/usr/sbin/swinstall
-
x
autoreboot=true
\
-
s
path
-
to
-
depot
-
file
HPSIM
-
HP
-
UX
VSE
Mgmt
2.
Configure HP SIM by executing the following command
:
/opt/mx/bin/mxinitconfig
–
a
T
his
c
ommand performs HP SIM setup tas
k
s, in
c
luding
database initialization. It typically takes several
minutes for the mxinitconfig command to complet
e
. Errors an
d exceptions are logged to the file
/var/opt/mx/logs/initconfig.log
.
Configure the VSE Management Software by executing the following command:
/opt/vse/bin/vseinitconfig
–
a
The vseinitconfig command logs status, errors, and exceptions to the file
/var/
opt/vse/logs/vseinitconfig.log.
C o n fig u ring
H P
SIM
fo r
V S E
1.
Ensure that the
ssh
is installed and configured for HP SIM on each of your managed systems.
T
o
c
onfigure
ssh
for HP SIM, sele
c
t the systems to
c
onfigure, and
c
hoose
Configu
r
e
Configu
r
e
or
Rep
air
Agents...
from the HP SIM menu bar.
2.
Sele
c
t the managed systems and
c
hoose
Configu
r
e
>
C
onf
i
gu
r
e
VSE
A
g
e
n
ts
>
I
n
stall
VSE
A
g
e
n
ts...
from the HP SIM menu bar. Click
Run
Now
to start the installation. Review the output for error
messages before
c
ontinuing.
3.
R
u
n the HP SIM discovery process again on the
managed systems where agent software has been
installed. This will ca
u
se HP SIM to
u
pdate its information abo
u
t these systems. Select the affected
systems and
c
hoose
Options
>
Disco
v
er
y
...
from the
HP SIM menu bar, and then click
Run
No
w
.
The Virt
u
a
l Host and the virt
u
a
l machine can be managed with HP SIM, as shown in
Figure
3
.
Note
: VSE is not required for the Virtual Machine Host and Virt
u
a
l Machines to be associated.
Once
discovered and identified, the virtual m
a
chine associates itself to the host.