HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

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Networking
• Static or dynamic host name resolution
• TCP/IP
• SNMP
IMPORTANT: The Windows server must have at least one partition formatted for the NT File
System (NTFS) on which the HP SIM server software is to be installed. NTFS provides the ability
to restrict file access based on user accounts and groups. Without NTFS, the CMS cannot be
adequately secured against unauthorized access, and potentially sensitive operations and data
could be made available to unauthorized users.
Systems Insight Manager Windows Virtual Machine support
You can run HP SIM on a Windows Virtual Machine (VM) provided the following requirements
are met:
• The VM must be hosted on an ESX 3.5 update 5 or later server
• The VM configuration must meet HP SIM hardware requirements and the CPU and Memory
resources allocated to this VM must be always available to this VM (by reserving CPU and
Memory resources).
VM general support information:
• HP Integrity VMs do not support running an application at the same level as the host.
• The required Windows service packs must be installed for each of these operating systems.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is only supported if HP SIM is running on Windows Server 2003.
HP SIM 6.2 installs on SQL Express 2005 SP3 and HP SIM 7.1 installs successfully on SQL
Express 2008 R2. During an upgrade from HP SIM 6.2 to HP SIM 7.1, the installer displays
the following message: “SQL Express 2005 SP3 detected and now upgrading it to SQL Express
2008 R2”.
Part 2: Managed system requirements and recommendations
Operating systems
System requirements 9