Managing your HP-UX inventory with HP SIM (430146-002, January 2009)

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Managing you

UX Inventory with HP SIM

Table of Contents

Introduction

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Configuring the managed servers

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UX11iv1

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SNMP, WBEM

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UX11iv2

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SNMP, WBEM

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UX 11iv3

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SNMP, WBEM

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Configuring the CMS

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HP SIM GUI

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HP SIM CLI

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Collecting inventory data

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Discovery GUI

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Discovery CLI

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Identification

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Data collection

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Managing inventory data

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System Page

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Reports

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Snapshot comparison

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Appendix

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Use HP SIM to simplify managed server setup

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Creating the depot

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Creating the tool

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Managed server setup

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CLI

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Running the tool

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Summary of content (19 pages)

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Managing your HP-UX Inventory with HP SIM Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2 Configuring the managed servers .......................................................................................................... 2 HP-UX11iv1 – SNMP, WBEM............................................................................................................ 2 HP-UX11iv2 – SNMP, WBEM.
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Introduction HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is a robust, full-featured infrastructure management tool. This paper discusses how to use HP SIM for managing inventory data from your HP -UX servers.
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2. Edit /var/dmi/dmiMachines And add the DNS name of the CMS 3. Start the DMI daemon %/sbin/init.d/Dmisp start HP-UX11iv2 – SNMP, WBEM WBEM – Install and configure WBEM services and WBEM providers. 1. Install WBEM services, WBEMSvcs, if not previously installed. 2. WBEM providers “WBEMSvcs” for 11iv2 are available at HP SIM website, http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim.
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3. Start the SNMP daemon: %/sbin/init.d/SnmpMaster start Configuring the CMS Now that the managed servers have the correct software installed and configured, there are a few items that need to be configured on the CMS so that managed server data can be collected. You can use the HP SIM GUI or the HP SIM CLI. HP SIM GUI Sign in to HP SIM through a browser to access the HP SIM GUI.
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settings available in HP SIM. The command mxnodesecurity enables you to set WBEM and SNMP credentials. Both commands accept XML formatted data, either from a file or from the command line, and sets the global protocol settings accordingly. Refer to the man page mxglobalprotocolsettings and mxnodesecurity for details on using the CLI. Refer to the man page mxglobalprotocolsettings(4) and mxnodesecurity(4) for XML formatting details.
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The mxnodesecurity command can also use an XML file to add the credentials for WBEM and SNMP to a list of systems. For example, % mxnodesecurity –a –f credential.xml The credential.xml file might contain the following:
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Figure 1 Indicate the system you want HP Systems Insight Manager to manage.
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Figure 3 New Discovery Select the default discovery task (System Automatic Discovery) by clicking on the radio button then click Edit. The screen shown in Figure 2 appears below what is shown in Figure 1. Alternatively, you can create your own discovery task by clicking New. The GUI for creating a new discovery task as in Figure 3 and Name field is “New Discovery Task 1” new task. Two radio buttons are available. 1. Discover a group of systems 2.
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ranges, or individual IP addresses, and you can enter as many as you like. If the number of IP addresses across all the ranges is greater than 2000, a warning message is displayed indicating that the task has been configured with a large number of addresses. This message is provided as a warning that discovery and data collection could take a while to complete. Discovery CLI The command mxnode enables you to add, delete, modify, identify, or list systems in HP SIM.
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requested data for all systems known to HP SIM. The -ln option displays the system names. The -ld option displays detailed information for each system in the database. The -lt option displays the system name, the host name, the operating system name, the date the system was added to the database, and the IP address for the systems in a tabular format. The -lf option displays detailed information for the systems in XML format.
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HP SIM has a predefined identification task that runs daily, and when new systems are discovered. However, you can run identification on a system, or collection of systems, at any time from OptionsIdentify Systems. Data collection Once a system is identified, data collection is performed on the system. Using the management protocols identified, detailed inventory information is gathered from the system and stored in the HP SIM database.
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/etc/opt/mx/config/globalsettings.props. The default value is 90 days. Managing inventory data Now that you have discovered the servers you are managing and have performed data collection on them, HP SIM provides several mechanisms to view the data. System Page The System Page for a server displays basic information, like operating system type, version, and so on.
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Report button activates, enabling you to run the report without saving. If you enter a name in the Report name field, the Save Report button is activated, enabling you to save the report. Figure 6 and Figure 7 demonstrate the difference between showing all systems in the same table and showing each system in a separate table.
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Finally, you can select one of three options for the report format: HTML, XML, or CSV. XML and CSV allow easy import of HP SIM data into applications used in your environment. ReportsManage Reports enables you to create, copy, delete, modify, or run reports. Figure 8 shows the Manage Reports screen. Figure 8 Manage reports Predefined reports with their associated target groups are available. For example, Array Controllers – Servers, will be run against all the systems in the All Servers collection.
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Snapshot comparison The Snapshot Comparison feature enables you to compare data between two to four different servers running the same operating system, or compare two to four historical data collections for the same server. You select the type of comparison, what attributes you want to compare, and HP SIM generates a report showing all of the comparison results. Selecting ReportsSnapshot Comparison launches the tool. You select one to four servers in Step 1.
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Appendix – Use HP SIM to simplify managed server setup If you are managing many servers, it can be time consuming to sign in to each server to download and install all of the required software. This section describes how you can create a depot containing all of the software, and then create a tool in HP SIM to install the components. Note: This tool is designed for an HP-UX installation of HP SIM.
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Note: The toolbox name provided for must be a toolbox that already exists in HP SIM. Use mxtoolbox –lt to view a list of existing toolboxes. Name the file containing this tool deploywbem.xml, for example. To add this tool to HP SIM, use the mxtool command: % mxtool –a –f deploywbem.xml After you add the tool, if any modifications are made, you must change the revision value in the third line of the tool, and use the following command: % mxtool –m –f deploywbem.
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3. Edit the file /etc/opt/mx/config/mx.properties. Add the following line: MX SSH TIMEOUT=0 4. Run ps –ef | grep mx to make sure all of the mx processes have been stopped. It can take several minutes for all of the mx processes to stop, so do this periodically. If after 5 minutes there are any mx processes left, manually stop them using the kill command. 5. Start HP SIM: %mxstart It takes several minutes for the HPSIM services to start.
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