Moving HP SIM 5.x to a new Windows system (441289-003, January 2009)

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4.
Copy the updated
statcredentials.xml
and
simcredentials.xml
to the
STATConfigurations
directory under the HP SIM directory tree. The default is
C:
\
Program Files
\
HP
\
Systems Insight
Manager
\
hpwebadmin
\
webapps
\
ROOT
\
mxportal
\
home
\
VPM
\
config
.
5.
Reboot the system.
Changing the IP address of systems running HP SIM and VPM on different systems
To change the IP address of systems running HP SIM and VPM on di
fferent systems:
Note:
When VPM and HP SIM are installed different systems, the files must be modified on both
systems.
You must update the IP addresses for both systems. On the VPM system, be sure that the server name
VPMSERVER
is resolved to the new IP a
ddress. To verify, run the command:
ping VPMSERVER
The new IP address should appear as result of the ping command. If the new IP address does not
appear, double
-
check network configurations.
On the VPM server, be sure that the proxy server configured for V
PM is still reachable from the new IP
address. To verify, run the
ping PROXYSERVER
after the IP address is changed:
1.
On the VPM server, go to the directory where VPM is installed. The default directory is
C:
\
Program Files
\
HP
\
VPM
. Make a backup copy of the f
iles
statcredentials.xml
and
simcredentials.xml
. For example,
statcredentials
-
backup.xml
and
simcredentials
-
backup.xml
. Edit the file
statcredentials.xml
, and locate the
definition
<server.ip>
. Change the IP address to the new VPM server IP address. Edi
t the
file
simcredentials.xml
and locate the definition
<server_ip>
. Change the IP address
to the new HP SIM server IP address.
2.
On the VPM server, in the same directory, edit the file
events.xml
and change the IP
address located at the definition
<sysNimbu
sName>
.
3.
On the HP SIM server, go to the
STATConfigurations
directory under the HP SIM
directory tree. The default is
C:
\
Program Files
\
HP
\
Systems Insight
Manager
\
hpwebadmin
\
webapps
\
ROOT
\
mxportal
\
home
\
STATConfigurations
.
Make a backup copy of the
statcreden
tials.xml
and
simcredentials.xml
. For
example,
statcredentials
-
backup.xml
and
simcredentials
-
backup.xml
. Edit
the file
statcredentials.xml
, and locate the definition
<server.ip>
. Change the IP
address to the new VPM server IP address. Edit the file
simcr
edentials.xml
and locate
the definition
<server_ip>
. Change the IP address to the new HP SIM server IP address.
4.
Reboot both systems.
Post database migration
SSH Configuration
To ensure that DTF tasks function correctly, reinitialize the SSH key exchange b
y executing
mxagentconfig
to each of the managed systems.
Host files and templates
Copy the
host
files and t
emplates
manually from the source CMS to the target CMS. The host files and
templates are located in the same location for source and target systems
: