Setting up an HP SIM server 5.x on a Linux-based Serviceguard Cluster 444847-003, March 2009

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Overview
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is an industry standard management tool for the management
of all HP
s
ystems;
s
ervers and
s
torage. With HP SIM, you can manage various system
s including
ProLiant servers running Windows, Linux, and NetWare, HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers running
HP
-
UX; HP Integrity Servers running Windows and Linux; and monitor Alpha servers running Tru64
UNIX and OpenVMS. In addition to managing MSA, EVA and
XP Storage
Systems,
it manages
desktops,
printers,
network
devices
,
and
third party servers and storage.
The Central Management Server (CMS) for HP SIM can run on HP
-
UX, Linux, or Windows. A clustered
solution exists on Windows using MSCS Cluster.
This pa
per explains how to create a Linux
-
based
Serviceguard cluster using HP SIM 6.0 and Serviceguard 11.16 or 11.18.
HP SIM architecture
HP SIM leverages a distributed architecture that can be broken into
the following
types of systems:

CMS

M
anaged systems

Ne
twork clients
The CMS and the managed systems together are called the HP SIM management domain. Each
management domain has a single CMS. The CMS is the system in the management domain that
executes the HP SIM software and initiates all central operations
within the domain. In addition to the
HP SIM software, the CMS maintains a database for storage of persistent objects, and
the database
can reside on a separate system. Typically, applications for the multiple
-
system aware (MSA) tools
also reside on the CM
S. These applications are not required to reside on the CMS. They can reside
anywhere on the network. Because the CMS is a system within the management environment, it
manages itself as part of the domain. You can add the CMS as a managed system within ano
ther
management domain if you want to manage it using a separate CMS.
Figure
1
. Management domain
A
Linux CMS can use either a PostgreSQL or an Oracle database. The HP SIM package consists of
the HP SIM
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Linux
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HP Systems Insi
ght Manager (C.05.0X.02.00) Automatic BIN file installation kit
which
includes
:

hpsim
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C.05.02.00.00
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