HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

HP-UX CMS
Installing the required software on an HP-UX system
Use the following checklist as a guideline to assist you with setting up managed systems from an HP-UX
Central Management Server (CMS):
1. Understand the basic managed system software for HP-UX.
For HP-UX, the following software, shown with minimum recommended versions, is required for essential
HP Systems Insight Manager functionality to operate. This software is installed by default as part of the
latest HP-UX 11i v2 operating environments, but it might need to be installed or updated on HP-UX 11i
v1 or older HP-UX 11i v2 systems.
• T1471AA HP-UX Secure Shell
• B8465BA HP WBEM Services for HP-UX
This WBEM Services bundle contains basic system instrumentation displayed in the HP SIM Property
Pages, as well as supporting collection and reporting by HP SIM Inventory functionality. To maximize
the value of SIM for properties, inventory, and events, see http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers
for the latest WBEM Services bundle.
See http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers for the latest WBEM Services bundle.
2. Ensure the managed system software is installed.
To verify that the minimum required software is installed, log in to the remote system, and run the
following command:
$ swlist –l bundle T1471AA B8465BA OpenSSL
To verify that the optional providers and System Management Homepage are installed, run commands
such as:
$ swlist –l bundle LVMProvider WBEMP-LAN-00 SysMgmtWeb SysFaultMgmt
OnlineDiag
3. Acquire and install the managed system software if not previously installed.
The SecureShell, WBEM bundles are included on the HP-UX Operating Environment and Application
Release media, as well as part of the HP Systems Insight Manager HP-UX depot downloaded from
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/dl_hpux.html.
For the WBEM providers, see
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/manamgement/hpsim/dl_hpux.html .
After the depots containing the software have been acquired, they can be installed from the managed
system using commands such as:
$ swinstall –s <depot_location> OpenSSL
Note: B8465BA depends on OpenSSL, so this must be installed first.
$ swinstall –s <depot_location> T1471AA
$ swinstall –s <depot_location> B8465BA
$ swinstall –s <depot_location> <names of WBEM providers being installed>
4. Configure the managed system software. See Configuring the managed system software.
Configuring the managed system software
The HP Systems Insight Manager Configure or Repair Agents tool is a quick and easy way to configure
Linux, HP-UX and Windows managed systems to communicate with HP SIM from an HP-UX CMS.
NOTE: It is possible to manually configure HP-UX systems. See Setting up HP-UX managed systems manually.
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against multiple systems simultaneously, you must have
authorizations to run the Configure or Repair Agents tool.
You must have full CMS configuration privileges to modify the HP Systems Insight Manager community strings
in the node security file. In addition, you must enter root level user credentials for the target system.
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