HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

chmod +x HPSIM*.bin
6. Verify that the following required software dependencies are available on your system, and
install any that are not already installed.
a. Verify that SSH is installed by executing the following command:
rpm -qa | grep ssh
If SSH is not installed, the previous command does not return any results. Install SSH from
your Linux operating system CD before continuing with the HP SIM installation.
b. Verify that SNMP is installed by executing the following command:
rpm -qa | grep snmp
If SNMP is not installed, the previous command does not return any results. Install SNMP
from your Linux operating system CD before continuing with the HP SIM installation.
c. Verify that standard C++ libraries (compat-libstdc++-7.3) are installed:
rpm -qa | grep compat
If the standard C++ libraries are not installed, the previous command does not return any
results. Install them from your Linux operating system CD before continuing with the HP
SIM installation.
d. Verify that the Linux glibc library is installed. (Glibc is the C library shipped with many
Linux distributions.)
rpm -qa | grep glib
If the Linux glibc library is not installed, the previous command does not return any
results. Install the Linux glibc library from your Linux operating system CD before
continuing with the HP SIM installation.
7. Optional: If you are planning to run the Firefox browser on the CMS, verify that Firefox 3.5
or later is installed. To verify which version is installed, open the Firefox browser, and select
Help→About Firefox.
NOTE: Firefox is not required on the CMS. It can be used to access HP SIM from any network
client. Install Firefox 9 or later on the Linux managed node.
Installing and configuring the software
You can install HP SIM automatically or manually. An automatic install executes the .bin file,
automatically installing hpsmdb (HP SIM private version of PostgresSQL) and HP SIM with minimal
user interaction. A manual install requires that you execute the separate steps to unpack files and
install hpsmdb and HP SIM. If you are installing HP SIM with an Oracle database, HP recommends
the manual install. Installation of HP SIM includes the hpsmdb software dependency.
Automatically installing HP SIM
To install HP SIM with hpsmdb, execute the following command:
./HPSIM-Linux*.bin
NOTE: For information on setting permissions, see Step 5.
The HPSIM-Linux*.bin file will extract the RPM Package Manager (RPM) files, install hpsmdb,
and then continue with the HP SIM installation.
26 Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time