HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows HP Part Number: 418812-005

• Event
• Tool result
For command tools, the verbose level of stdout and stderr is frequently large and time-sensitive, so it is
only logged by default for the ps command. You can configure the option to log this output for the ps and
other commands, as well as other aspects of the audit log, such as maximum file size. Information about
configuring the audit log is available in Chapter 12 “Configuration options”.
Database
HP SIM uses a database to store vital management domain information. The database contains the following
information:
• Authorizations
• Systems
• System lists
• System group definitions
• Users
• Passwords
• Toolbox definitions
• Tool definitions
• Events
• Inventory data
You can use the HP Systems Insight Manager Sizer, located at
http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/274366-0-0-0-121.html to get a recommended server
configuration based on projected management workloads, installed management applications, and number
of console users.
Database software
HP SIM supports the use of several databases:
• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is supported on a Windows CMS. SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
is installed with HP SIM.
NOTE: To install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, .NET 2.0 Framework is required. The .NET
Framework requires Windows Installer 3.0 or later.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is supported on a Windows CMS. HP SIM ships with SQL Server 2005
Express Edition, but you can choose to use Microsoft SQL Server 2005, which provides more advanced
enterprise features.
• Oracle 9i Release 2 and Oracle 10g version 10.2.0.1 or later are supported on all platforms.
NOTE: The Oracle database must be created with Unicode character set of AL32UTF8 and national
character set of AL16UTF16 before installing HP SIM. The NLS Length must be set to BYTE. You must
also specify the thin client .jar file location. HP SIM requires Oracle database and Transparent Network
Substrate (TNS) listener services to be up and running when system is restarted. Oracle by itself does
not start the Oracle database and TNS listener automatically. An Oracle database administrator (DBA)
must set these services to be restarted when the server is reset. See the Oracle documentation for details
on how to auto start these services at
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/html/A96167_01/post-inst.htm#sthref548. Access to this link
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