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

2 Installation overview and requirements
This chapter provides an overview of the HP SIM installation process, and it identifies the system requirements
for a Windows CMS, a managed system, and a network client.
First time install process overview
Perform these steps for a first time install of HP SIM on your Central Management Server:
1. Install and configure the Central Management Server. The procedure to complete this step is in the
installation chapter of this guide. See Chapter 3 “Installing HP SIM on the Central Management Server
(CMS) for the first time” for details.
2. Configure HP SIM for your environment. See Chapter 4 “Configuring HP SIM using the First Time
Wizard” or Chapter 5 “Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu” for the recommended tasks.
3. Install and configure the required Management Agents on the systems that will be managed by the
Central Management Server. This step is covered in the first section of Chapter 6 “Setting up and
configuring managed systems”.
4. Configure the remaining protocols for the managed systems. See Chapter 6 “Setting up and configuring
managed systems” for details.
Upgrade overview
If HP SIM has previously been installed on your Central Management Server, see the upgrade instructions
in Chapter 8 “Upgrading HP Systems Insight Manager ”.
System requirements
This section identifies the hardware and software requirements and recommendations for HP Systems Insight
Manager. These requirements are broken into sections for the CMS, managed system, and network client.
Windows Central Management Server
This section contains the minimum requirements for the Windows operating system that is used for the CMS.
Operating system
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard 64-bit (32-bit mode)
• Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Enterprise 64-bit (32-bit mode)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Small Business SP2 (IA32)
• Microsoft Windows Vista with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP2 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP2 64-bit (32-bit mode)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2 64-bit (32-bit mode)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 64-bit (32-bit mode)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 64-bit (32-bit mode)
• VMware ESX v3.0.1 running guest Windows 32
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