HP Systems Insight Manager 7.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

2 Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time
Preparing the system
Perform step 1 for a first time install of HP SIM on your CMS.
1. Install and configure the CMS.
2. Install and configure the required management software on the systems that will be managed
by the CMS. For details, see “Setting up managed systems” (page 36).
3. Configure HP SIM for your environment. For more information, see “Configuring HP SIM”
(page 39).
This procedure verifies that your system meets the minimum requirements and prepares your system
for HP SIM installation.
To verify and prepare your system, perform the following procedure:
Procedure 1 Prepare the system
1. Verify your system meets the minimum requirements. For details, see “System requirements”
(page 5).
2. Disable the firewall and/or Security-Enhanced Linux.
Many Linux distributions automatically install security layers such as a firewall and/or
Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) that can interfere with the operation of HP SIM.
Configurations in the support matrix are tested without these options enabled.
NOTE: If you chose to install HP SIM without disabling the SELinux environment, then must
be opened for smooth operation. For enabling ports under the SELinux firewall, see Firewall
Configuration.
3. If you plan to use an Oracle database, refer to your Oracle provider for instructions.
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. For details on how to automatically start these services, see the Oracle
documentation at http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/homepage. Access to this link requires
registration. The Oracle DBA who manages the Oracle installation must perform this task.
Install Oracle on the local system before installing HP SIM. Create a database user name with
DBA privileges, or if you plan on using Oracle as the remote database, you must have the
database and user name with DBA privilege to configure HP SIM. To configure HP Systems
Insight Manager to use a newly created Oracle database, see “After installing HP SIM” (page
30).
4. Download the HP SIM software. To download the software, see http://www.hp.com/go/
hpsim and on the upper-left of the page under HP Systems Insight Manager, click Download.
The HP SIM Download Page appears. Under Download HP Systems Insight Manager, select
HP SIM-Linux and Download latest version of HP SIM-Linux for a full product install.
5. In the directory where you downloaded or copied the files, change user permissions to add
execute permissions to the bin file:
chmod +x *.bin
or
chmod +x HPSIM*.bin
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