Building an HP SIM 5.x server on a Linux-based Serviceguard Cluster (444847-001, February 2007)

The two important pieces in HP SIM are the software and the database it maintains. On a Linux CMS,

it can use either a PostgreSQL or an Oracle database. The HP SIM package consists of the following

elements.

HP SIM-Linux - HP Systems Insight Manager (C.05.00.02.00) Automatic BIN file installation kit which

will provide:

• hpsim-pgsql-config - HP Systems Insight Manager Repository Configuration Product

(C.05.00.02.00)

• postgresql RPM - Client programs and libraries (7.4.x)

• postgresql-libs RPM - Essential shared libraries (7.4.x)

• postgresql-server RPM - Programs needed to create user-defined types and functions (7.4.x)

Setup process

Setup the cluster following these steps :

• Installation of HP SIM

o Installation of the HP SIM binary on system 1

o Installation of the HP SIM binary on system 2

o Creation of all necessary directories on the shared storage

o Moving the data from system1 on to the shared system

o Creating links from local systems to the one of the shared storage

• Installation of the HP Serviceguard Cluster Layer

• Creation of the HP SIM package using HP Serviceguard Manager

• Bringing up the cluster

• Fine tuning

• Testing

Configuration details

Table 1

Name Public IP Address Heartbeat IP Adress

Hpsimlnx1 (DL380 G2) 192.168.2.23 10.0.0.1

Hpsimlnx2(BL20P G2) 192.168.2.24 10.0.0.2

Hpsimlnx (cluster name) 192.168.2.15

Qs (quorum server) 192.1682.45

Demogw (Remote Console) 192.168.2.7