HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

Table of Contents
1 Product overview........................................................................................7
Features.................................................................................................................................................7
HP SIM management.........................................................................................................................7
Security............................................................................................................................................7
Installation........................................................................................................................................7
Discovery..........................................................................................................................................8
Custom tools.....................................................................................................................................8
Reporting..........................................................................................................................................8
Partner applications...........................................................................................................................8
What's new?..........................................................................................................................................9
Installation........................................................................................................................................9
First Time Wizard...............................................................................................................................9
Security............................................................................................................................................9
Users and authorizations.....................................................................................................................9
Discovery and identification................................................................................................................9
Setting up managed systems...............................................................................................................9
Data Collection.................................................................................................................................9
Automatic event handling..................................................................................................................10
License Manager.............................................................................................................................10
Reporting........................................................................................................................................10
Navigation.....................................................................................................................................10
Task Wizard...................................................................................................................................10
Miscellaneous features.....................................................................................................................11
Product architecture...............................................................................................................................11
Central management server...............................................................................................................11
Managed systems............................................................................................................................11
Web-browser clients.........................................................................................................................11
Authorizations......................................................................................................................................11
Default toolboxes.............................................................................................................................12
User privileges.................................................................................................................................12
Tools...................................................................................................................................................12
Information storage...............................................................................................................................13
HP SIM audit log.............................................................................................................................13
Database........................................................................................................................................13
Database software......................................................................................................................13
Secure access.......................................................................................................................................14
Command line interface...................................................................................................................14
Graphical user interface...................................................................................................................14
Secure data transmission........................................................................................................................15
Management protocols.....................................................................................................................15
Web server security ........................................................................................................................16
Self-signed certificates .....................................................................................................................16
X application security.......................................................................................................................16
Managing servers behind a firewall ..................................................................................................16
2 Installation overview and requirements........................................................17
First time install process overview............................................................................................................17
Upgrade overview................................................................................................................................17
System requirements..............................................................................................................................17
Linux Central Management Server...........................................................................................................17
Managed system requirements and recommendations................................................................................18
SSH requirements..................................................................................................................................20
3 Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time..............................................21
Preparing the system..............................................................................................................................21
Installing and configuring the software.....................................................................................................22
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