HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

12 Configuration options
Several configurable parameters in HP SIM that are not available from the GUI. These parameters can only
be configured by editing a configuration file on the CMS.
NOTE: All HP SIM parameters have been set to predefined values that are appropriate for most situations.
These parameters should only be changed if you are experiencing issues with the default values.
There are two main default locations where configuration files are stored.
For Windows:
• C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager\config\
• C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager\hpwebadmin\lib
The Windows directory paths vary if HP SIM is not installed in the default location.
These files follow the format of a Java properties file. Therefore, the keys in these files are case-sensitive. In
addition, the backslash (\) must be represented by a double-backslash (\\). For more information about the
Java property file format, refer to http://java.sun.com/.
This chapter provides information on the following configuration options:
• “CPU utilization during data collection”
• “GUI time-out policy”
• “HP SIM audit log configuration”
• “Configuring task results”
CPU utilization during data collection
Overview
The data collection task runs many threads in parallel to overlap computing and database operations with
the wait for managed systems to respond. On slower systems, this could potentially saturate the CPU for
some time, depending on the processor speed of the CMS system and the number of systems being collected.
Therefore, HP SIM provides some strategies to lessen the CPU usage.
Implementation
To lessen the CPU usage during data collection on the CMS:
• Limit the number of systems that are being collected at one time. For example, create separate data
collection tasks for different groups of systems and schedule them to run at different times.
• Configure the CMS to use a remote database on a system other than the CMS. A substantial portion
of the CPU load is consumed by the database during data collection. This option is only supported with
a Windows CMS.
• Lower the DataCollectionThreadCount parameter in the globalsettings.props file. This
parameter defaults to 3. Lowering it to 2 or 1 reduces the CPU demand of data collection tasks, but it
increases the time required to complete the tasks.
GUI time-out policy
Overview
HP SIM provides two alternative time-out policies. The first time-out policy is for environments in which HP
SIM is used to monitor system status, which is called the monitor time-out policy, and it is similar to the policy
used by Insight Manager 7. The second time-out policy is more strict and will time-out inactive users. This is
called the active time-out policy and it is similar to the policy, used by Servicecontrol Manager.
Monitor time-out policy The monitor time-out policy keeps sessions alive, provided the user has a web
browser window open displaying the HP SIM GUI. Closing the browser or navigating to another web page
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