README - HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1

During installation, the user is given the option to browse to or type in the Destination location folder
where HP SIM will be installed. The folder name supports only the following characters: A-z, 0-9, a space,
( -) hyphen, ( _ ) underscore and ( . ) period.
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If Oracle database is being used, the Oracle database and user account must be created beforehand. The
user account should have database administrator (DBA) privileges.
The Oracle database must be created with unicode character set of AL32UTF8 and national character set
of AL16UTF16. The National Language Support (NLS) Length must be set to BYTE.
The ojdbc14.jar file required for Oracle database connectivity cannot be included with the HP SIM bundle
because legal reasons. The path for this file must be specified in the database configuration during the HP
SIM installation.
To configure the CMS running on HP-UX or Linux to a remote or local Oracle database, execute
mxoracleconfig. This command prompts for the Oracle database details. Provide the required values,
and then execute
mxinitconfig -a
.
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In a Typical install, the OpenSSH service runs as the local administrator. During a Custom install, any user
with local administrative privileges can be specified. This user account must be an administrative account
and have specific user rights to allow OpenSSH to run correctly. The following user rights are required and
are automatically added to this account by the OpenSSH installer if needed:
• Log on as a service
• Create a token object
• Replace a process level token
These can be controlled by the Local Security Policy administrative tool. A domain policy might control these
settings, in which case these settings might need to be set for a domain user.
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The Windows installer verifies whether Internet Explorer 6.0 or later is present and, if not, aborts the
installation. If Internet Explorer 5.x or earlier is installed, it must be upgraded to Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
for the HP SIM install to complete successfully.
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The domain user must be a part of the local administrators group (or domain admin) to run custom commands.
On Windows 2003, if after adding a domain user account to HP SIM, custom commands do not execute
for that user:>
1. Add the domain user information to the group and password files by running the following commands:
• sshuser -u username -d domain name >> ..\etc\passwd
• mkgroup -d >>..\etc\group
2. Deploy the SSH keys with the following command:
mxagentconfig -a -n <nodename of CMS> -u <username> -p <password>
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If installing HP SIM with a local MSDE (or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition) database on a
Windows XP SP2 machine that is not a ember of a domain, Simple File Sharing is automatically disabled.
The Simple File Sharing setting on Windows XP Professional changes the way local users are authenticated.
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