HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux HP Part Number: 418811-005 Published: April 2009 Edition: 5.3.1

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a web tool is launched from the HP SIM GUI, it opens in the

workspace or in a separate browser window.

X Window tools require that an X server is running. These tools

can reside on the CMS or on a managed system. When accessing

X Window tools

HP SIM from a network client, you must have X server software

running on the network client to execute an X Window tool. From

the CLI or GUI, HP SIM invokes the X Window application using

the command line and passes the location of the X server by

requesting the device for display from the user.

Command line tools include applications, commands, and scripts.

They can reside on the CMS or another managed system. They

can be launched directly from the CLI or GUI.

Command line tools

Information storage

HP SIM uses an audit log and a database to track activity and store your management domain information.

HP SIM audit log

HP SIM logs all tasks performed by all HP SIM users on all systems. The information is stored in the audit

log on the CMS. HP SIM logs all tasks with the following information:

• Time stamp

• User name

• Systems

• Event

• Tool result

For command tools, the verbose level of stdout and stderr is frequently large and time-sensitive, so it is

only logged by default for the ps command. You can configure the option to log this output for the ps and

other commands, as well as other aspects of the audit log, such as maximum file size. Information about

configuring the audit log is available in Chapter 12 “Configuration options” and in the "Administering the

Software" section of the

HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 User Guide

at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/

products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html.

Database

HP SIM uses a database to store vital management domain information. The database contains the following

information:

• Authorizations

• Systems

• System lists

• System group definitions

• Users

• Passwords

• Toolbox definitions

• Tool definitions

• Events

• Inventory data

Database software

HP SIM supports the use of several databases:

• A local PostgreSQL is supported on a Linux CMS.

• Oracle 9i Release 2 is supported on all platforms.

• Oracle 10g Release 2 is supported on all platforms.

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