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
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