HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

4 Setting up managed systems
Perform step 2 to install and configure the required management software.
1. Install and configure the CMS. The procedure to complete this step is in "Chapter 3, Installing HP SIM
on the CMS for the first time."
2. Install and configure the required management software on the systems that will be managed by the
CMS. The procedure to complete this step is in this chapter.
3. Configure HP SIM for your environment. See chapter "Chapter 5, Configuring HP SIM using the First
Time Wizard" or "Chapter 6, Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu" for the recommended tasks.
4. Configure the remaining protocols for the managed systems. See "Chapter 7, Configure or Repair
agents" for details.
Setting up managed systems involves installing the required management software. The management software
being installed depends on the type of managed system.
• HP-UX (see below)
• Storage systems (see below)
• Windows systems -see the HP SIM Installation and Configuration guide for Windows
• Linux - see the HP SIM Installation and Configuration guide for Linux
Installing the required software on an HP-UX system
1. Understand the basic managed system software for HP-UX.
For HP-UX, the following software, shown with minimum recommended versions, is required for essential
HP Systems Insight Manager functionality to operate. This software is installed by default as part of the
latest HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3 operating environments, but it might need to be installed or updated
on HP-UX 11i v1 or older HP-UX 11i v2 systems.
• T1471AA HP-UX Secure Shell
• OpenSSL
• B8465BA HP WBEM Services for HP-UX
This WBEM Services bundle contains basic system instrumentation displayed in the HP SIM Property
Pages, as well as supporting data collection and reporting by HP SIM inventory functionality. To maximize
the value of SIM for properties, inventory, and events, see http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers
for the latest WBEM Services bundle.
2. Ensure the managed system software is installed on HP-UX 11i v1 or v2. On HP-UX 11i v3, the listed
software's or its equivalences are always installed.
To verify that the minimum required software is installed, log in to the remote system, and run the
following command:
$ swlist –l bundle T1471AA B8465BA OpenSSL
If WBEM Services is not found and your operating system is 0603 11.23 OEUR or later, run the following
command:
swlist –l product HPUXBaseAux.WBEMServices
To verify that the optional providers and System Management Homepage are installed, run commands
such as:
$ swlist –l bundle LVMProvider WBEMP-LAN-00 SysMgmtWeb SysFaultMgmt
OnlineDiag
3. Acquire and install the managed system software if not previously installed.
The SecureShell, WBEM bundles are included on the HP-UX Operating Environment and Application
Release media, as well as part of the HP Systems Insight Manager HP-UX depot downloaded from
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/dl_hpux.html.
For the WBEM providers, see
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/dl_hpux.html .
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