HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows
Table Of Contents
- HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows
- Table of Contents
- 1 Product overview
- 2 Installation overview and requirements
- 3 Installing HP SIM on the Central Management Server (CMS) for the first time
- 4 Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard
- Using the First Time Wizard
- Configuring the managed environment
- Enabling automatic system discovery
- Configuring System Automatic Discovery task sign in credentials
- Configuring managed systems
- Configuring the WMI Mapper Proxy
- Configuring privilege elevation
- Configuring e-mail settings
- First Time Wizard summary
- Finishing the First Time Wizard
- Operating-system-specific collections, reports, and tools
- 5 Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu
- 6 Setting up and configuring managed systems
- 7 Initializing the Remote Support Software Manager
- 8 Upgrading HP Systems Insight Manager
- 9 Uninstalling HP Systems Insight Manager
- 10 Using the graphical user interface
- 11 Using the command line interface
- 12 Configuration options
- 13 Troubleshooting
- glossary
- Index
• Supported 32-bit Windows operating system running as guest on the following VMware systems:
VMware ESX v3.0.1•
• VMware ESX v3.0.2
• VMware ESX v3.0.3
• VMware ESX v3.5 Update 1
• VMware ESX v3.5 Update 2
• VMware ESX v3.5 Update 3
• VMware ESX v3.5 Update 4
• VMware ESX v3i Update 1
• VMware ESX v3i Update 2
• VMware ESX v3i Update 3
• VMware ESX v3i Update 4
• Microsoft Hyper-V running guest Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise (32-bit)
• Microsoft Hyper-V running guest Windows 2008 Standard and Enterprise (32-bit)
• The Central Management Server supports Microsoft Windows 2003 International Server - French,
German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese (latest service pack available for each
language).
Hardware
Any HP ProLiant with the following configuration:
• Minimum: 1.5-GHz processor with 1 GB RAM
• 1 GB free disk space recommended
• Recommended: 2.4-GHz processor with 2 GB RAM
NOTE: The ProLiant ML/DL 100 series servers do not support Insight Remote Support Advanced. If
you are using Insight Remote Support Advanced, you must use a ProLiant 300, 500, 700, or Blade
Server.
NOTE: If Microsoft SQL Server is installed on the CMS, an additional 512 MB of RAM should be
installed.
NOTE: HP Netserver platforms can be used for the Central Management Server as long as the Instant
Toptools software is not installed and all other requirements are met.
Software
Database software:
• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Service Pack 2
• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Service Pack 3
NOTE: SQL Server 2005 Express Edition requires .NET 2.0 Framework installed.
NOTE: SQL Server 2005 Express Edition supports 500 systems and 5,000 events.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2 (remote or local)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 3 (remote or local)
NOTE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 supports 5,000 systems and 50,000 events.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (remote or local)
16 Installation overview and requirements