HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

2 Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time
Preparing the system
1. for a first time install of HP SIM on your CMS, install and configure the CMS. The procedure to complete
this step is in this chapter.
2. Install and configure the required management software on the systems that will be managed by the
CMS. For more information on this step, see Chapter 3 “Setting up managed systems” for details.
3. Configure HP SIM for your environment. See Chapter 4 “Configuring HP SIM”.
Perform the following, to install HP SIM on an HP-UX 11i system. To upgrade HP SIM, see
Chapter 5 “Upgrading HP SIM”.
NOTE:
HP Servicecontrol Manager is no longer supported. If HP Servicecontrol Manager is installed on your system,
and you want to upgrade your system and keep your data, you must perform the following steps:
1. Obtain HP SIM version 4.2. and follow the user documentation upgrade instructions.
2. Obtain HP SIM version 5.1 and perform an HP SIM 5.1 upgrade.
3. Obtain HP SIM version 5.2 and perform an HP SIM 5.2 upgrade.
4. Obtain HP SIM version 6.0 and perform an HP SIM 6.0 upgrade. See Chapter 5 “Upgrading HP SIM”.
This procedure verifies that your system meets the minimum requirements and prepares your system for
installation. For more information, see “System requirements”.
1. Install the latest recommended HP-UX 11i Java patches.
For a list of the recommended patches, see http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/patches/
index.html.
2. Verify that a previous version of HP Servicecontrol Manager or HP SIM is not installed and configured
for use by issuing the following commands:
swlist -l bundle B8337BA B8339BA B8338BA T2414BA
swlist -l product ServControlMgr AgentConfig SysMgmtServer SysMgmtAgent
If any of these are installed and have been configured for use, perform an upgrade to save your data.
If the version of the SysMgmtServer product starts with B.04 or C.04 use the steps in Upgrading HP SIM.
Or you can uninstall HP Servicecontrol Manager or HP SIM using the following command:
swremove –x enforce_dependencies=false ID
where ID is the product or bundle ID. For example:
swremove –x enforce_dependencies=false B8339BA
or
swremove –x enforce_dependencies=false T2414BA
Remove the old product subdirectories by executing the following command:
rm -fr /opt/mx /etc/opt/mx
The database for the ServiceControl Manager, mysql, can be removed by executing the following
command:
swremove mysql
3. Download the software, or locate a copy of the software on a depot server.
To download the software, see http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim, and on the upper-left of the page under
HP management software, click Download. The HP SIM Download page appears. Under HP
Systems Insight Manager and related components, select HP SIM-HP-UX, and then select Download
latest version of HP SIM-HP-UX for a full product installation.
4. When installing HP SIM, Java Out-of-Box (JAVAOOB) is required and is automatically selected for
installation. For additional information, see
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