HP System Management Homepage Release Notes HP-UX, Linux, and Windows Systems HP Part Number: 438861-003 Published: June 2007 Edition: 10
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Table of Contents About this document..........................................................................................................7 Intended audience..................................................................................................................................7 New and changed information in this edition.......................................................................................7 June 2007 release for HP-UX...........................................................
HP SMH 2.2.2 release for HP-UX..........................................................................................................24 HP SMH 2.2 release for HP-UX............................................................................................................25 HP SMH 2.1.6 release for Windows and Linux....................................................................................25 HP SMH 2.1.4 release for Windows and Linux...............................................................
List of Tables 1-1 HP SMH integrated applications...................................................................................................
About this document Intended audience The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers on HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems. This release notes is for system administrators and any level of user of HP SMH. New and changed information in this edition These sections list what is new for the HP SMH releases. June 2007 release for HP-UX HP SMH 2.2.
— — For HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) only, a new command, smh(1m) is introduced ( /usr/sbin/smh), which is an enhanced version of the sam(1m) command (/usr/sbin/sam). For HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) only, the sam command in /usr/sbin/sam is deprecated. Any invocation of /usr/sbin/sam will display the deprecation message and launch /usr/sbin/smh automatically. January 2007 release for Linux and Windows HP SMH 2.1.
June 2006 release for HP-UX HP SMH 2.2.3 provides the following functionality over previous HP SMH releases: • Delivers defect fixes to the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) release March 2006 release for HP-UX HP SMH 2.2.2 provides the following functionality over previous HP SMH releases: • • • Delivers defect fixes to the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.
September 2005 release for HP-UX HP SMH 2.2 provides the following functionality over previous HP SMH releases: • Delivered the first HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) release July 2005 Web release for Linux/Windows HP SMH 2.1 provides the following added functionality over previous HP SMH releases: • • • • • • • • Added access support for the Power Users group for Windows platforms Added support for managed systems running Intel Itanium Removed unused Linux library files.
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• hpsmh (1m) manpage For HP-UX releases, the manpage is available from the command line using the man hpsmh command. This information is not available for Linux and Windows. • smhstartconfig (1M) manpage For HP-UX releases, the manpage is available from the command line using the man smhstartconfig command. This information is not available for Linux and Windows. • sam(1M) manpage For HP-UX releases, the manpage is available from the command line using the man sam command.
Manufacturing Part Number Supported Operating Systems Supported Versions Edition Number Publication Date 381383-006-en HP-UX, Linux, and Windows For HP-UX: HP-UX 4 11i v2 (B.11.23). For Linux and Windows: See “System requirements” (page 19). June 2006 381383-005 Linux and Windows See “System requirements” (page 19). 4 February 2006 381383-004-en HP-UX HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) 3 December 2005 381383-002 HP-UX HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) 2 September 2005 381383-002 HP-UX HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.
1 Features The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) for HP-UX, Linux, and Windows provides the following features. They apply to all releases, except where noted. Product features • HP Insight Management Agent Security Provides security for HP Insight Management Agents using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for Linux and Windows. • Web-based Applications Security SSL. • Configure Trust Mode Enables you to configure the trust mode level.
Table 1-1 HP SMH integrated applications 16 Application Name Operating System Application Description Accounts for Users and Groups (ugweb) HP-UX The Accounts for Users and Groups (ugweb) tool is a web-based single-system management tool for managing user accounts and groups on a local and Network Information Service (NIS) system. For more information, see the product's online help. Audit Configuration HP-UX Audit events, system calls, and users.
Table 1-1 HP SMH integrated applications (continued) Application Name Operating System Application Description Network Interfaces Configuration HP-UX Network Interfaces Configuration is a web-based system management tool that enables you to configure network interfaces on HP-UX installed systems. For more information, see the product's online help. Network Services Configuration (ncweb) HP-UX The ncweb tools allows the user to configure network services.
Table 1-1 HP SMH integrated applications (continued) Application Name 18 Operating System Application Description Serviceguard Cluster - Serviceguard HP-UX, Linux, Windows Manager Serviceguard allows you to create high availability clusters of HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers.
2 System requirements This chapter provides the minimum system requirements for the HP-UX, Linux, and Windows systems to run HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). Supported operating systems HP SMH supports the following operating systems for the HP-UX, Linux, and Windows systems: • HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) for HP Integrity Servers and HP 9000 Servers The June 2007 release supports HP-UX 11i v1 and v2; it does not support the HP-UX 11i v3 operating environments.
NOTE: For Linux, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is supported on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and eDir is supported on Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES). For Windows, the SmartStart CD requires that all systems have a minimum of 256 MB of RAM. The HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) Operating Environments are for PA-RISC systems only, while the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) Operating Environments (September 2004 and later) include PA-RISC and Itanium systems.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (x86) • • • • glibc 2.3.3-98 or later pam 0.77-221 or later perl 5.8.0 or greater zlib 1.2.1 or greater Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (x86) • • • • glibc 2.3.3-36 pam 0.77-47 or greater perl 5.8.0 or greater zlib 1.2.1-3 or greater RPMs supported on the AMD64 and EM64T platform HP SMH supports the following RPMs for each of the Linux operating systems on the AMD64 and EM64T platform.
NOTE: The AMD64 is an AMD Opteron processor. The EM64T is an Intel Xeon processor with Extended Memory 64 Technology. The x86 is an Intel Pentium III/IV/Xeon 32-bit processor. The IPF is an Intel Itanium 64-bit Processor. Verifying system requirements Before installation begins, the installation utility verifies whether: • • • • For HP-UX, Linux, and Windows, the operating system meets the minimum requirements.
3 Known issues This chapter contains known issues with the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) releases. HP SMH undergoes rigorous testing before releasing any given version of the product. From HP test activities to date, the following items have been uncovered that you should keep in mind. Please also refer to the HP System Management Homepage Installation Guide and HP System Management Homepage Online Help for known issues. HP SMH 2.2.
the View Certificate button in the certificate warning boxes, and then selecting the Install certificate button. For Mozilla and Firefox, you can select Accept this certificate permanently in the certificate warning boxes. • You must use either the command sequence or HP SMH to perform any operation that HP SMH supports. Attempting to start an operation with commands and completing it with HP SMH can result in errors and possibly corrupt data or data structures. HP SMH 2.2.
hpsmh 22993 22987 root 22987 1 • • 0 10:33:02 ? 0 10:33:01 ? 0:02 /opt/hpws/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -f /opt/hpsmh/conf/smhpd.conf 0:00 /opt/hpws/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL -f /opt/hpsmh/conf/smhpd.conf Please note that Hewlett-Packard did not reissue the HP-UX documentation (online help, install guide, and release notes) for this release. The December 2005 release documentation can be used for this March 2006 release.
1. 2. As a precautionary measure, copy the existing smhpd.xml file into a different directory. Manually add the tag: a. Open the smhpd.xml in the \hp\hpsmh\conf directory on the boot drive with a text editor. b. Add the following line between the and tags: any value between 10 and 3600 c. 3. Save the file. Restart the HP SMH service. HP SMH 2.1.
1. 2. As a precautionary measure, copy the existing smhpd.xml file into a different directory. Manually add the tag: Note: To set this configuration on a group of servers, this setting is included in those affected by the Replicate Agent Settings feature in HP SIM. The source server must be configured manually using the following steps and then the setting can be installed simultaneously to other systems using HP SIM. a. b. Open the smhpd.
Add the following exceptions to the firewall protection: 5. 6. Product Port Number HP SMH Insecure Port 2301 HP SMH Secure Port 2381 Click OK to save your settings and close the Add a Port dialog box. Click OK to save your settings and close the Windows Firewall dialog box. This configuration leaves the default SP2 security enhancements intact, but will allow traffic over the ports indicated above.
Index A S audience, 7 service and support, 13 software, 22 D document organization, 11 documentation, 11 F features, 15 new, 7 H T troubleshooting, 23 typographic conventions, 11 W web browsers, supported, 20 web sites, 22 HP SMH install requirements, 22 media, 22 operating systems, 19 RPMs on AMD64, 21 RPMs on EM64T, 21 RPMs on Itanium, 21 RPMs on x86, 20 software, 22 web browsers, 20 web sites, 22 I install operating systems, 19 requirements, 22 RPMs on AMD64 and EM64T, 21 RPMs on Itanium, 21 RP
