HP WBEM Services for HP-UX System Administrator Guide (5900-1624, April 2011)

2 Installing and setting up HP WBEM Services
This chapter describes the procedures for installing and setting up HP WBEM Services.
Compatibility information
HP WBEM Services is available on HP-UX 11i v1, v2, and v3. The provider versions that are
compatible with HP WBEM Services will vary based on the version of HP WBEM Services that you
want to install and the operating system version on which you install it.
Before installing HP WBEM Services, HP recommends that you read the HP WBEM Services release
notes. The release notes lists the compatible provider versions with HP WBEM Services on HP-UX
11i v1, v2, and v3.
To view the HP WBEM Services Release Notes, see the Networking and System Management
page at www.hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs and select HP-UX 11i WBEM Software collection.
IMPORTANT: Starting with the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2009 release, HP WBEM Services was
released only on HP-UX 11i v2 and v3. HP WBEM Services version A.02.09 and later versions
are not available on HP-UX 11i v1. No new features or enhancements for HP WBEM Services will
be addressed on HP-UX 11i v1. Only defects that are critical in nature will be addressed. The last
available version of HP WBEM Services on HP-UX 11i v1 is A.02.07.06.
HP WBEM Services compatibility tools
HP WBEM Services supports wbemassist, a command line utility to diagnose and report any
installation and configuration related problems of HP WBEM Services on HP-UX.
It also provides information on the compatibility of providers supported by the specified HP WBEM
Services for HP-UX versions.
The wbemassist utility tool checks for the following:
• If HP WBEM Services is successfully installed
• If required daemons are running on the system
• If cimsrvr group and user exist on the system
• If communication ports 5988 and 5989 are enabled
• If CIM Server is running and responding on the system
• If SSL certificate and its permissions are valid
To start the wbemassist utility, run the following command:
# wbemassist
The following output is displayed:
WBEMServices installation verification..............[PASS]
WBEM server running.................................[PASS]
The WBEM ports are open.............................[PASS]
Checking osinfo command response....................[PASS]
Checking WBEM Server response on local connection...[PASS]
Checking cimsrvr user...............................[PASS]
Checking cimsrvr group..............................[PASS]
Verifying WBEM SSL certificates.....................[PASS]
Verifying WBEM SSL certificate permissions..........[PASS]
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