HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Administrator Guide (Web Version) (TK981-96004, May 2014)

Prerequisites for normal hosts
To manage normal hosts by using Host Data Collector or the Device Manager agent, you must perform
environment setup of the normal hosts before registering them in Device Manager.
NOTE:
If you use Host Data Collector or the Device Manager agent to register Linux hosts that recognize 256
or more logical unit numbers in a storage system, the KAIC03006-E error message is output and the
operation fails. For Linux hosts managed by Host Data Collector or the Device Manager agent, specify
a value of 256 or less as the number of LUs per port of storage systems recognized by a host. Specify
a logical unit number in the range from 0 to 255.
Prerequisites for normal hosts managed by Host Data Collector
To use Host Data Collector to manage normal hosts, install Host Data Collector, and then perform
environment setup on each normal host.
Host Data Collector comes with HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition, which is installed on the
management server, but can also be installed on a computer other than the management server.
Before you register normal hosts in Device Manager, the following environment settings must already
be specified on the normal hosts. When managing a UNIX host, the environment settings that need
be specified on the UNIX host differ according to the UNIX account used to register the host in Device
Manager.
When managing a Windows host
• A user with Administrator permissions is assigned as a user who can execute the Host Data Col-
lector service.
• admin$ is shared over the network.
You can check this by using the Windows net share command. If a security-monitoring program
is installed on a normal host, Host Data Collector might not be able to collect the host information.
• In the Windows Firewall settings, File and Printer Sharing is registered as an exception.
When managing a UNIX host (When information about the host is collected by using the root account)
• SSH is enabled.
• Settings have been performed so that you can log in as root via a remote SSH login with password
authentication.
• When the OS of a normal host to be managed is AIX, the ODMDIR environment variable is set.
NOTE:
If the root account is used to register a host into Device Manager, do not use a general user account
to register the host a second time.
When managing a UNIX host (When information about the host is collected by using a general user account)
• SSH is enabled.
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