HP Systems Insight Manager 5.1 User Guide Printed in the US HP Part Number: 356920-009 Published: January 2007 Edition: 5.
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Table of Contents 1 Legal notices............................................................................................25 Warranty.............................................................................................................................................25 Restricted rights legend..........................................................................................................................25 Copyright notice...................................................................
Signing out .........................................................................................................................................44 Signing out from the GUI .................................................................................................................44 Logging out from the Command Line Interface (CLI)..............................................................................44 First Time Wizard........................................................................
Discovery and identification.......................................................................87 Automatic discovery..............................................................................................................................87 IP protocol......................................................................................................................................87 Event-based automatic discovery.................................................................................
Adding new SNMP rules...........................................................................................................121 6 Users and authorizations.........................................................................123 User configuration rights......................................................................................................................123 Users and authorizations tabs....................................................................................................
Configuring browser timeout options......................................................................................................154 Changing the HP SIM default SSL port...................................................................................................155 Server certificates................................................................................................................................155 Creating a server certificate....................................................
Moving system or cluster collections..................................................................................................183 Command line interface............................................................................................................184 Copying system or cluster collections................................................................................................184 Command line interface.................................................................................
Navigating the icon view................................................................................................................204 Tabs.......................................................................................................................................205 View as...................................................................................................................................205 System health status summary...........................................................
Deleting events from the database....................................................................................................224 Assigning events to users................................................................................................................225 Entering comments on events...........................................................................................................225 Printing an event collection view...............................................................
Existing storage system reports...................................................................................................249 Custom reports.........................................................................................................................250 Viewing storage array capacity.......................................................................................................250 Viewing storage capacity for all arrays...............................................................
Command line interface.................................................................................................................270 Applying a time filter...........................................................................................................................270 Task status types.................................................................................................................................271 12 Tools that extend management..........................................
Parameterized strings................................................................................................................300 Parameterized strings substitution table...................................................................................300 Tool filtering.............................................................................................................................301 Version numbers..........................................................................................
Copying the public key from HP SIM to the target systems..............................................................344 Creating an OpenSSH task through the CLI.......................................................................................344 Creating an OpenSSH task........................................................................................................344 Creating an OpenSSH task from the command line with an XML file...............................................
Summary of Components...........................................................................................................371 For a Complex Participating in iCOD:....................................................................................371 For a Complex Not Participating in iCOD:..............................................................................371 System tab for partitions.............................................................................................................
Upgrading VMM...........................................................................................................................399 VM status types.............................................................................................................................400 WBEM-based tools ............................................................................................................................400 Property Pages.....................................................................
Recovery and Scale.......................................................................................................................419 Remote Management.....................................................................................................................419 Enterprise Management..................................................................................................................419 Other HP Management...........................................................................
Deleting a report...........................................................................................................................439 Showing SQL................................................................................................................................440 Reporting views.............................................................................................................................440 Database views...................................................................
Options for filtering events....................................................................................................466 SNMP trap settings...................................................................................................................467 Status change event settings.......................................................................................................467 Managing event handling tasks...............................................................................
SNMP.....................................................................................................................................502 DMI........................................................................................................................................503 HTTP.......................................................................................................................................503 WBEM.................................................................................
Cluster...............................................................................................................................................547 Collection..........................................................................................................................................549 Configure or Repair Agents..................................................................................................................549 Custom tools..................................................
CIM_ComponentCS table...............................................................................................................586 CIM_ComputerSystemPackage table.................................................................................................586 CIM_ComputerSystem table............................................................................................................586 CIM_ControlledBy table......................................................................................
ComputerSys_StorageVol table........................................................................................................615 DB_DeviceInfo table.......................................................................................................................615 DB_DeviceInfoEx table....................................................................................................................616 DC_Enclosure table...........................................................................
glossary...................................................................................................645 Index.......................................................................................................
1 Legal notices Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor’s standard commercial license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
2 Introduction Online help HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) provides an online help system to help you become familiar with its management features. It provides general information about using and administering HP SIM. Click the question mark icon on any page or use the Help menu to view the online help. HP SIM help categories The HP SIM help system covers the following categories: • Product overview Provides you with an overview of the features in HP SIM. See “Product overview” for more information.
3 Product overview HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is the foundation for HP's unified server-storage management strategy. It is a multiple operating system, hardware level management product that supports HP ProLiant, Integrity and HP 9000 servers, HP StorageWorks MSA, EVA, XP arrays, and third-party arrays.
Security • Role-based security HP SIM enables effective delegation of management responsibilities by giving system administrators granular control over which users can perform which management operations on which systems. • Manage SSH keys The SSH Keys feature enables you to view and manage the public SSH keys, stored in the known_hosts file, from the CMS. SSH keys enable the CMS and a managed system to authenticate a secure connection.
and enables system software updates across groups of servers. For HP-UX systems, Software Distributor is integrated into HP SIM. • Service Essentials Remote Support Pack HP SIM now includes a new Service Essentials Remote Support Pack plug-in. This plug-in leverages elements of HP’s Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE) technology and provides integrated HP SIM and Remote Support Pack capability.
• ProLiant ML310 G4 Servers • Integrity rx7620 Servers • Integrity rx7640 Servers • Integrity rx8620 Servers • Integrity rx8640 Servers • Integrity Superdome Servers Note: The Integrity Superdome includes support for Montecito, M9M, and MX2 processors. • Ultra 160 SCSI Adapter • HP NC370i NIC • rx8620 Gigabit LoM (5701) NIC • rx8640 Gigabit LoM (5703) NIC • LAN/SCSI Combo Card (Castor, AB290A) The following new operating systems are supported: • VMware ESX 2.5.2 • VMware ESX 2.5.
/www.hp.com/go/vmmanage for documentation and more information on the Virtual Machine Management Pack. • HP ProLiant Essentials Server Migration Pack The Server Migration Pack extends the functionality of the Virtual Machine Management Pack to provide integrated physical-to-virtual (P2V), virtual-to-virtual (V2V), and virtual-to-physical (V2P) migrations. The Server Migration Pack enables you to simplify the server consolidation process, thereby freeing you to focus on other priorities.
What's new? Collections ▲ You can combine system and event collections for added power and flexibility. You can easily view events associated with system collections and vice versa. Improved versatility for moving and copying collections. • Automatic event handling utilizes both event and system collections. • Event management (clearing, deleting, and so on) is possible for users with limited configuration rights privileges. Users do not have to be full configuration rights users.
Protocols • When setting protocol settings, the Write community string is only required for firmware updates on a GbE switch. • WBEM communications now support certificate-based authorization as well as user and password-based authentication where support is available. The Configure or Repair Agents have also been extended to configure WBEM certificates on target systems. Reporting • HP SIM can now generate reports containing event information, as well as nPars and tape libraries.
Product architecture HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) leverages a distributed architecture that is broken into three types of systems: Central Management Server (CMS), managed systems, and web browser clients. The CMS and the managed systems together are called the HP SIM management domain. Central management server Each management domain has a single CMS. The CMS is the system in the management domain that executes the HP SIM software and initiates all central operations within the domain.
Assistance Additional resources For additional resources, see: • HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) website at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/ for general product information and links to software downloads, documentation, and troubleshooting information • HP Technical Documentation website at http://www.docs.hp.com/ for access to HP SIM manuals and release notes • HP Software Depot website at http://www.software.hp.
Related topics • Resource library • Features • What's new? • Product architecture • Legal notices • Getting started System requirements Windows Central Management Server This section contains the minimum requirements for the Windows operating system that is used for the CMS. Operating system Hardware Software Networking Any HP ProLiant x86 system MSDE 2000 with Service Pack • with the following configuration: 3a (bundled with HP Systems Insight Manager) or one of the • Minimum: 1.
HP-UX Central Management Server This section contains the requirements for the operating system that is used for the HP-UX CMS. Operating system Hardware • HP-UX 11i v1 • HP-UX 11i v2 (September 2004 or later) • HP-UX 11i v3 Any HP system (PA-RISC 2.0 or • Integrity) server with a minimum of 2 GB RAM (3 GB for HP-UX • 11i v3) • Any HP system with Oracle Note: The required patches must be installed for each of these operating systems. Refer to “HP-UX patches” for more information.
5. 6. Select the patches, and click add to selected patch list at the bottom of the page to add dependent patches. Click download selected, and follow the directions on the screen. HP recommends the gzip package format. To install patches: 1. 2. Create a /var/tmp/patches directory, and copy the downloaded patches into that directory. Execute: gunzip patch_file tar -xvf patch_file 3. Load the patches into /var/tmp/patches/depot: ./create_depot_hp-ux_11 4.
4 Getting started If you are getting started with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), first you must familiarize yourself with the software and set it up for your environment by reviewing the information in the “Product overview” section. Then, complete the following steps: • Sign in to the GUI. See “Signing in” for details. • Familiarize yourself with the HP SIM Home page. See “Navigating the Home page” for details. • Perform the initial setup, if this is a new installation.
4. 5. 6. Enter the requested information. Items marked with an asterisk are required. You must read and accept the warranty and license terms before you can continue. Click next. The receipt page appears. Click the HP SIM License Key link in the download software column. An Adobe Reader file opens and shows the HP SIM license key information. NOTE: You will also receive this file in an e-mail to the address you entered during the registration process.
Signing in using SSL CAUTION: If you cannot ensure that the HP SIM system to which you are browsing is, in fact, the HP SIM system you believe it is, do not select either of the last two SSL options below. You could be giving your sign-in credentials to a rogue system disguised as your HP SIM system, or you could be importing a certificate from a rogue system disguised as your HP SIM system and subsequently giving your sign-in credentials to that rogue system.
Logging in directly on the CMS 1. Log in to the CMS using a valid user name and password ( SSH system name ). HP SIM grants authorizations based on your operating system user login. 2. Open a terminal window or a command prompt window to execute HP SIM commands. Using an SSH client remotely The preferred way to log in remotely is using an SSH client. Telnet and rlogin work, but neither provides a secure connection. 1. 2. Open an SSH client application on any network client.
NOTE: The default settings in Firefox block the First Time Wizard. You must disable the pop up blocker in Firefox to see the First Time Wizard. NOTE: The selections you make in the First Time Wizard are not applied until you click Finish on the summary page. NOTE: 1. 2. For more detailed information on each item below, see the detailed information later in the chapter. Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) . Enter the default WBEM user names and passwords.
• Events • About administering events Entering WBEM settings HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) uses the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) protocol to communicate with managed systems. You can enter WBEM settings in the First Time Wizard or in the HP SIM menu bar. (GUI) To disable WBEM communication or enter settings in the GUI, select Options→Protocol Settings→Global Protocol Settings. If you do not have WBEM systems in your network, you do not need to enter information here.
• First Time Wizard • Global protocols • Protocols • Configuring HP SIM with storage systems • Example XML file to add more than 10 WBEM username and password pairs Entering SNMP settings HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) uses the SNMP to communicate with managed systems. Community strings set up the authentication that enables communication between HP SIM and a managed system. You can enter read community strings in the First Time Wizard, or in the HP SIM menu bar. (GUI).
1. 2. 3. To enable the System Automatic Discovery task, select the Automatically execute discovery every checkbox. If you do not enable the System Automatic Discovery task at this time, discovery will not take place until you select Options→Discovery, and enable a discovery task or select a task and click Run Now. If you want System Automatic Discovery to run on a regular schedule, enter the periodic run interval and time of day to run the task.
• Administrator This template automatically gives the user full configuration rights on the CMS and includes the All Tools toolbox for the CMS and for All Managed Systems. • Operator This template gives the user limited configuration rights on the CMS and includes authorizations for the Monitor Tools toolbox on the CMS and the All Tools toolbox on All Managed Systems.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Access the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host and CMS e-mail settings through the First Time Wizard or choose Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→Email Settings. The Email Settings page appears. Enter the SMTP host name. The SMTP host is the outgoing e-mail server that the CMS will use to send e-mail notifications. Enter the e-mail address that the management server will use when sending e-mail notifications in the Sender's e-mail address box.
• Examples of e-mail pages • Creating a paging task based on e-mail notification Configuring automatic event handling Automatic event handling enables HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) to perform an action when a specific event occurs. The First Time Wizard lets you define one task, based on an existing event collection, that will send an e-mail notification when an event matching the event collection attributes occurs.
• Configuring automatic event handling • Managing event handling tasks • Configuring e-mail settings • Configuring event filters for registered SNMP traps • Configuring modem settings for paging • Configuring status change events • Configuring SNMP traps • WBEM indications Related topics • First Time Wizard • Events • About administering events • Examples of e-mail pages First Time Wizard summary When you are finished entering information in the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Fi
Setting up managed systems Overview Setting up managed systems involves installing the required Management Agents software and configuring the supported protocols to communicate with the HP Systems Insight Manager software.
a. b. c. d. In the User name field, enter the system administrator or root user name. In the Password field, enter the system administrator or root password for the user name previously entered. In the Password (Verify) field, reenter the system administrator password exactly as it was entered in the Password field. For Windows managed systems only, in the Domain field, enter the Windows domain. Note: The credentials used in this step must work for all target systems that have been selected.
Note: If the remote system is running HP-UX, this option is not executed on the remote system since it is not applicable on HP-UX systems. If only HP-UX target systems are being configured at this time, you can clear this option. If this option is selected, you must complete the following steps: 1. 2. • In the Password field, enter the new administrator password. In the Confirm Password field, re-enter the new administrator password exactly as you entered it previously.
• The stdout tab. This tab displays the output text information. • The stderr tab. This tab displays information if the executable experienced an error. • Files Copied tab. This tab displays what files are in the process of being copied or have been copied to the target system. • View Printable Report. Reports can be printed for the currently selected target system or for all target systems associated with the task instance. To print a report: 1. Click View Printable Report.
d. Edit the snmpd.conf file using any text editor. For Red Hat Linux, run the following command for opening this file in the vi editor: vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf For SUSE SLES 8, run the following command for opening this file in the vi editor: vi /usr/share/snmp/snmpd.conf i. Remove the comment symbol (#) from the trapsink line, and add the IP address of the CMS: trapsink IPaddress where IPaddress is the IP address of the CMS. ii.
HP-UX CMS Installing the required software on an HP-UX system Use the following checklist as a guideline to assist you with setting up managed systems from an HP-UX Central Management Server (CMS): 1. Understand the basic managed system software for HP-UX. For HP-UX, the following software, shown with minimum recommended versions, is required for essential HP Systems Insight Manager functionality to operate.
To configure agents remotely: 1. Select Configure→Configure or Repair Agents. The Step 1: Select Target Systems page appears. Note: The Verify Target Systems page appears if the targets are selected before selecting a tool. 2. 3. 4. 5. To add targets, select a group from the dropdown list. The contents of the selected group appear and can be selected as targets. To select the entire collection, select Select "name of collection" itself.
Note: If you experience problems later setting the trust status on a Linux managed system, see “Troubleshooting” under Certificate Problems for assistance. • Set administrator password for Insight Management Agents version 7.1 or earlier. Select this option to repair the administrator password on all Insight Management Agents installed on the target systems as applicable for Windows and Linux systems. Note: This option does not apply to HP-UX.
a separate task, which can be viewed in the tasks log menu selection. If Linux and HP-UX systems are selected, there are two Task IDs, one for Linux and one for HP-UX systems. The Task Results page displays the following information: To print a report: 1. Click View Printable Report. An Options Message box appears, asking if you want to generate a report containing only the currently selected target system or all systems associated with the task instance. 2. 3. Select which report to display.
swinstall -s /tmp/HPSIM_download.depot B8465BA c. Configure SNMP to send traps to the CMS: i. Add the full host name or IP address of the CMS as a trapdest in the following file: /etc/SnmpAgent.d/snmpd.conf trap-dest: hostname_or_ip_address ii. Stop the SNMP Master agent and all subagents with the command: /sbin/init.d/SnmpMaster stop iii. Restart the SNMP Master agent and all subagents with the command: /usr/sbin/snmpd d. Configure DMI on the managed system by adding the DNS host name of the CMS.
a. From the managed system, be sure WBEM is already installed. Note: Subscribing to WBEM Indications/Events on managed systems is optional. b. Verify that SysFaultMgmt provider is installed: cimprovider –ls You should see EMSWrapperProviderModule. c. From the CMS: To subscribe to WBEM Events, you must have root access. If the Global Protocol Setting does not match the managed system or does not contain root access, the subscription for WBEM Indications fails.
If the VCA is already installed on the managed systems, continue to the next step. 4. Configure the managed system software. See Configuring the managed system software using the Configure or Repair Agents feature from the CMS.
Note: This section displays systems that are authorized by the current user name. If the current user is not authorized to view the systems, a message appears, indicating that the user does not have authorization rights on the system. 7. Under Select a Support Pack to Install, select a support pack to install. Click the down and view the contents of the Version Control Repository that you selected.
selected, any local user has access limited to unsecured pages without being challenged for a user name and password. Caution: HP does not recommend the use of local access unless your management server software enables it. g. h. Click Next. You can click Save to save your changes up to this point, or click Cancel to discard the changes and close the wizard.
NOTE: HP strongly recommends using the Trust by Certificate option because the other options are less secure. To trust all servers: 1. 2. i. Select Trust All. You can click Save to save your changes up to this point or click Cancel to discard the changes and close the wizard. Click Next. The IP Binding page appears. IP Binding specifies from which IP addresses the System Management Homepage (SMH) accepts requests and provides control over which nets and subnets requests are processed.
To configure the VCA: a. b. In the Computer Name field, enter the name of the system where the VCRM is installed. In the Login Account field, enter the login name used to connect to the VCRM on the system specified. Note: Use a login account that has administrative privileges, but do not use the login name Administrator. c. d. e. In the Login Password field, enter the password associated with the login name specified. Click Save to save your settings.
Note: If this option is selected, the Read Only community string is added to the target systems. If the target system is SuSE Linux or Microsoft Windows 2003, the managed nodes do not always enable SNMP communication between themselves and a remote host. This setting is modified to enable the instance of the HP SIM system to communicate using SNMP with these target systems. Note: You can enter a community string up to 255 characters.
• Create subscriptions for WBEM events. See “WBEM indications” for more information. Note: This option is only applicable to HP-UX systems. If this option is selected, the target system is configured to send WBEM indications or events to HP Systems Insight Manager. Note: Subscriptions for WBEM events can be created only if WBEM event providers are installed and running on the managed systems. • Configure the WBEM Services on the target systems to support client certificate authentication.
4. 5. 6. Preconfigure the System Management Homepage and version control components. For more information about preconfiguring the SMH component, see System Management Homepage Installation Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html and for version control, see HP Version Control Installation Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/ servers/management/agents/documentation.html. Install the ProLiant or Integrity Support Packs on remote systems.
IMPORTANT: If you have storage systems on your network, you must add each SMI CIMOM IP address to a discovery task. If an SMI CIMOM IP address is not included in a discovery task, the associated storage system will not be discovered. 5. Adding new users Any user with a valid network login can be added to HP SIM. See “Users and user groups” for more information. If you ran the First Time Wizard, new users might already be added. 6.
1. Banner The banner provides a link to the Home page, a link to Sign Out of HP SIM, and displays the user that is currently signed in. Click the minimize icon in the top right corner to minimize the banner. To maximize the banner, click the maximize icon. 2. System Status panel This panel provides uncleared event status, system health status information, and an alarm to notify you of certain events or statuses. The System Status panel can be customized for your environment.
Customizing the Home page Customize the Home page to select which pages display and customize the regions on the default Home page and introductory page. To customize the Home page, perform the following procedure: 1. 2. Click Home in the banner to display the Home page in the workspace. Click Customize in the upper-right corner of the introductory page.
as the alarm is relevant. To have the panel remain collapsed, you must clear the offending event or system status or reconfigure the status display to no longer display alarms. • Legend of status icons To display a list of status icons, click Legend in the System Status panel. Legend information appears in a separate window and remains open until you close it. See “System status types” for more information on default user templates.
The following are error messages that might be displayed: • HP Systems Insight Manager is not configured to display any status. To resolve this issue, close the window, customize the display of the System Status panel, and re-launch. • This window does not have a connection with the main HP Systems Insight Manager window. To resolve this issue, close the window. NOTE: The status panel pop-up window might not be displayed if you have a pop-up blocker configured and running on your system.
The CMS also has another locale independent from any user sessions (see “Configuring HP SIM”), the CMS Locale. Some of the features inherit this locale, such as logging files and e-mail messages sent by Automatic Event Handling, which are neutral from any session. Setting the web browser language or locale When you configure your web browser and select the language you prefer, the HP SIM GUI honors this request for English and Japanese only.
Configuring Windows 2000 locale settings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Select Start→Settings→Control Panel→Regional Options→General. Click Set default. The Select System Locale window appears. From the dropdown list, select Japanese. Click OK. Click Apply. Reboot the system. After rebooting the system, open a command prompt window and execute the chcp 932 (Japanese) and chcp 437 (English) to toggle between the two languages.
tools) or each execution system (for MSA tools, usually the CMS), we have defined the format of some properties that can be added to the globalsettings.props file. These properties provide the character map encoding to use for each language on each operating system, what Code Page code to use for each language on a Windows target and execution system, and the string that defines that encoding in the LANG environment variable on a Linux or HP-UX system.
NOTE: The Windows path will vary if HP SIM is not installed in the default location. See the Infrasctucture management using the HP SIM command line interface white paper at http:// h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html and the HP SIM 5.1 Command Line Interface Reference Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/ infolibrary.html for more detailed information on CLI commands.
and Windows, and 8 for Linux systems. The CLI XML usage manpage section number is 4 for all operating systems. Command Functionality Available manpages mcompile Compiles an SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) file into an intermediate format configuration (CFG) file for importing into HP SIM using the mxmib command.
Command Functionality Available manpages mxnodesecurity Adds, modifies, or removes security mxnodesecurity(1M, 8), credentials for SNMP and Web-Based mxnodesecurity(4) Enterprise Management (WBEM) protocols. Also verifies the certificate used for WBEM. mxoracleconfig Enables you to configure HP SIM to use an mxoracleconfig(1M, 8) Oracle database. This command does not initiate the database. mxpassword Adds, lists, modifies, or removes passwords mxpassword(1M, 8) stored in HP Systems Insight Manager.
• mxcollection • mxexec • mxglobalprotocolsettings • mxglobalsettings • mxlog • mxmib • mxngroup • mxnode • mxquery • mxreport • mxstm • mxtask • mxtool • mxtoolbox • mxuser • mxwbemsub On a Windows CMS, if you are not a member of the local Administrators group, add the options –-user username and --pass password when running any of the listed CLI commands.
• Configuring or Repairing Agents For more information, see “Configure or Repair Agents overview”. • Creating custom tool definition files for HP SIM See Creating custom tool definition files for HP SIM white paper at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/ products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html. • Deploying HP SIM on MSCS Clusters See the Deploying HP SIM 5.0 on MSCS Clusters white paper at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/ products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html. • Getting Started with HP SIM 5.
• MIB Support - Out of the Box See the HP Insight Management MIB update kit for HP SIM at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/ servers/management/hpsim/dl_windows.html#windows. • Moving HP SIM to a new system See the Moving HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 to a new system white paper at http:// h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html. • Receiving HP driver, support, and security alerts, plus software updates customized to your HP products See http://www.hp.
• Viewing the entire HP Version Control Agent Online Help in a PDF See the HP Version Control Agent Online Help at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/ management/agents/documentation.html. • Viewing the entire HP Version Control Repository Manager Online Help in a PDF See the HP Version Control Repository Manager Online Help at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/ servers/management/agents/documentation.html.
5 Discovery and identification Discovery can only be performed if you have full configuration rights. There are two types of discovery: • Automatic discovery Automatic discovery is the process that HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) uses to find and identify the systems on your network and populate the database with that information. A system must first be discovered to collect data and track system health status.
NOTE: All traps, except the SNMP Authentication Failure trap, trigger an automatic discovery. Discovery templates Discovery templates are files that can be used by automatic discovery instead of typing the addresses directly in to the Ping inclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files or Ping exclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files fields. They are designed to be used as a quick way to change the scope of automatic discovery and are used each time discovery runs.
Manual discovery Manual discovery enables you to bypass a full discovery.
timeout The amount of time HP SIM waits for an SNMP response when it sends a request to the system. The default timeout value appears. If a response is not received within the time interval, HP SIM might determine that the system does not support SNMP. Decreasing this value can result in increased network traffic because the rate of retry attempts is increased. Use caution when changing this value. A value of three seconds usually works for a LAN.
Configuring automatic discovery When you access the Automatic tab on the Discovery page, a table displays a listing of all available discovery tasks. You can configure multiple instances of discovery with each instance having its own schedule and set of inclusion ranges. When a discovery task is executed, the Last Run column is updated to display its progress, including the percent complete. NOTE: Automatic discovery and percent complete are calculated by weighting two factors.
• View HP Storage Essentials discovery status When HP Storage Essentials is installed, its discovery status is displayed with a link to the HP Storage Essentials discovery log. • Configure HP Storage Essentials global application settings When HP Storage Essentials is installed, the Automatic tab includes a link to the HP Storage Essentials global application settings configuration page.
3. 4. 5. 6. In the Name field, enter a name for the task. This field is required. In the Schedule section, select Automatically execute discovery every, and enter how often the task should run. The default is one a day. If you clear the Automatically execute discovery every option, the task is disabled after it is created. In the Ping inclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files field, specify the IP addresses to include for pinging.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected. Select the task to be edited, and click Edit. The Edit Discovery section appears. In the Name field, enter a name for the task. This field is required. In the Schedule section, select Automatically execute discovery every and enter how often the task should run. The default is one a day. If you clear the Automatically execute discovery every option, the task is disabled after it is created.
Related topics ▲ Discovery and identification Deleting a discovery task You can delete discovery tasks that are no longer needed. You cannot delete the Default Discovery task. If you select the Default Discovery task, the Delete button is disabled. To delete a discovery task: 1. 2. 3. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected. Select the tasks to delete, and click Delete. A confirmation box appears.
• Application An application references an application running on a server. HP SIM currently does not create systems of a type Application, but it or an HP Essential might in the future. • Cluster A virtual computer usually made up of several servers clustered together with special software. Clusters are typically a fault-tolerant configuration.
• Storage Device A disk drive array that usually supports RAID levels and is accessed over a Fibre Channel Network (SAN). • Switch A network device, similar to a router but uses hardware-based switching technology to route packets quickly. • Tape library • Thin client A remote system connecting to a terminal server; a computer that has no disk or local storage and enables you to connect through terminal server packages to a central server or remote desktop.
NOTE: All steps are optional. To configure general settings for automatic discovery: 1. 2. 3. 4. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected. In the For all automatic discoveries section, select Configure general settings. The General Settings section appears. Select from the following options: • Automatically discover a system when an event is received from it.
Related topics • Discovery and identification • IP ranges • Discovery filters • System types • Global protocols Discovery filters Discovery filters are a mechanism to prevent or enable certain system types from ever being added to the database through automatic discovery. When you want to discover systems of certain types, using filters is much easier than specifying the IP addresses of each individual system. Discovery filters do not apply to manually added systems.
NOTE: Saved discovery template files go into the \config\discovery\templates directory. From the Managing Templates section, you can: • Create new discovery template files Click New, and the Create New Template section appears. See “Creating a new discovery template file” for more information. • Edit existing discovery template files Select the discovery template file that you want to edit, and click Edit. The Edit Template section appears.
To edit a discovery template file: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected. In the For all automatic discoveries section, select Manage templates. The Manage Templates section appears. Select a discovery template file to edit, and click Edit. The Edit Template section appears. The Discovery template name field is not editable. You must use the existing template name.
Adding a system manually Use manual discovery to add a system to the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) database between scheduled discoveries. To add a system using manual discovery: 1. 2. 3. Select Options→Discovery, and click the Manual tab. The System Information section appears. Enter the system name or IP address. Click Add System to add the system to the database.
• Specify additional system properties to use only if Identification fails on this system. Includes: • System type Click the down arrow and select the appropriate System type. • System subtype Click the down arrow and select the appropriate System subtype. You can provide up to eight different system subtypes. • Product model This is a free form field and you can enter the system model number here.
this value. A value of three seconds usually works for a LAN. However, If systems are connected through a WAN, try a higher value, for example, 10 seconds. • Retries The number of additional times after the first attempt is made to communicate with a system before attempts stop. • Read-only community string and Write community string Note: The Write community string is optional and is only required for firmware updates on a GbE switch.
• Delete a hosts file Select the hosts file to delete, and click Delete. A confirmation box appears. See “Deleting a hosts file” for more information. • Add a hosts file to the HP SIM database Select the hosts file to add, and click Add system now. See “Adding systems in a hosts file to the HP SIM database” for more information.
4. 5. 6. Under Initialize contents with, select one of the following: • Template file. Resets the contents into the Contents window. • Systems loaded from the Central Management Server, sorted by:. Select the IP address, System name, System type and then by IP address, or System type and then by System name. This option loads the systems being managed by HP SIM into the Contents window. • Systems loaded from hosts file. Enter the file name and location (for example, c:\ doc.
3. In the Replace contents with section, select one of the following: • Template file. Resets the contents into the Contents window. • Systems loaded from the Central Management Server, sorted by:. Select the IP address, System name, System type and then by IP address, or System type and then by System name. This option loads the systems being managed by HP SIM into the Contents window. • Systems loaded from hosts file. Enter the file name and location (for example, c:\ doc.
Related procedures • Creating a new hosts file • Editing a hosts file • Deleting a hosts file Related topics • Discovery and identification • Managing hosts files Creating a task to import a hosts file for HP SIM integration Users with full configuration rights who are using both HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and its companion Windows management application, Insight Manager (WIN32), can import Insight Manager (WIN32) system database files for easy transition from the Windows client/server en
See http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/hpsim-helpfiles/win32sim.pdf for more information on exporting the Insight Manager (WIN32) .dat file. Related procedure ▲ Creating a new hosts file Batch adding systems through the CLI You can batch add systems by host name through the CLI. To do this, you must first create an .xml file, and then run mxnode from the command line. 1. Create and save an .xml file. For example,
To change the default globally so that it affects the next file entry and all subsequent entries, use a statement similar to the following example. The default is changed to router for the next entry. Router remains the default for all entries until another #$IMXE_DEFAULT statement changes the value. If a single instance of TYPE is changed by a #$IMXE statement, the default is not used for only the next entry and then reverts to router.
16.26.160.24 BldRtr5.compaq.com BldRtr5 For the system AcctServer, only the TYPE was changed from the current defaults. #$IMXE: TYPE=Server 16.26.176.36 AcctServer.compaq.com AcctServer #user comments The global default for TYPE was changed from Unknown to Router. All subsequent entries will be identified as routers until a TYPE statement is used to specify another type or restore the default. #$IMXE_DEFAULT: TYPE=Router 16.25.176.38 FloorRtr2a.compaq.
Related procedure ▲ Managing hosts files Related topic ▲ Discovery and identification IP ranges You can specifically include or exclude IP addresses individually for discovery or as part of a range. IP address range entries also affect cluster discovery. The IP ranges must include the addresses of the cluster and its nodes. Enter one system or range per line. Use the following guidelines: IP range Range to enter Your local subnet IP ranges from 1 to 254, the default Ping inclusion ranges 172.25.76.
• Operating system name, type, and version • Associations, such as iLO in server NOTE: During identification, remote enclosures have a generic name (format: Encl_SerialNumber) assigned to them until one server from every enclosure is discovered and identified. Then, the enclosures contain the name of the enclosure assigned to the enclosure. For newly found automatically discovered systems, before the system is added to the database, any discovery filters that are configured are applied.
identification by creating rules that map these system object identifiers to product categories and names of your choice. You must have full configuration rights to use STM. To access the Manage System Types page, select Options→Manage System Types. From this page, you can: • Create a New Rule. information. Click New. The New rule section appears. See “Creating STM rules” for more • Edit an Existing Rule. more information. Select the rule you want to edit, and click Edit.
System type The list can be filtered by system type by selecting a type from the System Type dropdown list. Click the down arrow, and select a system type by which to filter the list. Columns The following columns appear on the Manage System Types page: • Product Model • Product Type • Sub Type • Protocol • Priority • System Object Identifier Click a column heading to sort the column in ascending or descending order.
and priority can also be specified. DMI rules are specified by selecting a product name and at least one, or at the most three, DMI elements with response values and compare rules. Why add or modify system identification? • You might have third-party systems on your network that are not included in the HP SIM database, and you want them identified by unique product names based on location or use. • You have systems of a known type that you want to identify in another way.
3. Enter the System Object Identifier information. Retrieve the system object identifier from a target system on your network by clicking Retrieve from System. The Retrieve From System section appears. The System Object Identifier field is required. a. b. c. d. e. 4. In the Object Identifier field, enter the object identifier. In the Community String field, enter the community string if other than public, the default.
5. (Optional) Specify MIB variable object identifier by clicking Retrieve from MIB. The Retrieve from MIB section appears. You might need to do this if you have systems that return the same system object identifier that you would like to classify as different products based on some SNMP variable that returns a different value for each class.
Related topics • Manage system types • About System Type Manager • Navigating the Manage System Types page Editing STM rules Edit an existing SNMP rule using System Type Manager (STM) to change the priority, system type, subtype, or custom management page.
Additional information for creating STM rules Manufacturers assign unique system object identifiers to their SNMP instrumented products. In addition, systems supply information about themselves using variables described in files called Management Information Bases (MIBs). These values are enumerated using an industry-standard structure. MIBs are provided by vendors for their systems and must be registered with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) to be accessible and usable from System Type Manager (STM).
Start Attribute Name = "Version" ID = 3 Description = "Version number of this component." Access = Read-Only Storage = Common Type = String(64) Value = "2.32" End Attribute Start Attribute Name = "Serial Number" ID = 4 Access = Read-Only Storage = Common Type = String(64) Value = "unsupported" End Attribute ... Adding new DMI rules (from Windows CMS only) You can create a new DMI-based rule using the command line utility (mxstm).
6 Users and authorizations NOTE: Users that have been added to the Central Management Server (CMS) cannot view or manage systems until authorizations have been configured for them. NOTE: HP-UX and Linux-provided command line tools, such as ls and df, are run as root by default. For security reasons, you might want them to run as a specific user to avoid permitting unintended capabilities to a user. HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) enables you to configure authorizations for specific users or user groups.
NOTE: By default, users created in HP SIM can access HP Storage Essentials with limited read privileges. You can change the permission settings by following the instructions and links on the Users, Toolboxes, and Authorizations tabs.
• Pager Configuration groups. This column displays if the user has a pager configured and is blank for user • IP Login Restrictions group. This column displays if there are any IP restrictions applied to the user or user • Full Name This column displays the full name for the user or group if this information was set during creation of the user or user group. The Users tab provides the following options: • Create new users. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Users, and then click New.
1. 2. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Users, and click New. The New User section appears. In the Login name (on central management server) field, enter the operating system login account name to be used to sign in to HP SIM. This field is required. Note: The user cannot sign in to HP SIM if the account is not a valid login. The account is not validated until the user tries to sign in to HP SIM. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Command line interface Users with full configuration rights can use the mxuser command to create users from the command line interface (CLI) Users with limited configuration rights can use the mxexec command to launch command tools on systems from the CLI. For assistance with this command, see the associated manpage. See “Using command line interface commands” for information on accessing the manpage.
are ignored. Spaces are not allowed within a single IP address in dotted decimal notation. Enter 0.0.0.0 to prevent a user from logging in through a remote system. Important: If browsing from the CMS, ensure all IP addresses of the CMS are properly included. If browsing to localhost, ensure the loopback address 127.0.0.1 is also included. 8. In the Exclusion ranges field, enter the IP address of the systems that should be excluded from members of this user group as clients browsing into this CMS.
d. e. f. In the Phone number field, edit the user's phone number. This field does not apply to user groups. In the E-mail address field, edit the user's e-mail address. This field does not apply to user groups. In the Central management server configuration rights section, select the level of authority to assign to the user or user group from the following options: • Full configuration rights. Enables total user control of the database.
Related procedures • Users and authorizations • Creating new users • Creating new user groups • Deleting user accounts and user groups • User and user group reports Related topics • Users and authorizations • Users and user groups Deleting user accounts and user groups If an HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) user account or user group is deleted from the operating system or, disabled, or locked out and the user account is already signed in to HP SIM, the signed in user is not affected.
Related topics • Users and authorizations • Users and user groups User and user group reports For detailed information regarding users and user groups, you can generate and print a report. NOTE: To sort the information in ascending or descending order, click the appropriate column heading. The column heading that includes the arrow is the column by which the report is sorted. If the arrow is pointing up, the report is sorted in ascending order.
• Administrator-template This template automatically gives the user full configuration rights on the Central Management Server (CMS) and includes the All Tools toolbox for the CMS and for All Managed Systems as well. • Operator-template This template gives the user limited configuration rights on the CMS and includes authorizations for the Monitor Tools toolbox on the CMS and the All Tools toolbox on All Managed Systems.
Related procedures • Users and user groups • Authorizations • Default user templates Creating new toolboxes Create a toolbox to configure a group of tools to which a user has access. Toolboxes are set up so that some users can use certain tools but not others. For example, an administrator has access to more tools than a user.
NOTE: The All Tools toolbox cannot be edited. However, the Monitor Tools toolbox can be edited, but only the set of tools that are contained in the toolbox can be changed. To modify a toolbox: 1. 2. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Toolboxes. Select the toolbox to edit, and click Edit. The Edit Toolbox section appears.
Related procedures • Creating new toolboxes • Editing toolboxes • Toolbox report Related topics • Users and authorizations • Toolboxes Toolbox report For detailed information regarding a toolbox, you can generate and print a toolbox report. NOTE: To sort the report information in ascending or descending order, click the appropriate column heading. The column heading that includes the arrow is the column by which the report is sorted.
Authorizations Authorizations give the user access to view and manage systems. An authorization is composed of users, toolboxes, and discovered systems. When you first access the Authorizations tab, a table appears listing all authorizations and includes the following information: • User/User Group This column includes all valid users and user groups. A user group is indicated by a bold font. Group-based users are not displayed in this table.
arrow is pointing up, the list is sorted in ascending order. If the arrow is pointing down, the list is sorted in descending order. • Run SE user security configuration Authorizations defined in HP SIM are not automatically shared with HP Storage Essentials. To update user security in HP Storage Essentials, click the Run SE user security configuration link. • You can define separate authorizations in HP Storage Essentials on the Users page.
b. In the Select Systems list box, the two default system groups are displayed. Select one of these groups or click Add to display the Add Systems section to select systems for the authorization. 1. Click the down arrow in the Add targets by selecting from dropdown list, and select a collection. 2. If you want to use the entire collection as your selection, select Select "collection name" itself. This option creates a system group based on the currently displayed contents of the collection.
automatically updating authorization is associated with a collection, the "Do not track changes. If this collection changes, the authorization will not change" option is preselected. 3. If you want to select all individual systems from the collection, select the checkbox at the top of the table view in the column heading to select all systems. Note: This action creates a separate authorization for each selected system. 4.
Updating authorizations This option is only available for authorizations using system groups based on a collection. It enables the contents of a system group to be updated to the current contents of its source collection. All authorizations using this system group (collection) are updated. To update an authorization: 1. 2. 3. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Authorizations, select an authorization based on a system group, and then click Update. The Update Authorizations section appears.
Deleting authorizations CAUTION: If all authorizations are deleted, no one, not even a user with full configuration rights, can view or manage any systems. To delete an authorization: 1. 2. 3. 4. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Authorizations. Select the authorizations to be deleted. Click Delete. A confirmation box appears. Click OK to delete the authorizations, or click Cancel to cancel the deletion process and return to the Authorizations section.
1. 2. 3. 4. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Authorizations. Select an authorization from the Authorizations for dropdown list. (Optional) Select a name from the Select name dropdown list. Click Report. The Authorizations Report appears. 5. Select File→Print to print the report. The Authorizations Report is printed. Command line interface Users with full configuration rights can use the mxngroup command to generate and run system group reports from the command line interface (CLI).
NOTE: Additional changes to the system group or collection do not affect the other, unless updated by one of the following options or by using the GUI as previously described. Therefore, changes to the collection do not affect authorizations, and changes to the system group do not affect the collection view unless specifically updated.
7 Directory Services The Directory Service Groups tool is used to determine a system's membership in a Windows domain, organizational unit (OU), or group. You must first configure the directory server parameters on the Directory Server Configuration page. After you configure the directory server, the Directory Groups tool must be configured with the distinguished name (DN) of the desired container objects in the directory.
Related procedure ▲ Configuring directory groups Related topics • Users and authorizations • Directory Services Configuring directory groups After configuring the directory server parameters, you must configure the containers and groups that contain the computer objects of interest. A container is like a branch, where systems in the container are child objects of the container object in the directory tree.
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8 Networking and security HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) provides the following security options: • User and Authorizations. • Server Certificate. • Trusted Certificate. • Login Event Settings. • System Link Configuration. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations. Select Options→Security→Certificates→Server Certificate. Select Options→Security→Certificates→Trusted Certificate. Select Options→Security→Login Event Settings. Select Options→Security→System Link Configuration.
Certificates HP SIM allows secure and authorized management from the Central Management Server (CMS). Users' authorizations for managed systems and the CMS can be configured, helping ensure only authorized users perform state-changing operations. Communication between the CMS, managed systems, and the browser is secured using SSL and certificates, helping to authenticate systems and protect user credentials and management data.
IMPORTANT: If you browse to a managed system using any method other than the links within HP SIM, Single Login is not supported, and you are required to enter the appropriate user name and password for each managed system. NOTE: Single Login does not work on a Virtual Cluster System. However, it does work on the physical systems which compose the cluster. Signing in Signing in to HP Systems Insight Manager allows access to HP SIM and determines what authorizations you have in HP SIM.
Configuring PAM on a Linux system The administrator of a Linux CMS can customize the PAM that HP SIM uses. The file /etc/pam.d/mxpamauthrealm contains the authentication steps for the HP SIM web server interface. The default for this file is: • #%PAM-1.0 • auth required /lib/security/pam_unix.so • account required /lib/security/pam_unix.so • session required /lib/security/pam_unix.
NOTE: STE requires a Trusted Management Servers List at each managed system to ensure that only specified HP SIM systems can execute tasks on the system. NOTE: On the managed system, only Trust by Certificate ensures the request came from the specified HP SIM system. Other options, such as Trust by Name or Trust All, do not verify the digital signature of the HP SIM system and, therefore, cannot reliably verify the sender of the request.
NOTE: This does not affect the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Audit Log. These activities are always logged in the HP SIM Audit Log. To configure login events: 1. 2. 3. Select Options→Security→Login Event Settings. The Login Event Settings page appears. Select from the following options: • All login and logout activities. Select this option to create events for all login and logout actions. • Only failed login attempts.
3. Save the globalsettings.Props and the web.xml files. The updates are saved. 4. Close the web.xml file. Related topics • Signing in • Networking and security • Users and authorizations Changing the HP SIM default SSL port If the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) SSL port conflicts with an application, you can change the default port number. Refer to the Understanding HP SIM 5.0 Security white paper at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/ products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.
• Creating a server certificate • Importing a server certificate • Synchronizing certificates • Creating a certificate signing request • Submitting a certificate signing request • Importing a CA-signed certificate Related topics • Networking and security • Replicating trusted certificates • Possible certificate errors • Installing OpenSSH • Managing SSH keys Creating a server certificate Users with full configuration rights can create a new self-signed certificate when they must replac
e. f. 3. 4. In the State (S) field, enter the name of your state. This field can contain up to 128 characters. In the Country (C) field, enter the name of your country. This field can contain up to two alphanumeric characters, using the two-letter country codes. After changes are made, click OK. If you click Cancel, you are returned to the Server Certificate page without creating a new server certificate. A warning appears, reminding you of the effects of changing the certificate and private key.
Related procedures • Creating a server certificate • Exporting a Server Certificate • Importing a server certificate • Synchronizing certificates Related topics • Server certificates • Networking and security • Installing OpenSSH • Managing SSH keys Importing a server certificate Import a Certificate Authority (CA)-signed server certificate to replace the existing server certificate in the following situations: • You have installed HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and want to replace the
• Installing OpenSSH • Managing SSH keys Exporting a Server Certificate Export the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) server certificate to a file to facilitate deployment of the certificate into your browsers. This certificate enables a browser to properly identify the HP SIM server and is a public document, so it does not need to be kept private. If the certificate is kept publicly accessible, ensure it cannot be modified. NOTE: The system certificate can be exported as a Base 64 encoded certificate.
Related procedures • Importing a server certificate • Importing a CA-signed certificate • Submitting a certificate signing request Related topics • Server certificates • Networking and security • Installing OpenSSH • Managing SSH keys Submitting a certificate signing request After creating the Certificate Signing Request (CSR), the CSR must be submitted to the desired Certificate Authority (CA) for signing.
1. 2. 3. Select Options→Security→Certificates→Server Certificates, and then click Import. The Import Server Certificate section appears. Click more next to Import signed certificate reply from CA. The Import Signed Certificate Reply section appears below the Import Server Certificate section. Click Browse next to the Certificate filename field. The Choose file dialog box appears. a. Navigate to the location where the signed certificate is stored. b. Select the correct file name, and click Open.
Replicating trusted certificates System administrators that have the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Require or First Time Accept features enabled can replicate the trusted certificates list to other HP SIM systems. If you do not use the Require or First Time Accept features of HP SIM for a two-way trust solution, this procedure is not necessary.
Using the Replicate Agent Settings feature NOTE: This section assumes the agents are already configured to trust the source CMS. NOTE: This process configures the agents to trust only the new target CMS. If trust for the original source CMS is still desired, perform steps 5, 6, and 13 (or 16) using the source CMS. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Log in to the System Management Homepage on the target CMS. Select Settings→Security→Trust Mode. Select Trust by Certificate, and click Save Configuration.
• Invalid Certificate Format is displayed in the debug log files followed by the system this error message corresponds to. The certificate is being sent from a program residing on a port that one of the HP SIM HP Insight Management Agent should reside on. Another possible cause of this error, is that the certificate sent to the Central Management Server (CMS) was corrupt.
Related procedures • Importing trusted certificates • Exporting trusted certificates • Deleting trusted certificates Related topics • Requiring trusted certificates • Administering systems and events • Server certificates • Requiring trusted certificates • Setting up trust relationships • Replicating trusted certificates • Possible certificate errors • Installing OpenSSH • Managing SSH keys Importing trusted certificates If you have selected Require on the Trusted System Certificates
Exporting trusted certificates Export the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) server certificate to a file to facilitate deployment of the certificate into your browser, enabling a browser to properly identify the HP SIM server. This certificate is a public document, so it does not need to be kept private. If the certificate is kept publicly accessible, ensure it cannot be modified. Only HP SIM users with full configuration rights can export the HP SIM system certificate from HP SIM.
Related procedures • Trusted certificates • Importing trusted certificates • Deleting trusted certificates Related topics • Trusted certificates • Setting up trust relationships • Server certificates • Networking and security • Installing OpenSSH • Managing SSH keys Deleting trusted certificates Delete certificates from the Trusted System Certificates List to remove them from the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) keystore. CAUTION: The delete process is irreversible.
can simplify the management and maintenance of the system certificates. However, this requires the presence of a certificate system in your environment, or the services of a third-party security company. CAUTION: If you select the Require option, a warning message appears, indicating that certain features will work only for systems whose certificates are represented in the Trusted Certificate List. The HP SIM Trusted System Certificates List is only used when Require or First Time Accept is enabled.
When using a CA level certificate, any valid certificate signed by the CA level certificate is accepted by HP SIM, whether it is already issued or issued at some point in the future. To enable the Require option: 1. From the Administer tab select Options→Security→Certificates→Trusted Certificates. The Trusted Certificates page appears. 2. Select First Time Accept.
NOTE: For Trust By Certificate, the certificate from the HP SIM system can be installed during the initial support pack deployment. See “Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install” for more information. Setting up the managed server running System Management Homepage 1. From a web browser, navigate to the managed server through https://managed-server:2381. The System Management Homepage appears. 2. Log in to the System Management Homepage. 3. Select Settings→System Management Homepage→Security. 4.
6. 7. Paste the contents of the certificate file into this box, and click Add Cert underneath the box. A confirmation window appears with three links at the top. Click Options, and scroll down to the Trusted Certificates section. A list called Trusted Certificates: appears, with the server name and two links: View Certificate and Remove Certificate, for the HP SIM Certificate that was just added.
Note: If you are setting up a trusted certificate on a cluster, see “Cluster” for more information. Suppressing browser warning messages To suppress browser warnings regarding untrusted certificates when browsing to a managed system of HP SIM, import the certificates into the browser. 1. Open Internet Explorer, and browse to the managed server at https://managed_server:2381 or HP SIM at https://sim_server:50000. 2. On the Internet Explorer Security Alert, click View Certificate. 3.
9 Monitoring systems, clusters, and events You can monitor systems, clusters, and events using the tools in the System and Event Collections panel. It enables you to drill down to locate more information about systems and events and quickly select systems before performing a task. From this panel, you can quickly access the System Overview page, the All Systems page, and the All Events page. You can also save searches in private collections under Systems or Events.
versions of HP SIM that includes system attributes, this would be migrated to three new collections: MyServersEvents-combination, MyServersEvents-systems, and MyServersEvents-events. • Combination collections Combination collections are new in HP SIM 5.1. This new form of collections enables you to bind together a system collection and an event collection.
• Customizing event collections • Customizing system or cluster collections • Searching for systems and events • Viewing the System Overview page • Navigating the System and Event Collections panel • Reference • Default shared collections • Service notification events Navigating the System and Event Collections panel The System and Event Collections panel contains the following features: 1. 2. 3. 4.
is located in the Shared collection. They can only edit the collection located in their Private collection which will not be reflected in the collection located in the Shared collection. Collections and members of collections can be set to not visible. You might want to do this to remove clutter of unused collections from the System and Event Collections panel. See “Setting properties for a system or cluster collection” and “Setting properties for an event collection” for more information.
Systems A system collection logically groups systems into a group based on information in the HP SIM database. After a collection is defined, you can display the results in the workspace or associate it with a management task. In addition to using the collections provided by HP SIM, you can create, edit, or delete your own collections. Collections must follow specific naming conventions. See “Collection naming conventions” for more information on naming collections.
NOTE: With the use of System Type Manager (STM), other third-party systems can conform to these system types. See “Manage system types” for more information. Related topics • Monitoring systems, clusters, and events • Navigating the System and Event Collections panel • Navigating the event table view page • Navigating the system table view page • Event severity types • System types Customizing system or cluster collections The System and Event Collections panel contains a Systems collection.
Expanding or collapsing collections You can select to view all collections included in the Shared and Private collections or to view only the Shared and Private collection titles. Click click to expand all system and cluster collections in the table, or to collapse all system and cluster collections in the table.
1. 2. 3. 4. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections page appears. In the Show collections of dropdown list, select Systems. All available system or cluster collections are displayed. Click New. The New Collection section appears. Select Choose members individually, Choose members by attributes, or Choose members from existing system and event collections See “Types of collections” for more information on the different collection types. a.
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1. 2. 3. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections page appears. In the Show collections of dropdown list, select Systems. All available system or cluster collections are displayed. Select the system or cluster collection to edit, and click Edit. The Edit Collection section appears. Depending on how the collection was created, the following will appear: a. If the collection was created with the Choose members individually option, complete the following: i.
• Deleting system or cluster collections • Setting properties for a system or cluster collection • Moving system or cluster collections • Copying system or cluster collections Related topics • Monitoring systems, clusters, and events • Customizing system or cluster collections • Navigating the System and Event Collections panel Saving collections Perform the following procedure to save a system, event, or cluster collection with a new name or to a specific location.
1. 2. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections page appears. In the Show collections of dropdown list, select Systems. All available system or cluster collections 3. 4. are displayed. Click to expand all system and cluster collections in the table, or click collapse all system and cluster collections in the table. Select the collection to move, and click Move. The Move Collection section appears.
1. 2. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections page appears. In the Show dropdown list, select Systems. All available system or cluster collections are displayed. 3. 4. 5. Click to expand all system and cluster collections in the table, or click to collapse all system and cluster collections in the table. Select the collection to copy, and click Copy. The Copy Collection section appears. In the Collection name field, enter a name for the new collection.
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Related topics • Monitoring systems, clusters, and events • Customizing system or cluster collections • Navigating the System and Event Collections panel Customizing event collections The System and Event Collections panel contains an Events collection. This collection contains collections of different types of events. Collections can be private or shared. Shared collections are visible to all users, and private collections are personal collections you create that only you can view.
Customize collections table When the Customize Collections page appears, a table is displayed that includes the names of all the collections, if the collection is displayed in the System and Event Collections panel, and if the system status is displayed in the System and Event Collections panel. Available buttons On the Customize Collections page for events, five options are available: • New. This enable you to create a new event collection.
Creating event collections NOTE: By default, all newly created collections are private. NOTE: Users with full configuration rights can create a new shared event collection. Users with limited or no configuration rights can only create their own collections. They can, however, view shared collections. 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections page appears. In the Show collections of dropdown list, select Events.
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1. 2. 3. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections page appears. In the Show collections of dropdown list, select Events. All available event collections are displayed. Select the event collection to edit, and click Edit. The Edit Collection section appears. Depending on how the collection was created, the following will appear: a. If the collection was created with the Choose members individually option, complete the following: i.
• Moving event collections • Copying event collections • Setting properties for an event collection Related topics • Monitoring systems, clusters, and events • Customizing event collections • Navigating the System and Event Collections panel Moving event collections This procedure enables you to move a collection from one collection to another collection. Users with full configuration rights can move a shared collection. To move a collection: 1. 2.
original collection has two members, the same two members are copied to the new collection. If the original collection is edited to add another member after it is copied, the newly copied collection will not be modified. When you copy a collection that was created by attributes, you are copying the collection attributes into the new collection. If the original collection is edited after it is copied to the new collection, the newly copied collection will not have the same criteria.
3. 4. Select the collection to be deleted. Click Delete. A dialog box appears. Click OK to continue with the deletion, or click Cancel to cancel the operation. If the selected collection is not empty or is in use by a task (the Home page, reports, and so on) an error message appears. However, if the collections contents were determined by attributes, the collection can be deleted even if it is not empty.
Related topics • Monitoring systems, clusters, and events • Customizing event collections • Navigating the System and Event Collections panel System table view page Users with full configuration rights can manage all shared system collections from the system table view page. Users can also manage their own private collections from this page. They can: • Save selections • Delete systems from the database. information.
From this page, you can view systems in a list, table, or tree, save system collections, delete systems, and print the system collection. If a collection results in more than 500 members, the first 500 are displayed on the first page and subsequent pages show the next set of 500 items. Systems selected on one page remain selected as you navigate to a different page in the collection.
System view columns Sort columns by clicking the column header for ascending or descending order. The column that the table is sorted by includes an up or down arrow in the column heading. Place your cursor over a column name for a brief description of the column. The columns are not available when you select the icons, picture, or tree views.
HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack If HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack (PMP) is installed, this column (indicated by PF) displays the cumulative performance status of all monitored subsystems for the system. By clicking the status icon in this column, the HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack page for the selected system displays, providing more detailed performance information.
NOTE: If you receive an incorrect response for a particular HP brand system after clicking the CW icon on the system table view page, there might be an entitlement issue with the system. This is not a Remote Support or an HP SIM issue. Please contact HP support. You must have a valid serial number and product ID along with any contract or Care Pack numbers that are applicable. Aggregate Event status The ES column is a summary of all of a system's uncleared events.
System Name column produces a list of all discovered systems in the selected enclosure. The status for both racks and enclosures is always Unknown. • When a server blade is identified through another system in the same rack or enclosure, associations are made between the iLO and the enclosures in which they reside. This association appears in the System Name column on the system table view page by showing the system serial number prepended with Server_ in Encl. enclosure_name.
not affected by the fact that the HP SIM system has been deleted. The Virtual Machine Management Pack console continues to show the HP SIM status. • Print. This button is used to create a printer friendly version of the list in a new window. Within the window, select File→Print from the browser menu to print the report.
Tabs The system table view page contains the following tabs: • System(s). This tab lists all of the systems in the collection. • Events. This tab displays the events for all the systems included under the System(s) tab. From this tab, additional filters can be applied to modify the event table display.. When switching between System(s) tab and Events tab, the Events tab remembers the selected events and the selected event filter (if viewing a system collection).
Tree view hierarchy The tree view displays status data for each system. The status icon is located in the left of the tree view next to the selection checkbox. If the status of the system is Unknown, no status icon appears. If the systems are containers, the status to the left of the container name is shown as the most critical status of the systems in the container, including the container status itself.
Tree view buttons Three buttons at the bottom of the tree view page are available to users with full configuration rights. • Save As Collection. When a system or group of systems is selected, this button is used to save the selection with a new name. Changes are saved on a per-user basis. See “Saving collections” for more information. • Delete. This button is used to delete one or more systems from the database. Select the systems to be deleted, and click Delete. A dialog box appears.
Tabs The icon view page contains the following tabs: • System(s). This tab lists all of the systems in the collection. • Events. This tab displays the events for all the systems included under the System(s) tab. From this tab, additional filters can be applied to modify the event table display.. When switching between System(s) tab and Events tab, the Events tab remembers the selected events and the selected event filter (if viewing a system collection).
not affected by the deletion of the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) system. The Virtual Machine Management Pack console continues to show the HP SIM status. NOTE: If you select a collection by selecting Select "collection name" itself, the Delete button is disabled. See “Deleting system or cluster collections” or “ Deleting Event Collections” for more information. • Print. This button is used to create a printer friendly version of the list in a new window.
NOTE: The HP BladeSystem collection does not provide the picture view option. Related topics • System table view page • Navigating the system table view page About management processors HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) uses HTTP and SNMP to identify management processors. Previous versions of HP SIM used only SNMP identification to identify management processors and obtain their statuses. Now, HTTP identification is performed first, followed by SNMP identification.
For a server with a Remote Insight board, the System Page includes the Management Processor Information box. Related topics • System table view page • Navigating the system table view page • Navigating the picture view page • System Page • System types About racks and enclosures HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) discovers and identifies server blade racks and enclosures.
4. 5. 6. 7. To sort the collection results by a particular column, select a column from the Sort by dropdown list. Select Ascending or Descending. To apply the customization to all system collections, select Apply to all system collections. Click OK to save selections and return to the system table view page, or click Cancel to cancel all changes and return to the system table view page.
• Change the Orientation to Landscape in the Print dialog box (see Printing Problems in “Troubleshooting” for a workaround to this issue) • Cancel printing after the print job has been executed, but you can access the operating systems print queue and cancel the print job • Print to a file • Print specific selections, you can print the entire list only • Print the table view page if you close the browser immediately after issuing a print request Related procedures • Saving collections • Deletin
Status Icon Icon Meaning Description Unknown HP SIM cannot obtain management information about the system using SNMP or DMI. Although no management instrumentation information is available, the system can be pinged. It might have an invalid community string or security setting, or it might be an IP address that is no longer associated with a system. Informational The system might be in a transitional state or a non-error state.
Status Icon Icon Meaning Description In service, Stopped The element is suspended. Unknown, No contact • In Service indicates that the element is being configured. • Stopped indicates that element is stopped. No management information about the element could be obtained. • Unknown indicates that the element status is not available. • No Contact indicates that the element exists, but HP SIM has never been able to communicate with it.
• The correct version of the agent is not on the target system. • The target server type brand is not supported (only HP or Compaq brand servers are supported). • The target system is not licensed for monitoring by the HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack (PMP). The target system must have the HP Insight Management Agent 6.20 or later installed. • PMP reports an indeterminate status for the system.
• Clicking the name of an Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) cluster in the Cluster Name column • Clicking the cluster status icon for an MSCS cluster in the CS column From this page, you can save a subset of the collection with a new name, delete one or more clusters from the collection, customize the view, and print the cluster collection view. In a multi-user environment, only one user at a time can edit a collection. If another user wants to edit the same collection, a List Edit Warning box appears.
Cluster collection columns Sort columns by clicking the column header for ascending or descending order. Place your cursor over a column name for a brief description of the column. See “Customizing the cluster table view page” for more information on customizing columns. • Selection • CS • Cluster Name • Cluster Address • Cluster Type • Cluster Description Selection Select the checkbox in this column to select a cluster. You can select more than one cluster.
NOTE: HP Serviceguard clusters to not have an IP address. Therefore, this column is blank for this type of cluster. Cluster Type The Cluster Type column shows the cluster type. Some of the cluster types supported include: • MSCS • OpenVMS • UnixWare • Novell NetWare • Oracle RAC • Tru64 UNIX • HP Serviceguard Cluster Description The Cluster Description column contains a description of that cluster type. HP Serviceguard clusters have a description of HP Serviceguard cluster.
• Saving collections • Printing a cluster collection view Related topics • Cluster table view page • Cluster Monitor • HP Serviceguard Manager overview Customizing the cluster table view page When you modify which columns display on the cluster table view page, those columns become the default set of columns that are displayed for any cluster collection selected if that collection does not already have customized columns defined. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Related topics • Cluster table view page • Navigating the Cluster Table View Page Printing a cluster collection view 1. 2. From the cluster table view page, click Print. When the report appears, select File→Print in the browser menu.
Related procedures • Clearing events from the collection • Deleting events from the database • Assigning events to users • Entering comments on events • Printing an event collection view Related topics • Navigating the event table view page • Monitoring systems, clusters, and events • Event severity types • Event details section Navigating the event table view page The event table view page is the view for an event collection and is a list of events that meet common criteria.
Tabs The event table view page contains the following tabs: • System(s). This tab lists all of the systems in the collection. • Events. This tab displays the events for all the systems included under the System(s) tab. From this tab, additional filters can be applied to modify the event table display.. When switching between System(s) tab and Events tab, the Events tab remembers the selected events and the selected event filter (if viewing a system collection).
• Event Time • Assigned To • Comments • System Type • Rack Name • Enclosure Name • Case Status • Case ID Selection Select the checkbox in this column to select an event. You can select more than one event. Select the checkbox in the column heading or select Select "collection name" itself to select or clear all displayed events. State This column displays whether the event is in the Cleared or Not Cleared state. Events start in the Not Cleared state.
Comments This column displays the comments for this event or is blank if no comments have been entered. Comments are truncated in the column itself. Click the event type to view the entire comment if needed, or place your cursor over a comment field, causing a window that shows the entire comment to appear. See “Entering comments on events” for adding comments. System Type This column displays system types such as enclosure or rack if the system type filter was selected for the event list display.
• Enter Comments. Opens an edit box to enter comments for one or more events. See “Entering comments on events” for more information. • Print. This button is used to create a printer friendly version of the list in a new window. Within the window, select File→Print from the browser menu to print the report.
Related procedures • Clearing events from the collection • Deleting events from the database • Assigning events to users • Entering comments on events • Printing an event collection view Related topics • Event table view page • Navigating the event table view page Clearing events from the collection You must have full configuration rights to clear events.
Related topics • Navigating the event table view page • Event table view page • Event details section Assigning events to users You must have full configuration rights to assign events from shared collections. For limited and no configuration rights users to assign events, they must have the Assign Events tool selected in their toolbox categories. See “Editing toolboxes” for more information.
1. 2. 3. On the event table view page, select the events for which you want to enter comments. Click Enter Comments. The Enter Comments section displays. Enter the comments and click OK to update the database, or click Cancel to return to the event table view page. NOTE: Comments that are added to events in HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) are not transferred to HP Storage Essentials.
Status Icon Icon Meaning Description Critical Events of this type indicate a failure and signal the need for immediate attention. Major Events of this type indicate an impending failure. Minor Events of this type indicate a warning condition that can escalate into a serious problem. Normal Events of this type indicate that this event is not a problem. Unknown Events of this type indicate that this event is an unknown severity or unknown problem.
Depending on the event type, the following information displays in the Details box: • Servers in Enclosure For enclosure events, this section lists all of the servers in the affected enclosure. • Enclosures in Rack For rack events, this section lists all of the enclosures in the affected rack.
2. the icon for the system health status. If more than 12 systems are found, an ellipsis appears at the bottom of the list. Continue typing to narrow the list further. Do one of the following: a. Use the mouse or the up and down arrows on your keyboard to select a system. Press Enter to navigate to the System Page of the selected system. b. Do not select a system. Press Enter or click Search. The Search Results page appears and lists all matching systems. NOTE: Press Esc to hide the dropdown menu.
so the search can be run again at a later date. The saved collections are stored in the System and Event Collections panel as Systems or Events. These collections can be saved as private or shared. Hierarchical displays Some search criteria require hierarchical displays. Examples of hierarchical criteria are Operating System, Event Type, and Software/Firmware. In these cases, the comparison selection box is replaced by a selection box containing the appropriate syntax for that particular tree level.
Note: You can press Esc to hide the dropdown list. 2. • If you want to view the System Page for a single system, select it with the mouse or select it with the up and down arrows on your keyboard and press Enter. • If you want to search for multiple systems or a system attribute, do not select a system in the dropdown list. Press Enter or click Search. The Search Results page appears and lists all matching systems.
3. From the first selection box (criteria selection), click the down arrow, and select the search criteria. Note: Some search criteria will have no values until some systems with values for the criteria have been discovered. In this case, the criteria will not be displayed until values are available. 4. From the second selection box (comparison selection), click the down arrow, and select the comparison option. Note: Different criteria support different comparisons.
Related procedures • Saving collections • Deleting system search results from a search view Related topic ▲ Performing an advanced search for systems Deleting system search results from a search view NOTE: 1. 2. Deleting many systems from the list results in a performance delay. After the search results appear, select systems to delete from the search, and click Delete.
5. 6. 7. In the third selection box (value selection), select one of the values for a given criteria or comparison combination from the dropdown list, or enter the needed information in the input box supplied. Click Add to add additional criteria, click View to conduct the event search immediately, click Delete to delete search criteria, or click Save as to save the search as a list. See “Basic and advanced search” for more information on Go and Save as. If you clicked View, the results appear.
Related procedures • Performing an advanced search for events • Printing event search results Related topic ▲ Searching for systems and events Performing an advanced search for clusters Use the following procedure to search on clusters. The following image shows the Advanced Search page for clusters. To search for clusters: 1. 2. 3. Click Advanced Search in the Search panel. Select clusters from the Search for dropdown list.
Printing cluster search results 1. 2. After the Search Results appear, click View. The results appear. Click Print. The results are printed. Note: The Print dialog box could be hidden. If so, go to the Windows Task Bar to display the box.
and memory range. Event collections include both system criteria and event criteria. Event criteria do not apply to system collections. When you select multiple criteria, the system must meet all criteria for the system to be included in the collection. For example, if you select systems within a specified IP range and with more than 32 MB of RAM, the collection does not return a system in the specified IP range if the system has less than 32 MB of RAM.
system name Systems with a given set of system names. system setting Systems with a given client attribute defined. Client attributes are typically used and set by one of the HP ProLiant Essential plugins and is typically reserved for use by one of them.
Pack are installed on a system. A system is returned by this search only if every component in the HP ProLiant Support Pack is on the list. It is unlikely that all of the components in a HP ProLiant Support Pack are installed on any system, so use this criterion carefully. • This criterion retrieves information from the SQL database table that was populated by a Software Version Status Polling Task. This table is also updated when software is installed through the Update Software or Firmware HP SIM Task.
• Memory Less Than or Equal To (<=). Includes systems with memory less than or equal to a specified amount • Memory Greater Than (>). Includes systems with more memory than the specified amount • Memory Greater Than or Equal To (>=). Includes systems with memory greater than or equal to a specified amount • Memory Range Between (is between).
• • Spare Systems. If HP ProLiant Essentials Provisioning and Recovery Pack is installed, this collection includes Spare Server Blades that could be utilized for recovery of failed Server Blades. See “HP ProLiant Essentials Provisioning and Recovery Pack overview” for more information. • Systems Needing Maintenance.
• HP Tru64 UNIX. Includes all systems in the database that have an operating system equal to HP True64 UNIX. • HP OpenVMS. Includes all systems in the database that have an operating system equal to HP OpenVMS. • Red Hat Linux. Includes all systems in the database that have an operating system equal to Red Hat Linux. • SuSE Linux. Includes all systems in the database that have an operating system equal to SuSE Linux. • Linux.
• Important Uncleared Events. Includes all uncleared Critical, Major, and In Progress events. • Informational Events. Includes all Informational events in the database, regardless of the state of events. The following are Login Event collections: • All Login and Logout Events. Users with full configuration rights and users with the correct authorizations on the Central Management Server (CMS) can view login and logout events.
• Do not use the following symbols in collection names: < > " & ' _ + | % \ / and ;. • After saving the collection, the name appears under the System and Event Collections panel. All collection names must be unique. • Private collection names cannot match the name of any Systems or shared collection but can match the name of a second user's private collection. • If you create a private collection and get a duplicate name error, you might find that the name exists in another users private collection.
10 Storage integration HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) discovers SNMP and SMI-S storage devices. • For information about using storage devices with HP SIM, see “Storage integration using SNMP” and “Storage integration using SMI-S”. • For information about the configuration steps for discovering storage devices, see “Discovering storage using SNMP” and “About storage discovery using SNMP” for SNMP devices and “Configuring HP SIM with storage systems” for SMI-S devices.
About SMI-S SMI-S replaces multiple disparate managed object models, protocols, and transports with a single object-oriented model for each type of component in a storage network. The specification was created by SNIA to standardize storage management solutions. SMI-S enables management applications (such as HP SIM) to support storage devices from multiple vendors quickly and reliably because they are no longer proprietary. SMI-S detects and manages storage elements by type, not by vendor.
These components may be provided in several different ways: • Embedded agent: The hardware device has an embedded SMI-S agent. No other installation of software is required to enable management of the device. • SMI solution: The hardware or software ships with an agent that is installed on a host. The agent needs to connect to the device and obtain unique identifying information. This is the method used by all HP storage devices and most SAN devices.
Related topics • Storage integration • Viewing storage systems • Viewing storage system reports • Viewing storage array capacity • Changes to HP SIM storage functionality when HP Storage Essentials is installed • Using HP SIM with SNMP storage solutions Configuring HP SIM with storage systems Configuring HP Systems Insight Manager with storage systems For optimal interaction between HP SIM and storage systems, complete the following procedures.
1. 2. In the System and Event Collections panel, expand Systems, Shared, Systems by Type, and Storage Systems. Select one of the following: • All Storage Systems • All Storage Hosts • All Storage Switches • All Storage Arrays • All Tape Libraries The system table view page for that collection appears. See “Navigating the system table view page” for more information. Viewing individual storage systems To view an individual storage system: 1. 2. 3.
• Storage Ports—All Storage Hosts lists port information for all storage host HBAs. • Storage Ports—All Storage Switches lists port information for all storage switches. • Changer Devices—All Tape Libraries lists the name, firmware version, and status for all tape libraries. • Media Access Devices—All Tape Libraries lists the name, firmware version, and status for all tape libraries. NOTE: See “System reporting” for instructions on viewing existing reports.
• If a storage system is managed by HP Storage Essentials, storage-specific details do not appear in its System tab, and an SE System Properties link appears in the HP Storage Essentials Pages section on the Tools & Links tab. Click the SE System Properties link to view the Storage Essentials device page for this storage system. • For storage hosts, HP Storage Essentials adds the System Application Discovery Settings link to the Tools & Links Page.
Storage integration using SNMP Overview Storage devices can be broken down into real-time access and backup systems. Real-time access systems can be subdivided into internal disks, redundant disks (RAID), tape libraries, storage area networks (SAN), and network attached storage (NAS).
• • • • • Firmware version • Controller ID that is managing this disk Controller details • Total number of controllers • Controller type • Controller manufacturer • Model number • Part number • Slot ID that this card is installed in • Firmware version • Controller characteristics RAID details • RAID type • RAID configuration SAN and NAS • Network addresses • Manufacturer • Model IS and MNHA • Part number • Total number of disks • Disk details • Servers being serviced
HP SIM displays storage systems as follows: • Internal drives These systems must appear in the Properties pages and the inventory database as components of their respective systems. • Tape libraries These devices are identified and included in the All Systems, All Storage Systems, and All Tape Libraries collections. • SAN The Command View systems for these devices are identified and available from the Tools & Links tab of the System Page for the systems serving the Command View systems.
Related procedure ▲ Using HP SIM with SNMP storage solutions Related topics • System Page • About storage discovery using SNMP • Discovery and identification Using HP SIM with SNMP storage solutions Viewing a storage event There are two ways to view a storage event: • Select Tools→System Information→System Page. • Click the system name in the System Name column on the system table view page.
1. Select Start→Settings→Control Panel→Network→Services→SNMP Service. The SNMP Service Properties dialog box appears. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click Traps. Enter a community name, such as public. Click Add to list. At the bottom of the dialog box, click Add. The SNMP Service Configuration dialog box appears. 6. Enter the host name or IP address of the enterprise management station, and click Add. The SNMP trap destination is added. 7. Click OK to save the changes and close the dialog box.
11 Managing with tasks HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) enables you to manage systems and events by scheduling and executing tasks. Tasks are actions performed using an HP SIM tool. Task instances are an executed single instance of a task.
About default polling tasks Polling tasks track health status for systems in the associated collections. Hardware Status Polling needs to occur periodically to determine when systems go offline or hardware degrades. You can customize polling tasks for specific systems to run at scheduled times. You can also create new polling tasks with different collections to match your specific requirements. Data Collection tasks are included with other polling tasks.
• Web-based software running on the system, for example, printer management software • System associations with management processors, for example, a system and its Remove Insight Board • Storage proxies and related storage systems • Wake-on-LAN information Delete events older than 90 days This task deletes all events older than 90 days and can be used to help maintain HP SIM itself by limiting the total number of events. By default, this task is disabled.
Initial contract and warranty collection This task collects contract and warranty data from newly discovered systems. If the required system properties are not entered for a new system, contract and warranty data will not be collected. See “Editing system properties for a single system” or “ Editing system properties for multiple systems” for instructions on editing system properties. This task is present only if the Service Essentials Remote Support Pack is installed.
The OS column displays the first 40 characters of the operating system name with an ellipse at the end of the name if the name is more than 40 characters long. Place your cursor over the name to display the entire operating system name. 2. To add targets, select a group from the dropdown list. The contents of the selected group appear and can be selected as targets. To select the entire collection, select Select "name of collection" itself.
• Custom Tools • Data Collection • Delete Events • Device Ping • Disk Thresholds, Setting • DMI Access, Configuring See “Configuring DMI access” for more information. • Hardware Status Polling system.
Related procedure ▲ Task Wizard settings Related topics • Managing with tasks • Navigating the All Scheduled Tasks page Task Wizard settings Set task wizard settings if you have target systems already selected, and you want to bypass the Verify target systems page when running a tool. When no settings are configured and a tool is selected with target systems already selected, the Verify target systems page appears. To configure task wizard settings: 1. 2. 3. Select Options→Task Wizard Settings.
to save the edited task a message appears, indicating that the task does not represent an object in the system. User1 is unable to save the edited task. User privileges The list of tasks that a user can see is based on the user's privilege and access level. All users are allowed to edit, delete, and view the tasks they have created. With full configuration rights, a user is allowed to edit, delete, and view tasks other users have created. Run now Run a task to initiate a task instance.
4. 5. 6. • When systems or events no longer meet the list criteria. This option is almost identical to the previous option, except that the task only runs when the List of Systems or Events no longer meets the list criteria. A time filter can be applied to this type of scheduling. See “Applying a time filter” for more information on time filters. • Not Scheduled. This option specifies that the task only runs when manually executed by a user with the appropriate privileges.
Related procedures • Editing a scheduled task • Deleting a scheduled task • Printing reports • Viewing task results • Stopping a task Related topics • Managing with tasks • Navigating the All Scheduled Tasks page Editing a scheduled task Edit a scheduled task to change the tool parameters, set the time, re-enable a task that has been disabled, or modify target systems. To edit a scheduled task: 1. 2. 3. Select Tasks & Logs→View All Scheduled Tasks. The All Scheduled Tasks page appears.
1. 2. 3. Select Tasks & Logs→View All Scheduled Tasks. Select a task from the All Scheduled Tasks list. Click Delete. Note: If the task currently has a task instance running, a message appears, stating that you must stop the running task instance before the task can be deleted.
The Target Details section displays the following information: • Status. This field displays the status of the target. • Exit Code. This field represents the success or failure of an executable program. Typically, if the return value is zero or positive, the executable ran successfully. If a negative value is returned, the executable failed. • Target Name. This field displays the name of the target. • The Stdout tab. This tab displays the output text information. • The Stderr tab.
• Editing a scheduled task • Viewing task results • Stopping a task Related topics • Managing with tasks • Navigating the All Scheduled Tasks page Task results list The Task Results list displays the list of task instances known to the system. Each task instance listed displays its unique job ID, the name of the task, its owner, status, duration, and the start and end time for the task.
1. 2. Select Tasks & Logs→View Task Results, and select a task instance from the Task Results list. Click Stop. If the task instance is in a terminal state, Stop is disabled. If the task can be stopped, a dialog appears, asking if you want to cancel or kill the selected task instance. If the tool does not signify that the task can be killed, the dialog box asks you to confirm the cancellation of the task instance.
1. 2. 3. Select a tool from the tool menus, follow the steps to get to the Schedule button, and click it. See “Creating a task” and “Scheduling a task” for more information. To apply a time filter to a task, select the Use Time Filter checkbox. Click Manage Filters. The Manage Time Filters section appears below the Schedule Task section. Four options are available: • New. A new time filter can be created by clicking New from the Manage Time Filter box.
is also displayed if a system is disabled and a polling tool (for example, Status polling or Data Collection) is run on it.
12 Tools that extend management HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) provides you with many powerful tools: • Cluster Monitor. • Command Line Tools. Command line tools are part of a Distributed Task Facility (DTF) and one of the tools available in HP SIM to run on single-system aware (SSA) systems • Custom Tools.
• System Page. Displays all the information related to a specific system, including general information of the system, the status of the system, and a list of URLs that are related to the system • Version Control.
• Installing OpenSSH • Creating a Replicate Agent Settings task • Discovering storage using SNMP • Using HP SIM with SNMP storage solutions • Installing RPM • Querying RPM • Uninstalling RPM • Verifying RPM • Accessing the System Management Homepage • Editing system properties for a single system • Suspending or resuming system monitoring for a single system • Installing Software and Firmware • Accessing the Version Control Agent • Accessing the Version Control Repository Manager
1. Select Tools→System Information→Cluster Monitor. Note: Cluster Monitor is not displayed in the menu if there are no MSCS clusters discovered. 2. Select a target MSCS cluster, and click Run Now. See “Creating a task” for more information on selecting a target cluster. or 1. Locate a cluster by expanding Systems under the System and Event Collections panel and selecting a cluster collection. The appropriate cluster collection table appears in the workspace.
Related procedures ▲ Configuring node resource settings Related topics • Cluster table view page • Cluster Monitor Configuring node resource settings Configure the node-level resource settings to customize Cluster Monitor for your environment. To configure node resource settings: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select Options→Cluster Monitor→Node Resource Settings. The Cluster Monitor - Node Resource Settings page appears. Select the cluster from the Cluster list at the top of the page.
• Cluster Monitor Network tab • Cluster Monitor Resources tab • System status types Cluster Monitor Nodes tab The Cluster Monitor Node tab displays the following information for MSCS clusters: • Status Displays the node status. Node statuses include Critical, Major, Minor, Normal, Failed, and Unknown. See “System status types” for more information on node status types. • Name • IP Address The node name. The IP address of the node.
Cluster Monitor Resources tab The Cluster Monitor Resources tab displays the following information for MSCS clusters: • Status Displays the resource status. Resource statuses include Critical, Major, Monitor, Normal, and Unknown. See “System status types” for more information on network status types. • Name Physical or logical entity that is capable of being owned by a node, brought online and taken offline, moved between nodes, and managed as a server cluster object.
Cluster resources supported by HP SIM HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) supports several Cluster Monitor resources: • Disk • CPU • System The System resource monitors the system health of the cluster member. Disk and CPU resources monitor the Disk capacity and CPU utilization, respectively. You can set minor and major thresholds for individual nodes in a cluster. When those thresholds are reached, Cluster Monitor creates an HP SIM event.
NOTE: See “Cluster resources supported by HP SIM” for information about the CPU utilization data.
Related topic ▲ Cluster Monitor Cluster Monitor resource thresholds Threshold overview Cluster resources use thresholds to trigger HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) events. The Disk resource sets thresholds for disk capacity, and the CPU resource sets thresholds for CPU utilization. Disk capacity thresholds The Disk resource collects disk capacity data. To access the Cluster Monitor - Node Resource Settings page where the thresholds are set, select Options→Cluster Monitor→Node Resource Settings.
1. Choose one of the following: • Select Tools→Command Line Tools→UNIX/Linux for Linux or UNIX command line tools. • Select Tools→Command Line Tools→Windows for Windows command line tools. 2. Select the command line tool that you want to run, and follow the steps to launch the tool. See “Creating a task” for assistance with the steps. 3. Click Run Now to launch the tool.
You must have full CMS configuration privileges to modify the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) community strings in the node security file. In addition, you must have administrator privileges for Windows systems or root privileges for Linux and HP-UX on the target systems to configure or repair the agent settings. To configure agents remotely: 1. Select Configure→Configure or Repair Agents. The Step 1: Select Target Systems page appears.
trusted certificate directory. This enables HP Systems Insight Manager users to connect to the System Management Homepage using the certificate for authentication. Note: If you experience problems later setting the trust status on a Linux managed system, see “Troubleshooting” under Certificate Problems for assistance. • Set administrator password for Insight Management Agents version 7.1 or earlier.
Note: Repair of SNMP settings and Trust relationships and administrator password for Insight Management Agents 7.1 or earlier on Linux systems are executed by a separate task, which can be viewed in the tasks log menu selection. Repair of SNMP settings, Trust relationships on HP-UX systems is executed by a separate task, which can be viewed in the tasks log menu selection. If Linux and HP-UX systems are selected, there are two Task IDs, one for Linux and one for HP-UX systems.
• • • Successfully added user to the target server’s SSH passwd file to enable host authorization based SSH. • Successfully removed duplicate entries in passwd file. • Successfully modified SSH target server’s password file to allow the renamed Administrator account name. • Successfully modify HP SIM TDEF files for a renamed Administrator account name. • Indication subscription successfully created. • Successfully configured SSH for host based authentication.
• Error: Windows repair tool execution exception. • Error when trying to establish SSH connection, to determine operating system name. • Error: HP-UX SSA tool launch exception. • Error: Linux SSA tool launch exception. • Error: Writing SNMP read string. Related topics • Configure or Repair Agents • Configure or Repair Agents overview Custom tools Custom tools are executed on the Central Management Server (CMS) and on target systems.
Otherwise, the tool runs as the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) user and that user's SSH public key must be configured on the managed system using the mxagentconfig command. Menu placement A string in the form base|submenu|subsubmenu can be used to place custom tools in specific menu locations.
6. Specify the maximum number of targets the tool can select when creating the task. Select from the following: • None. If none is selected, the target selection page will not be displayed. • One • Unlimited 7. Select Copy files to the target systems. a. (Optional) Click Delete to delete a specified file. b. (Optional) Click Add to add additional files. 8. Enter the Command with parameters field. Note: The UI supports only 9 parameters.
c. d. In the Help comments field, enter any comments for the application. In the Menu placement field, enter the full path (from the root of the HP SIM console) and the file name of the application. For example: c:\custom code\romflash.bat 5. 6. 7. Specify the user account on the target system that will be used for the tool.
c. d. In the Help comments field, enter any comments for the application. In the Menu placement field, enter the full path (from the root of the HP SIM console) and the file name of the application. For example: c:\custom code\romflash.bat 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Specify the user account on the target system that will be used for the tool.
New This option enables you to create a new custom tool and opens the Select the tool to create page. Edit This option enables you to edit an existing custom tool. To edit a tool, select the tool and click Edit. The Edit Custom Tool Details section appears. All fields can be edited and environment variables can be added and deleted. View tool definition This option displays the XML code for the tool and is not enabled if more than one tool is selected.
5. Specify the maximum number of targets the tool can select when creating the task. Select from the following: • None. If none is selected, the target selection page will not be displayed. • One • Unlimited 6. Select Copy files to the target systems. a. (Optional) Click Delete to delete a specified file. b. (Optional) Click Add to add additional files. 7. Enter the Command with parameters field. Note: The UI supports only 9 parameters.
4. 5. 6. Specify the user account on the target system that will be used for the tool. Select one of the following options: • Logged-in user • Special user ("root" for UNIX and Linux systems, "Administrator" for Windows systems) • Specific user Enter the Command with parameters field. (Optional) Enter the Environment variables for the tool. See “Environment variables for custom tools” for a list of variables available from HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM).
4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Specify the user account on the target system that will be used for the tool. Select one of the following options: • Logged-in user • Special user ("root" for UNIX and Linux systems, "Administrator" for Windows systems) • Specific user Specify the maximum number of targets the tool can select when creating the task. Select from the following: • None. If none is selected, the target selection page will not be displayed.
Removing and restoring custom tools Removing a tool The Remove a Tool tool, removes a tool from the menu for all users in HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). The tool name must match the name in the tool definition file. WARNING! This tool can remove any tool, including tools supplied by HP. To remove a tool from HP SIM: 1. 2. 3. Select Options→Remove a Tool. The Remove a Tool page appears. Under Parameters, add information using the standard tool parameters. Tool name is the only required field.
NOTICEQUERYNAME. Displays the collection name based on how the notice was generated; this value can say one of the following: • This system or event meets the following search criteria: +QueryName; • This system or event now meets the following search criteria: +QueryName; • This system or event no longer meets the following search criteria: +QueryName; DEVICENAME. Name of the system that caused the notice DEVICEIPADDRESSCOUNT. Number of IP addresses that are mapped to this system DEVICEIPADDRESS%d .
Related procedure ▲ Creating a new CMS tool Related topics • Custom tools • Managing custom tools Examples of using parameter strings in custom tools The URL strings for Web aware tools and command line tools must be provided as absolute URLs beginning with http:// or https://. For example, https://%n:1188/kcweb/ https://%l:2381/ Web-launch aware tools and command line tools that always run on the Central Management Server (CMS) must be relative URLs beginning with /.
Custom tools reference Tool types There are three basic types of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) tools, single-system aware (SSA) tools, multiple-system aware (MSA) tools, and Web-launch aware (WLA) tools. SSA tools are executed on a target system and are only aware of the target system environment. When executing an SSA tool, therefore, the Distributed Task Facility (DTF) sends the tool information to each HP SIM agent to execute the tool.
Parameter Description %c System sub-type of the target system %r% (rt[.attribute]%) Substitutes the related system that has the relationship type as specified in the parameter "rt." If the [.attribute] is specified, then one of the named system attributes would be returned for the related system. In addition, the common attributes such as Network name (.a) also work. For example, to get the server's management processor's IP address, use %r{MgmtProcToServer.
or or The eq operator specifies that the system on which the tool can run must have exactly the attribute value specified. It applies to any attribute name allowed in a system filter expression.
The include filter need not include all attributes allowed. If more than one attribute is included, the conditions are logically AND'd together. An attribute cannot appear in an include filter more than once, except that an attribute having a version number value can appear twice if one operator is lt and the other operator is ge. For example: PAGE 304known values on the selected systems. The protocol filter type requires that the protocol must exist on the system before the operators can be applied. This means that the neq and nct operators also depend on the system to have that protocol. The other filter also works like the protocol filter such that the attribute being filtered upon must exist on the system before the operators can be applied.
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