HP SIM for NonStop Manageability HP Part Number: 575075-004 Published: January, 2014 Edition: J06.03 and subsequent J-series RVUs, H06.03 and subsequent H-series RVUs, and G06.15 and subsequent G-series RVUs.
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About This Document This document describes how to manage NonStop systems and system resources in HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM). Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs) This topic supports J06.03 and subsequent J-series RVUs, H06.03 and subsequent H-series RVUs, and G06.15 and subsequent G-series RVUs. Intended Audience This document is intended for customers or service providers who will monitor NonStop Systems on HP SIM.
Document Location Insight Remote Support Advanced for NonStop http://www.hp.com/go/nonstop-docs Select HP Integrity NonStop Service Information. HP Insight Control Power http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs Management User Guide Select the guide under Insight Control Function-Specific Guides. NonStop I/O Essentials Installation and Quick Start Guide http://www.hp.
1 Introduction HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) is the primary/core HP solution for managing HP servers and storage. For NonStop, HP SIM provides the ability to manage NonStop servers and components alongside other HP servers and storage, from a single interface. It also works with various HP SIM plug-in products and HP NonStop Open System Management (OSM) software to provide both vital and additional, value-add services. One such service vital to the NonStop environment is remote support services.
tool and SCF. It can perform actions on multiple CLIMs in different systems with a single action. Major benefits of using NonStop I/O Essentials are: • Ability to perform all CIP management tasks without knowing the syntax of NonStop or Linux commands. • Ability to perform CIP management tasks on multiple targets (for example CLIMs, disks, tapes, and so on) in parallel. • Pre-created management tasks shipped out-of-box to configure and control all aspects of CIP.
For more information, see the NonStop Cluster Essentials Installation and Quick Start Guide and the online help available from within the NonStop Cluster Essentials interface. NonStop Cluster Performance Essentials HP NonStop Cluster Performance Essentials is a plug-in to NonStop Cluster Essentials that provides integrated performance monitoring of homogeneous clusters of NonStop systems or heterogeneous clusters of NonStop and Linux systems.
2 Requirements HP recommends that you install HP SIM, Insight Remote Support Advanced, and NonStop Essentials products on a separate Central Management Server (CMS) rather than on the NonStop system consoles. However, if you have to, you can install them on NonStop system consoles as HP supports this configuration as well.
NOTE: The following examples do not represent all possible options. Your needs might allow you to use HP SIM and various plug-in products on Windows-based and/or Linux-based CMSs and not on the NSCs. Conversely, you might choose to run HP SIM and plug-ins on the NSCs only, and not use any addition HP SIM CMSs. Use the product requirements described earlier in this section to design a strategy for installing and using HP SIM in your environment.
Example 1 Using HP SIM and SIM plug-ins only on Windows-based CMSs other than the NonStop system consoles CMS Configuration Guidelines and Requirements 11
Example 2 Using HP SIM and SIM plug-ins on Windows-based CMSs in addition to the NonStop system consoles 12 Requirements
Example 3 Using HP SIM and SIM plug-ins on Linux-based CMSs in addition to the NonStop system consoles Windows CMS Requirements To install and use HP SIM and SIM plug-in products, your Windows-based console – whether a NonStop system console or other Windows-based CMS -- must be running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008, have at least 4 GB of memory, and meet the minimum requirements for the version of HP SIM and all plug-in products that you plan to install and use on it.
Linux CMS Requirements For HP SIM plug-ins that support using a Linux-based CMS, HP SIM and the plug-in's client component can be installed on any Linux CMS that meets these minimum requirements: • Any HP IA-32 or IA-64 AMD64 or EM64T system running one of the following Linux versions: ◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Update 4 (32 bit) ◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Update 5 (32 bit) ◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (32 bit) ◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Update 8 (64 bit) ◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Up
3 Monitoring NonStop Systems in HP SIM HP SIM lets you monitor your NonStop systems as well as your system resources, such as your Virtual TapeServer (VTS), M8201R, maintenance switches, NonStop System Consoles (NSC), Modular Storage Adapter (MSA), iLO, and UPS. You can start OSM Service Connection and OSM Event Viewer from HP SIM. You can also access NonStop Software Essentials, NonStop I/O Essentials, NonStop Cluster Essentials, NonStop Cluster Performance Essentials, and Insight Control Power Management.
ES Aggregate Event status. The ES column is a summary of all uncleared events. This status is updated whenever an event is added, updated, or removed. To view all events for a system, including cleared events, click the ES status icon. System Name This column contains the actual system name of all discovered systems. Systems appear as a single system or as a system in a container. When you place the cursor over the system name, the full system DNS name appears.
will try all Global Credentials during discovery and will start using WBEM on the connection to the OSM automatically if the credentials match. NOTE: You do not need to use NonStop super group user credentials when establishing the communication necessary to discover NonStop systems in HP SIM. You do, however, have to update HP SIM when you change the password.
b. c. d. e. f. g. h. 18 Select the Discover a single system radio button. The Automatically execute discovery check box is selected by default. You can deselect it or enter a time at which you want this task to run. Enter the task name for the discovery task. This can either be the system name or a name that describes what the task is meant to discover. If you have multiple tasks to discover a system via multiple TCP/IP stacks, the task name for example can be Systemname-$ZTCP0 or Systemname-$ZTC0.
7. If you want to edit a task, click Edit. In this example, we click Credentials to edit the Guardian username and password. Once done, click OK. Click Save to finish editing the discovery task. Viewing Tasks To view discovery task results associated with your system, from the Discovery screen, click View Task Results... To view a particular task, select the task ID. In this example, we selected task ID 401400 by clicking the link.
To check if your NonStop system was discovered successfully, from the Discovery page, click View Task Results. A numbered list of all discovery tasks that were run on the system is displayed. The default sort order displays the most recent task on top. Click on the desired task number. The Target Details for the selected task displays key information.
Viewing your NonStop BladeSystems When you discover a NonStop BladeSystem using HP SIM, all the blades that are associated with the NonStop system that you discovered are displayed. These are the Processor Blades. To view all the blades that were discovered with your NonStop system, go to the All Systems screen. In this example, we scroll down and find all the blades associated with blosm4. You can also see the blade servers associated with your NonStop system from your NonStop system's screen.
When you run a discovery task for an Onboard Administrator (OA) of a NonStop system, much more system components are discovered such as racks and enclosures. If HP SIM discovers OAs for a NonStop BladeSystem, the pictorial representation of the system is displayed when that rack or enclosure is selected.
Examples of HP-SIM created events are Rediscovery in progress and System is reachable. Examples of Insight Remote Support Advanced-created events are A Service Incident has been reported (Type 3) and A Service Incident has been reported (Type 4). All other event types in this example are OSM alerts. 2. To view an event's details, click on the desired event under the Event Type column.
Registering for WBEM Alerts and Lifecycle Events HP recommends that you register NonStop systems to receive both WBEM alerts and lifecycle events. Registering for WBEM alerts causes OSM alarms to be displayed in HP SIM. Registering for WBEM lifecycle events (or health indications) causes OSM system status to be displayed within HP SIM in real time. The icon displayed in the HS column of the All Systems page in HP SIM will reflect the current status of the system, as reported by OSM.
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2. From the Options menu, select Events -> Automatic Event Handling –> New Task...: 3. 4. 5. Select a task name and click Next. Select an event and click Next. In this example, we select All Events and click Next. Select the use system attributes that I will specify radio button and click Next. Select the system that you will be monitoring from the drop down menu on the right that contains a list of all systems being managed on the CMS. Click Next. Select Use time filter if desired and click Next.
4 Monitoring the Power Regulator with HP SIM You can set up or disable Power Regulator on NonStop BladeSystem NB54000c, NB54000c-cg, NB56000c, and NB56000c-cg to provide centralized control of server power consumption. First use the OSM Service Connection to enable Power Regulator as described in “Enable Power Regulator” (page 28), and then immediately use Insight Control Power Management to set the Power Regulator as described in “Alter Power Regulator Setting” (page 29).
Two OSM Service Connection attributes under the System object relate to Power Regulator: Power Regulator Management Supported and Power Regulator Management Status. • Power Regulator Management Supported has the value True on a NonStop BladeSystem NB54000c, NB54000c-cg, NB56000c, or NB56000c-cg running an RVU supporting power management. Otherwise, it is not reported.
NOTE: Immediately after enabling Power Regulator, use Insight Control Power Management to view and alter the Power Regulator setting for each processor blade in this NonStop BladeSystem. See “Alter Power Regulator Setting” (page 29). Alter Power Regulator Setting After Power Regulator is enabled as described in “Enable Power Regulator” (page 28), immediately use Insight Control Power Management to change the Power Regulator setting for this NonStop BladeSystem, as follows: 1.
The HP Power Regulator Status displays the current power regulator setting. To change the power regulator setting, click Power Control. 7. Under Power Usage Controls, click the arrow to open the drop-down menu of HP Power Regulator Status and select the desired mode: 8. Click the Next button to see the current and new power settings. Click the Confirm Change button. Power Usage Controls displays the Previous Power Regulator Setting, the Current Power Regulator Setting, and whether the change succeeded.
10. Wait 5 minutes and then use the OSM Service Connection to look for alarms on the System object. If Power Regulator settings on all blades in the NonStop BladeSystem do not match, an alarm is generated on the System object. If there is an alarm on the System object, click the System object, select the alarms tab and then right-click the alarm and select Detail to determine whether the alarm is due to a mismatch of Power Regulator settings.
5 Monitoring a Virtual TapeServer (VTS) in HP SIM You can monitor a VTS with HP SIM. NOTE: • You must have a VTS version 8.0 or later. • You can only monitor the disks on a DL185G5 based VTS. To monitor a VTS with HP SIM, follow these steps: 1. Using the DVD that is provided with your VTS, install the agents on your VTS as follows: a. Burn HPSIM.iso to a DVD or via HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) and create a virtual image.
SKU Number: Family: The Product Name lists the model type. IMPORTANT: 4. If you are running a VTS DL185G5, go to step 4. Otherwise, go to step 5. If you are running a VTS DL185G5, follows these steps: a. Remove hp-health and its subcomponents from the VTS: rpm –e hp-health rpm –e hp-smh-templates rpm –e hp-snmp-agents b. c. Download HPASM at HP System Health Application and Insight Management Agents. FTP to the VTS and install the rpm: rpm –ivh hpasm-8.0.0-173.rhel5.x86_64.rpm d.
f. Once the installation is complete, enter: # service snmpd restart 5. Setup e-mail or text notifications in one of two ways: • • Use HP SIM to setup e-mail or text notifications when warnings or errors occur on the VTS, as described in “Getting E-mail or Text Notifications” (page 25). Use HP System Management Homepage (SMH) and edit the SNMP configuration file to send trap notifications on the CMS where HP SIM is installed, as follows: a.
Make your desired changes and click change: IMPORTANT: If your VTS is a DL185G5, on the SNMP Configuration page, make the following changes to the configuration file and click change: dlmod cmaX /usr/lib64/libcmaX64.so rwcommunity private 127.0.0.1 rwcommunity private rocommunity public 127.0.0.1 rocommunity public authtrapenable 1 com2sec all default public group MyRWGroup v1 all view all included .
Monitoring a Virtual TapeServer (VTS) in HP SIM
6 Monitoring a Modular Storage Adapter (MSA) Attached to a VTS in HP SIM You can monitor an MSA with HP SIM. NOTE: You must have an MSA version 2000. To monitor an MSA with HP SIM, follow these steps: 1. Discover your MSA system, providing valid credentials for the MSA, using the discovery steps described in “Discovering a NonStop System” (page 16). 2. On the MSA, login to the Storage Management Utility: 3. By default, the system overview is displayed.
4. Enter the IP address of the CMS that you will use to monitor the MSA. You can have up to 3 trap destinations, Trap Host 1 Address, Trap Host 2 Address, and Trap Host 3 Address. Click Apply. Once you have setup your trap notifications, you will receive by e-mail alarms for the MSA that you added to the list of systems for which you want to be notified.
Once the yellow triangle icon is clicked for the msa-vts system, the Events tab for the MSA displays the problem descriptions. To view a problem description in detail, select the desired event type.
Monitoring a Modular Storage Adapter (MSA) Attached to a VTS in HP SIM
7 Monitoring a NonStop System Console (NSC) in HP SIM To monitor an NSC with HP SIM, follow these steps: 1. From a separate CMS, discover your NSC system, providing valid credentials for the NSC using the discovery steps described in “Discovering a NonStop System” (page 16). 2. On the CMS, logon to HP System Management Homepage (SMH). 3. In HP SMH, from the Settings menu, select SNMP & Agent Settings: 4. 5.
You will receive the following e-mail notification if NSC goes unresponsive: 42 Monitoring a NonStop System Console (NSC) in HP SIM
8 Monitoring a BackBox Virtual Tape Controller (VTC) in HP SIM To monitor an HP BackBox Virtual Tape Controller (VTC) with HP SIM, follow these steps: 1. From a separate CMS, discover your HP Backbox VTC, providing valid credentials for the device using the discovery steps described in “Discovering a NonStop System” (page 16). 2. Configure e-mail notifications for the HP Backbox VTC as described in “Getting E-mail or Text Notifications” (page 25). 3. On the CMS, logon to HP SIM and subscribe to WBEM events.
6. In the Task Confirmation page, click Run Now to run the task. 7. In the Task Results page, under Stdout, verify that the indication subscription was successfully created.
You will receive an e-mail notification if the HP Backbox VTC goes unresponsive: 45
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