HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

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first time
Preparing the system
Perform step 1 for a first time install of Systems Insight Manager on your CMS.
1. Install and configure the CMS.
2. Install and configure the required management software on the systems that will be managed
by the CMS. For details, see “Setting up managed systems” (page 28).
3. Configure Systems Insight Manager for your environment. For more information, see
“Configuring Systems Insight Manager” (page 30).
This procedure verifies that your system meets the minimum requirements and prepares your system
for Systems Insight Manager installation.
To verify and prepare your system, perform the following procedure:
Procedure 1 Prepare the system
1. Verify your system meets the minimum requirements. For details, see “System requirements”
(page 5).
2. Disable the firewall and/or Security-Enhanced Linux.
Many Linux distributions automatically install security layers such as a firewall and/or
Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) that can interfere with the operation of Systems Insight
Manager. Configurations in the support matrix are tested without these options enabled.
NOTE: If you chose to install Systems Insight Manager without disabling the SELinux
environment, then must be opened for smooth operation. For enabling ports under the SELinux
firewall, see Firewall Configuration.
3. If you plan to use an Oracle database, refer to your Oracle provider for instructions.
NOTE: The Oracle database must be created with Unicode character set of AL32UTF8 and
national character set of AL16UTF16 before installing Systems Insight Manager. The NLS
Length must be set to BYTE. You must also specify the thin client .jar file location. Systems
Insight Manager requires Oracle database and Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) listener
services to be up and running when system is restarted. Oracle by itself does not start the
Oracle database and TNS listener automatically. An Oracle database administrator (DBA)
must set these services to be restarted when the server is reset. For details on how to
automatically start these services, see the Oracle documentation at http://
download-east.oracle.com/docs/html/A96167_01/post-inst.htm#sthref548. Access to this
link requires registration. The Oracle DBA who manages the Oracle installation must perform
this task.
Install Oracle on the local system before installing Systems Insight Manager. Create a database
user name with DBA privileges, or if you plan on using Oracle as the remote database, you
must have the database and user name with DBA privilege to configure Systems Insight
Manager. To configure HP Systems Insight Manager to use a newly created Oracle database,
see “After installing Systems Insight Manager” (page 23).
4. Download the Systems Insight Manager software. To download the software, see http://
www.hp.com/go/hpsim and on the upper-left of the page under HP management software,
click Download. The Systems Insight Manager Download Page appears. Under HP Systems
Insight Manager and related components, select HP SIM-Linux and Download latest version
of HP SIM-Linux for a full product install.
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