Preparing the system

Install and configure the CMS. The procedure to complete this step is in this chapter.

Install and configure the required management software on the systems that will be managed by the CMS. For more information on this step, see Chapter 4 “Setting up managed systems” for details.

Configure HP SIM for your environment. See Chapter 5 “Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard” or Chapter 6 “Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu” for the recommended tasks.

Configure the remaining protocols for the managed systems. See Chapter 7 “Configuring managed systems” for details.

Verify your system meets the minimum requirements. See “System requirements” for details.

If you plan to use an Oracle database, refer to your Oracle provider for instructions.

For Oracle:

	NOTE: The Oracle database must be created with Unicode character set of AL32UTF8 and national character set of AL16UTF16 before installing HP SIM. The NLS Length must be set to BYTE. You must also specify the thin client .jar file location. HP SIM 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. See the Oracle documentation for details on how to automatically start these services at http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/html/A96167_01/post-inst.htm#sthref548. Access to this link requires registration, which is free. The Oracle DBA who manages the Oracle installation must perform this task.

Install Oracle on the local system before installing HP 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 HP Systems Insight Manager. Refer to After installing HP Systems Insight Manager to configure HP Systems Insight Manager to use a newly created Oracle database.

Download the HP 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 HP Systems Insight Manager's 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.

In the directory where you downloaded or copied the files, change user permissions to add execute permissions to the bin file:

chmod +x *.bin

or

chmod +x HPSIM*.bin

Verify that the following required software dependencies are available on your system, and install any that are not already installed.

1. Verify that SSH is installed by executing the following command:

   rpm -qa | grep ssh

   If SSH is not installed, the previous command does not return any results. Install SSH from your Linux operating system CD before continuing with the HP Systems Insight Manager installation.

2. Verify that SNMP is installed by executing the following command:

   rpm -qa | grep snmp

   If SNMP is not installed, the previous command does not return any results. Install SNMP from your Linux operating system CD before continuing with the HP Systems Insight Manager installation.

3. Verify that standard C++ libraries (compat-libstdc++-7.3) are installed:

   rpm -qa | grep compat

   If the standard C++ libraries are not installed, the previous command does not return any results. Install them from your Linux operating system CD before continuing with the HP Systems Insight Manager installation.

4. Verify that the Linux glibc library is installed. (Glibc is the C library shipped with many Linux distributions.)

   rpm -qa | grep glib

   If the Linux glibc library is not installed, the previous command does not return any results. Install the Linux glibc library from your Linux operating system CD before continuing with the HP Systems Insight Manager installation.

5. For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, verify that the MIT Kerbros 5 library (krb5-1.6-18.2) is installed.

   rpm -qa | grep krb5-1.6

   If the MIT Kerbros 5 library is not installed, the previous command does not return any results.

   Install the MIT Kerbros 5 library from the following URL before continuing with the HP Systems Insight Manager installation.

   For 32-bit krb5:

   1. Go to http://build.opensuse.org/.

   2. Click the software search and browsing interface link in the middle of the page to go to http://software.opensuse.org/search.

   3. Enter krb5 in the text box.

   4. Select SLES9 from the dropdown list.

   5. Click Search.

   6. Click on Manual Package Downloadi586krb5-1.6-18.2.i586.rpm and save http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/linuxrrze/SLES_9/i586/krb5-1.6-18.2.i586.rpm.

   For 64-bit krb5:

   1. Go to http://build.opensuse.org/

   2. Click the software search and browsing interface link in the middle of the page to go to http://software.opensuse.org/search.

   3. Enter krb5 in the text box.

   4. Select SLES9 from the dropdown list.

   5. Click Search.

   6. Click on Manual Package Downloadx86_64krb5-1.6-18.2.x86_64.rpm and save http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/linuxrrze/SLES_9/x86_64/krb5-1.6-18.2.x86_64.rpm.

   When installing krb5, it is your responsibility to resolve any conflict with existing packages.

   Before installing krb5, back up the original krb5.conf file.

   # cp /etc/krb5.conf /etc/krb5.conf.bak

   For example, you can save the file in conflict and use the switch:

   rpm -i --replacefiles<krb5 package>

   Or, for example:

   rpm -i --replacefileskrb5-1.6-18.2.i586.rpm

   After installing the krb5 RPM you will need to restore your original krb5.conf file.

   # cp /etc/krb5.conf.bak /etc/krb5.conf

   to install krb5.

(Optional) If you are planning to run the Firefox browser on the CMS, verify that Firefox 2.0 or later is installed. To verify which version is installed, open the Firefox browser, and select HelpAbout Firefox.

	NOTE: Firefox is not required on the CMS. It can be used to access HP Systems Insight Manager from any network client. Install Firefox 2.0 on the Linux managed node.

To upgrade your version of Firefox:

1. Download the latest version for Linux at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/. Create a temporary directory called firefoxtemp, and place the downloaded .GZIP file in that directory.

2. Navigate into the firefoxtemp directory, and decompress the archive:

   cd path/firefoxtemp

   tar -zxvf firefox*.tar.gz

3. Firefox files will be extracted into a folder called firefox. Navigate to the firefox folder through the new terminal from the GUI.

4. Run the ./firefox.bin file, and the Firefox browser will open.