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HP SIM uses an audit log and a database to track activity and store your management domain information.

HP SIM audit log

HP SIM logs all tasks performed by all HP SIM users on all systems. The information is stored in the audit log on the CMS. HP SIM logs all tasks with the following information:

  • Time stamp

  • User name

  • Systems

  • Event

  • Tool result

For command tools, the verbose level of stdout and stderr is frequently large and time-sensitive, so it is only logged by default for the ps command. You can configure the option to log this output for the ps and other commands, as well as other aspects of the audit log, such as maximum file size. Information about configuring the audit log is available in Chapter 13 “Configuration options”.

Database

HP SIM uses a database to store vital management domain information. The database contains the following information:

  • Authorizations

  • Systems

  • System lists

  • System group definitions

  • Users

  • Passwords

  • Toolbox definitions

  • Tool definitions

  • Events

  • Inventory data

You can use the HP Systems Insight Manager Sizer, located at http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/274366-0-0-0-121.html to get a recommended server configuration based on projected management workloads, installed management applications, and number of console users.

Database software

HP SIM supports the use of several databases:

  • SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is supported on a Windows CMS. SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is installed with HP SIM.

    NOTE: To install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, .NET 2.0 Framework is required. The .NET Framework requires Windows Installer 3.0 or later.

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is supported on a Windows CMS. HP SIM ships with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, but you can choose to use Microsoft SQL Server 2005, which provides more advanced enterprise features.

  • Oracle 10g and Oracle 9i Release 2 are supported on all platforms.

    NOTE: You must create the Oracle database using Unicode (AL32UTF8) as the character set before installing HP SIM. 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 auto 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. You must install the Oracle JDBC driver, version 10.1.0.2.0. You can download this driver from the Oracle website at http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/index.html.



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