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  1. Run setup.exe to launch the HP Systems Insight Manager Installer. The HP Systems Insight Manager Welcome screen appears. The Welcome screen displays links to the following documentation:

    • Readme (readme.txt)

    • Release Notes (hpsim-releaseNote.pdf)

    • User Guide (hpsim-userGuide.pdf)

  2. Click Install to launch the install process. The HP Systems Insight Manager setup window appears with the following three stages:

    • Pre-installation. Examines this system for previous versions of Insight Manager 7 and runs data export tools as needed.

    • Installation. Installs HP Systems Insight Manager and other HP management software products.

    • Post-installation. Runs data import tools as needed to migrate customer data from prior local installations of Insight Manager 7.

    Note: If you are using the Management CD, place the CD in the CD-ROM drive. The CD has an autorun feature that launches a license agreement. Accept the license agreement, and select the Products tab. Click Install on the HP Systems Insight Manager page. Then select Install beside the HP Systems Insight Manager (Windows) listing to launch the Installer.

  3. From the HP Systems Insight Manager Installer window, click Install to launch the install process.

  4. (Optional) If Microsoft SQL is not detected locally, you will be prompted to either install MSDE 2000 Service Pack 3A or continue and point to a remote SQL installation later.

    Note: For a list of supported databases, refer to the HP Systems Insight Manager Release Notes for details.

    Note: If choosing to use a remote Microsoft SQL Server, verify that Microsoft Access Data Components (MDAC) 2.7 Service Pack 1 or higher is installed on the CMS. To verify whether this is installed, navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ado, and right-click on the icon for the msado15.dll file. In the pop-up menu, select Properties, and click the Version tab to display the version number. If the file is not found in this path, use the Windows search engine to find the file. If you must download MDAC, go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/, and search for MDAC Service Pack.

    1. Click Install MSDE to launch the install.

    2. After MSDE installation is complete, you have to reboot your system and then repeat the previous step to launch the installer. You will not see the option to install MSDE again.

      Note: When you reboot, the HP Systems Insight Manager Installer will not automatically be launched. You must manually execute setup.exe to launch the installer.

    Refer to Windows Installation Options to view the options available during an installation of HP Systems Insight Manager.

  5. Click Typical to install the components listed under the Available Components for Install with minimal user interaction or click Custom to select the components you want to install.

    Note: The differences between the Typical and Custom installs for this version of HP Systems Insight Manager is that the Custom option enables you to deselect components in addition to allowing you to change one or more of the following settings for the components:

    • Drive

    • Install directory

    • Program group

    Refer to Windows Installation Options to determine which components listed in the Available Components for Install are mandatory in the Typical install or optional in the Custom install.

  6. On the Typical Install - Account Authentication screen, enter the Account Credentials for the database server. If your database is local, then the Database Server name field is pre-populated, if your database is not local then you must supply the Database Server name.

    Note: In case of a reboot, if you just installed MSDE, the administrative credentials are those you used to log in before installing MSDE. Windows authentication is required to connect to the SQL server (whether locally or remotely). In addition, these credentials will also be your HP Systems Insight Manager administrative user login credentials. Any account that is a member of the administrator group will have administrator rights to MSDE

  7. On the Install - Summary screen, select Install to initiate the installation process. This process installs all the products listed in the Selected Components table.

    Each component will be installed sequentially for a Typical install. Custom Install will launch them interactively.

    For the Custom install, you choose the components to install, starting with #8.

  8. Installing HP System Management Homepage for an In-Place custom install:

    NOTE: For more information regarding where the System Management Homepage default settings are stored during a Typical installation and how to change them, refer to the System Management Homepage Installation Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html The HP Version Control Agent and HP Version Control Repository Manager login to the management Web server by way of the System Management Homepage. The System Management Homepage is security software that must be configured in order to allow the Version Control Agent to connect to the Version Control Repository Manager using operating system authentication. For more information regarding migrating version control to the System Management Homepage, refer to Migrating Version Control to the System Management Homepage for details.
    1. Click Next. The OS Groups dialog box appears. Click Cancel to cancel the installation process. If you click Cancel, a message appears, giving you the option to continue installation or to exit the installation.

    2. Select Administrator, Operator, or User from the Operating Systems Group Name field.

      Note: It is necessary to assign an account to an operating system user group with administrator privileges to access the Version Control Repository Manager from the Version Control Agent. Do not use the Administrator account to connect from the Version Control Agent to the Version Control Repository Manager, as it could potentially lock the Administrator account out. Using the Administrator account, add another account with administrator privileges to be used for Version Control Repository Manager access.

    3. Enter the group name of an operating systems group in the Group Name field.

    4. Click Add. The group name is added. A maximum of five entries can be added for each group level.

      Note: To delete a group name, select the group name and click Delete.

    5. Click Next to continue or Back to return to the previous page. The User Access dialog box appears.

      The User Access dialog box enables you to configure the System Management Homepage from the following access types:

      • Select Anonymous Access to enable anonymous access to unsecured pages.

      • Select Local Access-> Anonymous or Local Access-> Administrator to set up the System Management Homepage to automatically grant local IP addresses at the selected access level.

        Caution: Selecting Local Access with Administrator privileges provides any users with access to the local console full access without prompting them for a user name or password.

    6. Click Next. The Trust Mode dialog box appears.

    7. Select the level of security you want to provide from one of the following trust modes:

      • Trust By Certificate

        1. Click Next. The Trusted Certificates dialog box appears. The Trusted Certificates dialog box allows trusted certificate files to be added to the Trusted Certificate List.

        2. Click Add File to browse and select any certificates to be included in the Trusted Certificate List. The Add File dialog box appears. If an invalid file name is entered in the file name field, an error message appears, indicating the file does not exist. Click OK to select another file, or click Cancel to close the dialog box. The Trusted Certificate List appears.

          Note: If you click Next without adding any certificates to the list, and no certificates exist from a previous installation, a message appears indicating that if you do not specify any trusted certificates, HP Systems Insight Manager cannot access the HP Insight Management Agents on this system. Click OK if you do not want HP Systems Insight Manager to access the Insight Management Agents on this system, or click Cancel to close the dialog box and add the trusted certificates to the list.

          Note: The Trust By Certificates option enables the System Management Homepage system and the HP Systems Insight Manager system to establish a trust relationship by means of certificates. This mode is the strongest method of security because it requires certificate data and verifies the digital signature before enabling access.

        3. Click Next. The IP Binding dialog box appears.

        or

        1. Click Import. The Import Server Certificate dialog box appears.

        2. Enter the name or IP address of the server whose certificate you want to import.

        3. Click Get Cert. The certificate information appears.

        4. Verify the certificate information. If you want to add this certificate to the Trusted Certificate List, click Accept and the certificate is added to the Trusted Certificate List, or click Cancel if you do not want to add it to the Trusted Certificate List. The Trusted Certificate List appears.

          Note: You can add an unlimited number of trusted certificates.

        5. Click Next. The IP Binding dialog box appears. Click Back to return to the Trust Mode dialog box.

          Note: To delete a certificate, select the certificate and click Delete. The selected certificate is removed.

      • Trust By Name

        1. Select Trust By Name.

        2. Click Next. The Trusted Server dialog box appears.

          Note: Although the Trust By Name mode is a slightly stronger method of security than the Trust All mode, it still leaves your system vulnerable to security attacks. The Trust By Name mode sets up the System Management Homepage to only accept certain requests from servers with the HP Systems Insight Manager names designated in the Trust By Name field. The Trust By Name option is easy to configure and can prevent non-malicious access. For example, you might want to use the Trust By Name option if you have a secure network, but your network has two groups of administrators in two separate divisions. The Trust By Name option would prevent one group from installing software to the wrong system. This option does not verify anything other than the HP Systems Insight Manager server name submitted.

        3. Enter the names of the servers you want to trust.

          Note: The server name cannot contain the following characters:

          • ~

          • !

          • `

          • @

          • #

          • $

          • %

          • ^

          • &

          • *

          • (

          • )

          • +

          • =

          • "

          • :

          • '

          • <

          • >

          • ?

          • ,

          • |

          • ;

        4. Click Add to add the name of a server you want to trust.

        5. Click Next. The IP Binding dialog box appears.

          Note: If you click Next without adding any server names to the list, an error message appears, indicating that if you do not specify any trusted server names, HP Systems Insight Manager cannot access the Insight Management Agents on this system. Click OK to proceed without trusting any systems, or click Cancel to close the dialog box and add server names to the list.

          Note: To delete a certificate, select the certificate and click Delete. The selected certificate is removed.

      • Trust All

        1. Select Trust All.

        2. Click Next. The IP Binding dialog box appears.

          Note: The Trust All option leaves your system vulnerable to security attacks and sets up the System Management Homepage to accept certain requests from any server. For example, you might want to use Trust All if you have a secure network, and everyone in the network is trusted.

    8. Select IP Binding to enable the Subnet IP Address and NetMask.

      The IP Binding dialog box enables you to bind to specific IP addresses that match a specific Subnet IP Address or NetMask. It restricts the subnet you want to manage.

      1. Enter the Subnet IP Address in the designated field.

      2. Enter the NetMask in the designated field.

      3. Click Add to add the Subnet IP Address/NetMask into the dialog box. Select a Subnet IP Address/NetMask, and click Delete to remove it from the dialog box

        Note: You can add up to five Subnet IP Address/NetMask pairs.

        Note: If you click IP Binding but do not specify the IP Address/NetMask then you might not be able to connect to the System Management Homepage.

    9. Click Next. The IP Restricted Logins dialog box appears. The IP Restricted Logins dialog box enables you to select specific IP addresses or IP address ranges to include or exclude from gaining login access. Although optional, the System Management Homepage can restrict login access based on the IP addresses of the machine attempting to gain access.

    10. Select IP Restricted Logins, and click Next. The IP Address to Include dialog box appears. This dialog box enables you to specify the IP address or IP address ranges to grant login access permission. If there are IP addresses in the Inclusion list, then only those IP addresses are enabled for login privileges. If there are no IP addresses in the Inclusion list, then login privileges are permitted to all IP addresses that are not in the Exclusion list.

      Note: A single address and ranges of addresses can be accepted in the IP Restriction Logins dialog box. Enter the single address in the first box.

      1. In the Include field, enter a beginning IP address to which you want to grant login access.

      2. In the To field, enter an ending IP address to which you want to grant login access. All IP address that fall between the beginning and ending IP addresses are granted login access.

      3. Click Add. The IP address or IP address range is added to the Exclusion list. Select an IP address or IP address range, and click Delete to remove it from the Exclusion list.

        Note: If you entered an invalid IP address or IP address range, an error message appears indicating the IP address is invalid. Click OK. Enter a valid IP address or IP address range, and click Add again.

    11. Click Next. The IP Address to Exclude dialog box appears.

      1. In the Exclude field, enter a beginning IP address to which you want to deny login access.

      2. In theTo field, enter an ending IP address to which you want to deny login access. All IP addresses that fall between the beginning and ending IP addresses are denied login access.

      3. Click Add. The IP address or IP address range is added to the Inclusion list. Select an IP address or IP address range, and click Delete to remove it from the Inclusion list

        Note: If you entered an invalid IP address or IP address range, an error message appears, indicating the IP address is invalid. Click OK. Enter a valid IP address or IP address range, and click Add again.

        Note: If Next is selected without adding any IP addresses to either theInclude or Exclude lists, a warning message appears stating, IP Restricted Login checkbox will be marked as disabled. Do you want to proceed without adding any IP Address restrictions? If you select OK, the IP Restricted Login option on the IP Restricted Login dialog box is deselected, and the Install Preview dialog box appears.

    12. Click Next. The Install Preview Panel appears. The Install Preview Panel lists the location where the System Management Homepage is installed, the amount of space the installation requires, and the summary of the options that you specified during the installation.

    13. Click Next. The installation process is started.

      Note: During the installation of the System Management Homepage, Cancel is disabled. If you click the X in the upper-right corner of the box, an error message appears, stating the current operation cannot be canceled.

    14. Click Finish to complete the installation.

      Note: If this is an upgrade, HP recommends that you configure System Management Homepage to use operating system authentication for HP Version Control Agent access to HP Version Control Repository Manager, and then re-configure the servers running HP Version Control Agent to point to the new account. If these actions are not taken, pre-7.20 HP Version Control Agent will access your upgraded HP Version Control Repository Manager through legacy HTTP Server account access. For more information, refer to Version Control Installation Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html/. If this is a new install, an operating system account must be created and configured in the System Management Homepage on this computer and each of the HP Version Control Agent must be configured to use the new account. For more information, refer to Version Control Installation Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html/.

      Note: If HP Systems Insight Manager is installed after System Management Homepage is installed, the System Management Homepage 2048-bit key pair will be replaced with the HP Systems Insight Manager1024-bit key pair.

  9. Installing OpenSSH for a custom install:

    1. Click Next to install.

    2. Select the destination location using the Browse button, then click OK.

    3. Click Next. The OpenSSH Service Log On As User screen appears.

    4. Enter your account password. The username and domain fields are pre-populated.

    5. Click Next. The Ready to Install screen appears.

    6. Click Install to continue with the installation, or click Back to make changes.

    7. After installing OpenSSH, click No, I will restart the computer later.

    8. Click Finish.

  10. Installing HP Systems Insight Manager for a custom install:

    1. Click Next on the HP Systems Insight Manager welcome screen.

    2. Read the information screen. Click Next. The Database Configuration screen appears.

    3. Enter the password and database server name. If your database is local, then the Database Server name field is pre-populated, if your database is not local you must supply the name of the Database Server.

      Note: HP Systems Insight Manager creates a database name with the format “Insight_V42_0_(timestamp).” For example, “Insight_V42_0_123456.” It then updates database.props and the DSN with this value. The database.props file can be found in C:\Program Files\HP\Systems InsightManager\Config

    4. Click Next. The Destination Location screen appears.

    5. Select the destination location by clicking the Browse button.

    6. Click OK.

    7. Click Next. The Select Start menu folder appears.

    8. Select or enter a different folder name.

    9. Click Next. The Ready to Install screen appears.

    10. Click Install to install HP Systems Insight Manager, The Install Progress screen appears, or click Back to make any changes.

    11. Click Finish when the installation is complete to close the HP Systems Insight Manager Installer window.

  11. Installing WMI Mapper for a custom install:

    1. Click Next to install.

    2. The End-User License Agreement screen appears. Click I accept the agreement.

    3. The Choose Setup Type screen appears. Choose the setup type.

    4. Select the destination location using the Browse button.

    5. Click OK.

    6. Click Next. The Ready to Install screen appears.

    7. Click Install to continue with the installation, or click Back to make changes.

    8. Click Finish.

  12. Installing the ProLiant Essentials PMP for a custom install:

    Note: The PMP requires HP Systems Insight Manager 4.1 or later to be installed on your system before installing the PMP.

    Note: During the installation of the PMP, the warning is displayed: As part of HP Performance Management Pack installation the HP Systems Insight Manager service must be stopped and restarted. Click OK to stop the service and continue with the PMP installation, or click Cancel to abort the installation.

    1. Click Next. The Database configuration screen appears.

    2. Enter your account password.

    3. Click Next. Installation begins.

    4. Click Finish to exit PMP setup.

  13. Installing HP Version Control Repository Manager for a custom install:

    1. Click Install to install HP Version Control Repository Manager. The HP Version Control Repository Manager setup screen appears.

    2. Click Install.

    3. Click the Browse button to select the directory from which HP Version Control Repository Manager will retrieve support pack information. This directory must be manually created later if it does not exist.

    4. Click OK.

    5. Click Next.

    6. Select the Enable Automatic Update checkbox to enable automatic downloading of ProLiant Support Packs and components at a specified interval and time.

    7. Click Finish. Installation of HP Version Control Repository Manager proceeds and completes.

  14. Installing HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack for a custom install:

    Note: During the installation of the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack, the warning is displayed: "As part of . HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack installation the HP Systems Insight Manager service must be stopped and restarted." Click OK to stop the service and continue with the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack installation, or click Cancel to abort the installation. If you clicked OK the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack Welcome screen appears.

    1. Click Next. TheDatabase configuration screen appears.

    2. Enter your account password.

    3. Click Next. Installation begins.

    4. Click Finish to exit HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack setup.

  15. If any of the components indicated that a reboot is necessary, reboot your system.

    Note: During the Custom Install process, do not select the reboot now option if a component requests this. Reboot only after all components have been installed.

  16. Click Finish to complete the component installation that you selected.

    Note: Click Finish in the Initial Setup HP Systems Insight Manager window, to complete the installation.

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