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Start and Configure HP SIM

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After installation, use Procedure 3-8 to start HP SIM and run the First Time Wizard to finish the configuration process.

Procedure 3-8 Start HP SIM and The First Time Wizard

  1. Start a Web browser and make sure that it is not configured to block pop-up windows. Direct your web browser to the following URL:

    http://server:280

    where server is the host name of your CMS.

  2. When launched for the first time after a new installation, HP SIM automatically displays the First Time Wizard. You can also run this wizard manually by selecting Options->First Time Wizard... from the HP SIM menu bar.

    NOTE: You can view HP SIM help for this or any other window by clicking the button in the upper right corner of the window.

  3. Proceed through the screens of the First Time Wizard as follows:

    1. Introduction screen:  Click Next to continue.

    2. WBEM screen:  The VSE Management Software uses WBEM connections to obtain information from the managed systems. You must establish common WBEM credentials on the CMS and on the managed systems to allow authenticated access to WBEM data. For more information, see “Prepare for Installation”. When you have finished configuring the WBEM settings, click Next to continue.

    3. SNMP screen:  Configure the SNMP community name that is appropriate for your organization, or use the default value provided. Click Next to continue.

    4. Discovery screen:  Discovery is the process of finding and identifying systems in the management domain so that they can be managed from the CMS by HP SIM. There are two discovery modes: automatic and manual. If you want discovery to be scheduled on an automatic basis, select Schedule and specify how often discovery should run.

      Whether or not you configure automatically scheduled discovery, run the discovery process manually as soon as you are finished with the First Time Wizard. You can run discovery manually by selecting Options->Discovery... from the HP SIM menu bar and then clicking Run Now.

      In either automatic or manual mode, you can specify IP ranges for a ping sweep (detection of systems by their response to a network ping), or you can specify individual systems by name or IP address. HP SIM uses WBEM, SNMP, SSH and SMH protocols for system identification. For example, HP SIM attempts to contact the WBEM nPartition, virtual partition, and virtual machine providers on a given system to determine the system type. HP SIM populates its system database with this information and creates relationship information such as the parent/child association between a VM Host and its virtual machines.

      Virtualization Manager uses both the system and relationship information when displaying VSE resources. Until you install the VSE agent software on the managed nodes, little information is available. For information about installing VSE agent software, see “Install VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems”.

      When you have finished configuring the discovery settings, click Next to continue.

    5. Users screen:  On this screen you can specify user names that are valid on the CMS. HP SIM provides a number of user-based security options to define the authorized capabilities of each user. For more information, see the HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX.

      It is not necessary to set up any users now. After you complete the First Time Wizard, you must configure user authorizations to allow access to the VSE Management Software tools. This topic is discussed in the VSE Management Software Version 4.0 Getting Started Guide. Click Next to continue.

    6. E-mail screen: If you do not want email notification of HP SIM events from the CMS, skip this step. Otherwise, specify the SMTP host and authentication (if required) to be used for email notifications. On an HP-UX CMS, you can usually use the CMS as the SMTP host. Also provide an email address to be used as the “From” portion of the email header. HP recommends the name hpsim@hostname. Click Next to continue.

    7. Event Handling screen: If you do not want alerts from the CMS, skip this step. Otherwise, specify which events will cause alerts to be sent, and the email address to which alerts should be sent. Click Next to continue.

    8. Summary screen:  Review your selections and click Finish to continue, or click Previous to go back and correct your earlier selections.

    9. Finish screen: To exit the First Time Wizard, click Close.

  4. Run the HP SIM discovery process so that you can select managed nodes for the VSE agent software installation in the next section. Do this even if you configured automatically scheduled discovery in the First Time Wizard. Select Options->Discovery... from the HP SIM menu bar, then click Run Now.

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