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Insight Control for Linux 6.2 User GuideHP Part Number: 483100-006Published: October 2010Edition: 6

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NOTES:• During installation, when specifying the HTTP setup, you are prompted for the IP addressof the CMS and the path name for the RHEL installation

9.5 Installing SLES on managed systemsThis section describes the two methods for installing SLES to one or more managed systems:• “Installing SLES usi

IMPORTANT:• Installing a virtualization OS on a server erases data on that system. Before you begin, besure that you have captured or backed up any da

8. Optionally, you may set the root account password at this step.If you want the target system to use the default root password (root), select the Us

5. Select the virtualization OS to install and select Next>.Only the virtual machine OS that applies to your installation is available for you to s

NOTE:When performing an ESXi installation using virtual media, to facilitate the installation, InsightControl for Linux does not automatically remove

3. Create the following scripts, as needed:DescriptionScriptRequired for an unattended installation, this script performs macro substitutionso that a

Custom or Other InteractiveCustom or Other (Unattended)3. Do one of the following to select and verify that the server or servers in the target list a

If you want the target system to use the default root password (root), select the Use DefaultRoot Password option.To set a root password other than th

10 Capturing and deploying Linux imagesThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “Overview of capturing and deploying Linux images ” (page 109)• “

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NOTE: To account for the time it may take to capture or deploy a very large image over a slownetwork, a time out of five days is in effect for capturi

The script is run in a chroot environment so there is no need to configure paths relative to theInsight Control for Linux environment.For information

Table 10-2 Source and target deployment requirementsRequirementItemThe hardware models of the source and target managed systems must bethe same. For e

• For SLES images, change the hard links to soft links before capturing the image.SLES relies on the use of hard links within its file system, and the

The following example does not include the contents of /scratch in the capturedimage (because the dump flag is set to 0). During the image deployment

7. Select a Precapture script, a Postcapture Script, or both.A Precapture script is run on the managed system before the image is captured. A Postcapt

Figure 10-1 Network groups exampleThe concept behind a scalable deployment is to transfer an OS image tar file from the CMS tothe group leader in each

The Customize Collections window appears.2. Select New... in the Customize Collections window.A new section titled New Collection appears at the botto

f. Select Save As Collection...The Save As Collection portion appears.g. Enter a name for this network group.The name is used only to associate the ma

1. Select the following menu item from the HP Insight Control user interface:Deploy→Operating System→Deploy Linux Image...2. Do one of the following t

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Figure 10-2 Existing disk partition schemeSee Section 10.6 (page 120) for a general overview of the Partition Wizard and how touse it to edit disk par

The Partition Wizard user interface provides a representation of the disk partition layout to beapplied to the target server before laying down the im

• If you are capturing and deploying a reiserfs or an ext3 partition type, ensure that themount points are set, as required. Partition types swap and

The initial Partition Wizard table is divided into two sections: Hard Drives, the top of the tablethat shows the physical devices, and Volume Groups,

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11 Installing and setting up virtual machinesThis chapter addresses the following tasks, which you must complete in this order:1. “Installing virtual

2. Set the Global Sign-In credentials for the virtual host with theOptions→Security→Credentials→Global Credentials... menu item.3. Install the operati

For information on configuring the agents, see Section 8.3.4 (page 85).3. Examine the system page for the virtual host with Tools→System Information→S

4. Verify that the VM guest is configured to enter the BIOS on the next boot; if it is not in thatstate, change it.When in the BIOS, change the boot o

IMPORTANT: The RHEL Kickstart and SLES AutoYaST configuration template files for virtualguests are delivered with a hard-coded root password, which po

1 Using Insight Control for LinuxThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “Overview” (page 13)• “Integration with HP Systems Insight Manager” (pa

• The default value for the memory setting is adequate. However, if you have sufficientmemory, you can increase this value to 1024 to improve the virt

— The default value for the memory setting is adequate. However, if you have sufficientmemory, you can increase this value to 1024 to improve the virt

Check that the configured MAC address matches the DNS/DHCP entry. The virt-managercommand might display MAC addresses beginning with 00:16:3e, but con

os_specifier Specifies the operating system to be installed on the virtual guest, forexample, RHEL5U5-i386 or SLES11SP1-i386/DVD1.Some releases of SLE

2. Power on the virtual guest from HP SIM, by selecting the virtual guest node then selectingTools→Virtual Machine→Start Virtual Machine.Wait until th

CAUTION: If you shut down or stop a virtual machine guest, unsaved data is lost.• Suspending or pausing a virtual machine guest:Tools→Virtual Machine→

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12 Using Insight Control for Linux to update HP ProLiantfirmwareThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “Overview of updating HP ProLiant firmwa

12.2 Basic firmware update functionalityBasic firmware update functionality is designed to provide an easy to set up and easy to use wayof updating fi

To enable this feature, edit the Insight Control for Linux properties file, /opt/mx/icle/icle.properties, and add the following line: RUN_HPSUM_ON_BAR

1.2 Integration with HP Systems Insight Managerenhances the free system monitoring and system management features of HP Systems InsightManager (HP SIM

This procedure requires 300 to 400 MB of temporary disk space:1. Create a temporary directory for the contents of the tar file.# mkdir /tmp/fw-temp2.

a group of servers to have different firmware versions from the rest. Insight Control for Linuxhas a simple and flexible method for controlling this.1

Example 1prod-server-1=production-firmware.tar prod-server-2=production-firmware.tar 172.31.64.100=skip 01:00:ab:67:45:ee=latest-firmware.tarIn this e

13 Installing PSPs on managed systemsThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “Overview of the PSP installation tool” (page 143)• “Required PSP c

NOTE: The RPMs for these PSPs are OS- and platform-specific and are named as such, forexample, the HP ProLiant Channel Interface for Red Hat Enterpris

IMPORTANT: If an errata kernel is installed on the managed system, ensure that the PSP packageyou want to install supports the errata kernel version.1

If any of the selected software components did not install successfully on the target managedsystem for any reason, including package dependency failu

14 ISO control operationsISO Controls allow you to boot from an ISO image, insert an ISO image, and eject an ISO imageon iLO-based managed systems. Yo

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15 Remote server controlsThe menu items on the Tools→Server Controls menu enable you to remotely manage powercontrol on a physical managed system.IMPO

Table 1-1 Insight Control for Linux extensions to the HP Insight Control user interface (continued)Documented inDescriptionMenu itemChapter 6 (page 63

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16 Using SSH for remote server managementInsight Control for Linux provides several ways for you to access a managed system through SSH.This chapter a

On the Task Results screen, the Task Instance Results always shows the user who launched thetask. This might not be the credentials used for the task

16.4 Using Insight Control for Linux to run commands and scripts throughSSHThe following menu items enable you to run a script or command through SSH

managed systems. This Insight Control for Linux tool captures Stdout and Stderr from the script,captures the return code from the script, and closes t

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17 Managing Insight Control for Linux collectionsThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “Introduction to collections” (page 157)• “Populating a

Table 17-1 Insight Control for Linux subcollections (continued)How populatedDescriptionSubcollection nameObject typePopulated automatically whenyou ru

1. Use the instructions in Chapter 7 (page 75) and Chapter 8 (page 83) to perform the followingtasks to prepare servers:• Discover the server or serve

Table 1-1 Insight Control for Linux extensions to the HP Insight Control user interface (continued)Documented inDescriptionMenu itemChapter 15 (page 1

NOTE: This step removes non-licensed servers, VMware ESXi virtual hosts, and MicrosoftWindows guests from the collection.17.4 Removing a managed syste

18 Setting up management hubs18.1 About management hubsA management hub is an aggregation point for management activities. Insight Control for Linuxus

18.2 Creating a management hubUse the following procedure to create a management hub; you can perform Steps 2 and 3 inreverse order, but both must be

There are two text fields, Collection name and Choose from, and two lists, Availableitems and Selected Members.e. Select All Servers from the Choose f

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19 Configuring monitoring servicesThis chapter describes how to configure Insight Control for Linux monitoring services. In additionto an Section 19.1

Insight Control for Linux monitors only the objects in these collections:• Either all licensed servers are automatically added to the {collection_name

TIP: Populate your collections manually before proceeding.5. Select Run Now.This task can take several minutes to configure services. The Stdout tab s

4. Verify that the nrpe daemon is working on all the managed systems with the followingcommand:# /opt/hptc/nagios/libexec/gather_all_data --verbosewri

# nrg --mode analyzeNodelist Description----------------------- ---------------------------------------------------neptune

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20 Using graphical tools to monitor managed systemsThis chapter addresses the following topics• “Insight Control for Linux system monitoring overview”

NOTE: Insight Control for Linux does not support monitoring of virtual hosts running VMwareESXi , and does not support servers or virtual guests runni

Nagios, as provided with Insight Control for Linux, is configured with system and networkservice checks already in place for your system; these networ

20.2.2 Launching NagiosTo launch Nagios, you must have a valid certificate for the Apache service. To configure anApache certificate, see Section 19.2

HostsServicesSummaryHost GroupsGridSummaryService GroupsGridServices (Unhandled)ProblemsHosts (Unhandled)Network OutagesAvailabilityReportsTrendsHisto

Figure 20-3 Nagios tactical overviewThe top of the window provides information about the network. It provides the number ofnetwork outages and informa

The standard Nagios Tactical Overview display uses the color red to highlight ‘Disabled’ services.To illustrate, in Figure 20-3, in the Active Checks

Figure 20-5 Nagios service detail viewThe Status column displays any problems that might be occurring.To display the status of a service, select the l

Figure 20-6 Nagios service information view20.3.3 Displaying hosts and services that are experiencing problemsThe Service Problems view, which is acce

1.5 Insight Control for Linux command environmentTable 1-2 lists the Insight Control for Linux commands that you can run from the command lineon the C

Figure 20-7 Nagios service problems viewSelect the link that corresponds to a Nagios host to open the Nagios Host Information view forthat Nagios host

Figure 20-8 HP Graph default overview displayFigure 20-9 HP Graph detail display of managed systemsIf you want to display the graphical data for a sel

cpu system Shows how much of the CPU time was spent on system-level tasks.cpu usage Reports how much of the server's CPU set was spent in the use

NOTE: The detail graphs for a system show the graphs for a specified metric on all Nagioshosts.The detail graphs for a Nagios host show metrics for th

Nagios plug-ins are located in the /opt/hptc/nagios/libexec directory on the CMS.Table 20-1 lists each Nagios plug-in service that runs on the CMS. Th

Table 20-2 Services monitored on managed systems (continued)Function/DescriptionService nameLinks to any consolidated log messages that match patterns

1 Warning2 CriticalotherUnknown3The name of the Nagios service description. For more information, see the corresponding/opt/hptc/nagios/etc/templates/

contact_name nagios alias Nagios Admin service_notification_period 24x7

20.8.3 Performance Dashboard requirementsThe servers you want to monitor must fulfill the following requirements for using the PerformanceDashboard to

Figure 20-12 Monitoring three metrics using Performance Dashboard20.8.4.1 Ring plot color codingThe colors that the Performance Dashboard ring plot se

Synchronization is required for the Console Maintenance Facility to access a managed systemusing SSH.Capturing an image from or deploying an image to

20.8.6 Using the mouse buttons to manipulate the Performance Dashboard toolTable 20-3 describes how to use the mouse to manipulate the Performance Das

• Total User Processes• Total Zombie Processes• Network Received MB• Network Received Packets• Network Received Dropped Packets• Network Received Erro

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21 Using the command line to view managed system statusInsight Control for Linux provides commands that you can run on the CMS to determine thestatus

Example 21-2 Expanded sensor metrics# shownode metrics sensors icelx1Timestamp |Node_Id |Name |Value |Description------------

Admin: device: eth2 gateway: hwaddr: iftype: ifusage: Admin interface_number: ipa

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------icelx1 |192.0.2.1 |earth |earth.example.com |192.0.2.7

NOTES:• Metrics that return data based on time (for example, cpu idle time) might be inaccurate whencollected from a virtual guest by Supermon and Nag

date_and_time |icelx1 |0 |1854680 |1 |2308294 |564006498 |223267 |2258 |48882 | |1 |3645524 |295

21.3 Displaying environmental dataDepending on the platform, certain tools might enable you to collect information specific to theplatform.You can use

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Virtual media does not use DHCP. The system boots a custom RAM disk that includes thepredefined network configuration information (for example. the IP

# nrg --help --help --verbose - Report more details --log|l - logfile, default $statuslog --severity <c,w,o,u,p> - default is all

22 Connecting to a remote consoleThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “Console management facility overview” (page 201)• “How CMF works” (pag

You can also use the following command, but be aware that it returns internal names:# shownode roles --role management_hub2. Log in to the console wit

22.5 Enabling telnet access to iLO management processorsNOTE: The telnet utility is not available on G7 servers.IMPORTANT: The telnet protocol transmi

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23 Miscellaneous topicsThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “Changing management processor credentials” (page 207)• “Changing the default por

23.3 Increasing the number of servers that can be discovered concurrentlyWhen performing a bare-metal discovery on a set of servers, the maximum numbe

4. Change directory to the uninstall directory, and run the uninstall script to removeall Insight Control for Linux RPMs:# cd /opt/hp/icelx/config/uni

When you run the Options→IC-Linux→Configure Management Services task, it determinesif this file exists:• If the file does not exist, it creates the fi

23.7.2 The syslog-ng.conf rules fileThe syslog-ng.conf rules file defines the order of importance by which the log files arearranged.The /opt/hptc/sys

• The value of MAX_CONCUR_CHAINS variable in the /opt/mx/icle/icle.propertiesfile.The default value is 64.The sum of the weight values for all the tas

host vm001 { hardware ethernet 00:16:3E:AB:CD:01; fixed-address 192.0.2.150; opti

24 Advanced topicsTopics include:• “Management Processor Credentials” (page 213)• “Deploying WBEM provider components using Configure or Repair Agents

5. Select OK.24.1.2.2 Discovering and setting up servers with virtual media deploymentIf your site uses the virtual media deployment features of Insig

When a new set of credentials is entered with the Configure →ManagementProcessor→Credentials... task, Insight Control for Linux attempts to find a use

• kernel-source• sblim-indication_helperFor SLES 10 SP2 and SLES 10 SP3, the openwbem package must not be installed.All Xen virtual hosts must have th

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25 TroubleshootingThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “General troubleshooting topics” (page 219)• “Alternative booting” (page 220)• “Apache

1.11.2 Viewing managed system namesAfter the Configure Management Services task is run, you can list the managed systems withtheir associated names; u

See:ProblemSection 25.22 (page 255)Unable to get SSH credentials: SSH credentials for the specified server were not setor are missingSection 25.22 (pa

Init: Unable to read server certificate from file /var/log/httpd/error_logTo create a self-signed certificate, see Section 19.2 (page 165).25.4 Troubl

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomList the cmfd daemon's debug mode options with thecmfd -h command, then run the cmfd daemon with theappropriate op

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomExamine the /opt/hptc/cmf/logs/cmfd.log file forany errors.CMF encounters a fatal error.Perform the appropriate action:

25.5 Troubleshooting configuration problemsThe following table describes possible configuration problems and provides actions to correctthem.Correctiv

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomIf you experience similar issues, follow thesetroubleshooting recommendations:• Verify that the /etc/hosts file is corr

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomLocate the value for the command[encchk_all]command definition in the /opt/hptc/nagios/etc/nrpe_local.cfg file.Run the

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomEnsure that you discover the managed server and itsmanagement processor. Make sure that they are associatedwith each ot

25.6 Troubleshooting connection problemsThe following table provides actions to correct a possible connection problem.Corrective ActionsCause/SymptomP

25.7 Troubleshooting DHCP problemsThe following table describes possible causes of problems with Dynamic Host ConfigurationProtocol (DHCP) and provide

Table 1-3 Insight Control for Linux files and directories to back up (continued)ReasonFiles and directories to back upStatic table for host names./etc

Corrective actionsCause/Symptom• Verify that there is only one DCHP server on thenetwork.• Check that the CMS and managed servers arenetworked properl

25.8 Troubleshooting discovery problemsThe following table describes possible causes of problems that may occur during the devicediscovery process and

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomManually reboot the server.The Reset Server operation failed.Manually delete all the files in the /opt/repository/boot/

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomVerify that the default global management processorpassword has 8 or more characters, which themanagement processor req

25.10 Troubleshooting Insight Control for Linux repository problemsThe following table describes possible causes of problems with the Insight Control

25.12 Troubleshooting licensing problemsThe following table describes possible causes of problems that might be encountered withlicensing a managed sy

Corrective ActionsCause/SymptomPerform the following actions to verify the cause of theproblem:1. Log in to managed system as the root user.2. Manuall

The following table describes possible causes of problems with the HP Graph tool and providesactions to correct them.Corrective ActionsCause/SymptomAd

The following table describes possible causes of problems with the Performance Dashboard tooland provides actions to correct them.Corrective ActionsCa

• “Running Nagios plug-ins manually” (page 239)• “Using the Nagios report generator analyze mode” (page 240)• “Messages reported by Nagios” (page 240)

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25.14.4 Using the Nagios report generator analyze modeThe Nagios Report Generator (nrg) command features an analyze mode that can help youdetermine th

Service: EnvironmentStatus Information: Node sensor statusA warning or critical message indicates that one or more monitored sensors reported that a t

Reports the number of new records processed in the /hptc_cluster/adm/logs/consolidated.log file.A warning or critical message occurs when there is ins

• If the output reports that vars.ini have been resynchronized for a managed system,verify that there is a self-signed certificate for the Apache serv

Corrective ActionsCause/SymptomRemove the nagios_vars.db file:# rm /opt/hptc/nagios/etc/nagios_vars.dbNagios services report a non-OK statusUnder very

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomEnsure that older operating systems were added manuallyto the /opt/mx/icle/SupportMatrix.xml file.For information, see

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomInstall the cpq-cciss driver option from the latestsupported PSP.cciss: fifo full error on ProLiant ML350 G6 consoleThi

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomCopy the proper OS files into the appropriate /opt/repository subdirectories.The proper files were not copied from the

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomSee “OS Installations fail, cannot connect to managedsystem” in Section 25.15.1.OS Installations fail, cannot connect t

25.17 Troubleshooting PXE Boot problemsThe following table provides the actions to correct a possible PXE boot failure.Corrective ActionsCause/Symptom

2 Security2.1 Integrated security featuresThis section describes features that are integrated into HP SIM and Insight Control for Linux tomake them se

25.19 Troubleshooting server power control problemsThe following table describes possible causes of problems with powering up or down a managedsystem

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomPowering on the server a second time causes it to bootnormally, and this problem does not reoccur.Power cycle after HP

25.20.3 Rebuilding a server-to-management processor associationIt might be necessary to rebuild an association between a previously discovered managed

servers, data fields in the system BIOS contain system serial number and asset taginformation. These fields are set at the factory, but you can overri

7. Monitor the HP Insight Control user interface and the server's remote console and verifythat the server was successfully rediscovered and asso

25.22 Troubleshooting SSHThe following table describes possible causes of problems with the Secure Shell (SSH) credentialsand delays and provides acti

Corrective actionsCause/SymptomThe following actions fix this issue:• Configure a DNS resolver on the network in question.• On the managed system, mod

25.23 Troubleshooting Supermon problemsThe following table describes possible causes of problems with Supermon and provides actionsto correct them.Cor

25.26 Troubleshooting virtual machine installation and setup problemsCorrective actionCause/SymptomPerform the appropriate action:• For Xen , use the

Corrective actionCause/SymptomCheck the {collection_name}_Servers subcollectionto ensure that the VM guests to be monitored belong tothat subcollectio

• pdsh KeysThe pdsh command uses public host keys to authenticate remote hosts and supports publickey authentication to authenticate users.• cmfd Keys

25.27 Troubleshooting virtual media problemsCorrective actionCause/SymptomPerform the following actions:• Verify that port 60002 is open on the CMS.•

26 Support and other resources26.1 Contacting HP26.1.1 Information to collect before contacting HPHave the following information available before you

26.1.4 HP authorized resellersFor the name of the nearest HP authorized reseller, see the following sources:• In the United States, see the HP U.S. se

— The chapter titled Customizing Nagios is now an appendix.• The following information was removed:— Information on SLES 9, which is not supported in

• HP Systems Insight ManagerThe Systems Insight Manager information library is available at the Systems Insight Managerproduct website:http://www.hp.c

• http://www.novell.com/linuxHome page for Novell, distributors of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).• http://www.linux.org/docs/index.htmlThe websi

26.3.3 Troubleshooting resourcesThe HP Insight Control for Linux Installation Guide and HP Insight Control for Linux User Guide eachcontain a chapter

A Customizing NagiosThe Nagios configuration is designed so that you can customize it as needed.Complete documentation for customizing Nagios is avail

# NRPE GROUP# This determines the effective group that the NRPE daemon should run as.# You can either supply a group name or a GID.## NOTE: This optio

# NAGIOS GROUP# This determines the effective group that Nagios should run as.# You can either supply a group name or a GID.nagios_group=new_nagios_gr

Standard Linux deployment, which uses SSH to push an image to the target systems is aless scalable but more secure method than large scale deployment.

To avoid these alerts, use the command sequence listed in the following table to shut downNagios before performing any maintenance operations and task

thresholds and generates alerts when a threshold is reached. Depending on your specific siteconfiguration and use, some default thresholds might not b

Table A-1 Supermon metrics collection intervals (continued)Collection intervalMetric namedefault*swapinfodefault*timedefault*switchdefault*cputotal%LO

Retry Check Interval Indicates the amount of time Nagios waits before retryingafter a failure.Table A-2 Default settings for monitored Nagios services

A.5 Controlling Nagios messagesNan is an open source utility supplement to the Nagios application. Insight Control for Linuxincorporated the Nan notif

GlossaryAAutoYaST file A configuration file used to effect an unattended SLES operating system installation.Bbare-metal Describes a server that is not

hypervisor Computer software, specific to a hardware platform, that allows you to run multiple operatingsystems on a single host at the same time.IiLO

ProLiant SupportPackSee PSP.PSP ProLiant Support Pack. HP software components that are bundled together and verified towork with a particular operatin

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AApache self-signed certificate, 220configuring on the CMS, 165Apache servicedoes not start, 220associationbetween server and management processor, 25

An alternate method is to automate this procedure by using a script to extract the iLO's certificateand add it to the HP SIM trusted certificate

digital signing, 27directoriesto back up, 22discoverbare-metal systems, 15bare-metal systems using PXE, 75bare-metal systems using virtual media, 76en

Insight Control for Linux troubleshooting, 234install PSP troubleshooting, 248installationcustom or other OS, 92, 105interactive, 91Linux variant, 105

enabling telnet on, 203enabling virtual media, 66iLO, 172IPMI, 172lost association to server, 251obtaining status of, 251setting user name and passwor

installing on managed systems, 83supported, 92OS deploymenttroubleshooting, 244OS installation troubleshooting, 244Ppaging and swap data, 198partition

documentation, 265run script troubleshooting, 249run ssh commandtroubleshooting, 249SSAID agreement, 261scalable deploymentpreparing for, 115selecting

common areas, 33controlling view options, 34log button, 39operation control buttons, 42operation details log, 35operation target details table, 42oper

HP technical support, 261Linux vendors, 264ProLiant servers, 264ProLiant Support Pack, 264white papersInsight Control for Linux, 263XXenguidelines for

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3 Managing licensesThis chapter describes the following topics:• “Licensing overview” (page 29)• “Adding the Insight Control for Linux license key to

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3.3 Licensing virtual guestsWhen a virtual host (VM host) is licensed for Insight Control for Linux, all guests of that VM hostare considered licensed

4 Understanding tasks and task resultsThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “Task results overview” (page 31)• “Understanding task results” (p

Figure 4-1 Task results pageTable 4-1 lists the components of the Task Results page.Table 4-1 Components of the Task Results pageAvailable in SIMstand

Table 4-1 Components of the Task Results page (continued)Available in SIMstandard view, scalableview, or common toboth viewsDescriptionComponentCommon

4.4.1.1 Stopping a taskWhen you select the Stop button in the Task Instance area, the task status is immediately set toCancelled. The stop process att

• All task level results• All parameters displayed in the Parameters pop-up window• Target level results, including:— All information displayed in the

Figure 4-5 View of the operation details log4.5 SIM standard task results formatThis section describes the portions of the Task Results page that are

Figure 4-6 SIM standard task results format4.5.1 Summary status and target status areaFigure 4-7 illustrates the Summary status: area and target statu

Table 4-2 Description of target status areaDescriptionColumn headingName of the target managed system on which the task was run.Target NameThe status

4.5.1.2 Log button in the target status areaWhen you select the Log button, a new window opens that displays the log for all operationsfor the task, i

4.6.2 Operation controls...424.6.3 Operation

Table 4-3 Description of target details tableDescriptionColumn headingThe name of the operationOperation NamePending: If this is the first operation,

Figure 4-9 Scalable task results format4.6.1 Operations tableFigure 4-10 illustrates the Operations table, which lists individual operations within a

Table 4-4 lists the information displayed in the Operations table.Table 4-4 Description of the operations tableDescriptionColumn headingThe name of th

Table 4-5 lists the information displayed in the Operation Target Details table.Table 4-5 Description of the operation target details tableDescription

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5 Managing the Insight Control for Linux repositoryThis chapter provides an overview of the Insight Control for Linux repository and how to performact

After an OS is registered with the repository, manually copy the vendor-supplied installationmedia to the appropriate directories in the repository. T

Figure 5-2 Remote repository using the CMS as a gateway5.1.2 Repository contentsTable 5-1 lists the classes of items that are stored in the repository

7.1.3 Discovering running systems ...787.2 Assigning Insight

The items listed in Table 5-2 are preregistered and reside in the repository after you install InsightControl for Linux. The default contents include

5.2.2 Registering operating systemsRegistering a supported version of RHEL or SLES, a supported virtualization OS, or a variantof a Linux OS to make t

Table 5-3 OS registration information (continued)Supply forsupportedOS, customOS, or bothDescriptionRegistration informationBothSupply a path when the

10. Select OK to return to the Manage Repository screen.Two new items appear in the table. One item is of the type Supported OS and the other isof the

Enter a descriptive name but do not use the PSP tar.gzip file name, which can bequite long.• Provide the PSP version number that you copy to the repos

Do not append .cfg to the file name.• Description of the file.• From the drop down list, select the registered operating systems to which theconfigura

6. Select Save.7. View the summary information, which includes the directory and path where you uploadthe script. Unlike other items in the repository

• “Copying or downloading PSPs into the repository” (page 60)5.3.1 Copying RHEL into the local repository on the CMSThe OS directory and the boot targ

There are three DVDs that comprise SLES Version 11. Only the first DVD must be copied to therepository. DVD2 contains source files; DVD3 contains the

3. Copy the contents of each installation disk into its own directory. For example, copy thecontents of the first CD into the CD1 directory, and so on

10.6.2 Using the partition wizard...12211 Installing and set

5.3.7 Copying or downloading PSPs into the repositoryYou can either copy a PSP (PSPs are packaged with HP SIM) or download it.Copying a PSP from the C

5.4.2 Deleting registered items from the repositoryNOTE: Deleting an item from the repository does not delete the corresponding directory in the/opt/r

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6 Configuring network parameters for virtual mediaTopics include:• “Introduction” (page 63)• “Preparing for virtual media” (page 64)• “Using the Defin

IMPORTANT: Use these tools to define the network configuration parameters before runningany other tool that uses virtual media, especially Initiate Ba

3. Select either the Discover a group of systems or Discover a single system button.There is a slight difference in the window for these two choices.

6.2.2 Creating a user account and enabling virtual media on the managementprocessorYou must create a user account on the management processor, if one

5. Select Save User Information.NOTE: Do not disconnect your browser from this management processor address. You mightneed it to license virtual media

To define the network configuration parameters, start the Define Networks tool by selecting theOptions→IC-Linux→Define Networks... menu item. You can

• IP Address RangeIf you want to have IP addresses assigned automatically, you can enter a range of IP addressesin this optional field. Specify the ra

16.4 Using Insight Control for Linux to run commands and scripts through SSH...15316.4.1 Running an SSH command...

4. Select the Save button.The network definition is overwritten with the new parameters.6.3.4 Deleting a network definition1. Choose the network defin

Figure 6-2 Network Configuration Editor page4. Optionally verify the management processor by moving the mouse pointer over theManagement Processor Nam

7. Select any of the predefined network configurations from the drop-down menu.If a predefined network configuration does not exist, you can create on

base name and 1 for the iterator, the first available host name assignedwould be comp1, the next would be comp2, and so on.The number of digits that y

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7 Discovering systems, switches, and enclosuresThis chapter addresses the following tasks, which you must complete in the following orderwhen you are

NOTES:• You can update a server's firmware automatically as part of the bare-metal discovery process.For information on enabling this feature, se

Figure 7-1 Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery toolIMPORTANT: You can use the Initiate Bare-Metal Discovery tool tool for servers that arePXE-booted or that

NOTE: You can also use this tool to initiate a bare-metal discovery of a server that arePXE-booted. Select the PXE radio button in step 4.The target s

NOTES:• When you apply the HP Insight Control for Linux license, the license is locked immediatelywhen it is assigned to the server.Before Version 6.0

20.8.5 Launching the Performance Dashboard tool...18920.8.6 Using the mouse buttons to m

• Replace OA_name with the name of the OA, which you can determine by selecting on+All Enclosures in the left pane of the HP Insight Control user inte

3. Select Run Now from the Verify Target Systems window.The Configure Boot Method window opens.4. Select the boot method, either individually or for a

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8 Setting up managed systemsThis chapter is an overview on setting up managed systems for Insight Control for Linux monitoring.This chapter addresses

8.3.1 Opening network ports on managed systemsThe network ports listed in Table 8-1 are used for communication between the managed systemsand the CMS.

To ensure that the CMS can resolve the host name that is appended to all syslog events thatoriginate from managed systems, follow these steps:1. Deter

Figure 8-1 Installing providers and agents3. Select Next>.4. Review the settings for Configure or Repair Agents, as shown in Figure 8-2.Insight Con

Figure 8-2 Settings for configure or repair agents5. Make the following settings to configure SNMP:• Select Set read community string and enter the va

NOTE:To discover or identify a server that becomes a managed system, HP SIM requires thata SNMP read community string must be set to public in the glo

Step 1: Make the appropriate association on the system BIOS. Depending on how you decideto configure your system, you might not need to do anything. A

24.2 Deploying WBEM provider components using Configure or Repair Agents task...21524.3 Logging RAM disk connections and operations...

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-92.el5xen) root (hd0,0) kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-92.el5 com1=115200,8n1 1 module /vml

9 Installing operating systems on managed systemsThis chapter addresses the following topics:• “Linux OS installation overview” (page 91)• “Using inst

Table 9-1 Types of Installation Sessions (continued)UnattendedInteractiveInstallationVMware ESX (Kickstart)VMware ESX InteractiveVMware ESXVMware ESXi

IMPORTANT:• HP provides a default set of basic Kickstart and AutoYaST installation configuration filesfor each supported OS. HP recommends copying and

Directory name in /opt/repository/instconfigOS versionrh055–virt-hostRHEL Version 5 Update 5 (for VirtualHosts)rh055–virt-guestRHEL Version 5 Update 5

Table 9-2 Insight Control for Linux macros for installation configuration filesDescriptionMacro nameThis macro is unique to Insight Control for Linux.

9.2.3 Installation configuration files for custom operating systemsYou can upload installation configuration files for unsupported operating systems i

!ex /etc/inittab <<!/^1:234:respawn:oIco:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS0 115200,38400,19200,9600 vt100.w!echo ttyS0 >> /etc/securetty1The

• You have set the user name and password on the management processors. For moreinformation about setting or changing management processor credentials

Before you can use Insight Control for Linux to install Linux on these servers, you must:• Download the files and copy them to the appropriate directo