Start and Configure HP SIM

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 OptionsFirst 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. Managed Environment  Specifies all operating systems managed by the CMS. The selections made here configure HP SIM to show collections, tools, and reports only for managed environments that are selected.

   3. Discovery   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 OptionsDiscovery... 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.

   4. Credentials: System Automatic Discovery  Use the wizard to set the sign-in credentials and the SNMP credentials for the System Automatic Discovery task.

      Sign-in Credentials   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”.

      SNMP Credentials   Configure the SNMP community name that is appropriate for your organization, or use the default value provided.

      Click Next to continue.

   5. Configure Managed Systems  Configure managed systems as they are discovered, by configuring WBEM and WMI, SNMP, SSH access, and trust relationship.

   6. WMI Mapper Proxy  To retrieve managed system information on Windows systems, enter the mapper proxy system host name and port number. The user name and password credentials must be entered on the First Time Wizard Configure Managed Systems page.

      This page does not appear if you are not managing Windows systems.

   7. Privilege Elevation  VSE 4.1 products do not support the HP SIM Privilege Elevation feature.

   8. E-mail  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.

   9. Summary  Displays all First Time Wizard settings with the option to modify settings or to finish the First Time Wizard.

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 OptionsDiscovery... from the HP SIM menu bar, then click Run Now.