topic Re: SIM Server migration in Server Management - Systems Insight Manager

SIM Server migration

phr00zen — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:10:06 GMT

Hello,

I have build a new SIM server in VM, and want to migrate the data from the old SIM to the new SIM.
Can anyone please guide me as the best way to do this?

Thanks

Re: SIM Server migration

fred Passeron — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:15:26 GMT

hi depending on the version of HP SIM you are migrating...the answer may differ :

moving to a new system :
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/management/hpsim/hpsim_52_migratingNewSystem.pdf

moving sql2005 DB :
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/management/hpsim/HowToSQL2005-sp2-MoveHPSIM53.pdf

in case of changing the CMS's name:
http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/hpsim-helpfiles/hpsim-5-changing-the-SystemName.pdf

HP SIM in a windows VM requierements :
HP SIM Windows Virtual Machine support

You can run HP SIM on a Windows Virtual Machine (VM) provided the following requirements are met:

The VM must be hosted on an ESX 3.0.1 or later server

The VM configuration must meet HP SIM hardware requirements and the CPU and Memory resources allocated to this VM must be always available to this VM (by reserving CPU and Memory resources).

VM general support information:

HP Integrity VMs do not support running an application at the same level as the host.

HP Remote Support Pack, including the Remote Support Software Manager, is not supported on Virtual Machines.

The required Windows service packs must be installed for each of these operating systems.

HP Remote Support Pack (RSP) is not supported on Windows XP Professional. If you install HP SIM on Windows XP Professional, you cannot use RSP.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is only supported if HP SIM is running on Windows Server 2003.

You cannot run Internet Explorer 6.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0 simultaneously. However, if you uninstall Internet Explorer 7.0, Internet Explorer 6.0 is restored.

hope it helps

fred

Re: SIM Server migration

JL123 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:37:30 GMT

Hi there,

I recently upgraded from an old DL360 to a new BL465c for our SIM server. It's on a SQL2005 database on our SQL server, so I'm not sure if that's the same as your server.

Here's a few problems I ran into and the solutions.

Ensure you backup the following directories:

\Config\
C:\hp\sslshare
\logs\mx.log
\patch
\bin\servercert.pem

(I backed up the whole sim folder to be safe.

When you run the install on the new server make sure you specify the correct database server with credentials, note this will create a new database, you can point your new SIM server to your existing one when you backup the SIM config files. Also specify the same SIM service account / admin account as before.

I installed the addon components but I found I had to uninstall and reinstall the VMWare component due to errors I was receiving in SIM.

Once the new SIM server is online with the backed up files, it should point to the existing database and everything should be good. If thereÃ¢Â Â s a spam of the following errors going through on the SIM server being reported by the new SIM server this is what is needed to fix it.

The error is Login Failed Authentication

The next thing to do is run the following commands.

mxpassword -g
This opens a GUI where you need to change the password to the SIM service account password.

Then you need to generate new SSL keys for the new server by:

Moving the key-files (..\program files\hp\systems insight manager\conf\sshtools.dtfSshKey and .dtfSshKey.pub) to a backup directory and creating a new key pair. To create the key pair you must have OpenSSH installed. Change to the bin directory of OpenSSH (..\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin) and use the ssh-keygen.exe with following syntax : ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f .dtfSshKey -t rsa. You'll then be asked for a new passphrase and use the password for the S-SYSIMService account. After that a new key pair will be generated in the current directory. Then you have to move these files to the directory where the old files where located (..\program files\hp\systems insight manager\conf\sshtools) and then restart the SIM Services.

Hope that helps.