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What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

senthil_kumar_1 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:31:44 GMT

Hi All,

I have some questions on SIM.

1)SIM is System Insight Manager, am i correct?

2)What is the purpose of SIM?

3)Is both SIM and SMH same?

4)where SIM has to be installed host or VM?

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

R.K. # — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:53:08 GMT

Hi Senthil,

Please quick specs for SIM (system insight manager) here:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11824_div/11824_div.html

Regds..

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

Torsten. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:53 GMT

You must not install SIM on the host - SIM is not supported on the vmhost system.

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

Suraj K Sankari — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:26:25 GMT

Hi,

>>1)SIM is System Insight Manager, am i correct?
YES, You are correct.

>>2)What is the purpose of SIM?
With SIM you can check each and every component of a server but you need to install SIM Client into the client.

>>3)Is both SIM and SMH same?
NO

>>4)where SIM has to be installed host or VM?
host

Suraj

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

Torsten. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:40:06 GMT

>>4)where SIM has to be installed host or VM?
host

No, not allowed!

Best is to install on a dedicated server. With SIM you can monitor and manage your whole environment.

http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/index.html

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

Raj D. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:07:41 GMT

)SIM is System Insight Manager, am i correct?
Yes,

2)What is the purpose of SIM?
HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 is the clear choice for managing HP servers and storage by being the easiest, simplest and least expensive way for HP system administrators to maximize system uptime and health.

HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 delivers robust installation, enhanced usability, and support for HP Insight Management WBEM Providers.

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/index.html

3)Is both SIM and SMH same? No:
SMH is hp-ux administration tool, replaced one from SAM. SMH means System Mangement Homepage,

4)where SIM has to be installed host or VM?
SIM is installed preferably on windwows host and manges the client , check out the link for more info,

Hth,
..

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

Raj D. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:17:58 GMT

Senthil,
Check out the Question Answer section in HP Insight Manger it will help you to understand, If you are planning to manage large infrastructure server, workstation, desktops, storage, network , this will help to achieve the task,

http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/questionsanswers.html

Hope this helps..

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

senthil_kumar_1 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:23:31 GMT

Hi All,

Now i got some useful information about SIM.

1)It is used to manage all servers (hpux, linux, windows) available in Infrastructer, am i correct?

2)We can install SIM server on HPUX or Linux or Windows, am i correct?

3)We need to install the SIM client on all clients (HP-UX or Linux or Windows) for managing those servers by using SIM, am i correct?

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

Torsten. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:28:16 GMT

You are correct, but SIM installed on windows has several features only available there.

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

melvyn burnard — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:32:52 GMT

You could actually take the time to read the manuals/Releae Notes etc., as they would give loads of answers

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

Rob Buxton — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:56:08 GMT

On the client side there are a series of agents and the SMH. These can be installed as part of a proliant Support Pack, available for a variety of OSes.
There's a degree of configuration, snmp settings and trust relationships, but HP SIM has the ability to replicate a lot of settings, so the amount of work is limited.

The documentation is very good, see www.hp.com/go/hpsim and follow the link to the reference library. It's worth downloading the technical reference guide.

HPSIM can also identify and process snmp traps from non-server devices, e.g. HP switches and SANs.

Re: What is the purpose of SIM on Integrity VM

kunjuttan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:11:25 GMT

Is SIM is equivalent to HMC of AIX??