Newbie with HP SIM

[Alejandro Rea]

Guys, I am totally new with SIM I installed SIM 4.1 ona 2003 box. I just want to get some feed back on how to intall the agents on the manage systmes, how to install SSH, Support pack install...I guess...my question is to get this going what is it that i really need to have install on my CMS machine and on my client machines?

Please advice.

Thansk

[Rob Buxton]

Well that would depend a lot on what the Client machines are.
If you've goy HP Proliants you might have built them with Smart Start in which case they'll have the Agents already.

There's a lot of documentation on the Web site. I'd advise downloading that and get an understanding of the product.

[Colin Moors]

If the machines are Proliant, the best bet is to install the Proliant Support Pack. This will install everything you need to get going and provide the latest software updates for your managed servers. You should have a copy of it laying around if you have Proliant servers. If the machines are non-HP then it becomes a sight more tricky - but not impossible.

On my CMS there's SIM 4.1, OpenSSH, MSDE (the standalone SQL DB engine) and a Version Control Repository Manager.

OpenSSh should be available at install-time with SIM on the CMS. If not, you can browse the CD and install it from there.

[Alejandro Rea]

Thank for your help guys...Looks simple, I've been doing some reading already so far i got everything going but the agents on my manage systems, is there anyother way to install this besides the command prompt? or using the CD?

Thanks again.

[Rob Buxton]

Generally you would install a complete Softpaq to a Server.
I've used the following if starting from scratch.
Download the latest Softpaq, 7.10.
Run Setup.exe and bring up the RDU Screen.
Configure the Agents from the screen. You can enter passwords, set the Trust, cut and paste the Certifcate from the HPSIM Server into the appropriate field.
When done, Select a Server and Install the entire Softpaq to the Server.

Check that this now meets your requirements.
Note that these Softpaqs form the basis of your Version Control Repository, which can also be managed from HPSIM. So, you might want to start out with a suitable directory structure. I have a top level dir (e.g. VCRM) and below that directories for each Softpaq as well as a non-softpaq directory for online ROM Upgrades etc.