Using SIM to monitor servers at remote locations

[Martin Stensland]

Hi.

Can anyone help me with this?
I have a CMS up and running, and now I would like to use it to monitor our servers at different remote locations.

How do I set this up? Which ports needs to be opened in the different Firewalls? How should the ports be mapped? And so on..

Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks.

Martin

[James ~ Happy Dude]

Hello Martin,

This should give you a fair idea on SIM security/Ports Management.
www.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/downloads/management/hpsim/HPSIM_Security_WP.pdf

Regards.

[Martin Stensland]

Hi Happy.

Thanks for the input.
I have already looked at this. I still don't know if I understand it. I have opened some ports, but I'm not quite there yet.

If anybody has ever done this, and they could give me a "step-by-step" walktrough, I'd be most gratefull.

Thanks.

Martin

[James ~ Happy Dude · Accepted solution]

Hello Martin,

This Should be useful too :
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=679140

Regards.

[James ~ Happy Dude]

Hello Martin,

This Should be useful too :
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=679140
Reply by "HARIDAS"

Regards.

[Martin Stensland]

Thanks Happy.

I have now opened all the ports, both in to the CMS, and in to the server to be managed. Still doesn't work.

I get SNMP traps to the SIM, because the server appeared under "All Systems" in SIM. It also received a trap saying the Tape Drive needs cleaning! :o)
But it's unreachable.

I have attached a simple picture showing how my servers are connected.

It seems like nothing can get through to the server to be managed.

Here's a "overview" of the "connections":
HP SIM server --> Firewall #1 --> Transparent router --> WAN --> Transparent router (at the remote location) --> Firewall #2 --> Server to be managed.

I hope this helps to clarify my situation, and that someone can help me?

Thanks a million.