VCAgent and Multiple IP Addresses

[Richard Edwards_4]

Can anyone suggest anything to help the following scenario?

I have several web servers on our network, all of which have multiple IP addresses and are load balanced. I'm finding that some of the web servers are binding the address 127.0.0.1 to the load balanced NIC card, so HP SIM does not communicate with the VCAgent.

Are there any recommendations for setting up the agents on servers with multiple IP addresses?

[Rich Purvis]

I am not sure I understand your issue exactly. However, if the problem is that your web agents are not binding to all the available IP addresses then it is a System Management Homepage issue. This was addressed in a web release of the SMH component, it can be found here:

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/23560.html

If that is not the problem, then perhaps you can provide more information.

-Rich

[Richard Edwards_4]

Thanks for your reply.

That has indeed fixed the issue, however I have pushed out the 7.4 agents, and now the version control agents are not working on servers with multiple IP addresses, is there any way I can change the content of the 7.40a agents to install the new update rather than push out the version that stops working?

Is there any way of pushing out the update?

I do not want to install the update manually on 100+ servers........

H....E....L....P

[Rich Purvis]

Ok, there are several possible ways to work this. If you are familiar with scripting you might be able to setup a script that calls the Remote Deployment Utility by command line and silently install this one component. The RDU should come as part of the PSP package. You would have to work a way to get the server names into the command line call.

If you use HPSIM there is a feature called "Initial Proliant Support Pack Install". Now this is designed to install an entire PSP to a system that does not have VCA on it. What you can do is go into the Version Control Repository Manager and make your own custom bundle with only this one SMH component in it. You will need to make sure the component is copied into the repository. Once you make your own custom bundle HPSIM should be able to recognize it as a "psp" and you should be able to deploy it using the Initial Proliant Support Pack Install.

This is the part where I tell you that I have never done either of these proposed solutions, but that they should work in "theory". I know several people that are proficient in scripting and have done the scripting solution, but I have not.
I also know of someone who has done something similar with the HPSIM Initial PSP Install feature, but again I have no first hand experience.
Perhaps someone else on the forums that has experience in this area might lend a hand here.

-Rich

[Richard Edwards_4]

Thanks for your reply.

I'm not exactly sure how to create my own PSP package group, could you tell me how to do this?

I've thought of another way, I'm going to try, basically, the PSP consists of several files including config files, I've searched the PSP for files containing the management homepage (cp005545.exe) and replaced it with the new version (cp005853). I'm just testing now.

I was going to overwrite the version control repository files with the newly configured 7.40 agents. Do you think this will work?

Thankyou

[Rich Purvis]

You can create your own PSP bundle by going into the VC Repository Manager. It can be accesssed by browsing to the System Management Homepage. The main page of the VCRM has some links to the left - one will say something like "create a custom baseline" or something to that effect. Using that option it will guide you through a wizard where you can create your own baseline - you can give it your own name and version even. During the process you have the ability to select the components you want to be in it - you can either select the single SMH component or you can select it and other components - when you get done you will have an entry in your repository that looks ike a PSP to the HPSIM Initial PSP Install feature.

-Rich

[Richard Edwards_4]

Thanks for your replies......