HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 41)

3 Planning and Preparing the NonStop Software
Management Environment
Before you configure NonStop software management software, you need to plan:
• Which systems should serve as host systems or target systems
• Whether to create multiple logical targets on a system
• Where to locate the software archive and the database for each system
• Which users to designate as planners, operators, or database administrators
Topics discussed in this section include:
• “Task 1: Planning the NonStop Software Management Environment” (page 41)
• “Task 2: Preparing the HP SIM CMS” (page 43)
• “Task 3: Planning Users and Security” (page 44)
Task 1: Planning the NonStop Software Management Environment
You must configure a system to be managed by NonStop Software Essentials and DSM/SCM as
either a host system or a target system. Each host manages one or more logical targets. At least
one host system is required, and every system must have at least one logical target on it – including
the host system. The location of databases can vary based on convenience, network connections,
and available disk space.
To plan the configuration for a system in the NonStop software management environment, you
should determine:
• Is it a host system or target system?
• Do any of the systems have multiple logical targets?
• What is the system name and number of each host system and target system?
• Which targets are managed by each host system?
• Are the hosts and targets network connected?
• Are the systems NonStop S-series systems or Integrity NonStop systems?
• Which systems will contain the software archive and each database?
Single System
A single system must:
• Be configured as a host system
• Contain at least one logical target
• Contain both the host and target databases on a TMF audited disk
• Contain the software archive. To avoid performance degradation, do not place the archive
and the databases on the same disk.
Multiple Systems
For network-connected systems, the basic configuration includes:
• One host system with a logical target and host database on it
• One logical target on every target system because they all serve as physical target systems
• One target database located on each target system
You can also configure multiple host systems, each of which would manage separate targets. For
example, you can configure one host system for several development systems and another host
system for production systems.
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