HP Insight Control Software for Linux User Manual

Hp insight control for linux v6.0 user guide

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HP Insight Control for Linux V6.0 User Guide
1 Using HP Insight Control for Linux
- 1.1 Integration with HP Systems Insight Manager
- 1.2 HP Insight Control for Linux licenses
- 1.3 HP Insight Control for Linux extensions to HP SIM
- 1.4 HP Insight Control for Linux toolboxes
- 1.5 HP Insight Control for Linux command environment
- 1.6 Using the HP SIM quick launch feature
- 1.7 Internal task queuing and management
- 1.8 Synchronized system clocks
- 1.9 Validating RPM signatures
- 1.10 HP Insight Control for Linux RAM disk environment
- 1.11 Network configuration and DHCP requirements
- 1.12 Virtual media
- 1.13 Managed system names
  - 1.13.1 How HP Insight Control for Linux assigns node names
  - 1.13.2 Viewing managed system names
- 1.14 Security
  - 1.14.1 Integrated security features
  - 1.14.2 Trusted certificates
- 1.15 Connecting to HP SIM
- 1.16 Backing up HP Insight Control for Linux files
2 Configuring network parameters for virtual media
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Preparing for virtual media
- 2.3 Using the Define Networks tool
- 2.4 Using the Network Configuration Editor
- 2.5 Next Step
3 Discovering managed systems, switches, and enclosures
- 3.1 Discovering systems
- 3.2 Assigning HP Insight Control for Linux licenses to discovered systems
- 3.3 Preparing and discovering switches and enclosures
- 3.4 Changing the boot method
- 3.5 Next steps
4 Installing and setting up managed systems
- 4.1 Populating the Insight Control for Linux repository
- 4.2 Setting up management hubs
  - 4.2.1 Creating a management hub
- 4.3 Installing a Linux OS on managed systems
- 4.4 Setting up managed systems for monitoring
- 4.5 Next steps
5 Configuring monitoring services
- 5.1 Overview of monitoring
- 5.2 Configuring a self-signed Apache certificate on the CMS
- 5.3 Starting management and monitoring services
- 5.4 Installing HP Insight Control for Linux management agents
- 5.5 Verifying successful configuration of the monitoring services
  - 5.5.1 Ensuring that Nagios is reporting status
  - 5.5.2 Summarizing service status
6 Managing the Insight Control for Linux repository
- 6.1 Introduction to the Insight Control for Linux repository
- 6.2 Registering items in the Insight Control for Linux repository
- 6.3 Copying software to the Insight Control for Linux repository
- 6.4 Editing and deleting registered items
  - 6.4.1 Editing registered items in the repository
  - 6.4.2 Deleting registered items from the repository
7 Installing operating systems on managed systems
- 7.1 Linux OS installation overview
- 7.2 Using Kickstart or AutoYaST files for unattended installations
- 7.3 Prerequisites to OS installations on managed systems
  - 7.3.1 Additional prerequisites for certain ProLiant servers
- 7.4 Installing RHEL on managed systems
  - 7.4.1 Installing RHEL using an unattended method
  - 7.4.2 Installing RHEL interactively
- 7.5 Installing SLES on managed systems
  - 7.5.1 Installing SLES using an unattended method
  - 7.5.2 Installing SLES interactively
- 7.6 Installing VMware ESX and VMware ESXi operating systems
  - 7.6.1 Installing a VMware ESX OS using a Kickstart file
  - 7.6.2 Installing a VMware ESX or VMware ESXi OS interactively
- 7.7 Installing another variant of Linux on managed systems
- 7.8 Generic procedure for installing an OS on one or more managed systems
8 Using HP Insight Control for Linux to update HP ProLiant firmware
- 8.1 Overview of updating HP ProLiant firmware
- 8.2 Basic firmware update functionality
- 8.3 Advanced firmware update functionality
  - 8.3.1 Understanding the firmware configuration file
  - 8.3.2 Example firmware configuration files
9 Installing PSPs on managed systems
- 9.1 Overview of the PSP installation tool
- 9.2 Required PSP components
- 9.3 Creating a PSP dependency script
- 9.4 PSP installation procedure
10 Capturing and deploying Linux images
- 10.1 Overview of capturing and deploying Linux images
- 10.2 Prerequisites to capturing a Linux image
- 10.3 Capturing a Linux image from a managed system
- 10.4 Preparing for scalable deployment
- 10.5 Deploying a captured Linux image to one or more managed system
- 10.6 HP Insight Control for Linux partition wizard overview
  - 10.6.1 Partition wizard requirements and guidelines
  - 10.6.2 Using the partition wizard
11 Understanding tasks and task results
- 11.1 Task results overview
- 11.2 Understanding task results
- 11.3 Task results page
- 11.4 Common task results
- 11.5 SIM standard task results format
  - 11.5.1 Summary status and target status area
    - 11.5.1.1 Stop button in the target status area
    - 11.5.1.2 Log button in the target status area
  - 11.5.2 Target details table
- 11.6 Scalable task results format
12 Installing and setting up virtual machines
- 12.1 Installing virtual hosts
- 12.2 Registering the virtual host with HP Insight Control virtual machine management
- 12.3 Creating and installing virtual guests
  - 12.3.1 Guidelines for configuring a VMware ESX or VMware ESXi virtual guest
  - 12.3.2 Guidelines for configuring a Xen virtual guest
- 12.4 Obtaining virtual guest and virtual host associations
- 12.5 Establishing monitoring for virtual hosts and virtual guests
13 Managing Insight Control for Linux collections for monitoring
- 13.1 Introduction to collections
- 13.2 Populating a collection
- 13.3 Adding servers and switches to an existing Insight Control for Linux collection
- 13.4 Removing a managed system or switch from an Insight Control for Linux collection
- 13.5 Removing a management hub
14 Using graphical tools to monitor managed systems
- 14.1 HP Insight Control for Linux system monitoring overview
- 14.2 Nagios overview
  - 14.2.1 Nagios documentation
  - 14.2.2 Launching Nagios
- 14.3 Using Nagios
- 14.4 Services monitored by Nagios
- 14.5 Understanding Nagios alert messages
- 14.6 Understanding system event log monitoring
- 14.7 Configuring Nagios email alerts
- 14.8 Monitoring Metrics in real time
15 Customizing Nagios
- 15.1 Changing the Nagios user
- 15.2 Adjusting the Nagios configuration
- 15.3 Changing Nagios default settings
- 15.4 Changing the rotation of system event logs and changing the rules file
- 15.5 Controlling Nagios messages
- 15.6 Modifying the Nagios password file
16 Using the command line to view managed system status
- 16.1 Archiving sensor metrics on an individual basis
- 16.2 Displaying usage, statistics, and metrics with the shownode command
- 16.3 Displaying environmental data
- 16.4 Reporting usage information and host and service status
17 Remote server controls
- 17.1 Powering off a managed system
- 17.2 Powering on a managed system
- 17.3 Rebooting a managed system
- 17.4 HP Insight power manager software
18 Connecting to a remote console
- 18.1 Console management facility overview
- 18.2 How CMF works
- 18.3 Accessing a remote console
- 18.4 Serial connections on DL100 series servers
- 18.5 Enabling telnet access to iLO management processors
19 Using SSH for remote server management
- 19.1 Setting SSH credentials on managed systems
- 19.2 Setting SSH credentials for users
- 19.3 Running a command on multiple managed systems
- 19.4 Using HP Insight Control for Linux to run commands and scripts through SSH
  - 19.4.1 Running an SSH command
  - 19.4.2 Running a Linux script
20 Managing licenses
- 20.1 Licensing overview
- 20.2 Adding the Insight Control for Linux license key to HP SIM
- 20.3 Licensing virtual guests
21 Miscellaneous topics
- 21.1 Changing management processor credentials
- 21.2 Changing the default port for the repository web server
- 21.3 Increasing the number of servers that can be discovered concurrently
- 21.4 Changing the IP address of the CMS
- 21.5 Uninstalling HP Insight Control for Linux
- 21.6 Determining the installed HP Insight Control for Linux version
- 21.7 Event logging overview
- 21.8 Changing the number of concurrent tasks
- 21.9 Support for HP ProLiant DL1xx series servers
  - 21.9.1 Configuring SNMP
  - 21.9.2 Restoring Operation After a Firmware Upgrade
- 21.10 Setting up the DHCP server for virtual guests
22 Advanced topics
- 22.1 Management Processor Credentials
- 22.2 Deploying WBEM provider components using Configure or Repair Agents task
23 Troubleshooting
- 23.1 General troubleshooting topics
- 23.2 Alternative booting
  - 23.2.1 Booting a managed system to Linux Rescue Mode
  - 23.2.2 Booting a managed system to the SmartStart Toolkit
- 23.3 Apache service does not start
- 23.4 Troubleshooting CMF problems
- 23.5 Troubleshooting configuration problems
- 23.6 Troubleshooting connection problems
- 23.7 Troubleshooting DHCP problems
- 23.8 Troubleshooting discovery problems
- 23.9 Troubleshooting firmware update problems
- 23.10 Troubleshooting Insight Control for Linux repository problems
- 23.11 Troubleshooting large scale deployment problems
- 23.12 Troubleshooting licensing problems
- 23.13 Troubleshooting monitoring problems
- 23.14 Nagios Troubleshooting
  - 23.14.1 Determining the status of the Nagios service
  - 23.14.2 Examining Nagios log files
  - 23.14.3 Running Nagios plug-ins manually
  - 23.14.4 Using the Nagios report generator analyze mode
  - 23.14.5 Messages reported by Nagios
  - 23.14.6 A check_nrpe error occurs during management agents installation
  - 23.14.7 Nagios gather_all_data script reports check_nrpe errors
  - 23.14.8 Troubleshooting Nagios problems
- 23.15 Troubleshooting OS installation and image deployment problems
  - 23.15.1 RHEL and SLES installations
  - 23.15.2 Custom OS installations
  - 23.15.3 Capturing Linux images
  - 23.15.4 Deploying Linux images
- 23.16 Troubleshooting PSP installation failures
- 23.17 Troubleshooting the run script and run SSH command tools
- 23.18 Troubleshooting server power control problems
- 23.19 Troubleshooting server-to-management processor associations
  - 23.19.1 Maintaining server-to-management processor associations
  - 23.19.2 Identifying a lost server-to-management processor association
  - 23.19.3 Rebuilding a server-to-management processor association
- 23.20 Troubleshooting SNMP problems
- 23.21 Troubleshooting SSH credentials
- 23.22 Troubleshooting SSH Delays
- 23.23 Troubleshooting supermon problems
- 23.24 Troubleshooting syslog-ng problems
- 23.25 Troubleshooting HP Insight Control for Linux tool problems
- 23.26 Troubleshooting virtual machine installation and setup problems
- 23.27 Troubleshooting virtual media problems
24 Support and other resources
- 24.1 Contacting HP
- 24.2 New and changed information in this edition
- 24.3 Related information
- 24.4 Typographic conventions
A Sample SLES version 9 installation media copy session
Glossary
Index