Document Outline

• 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
    • 2.2.1 Discovering the management processor with HP SIM
    • 2.2.2 Creating a user account and enabling virtual media on the management processor
    • 2.2.3 Licensing virtual media on the management processor
  • 2.3 Using the Define Networks tool
    • 2.3.1 Creating a network definition
    • 2.3.2 Loading a network definition
    • 2.3.3 Changing the parameters of a network definition
    • 2.3.4 Deleting a network definition
  • 2.4 Using the Network Configuration Editor
    • 2.4.1 Using the Network Configuration Editor for a single server
    • 2.4.2 Considerations for using the Network Configuration Editor for multiple servers
    • 2.4.3 Additional functions of Network Configuration Editor page
    • 2.4.4 Freeing an IP address stored in Network Configuration Editor
  • 2.5 Next Step
• 3 Discovering managed systems, switches, and enclosures
  • 3.1 Discovering systems
    • 3.1.1 Discovering bare-metal servers using PXE
    • 3.1.2 Discovering bare-metal servers using virtual media
    • 3.1.3 Discovering running 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
    • 4.4.1 Opening network ports on managed systems
    • 4.4.2 Resolving host names on the CMS
    • 4.4.3 Installing additional components of the PSP
    • 4.4.4 Configuring agents and HP SIM SSH keys
    • 4.4.5 Configuring console access and logging
    • 4.4.6 Turning on password authentication
  • 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
    • 6.1.1 Configuring a remote repository
    • 6.1.2 Repository contents
    • 6.1.3 Repository item naming conventions
  • 6.2 Registering items in the Insight Control for Linux repository
    • 6.2.1 Registration overview
    • 6.2.2 Registering operating systems
    • 6.2.3 Registering PSPs
    • 6.2.4 Registering automated installation configuration files (Kickstart and AutoYaST)
    • 6.2.5 Registering Linux and PSP dependency scripts
  • 6.3 Copying software to the Insight Control for Linux repository
    • 6.3.1 Copying RHEL into the local repository on the CMS
    • 6.3.2 Copying RHEL into a remote repository
    • 6.3.3 Copying SLES into the repository
      • 6.3.3.1 Copying SLES version 10 or version 11 into the repository
      • 6.3.3.2 Copying SLES version 9 into the repository
    • 6.3.4 Copying virtual machine OS into the repository
    • 6.3.5 Copying a custom OS into the repository
    • 6.3.6 Automating a custom OS installation
    • 6.3.7 Downloading and copying PSPs into the 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
    • 7.1.1 Interactive versus unattended installations
    • 7.1.2 Supported operating systems
    • 7.1.3 Support for custom or other variants of Linux operating systems
  • 7.2 Using Kickstart or AutoYaST files for unattended installations
    • 7.2.1 Naming conventions for installation configuration files
    • 7.2.2 Customizing installation configuration files
    • 7.2.3 Installation configuration files for custom operating systems
    • 7.2.4 Configuring an operating system for console redirection
  • 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
    • 8.2.1 Initial setup
    • 8.2.2 Updating firmware on systems known by HP SIM
    • 8.2.3 Updating firmware on systems during bare-metal discovery
    • 8.2.4 Viewing the results of a firmware update
    • 8.2.5 Specifying HPSUM option flags
    • 8.2.6 Adding or removing firmware files from the firmware tar file
    • 8.2.7 Firmware update time out
  • 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
    • 10.1.1 File system types
    • 10.1.2 Precapture and postcapture scripts
    • 10.1.3 Predeployment, postdeployment, and final deployment scripts
  • 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
    • 11.4.1 Task instance area
      • 11.4.1.1 Stopping a task
    • 11.4.2 View control options and summary status area
      • 11.4.2.1 View printable report button
      • 11.4.2.2 Rerun non-complete targets button
      • 11.4.2.3 Parameters button
    • 11.4.3 Operation details log
  • 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
    • 11.6.1 Operations table
    • 11.6.2 Operation controls
    • 11.6.3 Operation target details
• 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
    • 14.1.1 Collecting metrics through a management processor
    • 14.1.2 Collecting metrics through OS agents
    • 14.1.3 Collecting events with syslog
  • 14.2 Nagios overview
    • 14.2.1 Nagios documentation
    • 14.2.2 Launching Nagios
  • 14.3 Using Nagios
    • 14.3.1 Viewing network health
    • 14.3.2 Viewing Nagios hosts and services
    • 14.3.3 Displaying hosts and services that are experiencing problems
    • 14.3.4 Displaying network bandwidth and system use
    • 14.3.5 Gathering and displaying system environment data
  • 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
    • 14.8.1 Performance Dashboard overview
    • 14.8.2 Performance Dashboard features
    • 14.8.3 Performance Dashboard requirements
    • 14.8.4 Interpreting the data in a ring plot
      • 14.8.4.1 Ring plot color coding
      • 14.8.4.2 Ring plot units of measure
    • 14.8.5 Launching the Performance Dashboard tool
    • 14.8.6 Using the mouse buttons to manipulate the Performance Dashboard tool
    • 14.8.7 Performance Dashboard tool metrics
    • 14.8.8 Customizing the Performance Dashboard tool metrics
• 15 Customizing Nagios
  • 15.1 Changing the Nagios user
  • 15.2 Adjusting the Nagios configuration
    • 15.2.1 Stopping and restarting Nagios before performing maintenance operations
    • 15.2.2 Modifying the nagios_vars.ini file to change the Nagios configuration
    • 15.2.3 Changing sensor threshold values
    • 15.2.4 Rebuilding the nagios_vars.ini file for changes to take effect
    • 15.2.5 Adjusting the time allotted for metrics collection
      • 15.2.5.1 Global service check timeout limit
    • 15.2.6 Disabling individual Nagios plug-ins
  • 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
    • 16.2.1 Displaying configuration information for a managed system
    • 16.2.2 Displaying all host hames associated with a managed system
    • 16.2.3 Using the shownode virtual command
    • 16.2.4 Using the shownode metrics command
      • 16.2.4.1 Displaying system sensor information
      • 16.2.4.2 Displaying processor usage and load
      • 16.2.4.3 Displaying memory
      • 16.2.4.4 Displaying paging and swap data
  • 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
    • 21.7.1 Understanding the event logging structure
    • 21.7.2 The syslog-ng.conf rules file
    • 21.7.3 Modifying the syslog-ng rules files
  • 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
    • 22.1.1 General information on Insight Control for Linux MP credentials
    • 22.1.2 Maintaining MP unique credentials
      • 22.1.2.1 Discovering and setting up servers with PXE deployment
      • 22.1.2.2 Discovering and setting up servers with virtual media deployment
    • 22.1.3 LO100 management processor credential storage
  • 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
      • 23.19.3.1 Repairing the association of a booted managed system running an OS
      • 23.19.3.2 Restoring the association of a bare-metal-discovered server blade
      • 23.19.3.3 Repairing the association of an unbooted managed system without an OS
  • 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
    • 24.1.1 Information to collect before contacting HP
    • 24.1.2 How to contact HP technical support
    • 24.1.3 Registering for software technical support and update service
    • 24.1.4 HP authorized resellers
    • 24.1.5 Documentation feedback
  • 24.2 New and changed information in this edition
  • 24.3 Related information
    • 24.3.1 Documents
    • 24.3.2 Websites
    • 24.3.3 Troubleshooting resources
  • 24.4 Typographic conventions
• A Sample SLES version 9 installation media copy session
• Glossary
• Index