IBM Systems IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide Version 5.10 Update 3  IBM Systems IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide Version 5.10 Update 3  Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in Appendix C, "Notices." Eighth Edition (February 2007) This edition applies to version 5.10 update 3 of IBM Director and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1999, 2007. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents About this book . . . . . . . . . . .v Conventions and terminology . . . . . . . .v Related information . . . . . . . . . . . .v How to send your comments . . . . . . . . viii What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix What’s new in version 5.10 Update 3 . . . . . .ix What’s new in version 5.10 Update 2 . . . . . xiii What’s new in version 5.10 Update 1 . . . . . xvii What’s new in version 5.10 . . . . . . . . xviii What’s new in version 4.22 . . . . . . . . xxvi What’s new in version 4.21 . . . . . . . . xxviii Chapter 1. Getting started with IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Introducing IBM Director . . . . . . . . . .1 IBM Director components . . . . . . . . . .2 IBM Director Core Services . . . . . . . .3 IBM Director Agent . . . . . . . . . . .4 IBM Director Console . . . . . . . . . .5 IBM Director Server . . . . . . . . . . .5 Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Common Information Model . . . . . . . .8 Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Event management . . . . . . . . . . .15 External application tasks . . . . . . . . .27 Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Managed objects . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Managed system . . . . . . . . . . .32 Mass configuration . . . . . . . . . . .34 Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Scalable objects . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Software distribution . . . . . . . . . .47 SNMP devices . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Storage managed objects . . . . . . . . .50 Server Storage Provisioning Tool . . . . . .53 Storage area network . . . . . . . . . .54 Service processors . . . . . . . . . . .57 Upward integration . . . . . . . . . . .61 User interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . .64 z/VM Center concepts . . . . . . . . .65 Chapter 2. Planning . . . . . . . . .79 Specified operating environments . . . . . . .79 Hardware requirements for IBM Director . . .79 Network requirements . . . . . . . . . .83 Supported operating systems . . . . . . .87 Operating systems supported by IBM Director tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Operating systems supported by System Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 IBM Director task support for BladeCenter products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Supported database applications . . . . . . 152 Reviewing the environment . . . . . . . . 153 Identifying the hardware . . . . . . . . 154 Identifying local and remote subnets . . . . 154 Identifying firewalls and blocked ports . . . . 154 Planning to install IBM Director . . . . . . . 155 Choosing where to install IBM Director Server 155 Selecting the IBM Director Server installation options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Planning for Capacity Manager . . . . . . 158 Planning to install the IBM Server Storage Provisioning Tool . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Selecting the IBM Director database application 160 Planning for tiered deployment of IBM Director 162 Planning for virtual environments . . . . . 163 Planning for events . . . . . . . . . . 165 Planning to update IBM Director . . . . . . . 171 Version compatibility of IBM Director 5.10 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Version compatibility of IBM Director 5.10 Update 1 components . . . . . . . . . 172 Version compatibility of IBM Director 5.10 Update 2 components . . . . . . . . . 173 Version compatibility of IBM Director 5.10 Update 3 components . . . . . . . . . 174 Chapter 3. Installing . . . . . . . . 177 Preparing to install IBM Director . . . . . . . 177 Preparing the IBM Director database . . . . 177 Preparing to install IBM Director Server . . . 190 Preparing Level-1 managed systems . . . . . 206 Preparing to manage a BladeCenter . . . . . 207 Preparing Windows XP managed systems . . .211 Preparing your System z environment for z/VM Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Installing IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . 227 Installing IBM Director Server . . . . . . . 227 Installing IBM Director Console . . . . . . 270 Installing Level 1: IBM Director Core Services 283 Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent . . . . 303 Installing IBM Director extensions . . . . . 344 Changing IBM Director installation options . . 387 Upgrading and updating IBM Director . . . . . 391 Upgrading to IBM Director 5.10 from previous releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Updating IBM Director . . . . . . . . . 401 Initially configuring IBM Director . . . . . . 401 Authorizing IBM Director users . . . . . . 402 Configuring discovery preferences . . . . . 407 Performing server-initiated discovery of managed objects . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Setting up software-distribution preferences . . 425 © Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2007 iii Chapter 4. Uninstalling IBM Director 429 Uninstalling IBM Director on i5/OS . . . . . . 429 Uninstalling IBM Director Server on i5/OS . . 429 Uninstalling IBM Director Server using DLTLICPGM . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 Uninstalling IBM Director Agent on i5/OS . . 430 Uninstalling IBM Director on Linux or AIX . . . 430 Uninstalling IBM Director on Windows . . . . . 431 Uninstalling IBM Director using the Windows Add/Remove Programs feature . . . . . . 431 Uninstalling IBM Director using the dirunins command . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Uninstalling IBM Director Agent on AIX . . . . 432 Uninstalling IBM Director Agent on NetWare . . . 433 Uninstalling IBM Director Core Services before migrating to an earlier version of IBM Director . . 433 Chapter 5. Modifying an IBM Director installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Enabling the Wake on LAN feature . . . . . . 435 Enabling the Wake on LAN feature for Linux or AIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Enabling the Wake on LAN feature on Windows 435 Configuring the database on the management server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 Configuring the database on Linux or AIX . . 436 Configuring the database on a Windows management server . . . . . . . . . . 437 Enabling SNMP access and trap forwarding for Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Enabling SNMP access and trap forwarding for Linux managed systems other than VMware . . 438 Enabling SNMP access and trap forwarding for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 3 and 4 . . 439 Enabling SNMP access and trap forwarding for VMware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Chapter 6. Troubleshooting . . . . . 443 Installation troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . 443 Could not detect rpm supported Linux distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/ char/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Error 1722 is displayed . . . . . . . . . 444 IBM Director Agent does not restart after an upgrade installation . . . . . . . . . . 445 Installing an earlier version of IBM Director after installing IBM Director 5.10 . . . . . . 445 Installing and starting IBM Director Server, IBM Director Agent, or IBM Director Core Services fails when OpenWBEM is running . . . . . 446 Installation package cannot be installed by Windows Installer service . . . . . . . . 447 System Availability reports an unplanned outage when a system is restarted . . . . . 448 Windows blue screen IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL . . . . . . 448 The IBM.Director.DirectorCimCore installation fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 Contacting customer support . . . . . . . . 449 Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Using the documentation . . . . . . . . 450 Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Software service and support . . . . . . . 450 Appendix A. Accessibility features for IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 Appendix B. Worksheets . . . . . . 463 Worksheet: Environment . . . . . . . . . 463 Worksheet: Capacity Manager space requirements 464 Worksheet: Database planning . . . . . . . . 465 Worksheet: Apache Derby database configuration 465 Worksheet: DB2 database configuration . . . . . 466 Worksheet: Oracle database configuration . . . . 466 Worksheet: PostgreSQL database configuration . . 467 Worksheet: Microsoft SQL Server database configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Worksheet: Installing IBM Director Server . . . . 468 Appendix C. Notices . . . . . . . . 469 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 iv IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide About this book This book provides information about installing and configuring IBM Director. In addition to presenting an overview of IBM Director and its requirements, it covers the following topics: v Planning an IBM Director environment v Installing IBM Director and IBM Director extensions v Upgrading from IBM Director 4.2 or earlier to IBM Director 5.1 v Configuring IBM Director It also includes information about IBM Director security and solving problems you might encounter with IBM Director. Conventions and terminology These notices are designed to highlight key information: Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice. Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid inconvenient or difficult situations. Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or data. An attention notice appears before the instruction or situation in which damage can occur. Related information Besides this documentation, there is additional information related to IBM ® Director. IBM Director resources on the World Wide Web The following Web pages provide resources for understanding, using, and troubleshooting IBM Director and other system-management tools. IBM Director information center publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo/ fqm0_main.html Updated periodically, the IBM Director information center contains the most recent documentation available on a wide range of topics. IBM Director Web site on ibm.com ® www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/ ibm_director/ The IBM Director Web site on ibm.com has links to downloads and documentation for all currently supported versions of IBM Director. Information on this site includes: v Downloads and documentation for the following IBM Director releases: – IBM Director 5.10 Update 3 (5.10.3) – IBM Director 5.10 Update 2 (5.10.2) © Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2007 v – IBM Director 5.10 Update 2 (5.10.2) UIMs – IBM Director 5.10 Update 1 (5.10.1) – IBM Director 5.10 Update 1 (5.10.1) UIMs – IBM Director 5.10 – IBM Director 5.10 UIMs – IBM Director 4.22 – IBM Director 4.22 UIMs – IBM Director 4.21 – IBM Director 4.20 v IBM Director Hardware and Software Support Guide document, which lists supported IBM systems and all supported operating systems. It is updated every 6 to 8 weeks. v Printable documentation for IBM Director available in Portable Document Format (PDF) in several languages IBM Director Software Developers Kit information center publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dirinfo/toolkit/index.jsp The IBM Director Software Developers Kit (SDK) information center provides information about the IBM Director SDK – a set of tools and documentation to help extend the capabilities of IBM Director by using the APIs and CLIs, creating tasks, and launching tools from the IBM Director user interface. IBM Systems Software information center www.ibm.com/servers/library/infocenter/ This Web page provides information about IBM Virtualization Engine ™ , IBM Director, External Application Launch Wizard, Virtual System Manager, and other topics. IBM ServerProven ® page www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ This Web page provides information about IBM System x ™ , BladeCenter ® , and IntelliStation ® hardware compatibility with IBM Director. IBM Servers www.ibm.com/servers/ This Web page on ibm.com links to information, downloads, and IBM Director extensions such as Remote Deployment Manager, Capacity Manager, Systems Availability and Software Distribution (Premium Edition) for the following IBM products: v IBM BladeCenter v IBM System i ™ v IBM System p ™ v IBM System x v IBM System z ™ IBM Virtualization Engine systems services fixes www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/VirtualizationEngine/ home2.html This Web page provides information about the required fixes for the Virtualization Engine system services. The fixes include operating system fixes that are required for each system service as well as application-level fixes that are required for each system service to function correctly. vi IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide IBM forums www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_esforums.jsp This Web page on ibm.com links to several forums, available as Web pages or using rich site summary (RSS) feeds, in which users can discuss technology issues relating to IBM servers. Three of these forums are of particular interest to IBM Director users: System x IBM Director forum www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=759 &cat=53 A forum for discussing any IBM Director topics. This Web page includes a link for obtaining the forum using an RSS feed. System x Server forum www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=740 &cat=53 A forum for discussing System x server topics, including questions related to drivers, firmware, operating systems, clustering, and storage. This Web page includes a link for obtaining the forum using an RSS feed. IBM Director SDK forum www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=849 &cat=53 A forum for discussing how to use the IBM Director SDK to extend the functionality of IBM Director to meet your specific needs. This Web page includes a link for obtaining the forum using an RSS feed. IBM Redbooks ™ publications www.ibm.com/redbooks/ You can download the following documents from the IBM Redbooks Web page. You can also search this Web page for documents that focus on specific IBM hardware; such documents often contain systems-management material. Note: Be sure to note the date of publication and to determine the level of IBM Director software to which the Redbooks publication refers. v Creating a Report of the Tables in the IBM Director 4.1 Database (TIPS0185) v IBM Director Security (REDP-0417) v IBM BladeCenter Systems Management with IBM Director V4.1 and Remote Deployment Manager V4.1 (REDP-3776) v Implementing IBM Director 5.10 (SG24-6188) v Integrating IBM Director with Enterprise Management Solutions (SG24-5388) v Managing IBM TotalStorage ® NAS with IBM Director (SG24-6830) v Monitoring Redundant Uninterruptible Power Supplies Using IBM Director (REDP-3827) Remote Supervisor Adapter Remote Supervisor Adapter overview www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-4UKSML About this book vii This Web page includes links to the Remote Supervisor Adapter User’s Guide and the Remote Supervisor Adapter Installation Guide. Remote Supervisor Adapter II overview www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-50116 This Web page includes information about the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. Other documents For planning purposes, the following documents might be of interest: v Planning and Installation Guide - IBM BladeCenter (Type 8677) v IBM Management Processor Command-Line Interface (MPCLI) User’s Guide version 5.10 How to send your comments Your feedback is important in helping to provide the most accurate and highest quality information. If you have any comments about this book or any other IBM Director publication, use the form for reader’s comments is provided at the back of this publication. If the form has been removed, you may address your comments to: International Business Machines Corporation Design & Information Development Department CGFA PO Box 12195 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-9990 U.S.A. viii IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide [...]... systems: v IBM System x3400 v IBM System x3455 v IBM System x3500 v IBM System x3550 v IBM System x3650 v IBM System x3655 v IBM System x3755 v IBM System x3800 v IBM System x3850 v IBM System x3950 Additional database versions supported for use with IBM Director IBM Director 5.10 Update 3 adds support for the following database versions: v Apache Derby V10.1 What’s new xi v v v v IBM DB2® 8.1 with Fix... Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 4.0, for AMD64 and EM64T (Updates 3 and 4) xiv IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide v Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 4.0, for Intel x86 (Update 3) v SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64 and EM64T (Service Packs 2 and 3) v SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 (Service Packs 2 and 3) v Windows® Server 20 03, Enterprise, Standard, and Web Editions... Linux, IBM Director Agent and IBM Director Console are installed automatically also When you install IBM Director Server on IBM i5/OS, IBM Director Agent is installed automatically also Figure 2 on page 3 shows where the IBM Director software components are installed in a basic IBM Director environment 2 IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide Figure 2 Software in an IBM Director environment IBM. .. Server, version 3. 2: – Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, and WS, version 3. 0 (Updates 5 and 6) – Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, and WS, version 4.0 (Update 3) – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 (Service Packs 2 and 3) – Windows Server 20 03, Enterprise, Standard, and Web Editions (Service Pack 2) Additional host operating systems for VMware GSX Server, version 3. 2: IBM Director Installation and Configuration. .. x3400 (machine types 79 73, 7974, 7975, and 7976) v IBM System x3455 (machine types 7984 and 7986) v IBM System x3500 (machine type 7977) v v v v v v v IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM System System System System System System System x3550 x3650 x3655 x3755 x3800 x3850 x3950 (machine (machine (machine (machine (machine (machine (machine type type type type type type type 7978) 7979) 7985) 8877) 8866) 88 63) ... xxii IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide See IBM Director Hardware and Software Support Guide for any updates to this information You can download the latest version of this document from www .ibm. com/servers/ eserver/xseries/ systems_management /ibm_ director/ System p servers v Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 3. 3, for IBM POWER v Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for IBM POWER... SFS 7008 InfiniBand Server Switch (ROHS compliant) v Houston iSCSI daughtercard (ROHS compliant) Additional operating systems supported for IBM Director Server and IBM Director Console installation Notes: IBM Director 5.10 Update 2 provides support for installing IBM Director Server and IBM Director Console on additional System i, System p, and System x servers 1 IBM Director 5.10 Update 2 is not available... v IBM System x3650 T (machine type 7980) What’s new in version 5.10 Update 2 This topic provides information about new features and enhancements in IBM Director 5.10 Update 2 Additional hardware support IBM Director 5.10 Update 2 provides new or reaffirmed support for the following hardware that can be managed using IBM Director What’s new xiii IBM BladeCenter v IBM BladeCenter v IBM BladeCenter v IBM. .. directory agent servers, SLP scope, discovery timeout, and broadcast or multicast selection Support for OpenIPMI driver IBM Director 5.10 Update 3 supports the open-source standard OpenIPMI driver included with the following Linux® distributions: v Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 3. 0, update 6 and later x IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide v Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 4.0, update. .. enhancements made to IBM Director since version 4.20 What’s new in version 5.10 Update 3 This topic provides information about new features and enhancements in IBM Director 5.10 Update 3 Improvements to how you work in IBM Director The following enhancements change or add user processes in IBM Director: New Server Storage Provisioning Tool The Server Storage Provisioning Tool is an extension to IBM Director for . systems: v IBM System x3400 v IBM System x3 455 v IBM System x 35 0 0 v IBM System x 35 5 0 v IBM System x3 650 v IBM System x3 655 v IBM System x3 755 v IBM System x3800 v IBM System x3 850 v IBM System. 5. 10 Update 2 (5. 10. 2) © Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2007 v – IBM Director 5. 10 Update 2 (5. 10. 2) UIMs – IBM Director 5. 10 Update 1 (5. 10. 1) – IBM Director 5. 10 Update 1 (5. 10. 1) UIMs – IBM. IBM Systems IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide Version 5. 10 Update 3  IBM Systems IBM Director Installation and Configuration Guide Version 5. 10 Update 3