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InfoScale Operations Manager 9.2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide - AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Section I. Installing and configuring InfoScale Operations Manager
Planning your InfoScale Operations Manager installation
About InfoScale Operations Manager
Downloading InfoScale Operations Manager 9.2
Downloading Management Server files
Downloading managed host files
Using the product documentation
Host considerations for installing InfoScale Operations Manager
Typical InfoScale Operations Manager deployment configuration
Centralized management of Storage Foundation High Availability hosts
InfoScale Operations Manager 9.2 installation overview
Choosing a Management Server host
Choosing the managed hosts
System requirements
Operating system requirements
Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google) deployment requirements
System resource requirements
About space estimation for data logs
About the frequency of managed host, enclosure and switch information discovery
Supported hardware
Web browser requirements
Network and firewall requirements
Internet Protocol version requirements
Proxy server requirements
Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling InfoScale Operations Manager
Configuring InfoScale Operations Manager Management Server on Linux using CLI
Packages included in InfoScale Operations Manager
About installing Management Server
Installing Management Server on Linux (on premises and cloud)
Installing Management Server on Windows (on premises and cloud)
Verifying Management Server installation on Linux
Verifying Management Server installation on Windows
Configuring InfoScale Operations Manager on Linux and Windows
Implementing US Executive Order (EO) requirements
Configuring InfoScale Operations Manager Management Server and Agents in FIPS mode on Linux
Configuring service groups using CLI script
Importing third-party certificates for xprtld
About installing managed host
Installing managed host on UNIX/Linux
Installing managed host on Windows
Installing managed host through Solaris JumpStart
About cloning virtual machines
About migrating virtual machines
Verifying managed host installation on UNIX
Verifying managed host installation on Windows
About upgrading the Management Server
Upgrading Management Server on Linux
Upgrading Management Server on Windows
Migrating the managed hosts to 2048-bit certificate
About backing up and restoring InfoScale Operations Manager data
Taking regular backups of InfoScale Operations Manager data on Windows
Taking regular backups of InfoScale Operations Manager data on Linux
Backing up InfoScale Operations Manager data on Linux before upgrading to version 9.2
Restoring backed up data on Linux
Backing up InfoScale Operations Manager data on Windows before upgrading to version 9.2
Restoring backed up data on Windows
About upgrading managed hosts to InfoScale Operations Manager 9.2
Upgrading managed host using the console
Upgrading managed host on UNIX/Linux using operating system commands
Upgrading managed host on Windows using the installer package
Verifying the version of Management Server in the console
Verifying the version of a managed host in the console
Uninstalling Management Server on Linux
Uninstalling Management Server on Windows
Uninstalling managed host on UNIX
Uninstalling managed host on Windows
Configuring InfoScale Operations Manager in a high availability and disaster recovery environment
Configuring the high availability feature in InfoScale Operations Manager
Configuring a new InfoScale Operations Manager installation in high availability environment
Prerequisites for configuring a new Management Server in high availability environment
Performing initial configuration of Management Server in HA environment
Creating the base service groups for HA configuration
Creating the base service groups for CFS HA configuration
Completing the configuration of a Management Server installation in HA environment
Configuring an existing InfoScale Operations Manager installation in high availability environment
Prerequisites for configuring an existing Management Server in high availability environment
Modifying the default IP address and host name of the existing Management Server
Configuring CMS HA on Linux using Command Line (CLI)
Configuring Management Server in one-to-one DR environment
Prerequisites for configuring a Management Server in DR environment
Performing initial configuration of Management Server installation in DR environment
Creating the base service groups for DR configuration
Enabling DR configuration
Configuring InfoScale Operations Manager in high availability and disaster recovery environment
Prerequisites for configuring a Management Server in HA-DR environment
Performing initial configuration of Management Server installation in DR environment
Creating the base service groups for DR configuration
Enabling DR configuration
About upgrading the high availability configurations
Upgrading Management Server in high availability environment
About upgrading the high availability and disaster recovery configurations
Upgrading Management Server in high availability and disaster recovery environment
Removing the high availability configuration
Installing and uninstalling InfoScale Operations Manager add-ons
Uninstalling a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on from a specific managed host
Uninstall panel options
About deploying InfoScale Operations Manager add-ons
Downloading a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on
Uploading a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on to the repository
Upload Solutions to Repository panel options
Installing a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on
Install - Download Add-on panel options
Install - Select hosts panel options for add-ons
Uninstalling a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on
Uninstall panel options
Removing a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on from the repository
Remove panel options
Canceling deployment request for a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on
Cancel Deployment Request panel options
Installing a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on on a specific managed host
Install panel options
Enabling a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on on a specific managed host
Disabling a InfoScale Operations Manager add-on from a specific managed host
Refreshing the repository
Restarting the web server
Section II. Setting up the Management Server environment
Basic InfoScale Operations Manager tasks
About the communication between the managed hosts and Management Server
Connecting to InfoScale Operations Manager Management Server
Stopping and starting the Web application
About the Management Server perspective
Adding and managing hosts
Adding the managed hosts to Management Server using an agentless configuration
Add agentless hosts panel options
Overview of host discovery
How InfoScale Operations Manager discovers hosts
Supported features for host discovery options
Overview of agentless discovery
About agentless discovery using the Control Host
About agentless discovery of remote hosts
Prerequisites for agentless configuration
How agentless discovery of a UNIX or Linux host works
How agentless discovery of a Windows host works
Requirements for agentless discovery of UNIX hosts
Requirements for agentless discovery of Windows hosts
Requirements for deep array discovery for agentless hosts
Commands that require the root access for agentless discovery of UNIX hosts
Using the privilege control software with agentless discovery of UNIX hosts
SSH configuration requirements for agentless discovery
About installing OpenSSH on a UNIX host
Installing OpenSSH on AIX
Installing OpenSSH on Linux
Adding the managed hosts to Management Server using an agent configuration
Add agent hosts panel options
Adding Agentless hosts to the Management Server using Profile
Add agentless hosts panel options using Profile
Adding managed hosts to Management Server using the Auto Configure (gendeploy.pl) script
Editing the agentless host configuration
Edit agentless host panel options
Refreshing the details of the managed host
Removing managed hosts from the Management Server domain
Setting up user access
About managing authentication brokers and authentication domains in the InfoScale Operations Manager domain
Adding Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or Active Directory-based authentication on Management Server
Add LDAP/AD panel options
Add LDAP/AD panel options to specify the domain name
Unconfiguring Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or Active Directory configuration from the authentication broker
Configuring LDAP using CLI
Configuring an LDAP domain
Assigning permissions to a user group
Unconfiguring an existing LDAP configuration
Changing the password for a bind user
Configuring Single Sign-On in InfoScale Operations Manager
Enabling the authentication domain
Disabling the authentication domain
About predefined roles in InfoScale Operations Manager
About Organizations, objects, and roles in InfoScale Operations Manager
Assigning permissions to user groups for a perspective
Modifying permissions assigned to user groups for a perspective
Deleting permissions assigned to user groups on a perspective
Restricting users or user groups from accessing the InfoScale Operations Manager console
Example: Managing user access in InfoScale Operations Manager using Organizations and existing user groups
Setting up fault monitoring
About alerts and rules
Creating rules in the Management Server perspective
Create Rule - Select the type of fault conditions to trigger this rule panel options
Create Rule - Select one or more fault topics which will trigger this rule panel options
Create Rule - Setup notifications panel options
Create Rule - Enter name and description panel options
Editing rules in the Management Server perspective
Edit Rule - Select the type of fault condition to trigger this rule panel options
Edit Rule - Select one or more fault topics which will trigger this rule panel options
Edit Rule - Setup notifications panel options
Edit Rule - Enter name and description panel options
Deleting rules in the Management Server perspective
Delete Rule panel options
Enabling rules in the Management Server perspective
Enable Rule panel options
Disabling rules in the Management Server perspective
Disable Rule panel options
About faults and risks
Suppressing faults in the Management Server perspective
Suppress Faults panel options
Restoring a suppressed fault in the Management Server perspective
Suppressing a fault definition in the Management Server perspective
Suppress the fault definition panel options
Restoring a suppressed fault definition in the Management Server perspective
Setting up virtualization environment discovery
About the virtualization technologies supported
About Control Hosts in InfoScale Operations Manager
Requirements for discovering vCenter and ESX servers using InfoScale Operations Manager
About near real-time discovery of VMware events
Setting up near real-time discovery of VMware events
Configuring the VMware vCenter Server to generate SNMP traps
Configuration settings for VMware vCenter discovery
Requirements for discovering the Solaris zones
Requirements for the zlogin utility on non-Global Zones
Requirements for devices exported to non-Global Zones
Requirements for file systems exported to non-Global Zones
Requirements for discovering Solaris Logical domains
Requirements for discovering logical partitions
Requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization discovery
Requirements for Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization discovery
Adding a virtualization server
Add Virtualization Server panel options
Add Virtualization Server panel options
Editing a virtualization discovery configuration
Edit Configuration panel options
Edit Configuration panel options for method selection
Refreshing a virtualization discovery configuration
Refreshing an ESX Server discovery
Removing a virtualization discovery configuration
Configuring performance metering for a VMware vCenter server
Disable performance metering for a VMware vCenter server
Deploying hot fixes, packages, and patches
About deploying InfoScale Operations Manager hot fixes
About deploying maintenance release packages and patches
About deploying base release packages
Downloading a hot fix, package, or patch
Uploading a InfoScale Operations Manager hot fix or package to the repository
Installing a InfoScale Operations Manager hot fix, package, or patch
Install - Download hot fix, package, or patch panel options
Install - Select hosts panel options
Removing a hot fix, package, or patch from the repository
Canceling deployment request for a hot fix, package, or patch
Installing a InfoScale Operations Manager hot fix on a specific managed host
Configuring Management Server settings
Configuring the Management Server settings
Configuring SMTP settings for email notifications
Configuring SNMP trap settings for alert notifications
Configuring SNMPv3 settings
Configuring the proxy server settings
Configuring two-factor authentication (2FA)
Setting the period for retaining the alert and the task logs in the database
Configuring Web server settings
Setting the generation time for subscribed reports
Configuring advance authorization settings
Enabling or disabling policy signatures for the data center
Forwarding audit logs
Setting up extended attributes
About using extended attributes
Adding an extended attribute
Modifying an extended attribute
Deleting an extended attribute
Viewing information on the Management Server environment
Viewing the details of an add-on, hot fix, package, or patch on SORT website
Viewing the hosts configured in the Management Server domain
Viewing the details of the authentication broker and the domains associated with the broker
Viewing faults in the Management Server perspective
Viewing the faults definitions
Viewing details of alert logs
Viewing the details of rules
Viewing the details of active users logged in to Management Server
Viewing the Management Server settings
Viewing the list of extended attributes
Viewing audit information for Management Server
Viewing task information for the data center
Viewing or exporting a list of available policy signatures
Troubleshooting
Management Server (MS)
Commands to start and stop the InfoScale Operations Manager processes on Management Server on Windows
InfoScale Operations Manager processes running on Management Server for Linux
InfoScale Operations Manager services running on Management Server for Windows
Commands to start and stop the InfoScale Operations Manager processes on Management Server on Linux
Management Server log file locations on Linux
Management Server log file locations on Windows
Managed host (MH)
InfoScale Operations Manager processes running on managed host on Unix/Linux
InfoScale Operations Manager services running on managed host on Windows
Commands to start and stop InfoScale Operations Manager processes on managed host on UNIX/Linux
Managed host log files
Agentless driver log files
Gathering information for troubleshooting
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Section II. Setting up the Management Server environment
Setting up user access
About managing authentication brokers and authentication domains in the InfoScale Operations Manager domain
About managing authentication brokers and authentication domains in the InfoScale Operations Manager domain
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