IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

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1 IBM Systems Director IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide Version GI

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3 IBM Systems Director IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide Version GI

4 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in Notices on page 203. Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, US Goernment Users Restricted Rights Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

5 Contents About this publication Conentions and terminology Publications and related information Web resources iii How to send your comments x Checklist: Installing IBM Systems Director Serer on Windows xi Checklist: Installing agents on Windows xiii Chapter 1. IBM Systems Director technical oeriew IBM Systems Director components Management serer Common Agent Platform Agent Agentless managed systems Manageable resource types Manageable systems and system types User interfaces Base function and extensible plug-ins Discoery manager Status manager Configuration manager Automation manager Update manager Remote access manager Virtualization manager Network Management IBM BladeCenter and System x management.. 12 IBM System z management IBM Power Systems management IBM System Storage management Additional IBM Systems Director plug-ins Upward integration Chapter 2. Planning for IBM Systems Director Hardware and software requirements Hardware requirements for IBM Systems Director 19 Supported IBM systems and products IBM BladeCenter products Supported network deices Supported storage deices Network requirements Security requirements Firmware and deice driers requirements Operating system and software requirements.. 48 IBM Systems Director task support by operating system and agent leels IBM Systems Director task support not affected by operating systems IBM Systems Director task support for BladeCenter products IBM Systems Director task support for Storage products Supported tasks and features for third-party x86-based systems Translations proided by IBM Systems Director 66 IBM Systems Director Pre-Installation Utility.. 66 IP6 compliance Applicability of Platform Agent Determining IBM Systems Director task support.. 73 Questions to answer about IBM hardware Questions to answer about third-party hardware 74 Planning to install IBM Systems Director Serice and support information Reiewing the enironment Version compatibility of IBM Systems Director components across releases License information Obtaining licenses for Common Agent Choosing how to install IBM Systems Director.. 83 Choosing the IBM Systems Director Serer installation options Choosing where to install IBM Systems Director Serer Choosing the IBM Systems Director database application Choosing the management leel for managed systems Planning for irtual enironments Planning to upgrade or update IBM Systems Director Disaster recoery for IBM Systems Director 6.2.x.. 92 Planning for eents Planning eents to be monitored Planning for eent automation plan implementations Planning IBM Systems Director security Planning IBM Systems Director users and groups 98 Planning Secure Sockets Layer configuration on IBM Systems Director Planning password management in IBM Systems Director Chapter 3. Installing IBM Systems Director on the management serer Preparing the management serer Preparing the database application Preparing firewalls and proxies for IBM Systems Director Installing firmware and deice driers Preparing to install IBM Systems Director Serer on Windows Installing IBM Systems Director on the management serer Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2010 iii

6 Installing IBM Systems Director Serer on Windows Configuring the database connection after IBM Systems Director installation Configuring IBM Systems Director Serer after installation Configuring IBM Systems Director plug-ins and platforms Configuring the command line interface Reiewing Microsoft Internet Explorer security options Configuring IP address properties Logging on to IBM Systems Director Serer for the first time Restarting IBM Systems Director Serer Enabling Dynamic IP support Chapter 4. Preparing agentless managed systems Preparing to manage a IBM BladeCenter Preparing to manage a IBM BladeCenter chassis using IBM Systems Director Serer on a non-blade serer Preparing to manage a IBM BladeCenter chassis using IBM Systems Director Serer on a blade serer Preparing Windows managed systems Preparing Windows Serer 2003 managed systems Preparing Windows Serer 2008 managed systems Preparing Windows Vista managed systems Preparing Windows XP managed systems Chapter 5. Discoering systems and collecting inentory data Discoery protocols Discoering systems with system discoery System discoery Performing a system discoery Using system discoery to iew current results 169 Accessing a secured system with request access 170 Chapter 6. Installing agents Preparing a Platform Agent managed system Preparing to install Platform Agent on Windows 173 Preparing a Common Agent managed system Obtaining licenses for Common Agent Preparing to install Common Agent on Windows Installing agents using the Agent Installation Wizard Installing the LSI MegaRAID proider for Windows or Linux Installing the IBM SereRAID Manager plug-in files Installing irtualization manager subagents Installing irtualization manager subagents using the installation wizard Installing irtualization manager subagents manually Chapter 7. Updating IBM Systems Director Chapter 8. Upgrading and migrating IBM Systems Director Database preparation considerations for upgrading and migrating to IBM Systems Director 6.2.x Upgrading and migrating to IBM Systems Director from 6.1.x Upgrading and migrating to IBM Systems Director from Upgrading and migrating to IBM Systems Director from IBM Director 5.x Upgrading and migrating IBM Systems Director plug-ins Upgrading and migrating IBM Systems Director on the management serer Upgrading and migrating IBM Systems Director Serer on Windows using the InstallShield wizard Upgrading or updating the IBM Systems Director agents Notices Trademarks i IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

7 About this publication This IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide proides information about installing and configuring IBM Systems Director. In addition to presenting an oeriew of IBM Systems Director and its requirements, it coers the following topics: Planning an IBM Systems Director enironment Installing IBM Systems Director Upgrading from IBM Director 5.20 to IBM Systems Director 6.x Configuring IBM Systems Director Conentions and terminology It also includes information about IBM Systems Director security and soling problems you might encounter during installation. Note: Oftentimes, this publication describes a single procedure for accomplishing a task. For documentation about alternatie procedures, see the IBM Systems Director information center Web site at director/6r2x/index.jsp. These notices are designed to highlight key information: Note: These notices proide important tips, guidance, or adice. Important: These notices proide information or adice that might help you aoid inconenient or difficult situations. Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, deices, or data. An attention notice appears before the instruction or situation in which damage can occur. Publications and related information You can iew the same content in the IBM Systems Director Information Center as PDF documents. To iew a PDF file, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Web site at Information centers and topic collections IBM Systems View the IBM Systems information center landing page, which proides integrated information for multiple IBM Systems products. IBM Systems Director Updated periodically, the IBM Systems Director topic collection contains the most up-to-date documentation aailable for IBM Systems Director. IBM Systems Director plug-ins publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2010

8 View the IBM Systems information center for information about how to install and use plug-ins that extend the functionality of IBM Systems Director. IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Modules (UIMs) publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/uims/fqs0_main.html Read the IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Modules (UIM) topic collection to learn about how to install and use upward integration modules and management packs that enable non-ibm workgroup and enterprise-management products to interpret and display data that is proided by Common Agent and Platform Agent. IBM Systems Director API Licensing View the license information regarding use of IBM Systems Director APIs and their associated documentation. Fill out the form to request API access. After your information is reiewed, you will be contacted with additional information regarding access to and use of the APIs. Publications APAR Readme Proides information about APARs fixed in IBM Systems Director ersion Release Notes and Release Notes Proides information about hardware requirements for running IBM Systems Director components, supported IBM Systems Director hardware, operating systems, databases, and workgroup and enterprise systems-management software. Hardware and Software Support Guide Proides information about hardware requirements for running IBM Systems Director components, supported IBM Systems Director hardware, operating systems, databases, and workgroup and enterprise systems-management software. Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for AIX Proides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running AIX using the standard installation option. Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for IBM i Proides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running IBM i using the Standard installation option. Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on Power Systems Proides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running Linux for Power Systems using the Standard installation option. Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on x86 Proides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running Linux for System x using the Standard installation option. Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on System z Proides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running Linux for System z using the Standard installation option. i IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

9 Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Windows Proides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running Windows using the Standard installation option. Systems Management Guide Proides detailed instructions for using the Web interface and managing systems and resources in your enironment. Troubleshooting Guide Proides information about problems and how to sole them, and strategies for troubleshooting common problems. Eents Reference Proides information about IBM Systems Director eents, including the eent type, description, seerity, and extended details. Commands Reference Proides detailed information about the systems management command-line interface (smcli) commands, and other commands that can be run directly from the command line, including configuring the database, and starting and stopping IBM Systems Director. Hardware Command Line User's Guide Proides information about installing and using the Hardware Command Line (formerly known as the IBM Management Processor Command-Line Interface). Command output in this release might ary from command output in preious releases. White papers and briefs IBM Systems Director ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/sa/wh/n/xbw03006usen/ XBW03006USEN.PDF This paper proides a detailed oeriew of the changes in IBM Systems Director V6.1, including the new Web interface, security features, operating system agents, integrated plug-ins and additional plug-ins that can be separately installed. Value Proposition for IBM Systems Director ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/sa/wh/n/xbw03007usen/ XBW03007USEN.PDF This paper describes the challenges of operational management for enterprise serer installations and the alue proided IBM Systems Director. Managing IBM Power Serers with IBM Systems Director &appname=stge_po_po_usen&htmlfid=pow03011usen &attachment=pow03011usen.pdf Proides information about managing the irtualization and consolidation on Power systems using IBM Systems Director. IBM Systems Director 6.1 Migration Tips &appname=stge_xb_xb_usen_&htmlfid=xbw03009usen &attachment=xbw03009usen.pdf Proides information about migrating data when upgrading your enironment from IBM Director V5.20 to IBM Systems Director V6.1. Performance Tuning and Scaling Guide for IBM Systems Director 6.2 About this publication ii

10 dociew.wss?uid=nas7cd6a96f49d05f ca9a&aid=1 Proides information about how to plan, implement, configure, and use an IBM Systems Director Serer to manage a large configuration with optimal performance. The Performance Tuning and Scaling Guide also contains information about the following topics: Running IBM Systems Director plug-ins, such as IBM Systems Director Actie Energy Manager and IBM Scalable Systems Manager Integration with Tioli products Implementing High Aailability (HA) IBM Redbooks publications You can also search this Web page for documents that focus on IBM Systems Director and specific IBM hardware; such documents often contain systems-management material. The following book is aailable for IBM Systems Director V6.1: Implementing IBM Systems Director 6.1 Tip: Be sure to note the date of publication and to determine the ersion of IBM Systems Director software to which the Redbooks publication refers. Further information Also see the following resources for further information about IBM Systems Director: For alerts, discussions, news, parts and product information, and specific troubleshooting workarounds for IBM Systems Director, see the Support & downloads Web site at Tip: To locate the information that you need, enter Systems Director in the Search field and click Search. You can then narrow your results by document type or product category, or use additional search terms. For white papers, technotes, tips, and other documents related to IBM Systems Director, see the Techdocs Web site at atsmastr.nsf/web/techdocs. Tip: To locate the information that you need, either select the categories that you want to search or select UNMARKED to search all categories. Then enter Systems Director in the for: field and click Search. For solutions to all types of situations that other customers hae encountered, see the IBM Systems Director customer forum at deeloperworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumid=759. Web resources Listed here are the Web sites and information center topics that relate to IBM Systems Director. iii IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

11 Web sites IBM Systems Director View the IBM Systems Director Web site on ibm.com which proides links to downloads and documentation for all currently supported ersions of IBM Systems Director. IBM Systems Director Downloads View the IBM Systems Director Downloads Web site on ibm.com which proides links to download code IBM Systems Director, IBM Systems Director plug-ins, and IBM Systems Director upward integration modules. IBM Systems Director Documentation and Resources View the IBM Systems Director Documentation and Resources Web site on ibm.com which proides links to product documentation, redbooks, redpapers, white papers, and learning modules related to IBM Systems Director, IBM Systems Director plug-ins, and IBM Systems Director upward integration modules. IBM Systems Director Upward Integration View the IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Web site on ibm.com which proides more information about IBM Systems Director upward integration modules created by IBM and other companies. IBM Systems Director UIMs enable third-party workgroup and enterprise systems-management products to interpret and display data that is proided by IBM Systems Director Platform Agent managed system. IBM Systems Director Best Practices Wiki IBM+Systems+Director+Best+Practices+Wiki View updated documentation and best practices for IBM Systems Director on arious systems. IBM Serers View the IBM Serers Web site to learn about IBM Systems serer and storage products. IBM SererProen View the IBM SererProen Web site to learn about hardware compatibility of IBM System x and BladeCenter systems with IBM applications and middleware, including IBM Systems Director. Forums IBM Systems Director View the IBM Systems Director forum Web site on ibm.com to discuss product-related issues pertaining to IBM Systems Director, IBM Systems Director UIMs, and IBM Systems Director extensions. This Web site includes a link for obtaining the forum using a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed. IBM Systems Director SDK About this publication ix

12 View the IBM Systems Director SDK forum Web site to discuss issues pertaining to the IBM Systems Director Software Deelopment Kit (SDK). This Web site includes a link for obtaining the forum using a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed. IBM Systems View the IBM Systems forums Web site on ibm.com to learn about arious forums that are aailable to discuss technology-related and product-related issues pertaining to IBM Systems hardware and software products. This Web site includes a link for obtaining the forum using a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed. How to send your comments Your feedback is important in helping to proide the most accurate and highest quality information. If you hae any comments about this book or any other IBM Systems Director publication, go to the IBM Systems Director information center Web site at There you will find the feedback page where you can enter and submit comments. x IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

13 Checklist: Installing IBM Systems Director Serer on Windows Use this checklist to guide you through the installation process. 1 Ealuate your hardware and system configuration. 1. Check the hardware requirements (19). 2. Check the network requirements (39). 3. Check the security requirements (47). 4. Check the supported operating systems (48). 5. Check the supported database applications (58). 2 Plan your installation of IBM Systems Director Serer. 1. Reiew the enironment you will manage (76). 2. Reiew the licensing requirements (80). 3. Choose installation options for IBM Systems Director Serer (84). 4. Choose where you will install IBM Systems Director Serer (85). 5. Choose a database application to use with IBM Systems Director Serer (86). 6. Plan users, groups, and security options for IBM Systems Director Serer (98). 3 Prepare the management serer. 1. Prepare the database application (109). 2. Prepare firewalls and proxies on the management serer (128). 3. Prepare the management serer (132). 4 Install IBM Systems Director Serer. 1. Install IBM Systems Director Serer (133). 2. Configure the database application (143). 5 Log on to and configure IBM Systems Director Serer. 1. Log in to IBM Systems Director Serer (150). 2. Perform some initial configuration of IBM Systems Director Serer (145). 6 Update IBM Systems Director Serer. 1. Update IBM Systems Director Serer (185). Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2010 xi

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15 Checklist: Installing agents on Windows Use this checklist to guide you through the installation process. 1 Ealuate your hardware and system configuration. 1. Check the hardware requirements (20). 2. Check the network requirements (39). 3. Check the supported operating systems (48). 4. Check the supported irtualization software (55). 2 Determine what agents you need to install. 1. Reiew the task support for different management leels (60). 2. Determine the management leel you need for your managed systems (87). 3. If you hae irtual systems, determine what agents are needed for the irtual systems (89). 4. Check the ersion compatibility of the agents you want to install (79). 3 Prepare your managed systems. 1. Prepare all managed systems for discoery and management by IBM Systems Director (155). 2. Prepare systems for Platform Agent (173). 3. Prepare systems for Common Agent (174). 4 Discoer the managed systems. 1. Discoer the managed systems on which you will install agents (166). 2. Request access to the managed systems (170). 5 Install the agents. 1. Use the Agent Installation Wizard to deploy agent packages to your managed systems (175). 2. Install the LSI MegaRAID proider (178). 3. Install irtualization manager subagents (182). 6 Update the agents. 1. Update the agents (185). Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2010 xiii

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17 Chapter 1. IBM Systems Director technical oeriew IBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines the way you manage physical and irtual systems across a heterogeneous enironment. By using industry standards, IBM Systems Director supports multiple operating systems and irtualization technologies across IBM and non-ibm x86 platforms. Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director proides consistent iews for iewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one another, and identifying their statuses, thus helping to correlate technical resources with business needs. A set of common tasks included with IBM Systems Director proides many of the core capabilities required for basic management, which means instant out-of-the-box business alue. These common tasks include discoery, inentory, configuration, system health, monitoring, updates, eent notification, and automation across managed systems. IBM Systems Director's Web and command-line interfaces proide a consistent interface focused on driing these common tasks and capabilities: Discoering, naigating, and isualizing systems on the network with the detailed inentory and relationships to the other network resources Notifying users of problems that occur on system and ability to drill down to the source of the problem Notifying users when systems need updates and distributing and installing updates on a schedule Analyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notify the administrator of emerging problems Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan that can apply those settings to multiple systems Updating installed plug-ins to add new features and function to the base capabilities Managing the lifecycle of irtual resources IBM Systems Director is designed to manage simple and complex enironments, with multiple operating systems and platforms, up to managed systems. It supports the management of a ariety of IBM and non-ibm hardware driing common tasks through the following platform management plug-ins and irtual resources. The systems supported include: IBM Power Systems management HMC, IVM, and VIOS appliances Power serers, Power blades, and LS41 and QS21 blade serers AIX, IBM i, and Linux on POWER operating systems IBM BladeCenter and System x management IBM BladeCenter chassis components, such as switch modules and serer blades System x systems and blade serers VMWare, Microsoft Virtual Serer (MSVS), and Xen irtual serers Windows and Linux operating systems on System x IBM System z management z/vm hyperisor Linux on System z operating system installed on z/vm irtual serers Copyright IBM Corp. 1999,

18 Linux on System z running on a partition without z/vm IBM System Storage management Integrated RIA controller (such as LSI) Network storage, such as DS3000, DS4000, DS 5000, and DS6000 Storage switches, such as IBM BladeCenter SAS, Brocade, QLogic, Nortel, and Cisco IBM System Storage management IBM Systems Director integrates with robust workgroup and enterprise management software from IBM (such as Tioli software), Computer Associates, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, NetIQ, and BMC Software. IBM Systems Director components IBM Systems Director includes IBM Systems Director Serer and two operating-system agents: Common Agent and Platform Agent. IBM Systems Director Serer proides a central point of control for aggregating and managing discoered systems based on a serice-oriented architecture. It can be installed on one or more systems, called management serers. Systems that connect to the IBM Systems Director Web interface on the management serer through a Web browser are called browser systems. The operating-system agents sere as the control point for accessing operating system and host information that might not be accessible through an out-of-band interface (such as remote superisor adapter (RSA), Baseboard Management Control (BMC), and BladeCenter Management Module). These agents run on operating-system-based and hardware-based endpoints, called systems, that can be discoered and managed by IBM Systems Director. The leel of system management depends on the agent that is installed on the system: Common Agent or Platform Agent. Each agent proides a different footprint size, leel of performance, and set of management functions. IBM Systems Director can discoer and manage some systems on which neither of these operating-system agents is installed, but the leel of management is limited. This figure shows where the IBM Systems Director Serer and operating-system agents are installed in a basic IBM Systems Director enironment. 2 IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

19 Management serer IBM Systems Director Serer installed Includes: - IBM Systems Director Serer - IBM Systems Director Web interface - Command-line Interface - Common Agent HTTPS TCP/IP Various protocols Browser system - no IBM Systems Director Ccode installed SNMP deices Agentless managed systems - no IBM Systems Director Ccode installed Agentless managed systems - no IBM Systems Director Ccode installed Cco Platform managed systems - Platform Agent installed on each Common managed systems - Common Agent installed on each FQM Figure 1. Software in an IBM Systems Director enironment Management serer The management serer is a system that has IBM Systems Director Serer installed. It proides a central point of control for aggregating and managing discoered systems based on a serice-oriented architecture. IBM Systems Director Serer stores data about discoered systems, their attributes, and their relationships to other resources in a relational database. You can access information that is stored in this database een when the managed systems are not aailable. IBM Systems Director Serer includes a default database, Apache Derby, although you can choose to use any supported database (including the high-performance DB2 database). IBM Systems Director Serer includes two interfaces that the system administrator can use to manage their enironment: a Web user interface and a command-line interface. The system that you use to interact with these interfaces is called the browser system. Chapter 1. IBM Systems Director technical oeriew 3

20 Tip: When you install IBM Systems Director Serer, the Common Agent is installed automatically on that system. The Common Agent proides a rich set of security, deployment, and management function. Common Agent Common Agent proides a rich set of security, deployment, and management function. Common Agent is aailable for all Power Systems, System x, IBM BladeCenter, System z systems, and some non-ibm systems, when the system is running a supported operating system. Notes: Systems running AIX require Common Agent to be installed. These systems cannot be managed with Platform Agent. For a detailed list of operating systems that are supported for Common Agent, see the Planning information. Common Agent replaces Leel 2: IBM Director Agent ersion IBM Systems Director 6.x supports agent systems running either the new Common Agent ersion 6.x or the older Leel 2: IBM Director Agent ersion The functionality that is aailable for Common Agent managed systems aries based on the operating system and hardware in an enironment, and includes the following functionality: Discoer systems Collect comprehensie platform and operating system inentory data Monitor health and status Manage alerts Remotely deploy and install Common Agent Perform remote access, including transferring files Perform power management function Additional eent support Monitor processes and resources, and set critical thresholds send notifications when triggered Manage operating system resources and processes Manage updates Additionally, using Common Agent instead of Platform Agent proides enhanced scalability through asynchronous system management, which reduces the demands on IBM Systems Director Serer. Firewall management is simplified, too, because Common Agent requires that you keep fewer ports open. For a detailed list of functionality that is supported by Common Agent managed systems, see the Planning information. Note: Throughout the IBM Systems Director documentation, the term Common Agent (with both words capitalized) refers to the IBM Systems Director Common Agent, which includes subagents that proide specific management capabilities for IBM Systems Director. IBM Systems Director can also discoer and perform limited management on other common agents that use the common agent serices (CAS) architecture. When referring to these common agents generically, lowercase text is used. 4 IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

21 For information about resource managers and agent managers, see Common agent serices. Platform Agent Platform Agent is well suited for enironments that require a smaller footprint without sacrificing a high leel of manageability. It proides a subset of Common Agent function used to communicate with and administer the managed systems, including hardware alerts and status information. Platform Agent is aailable for all IBM Power, System x and IBM BladeCenter, and System z, IBM System Storage systems, and some non-ibm systems. For IBM i, Platform Agent is part of the IBM Uniersal Manageability Enablement for i Licensed Program Product that ships with the base operating system. Platform Agent 6.1.x is the upgrade replacement to Leel 1: IBM Director Core Serices ersion IBM Systems Director Serer 6.1 and 6.1.x support systems running either IBM Director Core Serices ersion or Platform Agent 6.1.x. Common Agent supports systems running Platform Agent 6.1.x. Note: The ersion leel of Platform Agent might not match the ersion leels of IBM Systems Director Serer or Common Agent. The function aailable for Platform Agent managed systems is limited to the following tasks, and aries based on operating system and hardware. Discoer systems Collect limited platform inentory data Monitor health and status Manage alerts Remotely deploy and install Common Agent Perform limited remote access Perform limited restart capabilities For a detailed list of function that is supported by Platform Agent managed systems, see the Planning information in the information center at. Agentless managed systems IBM Systems Director proides a set of manageability functions for managed systems that do not hae Common Agent or Platform Agent installed. These Agentless managed systems are best for enironments that require ery small footprints and are used for specific tasks, such as one-time inentory collection, firmware and drier updates and remote deployment. Agentless managed systems must support the Secure Shell (SSH) or Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) protocol, or the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) interface. IBM Systems Director discoers Agentless managed systems by erifying the IP addresses on your network and scanning the ports of those addresses using the SSH or DCOM protocols. By default, IBM Systems Director uses the range of addresses that are in the IP domain of the management serer. You can discoer a specific IP address or range of IP addresses using the IBM Systems Director Web interface. Chapter 1. IBM Systems Director technical oeriew 5

22 Manageable resource types When an Agentless managed system is discoered, it is locked by default. You can unlock the system by requesting access to it through IBM Systems Director. Agentless managed systems are well suited for one-time collection of inentory, and can be used for updating firmware and driers, and remotely deploying and running it ia SSH or DCOM serices. Note: No persistent data is stored on Agentless managed system. The function aailable to Agentless managed systems is limited to the following tasks, and aries based on operating system, platform, and hardware. Discoer systems Collect limited operating-system inentory data Remotely deploy and install Common Agent and Platform Agent. Perform limited remote access Perform limited restart capabilities For a detailed list of function that is supported by Agentless managed systems, see the Planning for IBM Systems Director section in the information center at publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/6r2x/topic/ com.ibm.director.plan.helps.doc/fqm0_r_planning.html. A resource is a generic term for anything that IBM Systems Director can manage. For example, systems, slots, cards, groups, and updates are all resources. From the Web interface, you can use the Find a Resource task to find resources and use the Resource Explorer task to iew and work with these resources. Manageable systems and system types A system is one type of resource that IBM Systems Director manages. It is an operating-system-based or hardware-based resource that has an IP address and host name and can be discoered and managed by IBM Systems Director. From the Naigate Resource page in the IBM Systems Director Web interface, you can iew the All Systems group to work with all discoered systems. Operating-system-based systems Operating-system-based systems (referred to as operating systems) consist of the operating system image, agent, driers, applications, and configuration settings. From the Naigate Resource page in the IBM Systems Director Web interface, you can iew the All Operating Systems group to work with these types of systems. Hardware-based systems Hardware-based systems are the physical and irtual systems, such as serers, irtual serers, storage systems, and network deices. Physical systems can host multiple operating systems and irtual serers, either by using a dual-boot feature or by way of a hyperisor. From the Naigate Resource page in the IBM Systems Director Web interface, you can use the All Network Systems, All Storage Systems, or All Systems groups to work with the physical aspects of a system, determine how many irtual serers a physical system contains, and determine how many operating systems are running on a physical system. 6 IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

23 To iew the relationships between systems, iew the topology map iew for a system by selecting the system and then clicking Actions > Topology Perspecties. A submenu of applicable perspecties is displayed. To iew resources associated with a system, select the system and then click Actions > Related Resources. A submenu of applicable related resources is displayed. IBM Systems Director manages the following types of systems: Chassis A physical resource that encloses other resources and proides definable functions. Example types include a desktop, processing node, uninterruptible power supply, disk or tape storage, or a combination of these types. Cluster A computer system that is composed of two or more computer systems that operate together to increase performance, reliability, aailability, and sericeability. ComputerSystem A single component that runs one operating system, or multiple components that are controlled by one or more operating systems. GenericNetworkDeice A computer system that has an unknown deice type. HardwareManagementConsole A computer system that controls managed systems. This includes the management of logical partitions and the use of Capacity on Demand. OperatingSystem Software that is responsible for the formation of an execution enironment and allocations of resources for software programs on a computer. PassThroughModule A Pass-Thru module. Serer A single node computer system such as a desktop, mobile deice, or NetPC. The Serer class type is deried from the ComputerSystem class type. StorageSubsystem A computer system that is dedicated to acting as a storage serer. Switch A computer system that is dedicated to acting as a switch for network traffic. SystemChassis A computer system that represents a modular enclosure that contains one or more blades. You can use the lssys -I command to obtain a list of alid system types for commands such as discoer. Virtualization allows you to hide the physical characteristics of your serers to consolidate serers, optimize resource usage, and improe IT flexibility and responsieness. Using irtualization, you can create multiple discoerable irtual serers from a single physical serer or create a single discoerable irtual serer Chapter 1. IBM Systems Director technical oeriew 7

24 User interfaces from multiple physical serers. Each irtual serer has an independent operating enironment and can hae functions or features that are not aailable in its underlying physical resources. Tip: Virtual serers running on IBM systems are often referred to as logical partitions or irtual machines. After IBM Systems Director discoers a physical serer, it continues the discoery process to find all associated irtual serers. Each IBM system offers irtualization technologies to help you consolidate systems, optimize resource utilization, and improe IT flexibility and responsieness. There are seeral methods for managing an IBM Systems Director enironment: a Web interface and a command-line interface (smcli). Web interface You can use the IBM Systems Director Web interface to conduct comprehensie systems management through a graphical user interface. Data is securely transferred between the Web browser and Web interface through HTTPS. The system on which you logged in to the IBM Systems Director Web interface is referred to as the browser system. You log in to the IBM Systems Director through a supported Web browser using this URL: where System_Name is the name of the system on which IBM Systems Director Serer is installed and Port_Number is the first (lower) of two consecutie port numbers that you specified for the Web serer to use. The default ports for the Web serer are 8421 and If you use port 8422, make sure that you specify https to indicate a secure port. Command-line interfaces You can use the systems management command-line interface interactiely using the smcli utilities. This command-line interface (CLI) is an important primary interface into IBM Systems Director and can be used either as an efficient way to accomplish simple tasks directly or as a scriptable framework for automating functions that are not easily accomplished from a graphical user interface. For security reasons, the CLI runs only on the management serer. The command-line interface follows the GN/POSIX conentions. Tips: The IBM Systems Director smcli supports most commands that were aailable in preious releases through the discontinued dircli utility. For security, the CLI runs only on the management serer. You can run the CLI remotely using a remote-access utility, such as Secure Shell (SSH) or Telnet. 8 IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

25 Base function and extensible plug-ins Base plug-ins in IBM Systems Director proide core function to manage the full lifecycle of IBM serers, storage, network, and irtual serers. Plug-ins that proide adanced function or function tailored to a particular enironment can be downloaded and installed on top of IBM Systems Director. Basic user interface, security, and agent management functions include: Finding and iewing resources and resource information, including relationships and properties Organizing logical sets of resources into groups Starting, stopping, and scheduling tasks in IBM Systems Director Integrating third-party management software and other programs into the IBM Systems Director Web interface Managing auditing Encrypting interprocess communication Managing Common Agent registration and authentication Authenticating users through a configured user registry aailable from the operating system, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), or domain controller Creating roles and authorizing users and user groups to access certain systems, groups, and tasks Managing credentials to support single sign-on authentication, een when serices span different systems Installing, upgrading, and promoting agents Discoery manager Discoery manager performs physical and irtual system discoery and inentory of related resources on the network. You can use the discoery manager plug-in to: Discoer systems and other resources (such as physical and irtual serers, storage systems, and network deices) in a heterogeneous enironment. Discoer resources by using a single IP4 or IP6 address, a single host name, a range of IP addresses, or use a discoery profile to discoer systems of different types across multiple subnets. Collect inentory data about hardware and software that is currently installed on systems. Inentory data is information about physical, logical, and irtual hardware (such as irtual systems, irtual serers, and farms), software applications, operating systems, middleware, firmware and BIOS, diagnostic information, and network. Manage inentory profiles that you can use to discoer a group of resources or collect inentory data based on a set of criteria. View systems, inentory data, and relationships among systems in the network using Naigate Resources. Request access to manage security credentials for discoered systems. Status manager Status manager proides an at-a-glance iew of the health of your managed resources (including systems, operating systems, applications, processes, and security). Chapter 1. IBM Systems Director technical oeriew 9

26 The status of discoered systems is automatically retrieed and displayed, and this display can be customized in seeral ways using one of the system status and health tasks, naigating to a specific resource, or using the command line interface. You can use the status manager plug-in to: Use the Status Manager Summary page to iew the status of discoered systems and a summary of tasks that will help you manage the status, problems and eents for systems. Determine the health, compliance, and performance of managed systems in your enironment using the health summary, scoreboard, and dashboard. The health summary shows the oerall health of your managed systems. The scoreboard summarizes the hardware state, eent state and compliance state for all managed systems. The dashboard shows performance information for specific managed systems. View the eent log. Identify problems and find the root cause by iewing detailed information about the problems and inspecting the eent log. Monitor dynamic properties of resources by defining monitors and thresholds. Monitor applications on a specific system by defining process monitors. Automatically send notifications when deices and serices on a specific system reach or exceed a particular setting by defining thresholds. Configuration manager Configuration manager is used to integrate new hardware into your enironment, configure systems after installation, or do one-off configurations for problem resolution. Configuration manager leerages a set of well defined templates that can be applied to serers, storage, and network resources een if the resources are comprised of ery different technologies. You can use the configuration manager plug-in to: Use the Configuration Manager Summary page to iew system configuration status and a summary of tasks that will help you configure your systems. Initially configure one or more systems (hardware and operating systems) to a point where they can be deployed, allocated, and powered on. Automatically configure newly discoered systems using the automatic-deploy capability of a configuration plan. Reconfigure systems to prepare for redeployment, reallocation, or re-proisioning (for example, as a result of an eent or as part of a workflow that the configuration needs to be support). Manage configuration templates and plans. A configuration template is a collection of settings and alues that define the configuration of a system. A configuration plan is a set of templates that can be applied to one or more systems in a specific order. Automation manager Automation manager proides tools to notify an administrator or run a predefined tasks automatically when a certain eent occurs. You can use the automation manager plug-in to: Use the Automation Manager Summary page to iew the status of jobs and automation plans and a summary of tasks that will help you automate tasks. 10 IBM Systems Director for Windows Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide

27 Create custom eent-automation plans used to automate tasks and other responses to situations that occur in your enironment. Create and manage eent filters that allow the eent automation plans to target specific eents. Create and manage eent actions that identify tasks or commands to run or notifications to send. The types of actions include starting a noninteractie task or program on the management serer or the system on which the eent was generated or sending an notifications oer the Internet or to a mobile phone. Update manager Update manager proides tools for maintaining current ersions of operating systems, deice driers, firmware and BIOS, and IBM Systems Director agent and serer code on managed systems without an upgrade or migration of the installed product. You can use the update manager plug-in to: Use the Update Manager Summary page to iew update status and a summary of tasks that will help you manage updates on your systems. View update history and status of targeted systems. Identify updates aailable for your systems. Create customized update groups for your company's certified list of updates. Detect and iew out-of-date systems. Get a notification when systems are in need of updates and which updates are needed. Download, distribute, and install aailable and requisite updates in a single request without repackaging or performing each step in the process separately. Download and reiew update information, such as prerequisites, readmes, Release Notes, content letters, and associated collateral. Remote access manager Remote access manager proides tools that support running and monitoring applications and serices running on remote systems. You can use the remote access manager plug-in to: View and interact with applications on a system remotely by displaying the screen image of the system using remote control tools, including Virtual Network Computing (VNC), Remote Desktop (RDP), and web-based remote control for IBM BladeCenter and RSA. Run command-line programs through a remote session. The remote session creates less network traffic and uses fewer system resources than the remote control applications and, therefore, is useful in low-bandwidth situations. Run hardware management commands from the hardware command line, which connects to the serice processor of the target system. Manage files on a remote system. Open console windows to one or more POWER managed systems. Execute a command on one or more managed systems in parallel. Chapter 1. IBM Systems Director technical oeriew 11