Course number HE644S

Delivery method
Remotely assisted instructional learning (RAIL)
Instructor-led training (ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (OST)

Special notes

• This HE644S course is targeted towards customers managing HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) included with their HP Insight Control Environment (ICE) on HP ProLiant/HP BladeSystem servers running Windows or Linux Operating Systems
• If you are managing HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) on HP-UX or HP Integrity Servers, please attend HB508S course listed in the HP-UX curriculum

Course overview
Students will spend the majority of the time learning to use HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) for managing ProLiant/HP BladeSystem systems running Windows or Linux and performing collections, along with inventory and fault management. The course will also cover the integration of various options within Insight Control Environment for performance, patch management and virtualization. Lab exercises for the course will be done with remote equipment using the HP Virtual Lab (hp.com/go/hpvl).

Prerequisites

• Completion of Insight Control Environment Foundation (HE643S)
• Familiarity with general networking terminology and basic network security concepts.
• An understanding of one of the following operating systems
  - Microsoft Windows 2000, 2000 advanced, 2003 Standard, 2003 Enterprise Edition or Windows XP
  - RedHat Enterprise Linux AS or RedHat Enterprise Linux ES
  - SuSE Linux Enterprise Server

Important Note: This HE644S course is targeted towards customers managing HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) as part of HP Insight Control Environment (ICE) on HP ProLiant/HP BladeSystem servers running Windows or Linux Operating Systems.

Audience
Administrators, engineers and consultants who will:

• Plan and manage the deployment of the HP Insight Control Environment
• Monitor and Manage network systems with HP Systems Insight Manager on ProLiant/HP BladeSystem servers running Windows or Linux Operating system

Course objectives
At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

• Understand the HP Systems Insight Manager architecture and agents
• Configure HP Systems Insight Manager and monitor managed nodes
• Set up HP Systems Insight Manager security and custom tools
• Describe management of the HP Systems Insight Manager server
• Describe the integration of other management applications
• List the steps involved in creating reports
• Conduct HP Systems Insight Manager troubleshooting
• Describe and configure the ProLiant Essentials Insight Power Management, Performance Management and Vulnerability and Patch Management packs

Benefits to you

• Gain the knowledge to successfully plan and deploy an enterprise-level Insight Control Environment configuration
• Use the hands-on activities to become familiar with tools and interfaces along with procedures for efficient ongoing management of the implementation

Course outline

Software Versions - HP Insight Control Environment - 2.30

• HP Systems Insight Manager – 5.2.1
• HP Version Control Repository Manager v2.1.10
• WMI Mapper 2.4.1
• HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager v3.2.1
• HP Insight Power Manager 1.40
• HP Remote Support Pack
• Extensions for HP SIM on Microsoft Windows
• HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack v4.7 (PMP)
• HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack v2.2.2 (VPM)
• HP Insight Control Environment Advisor v2.30
• Insight Management MIBs v8.01

Tour the Product

• Describe HP Insight Control Environment (ICE) and HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
• Identify how to find the new features included with HP ICE and SIM
• Describe the features of HP SIM and how each feature can be used to manage remote systems
• List the components and applications that are required to manage a system
• Identify availability of HP ICE and SIM software
• Describe the internal and external resources for HP ICE and SIM
• Describe warranty support for Windows, Linux, and HP-UX
• List the care packs available

HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager

• Describe the features and benefits of HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager
• Describe changes and what is new in HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager
• Explain how to use BladeSystem Integrated Manager

Insight Power Manager

• Describe the features and benefits of IPM
• Discuss the IPM process
• Describe changes and what is new in IPM
• List IPM requirements
• Explain how to use IPM
• Troubleshoot IPM

Tasks, tools, collections, events and custom tools

• Explain how tasks can be used to manage a remote system
• Understand how collections can be used to filter and organize systems
• Describe how tools are created and launched
• Identify how events are generated and managed
• Create new tools and work with tool filtering

Reports

• Describe the process for accessing reports
• Describe processes for managing reports

Auditing

• Describe the audit logging feature
• Access the audit log
• Manage the audit log
• List support resources

Monitoring Storage

• Identify the storage management components of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
• Configure the software repository
• Describe the tasks used to update a managed system
• List the steps in migrating version control to the System Management Homepage (SMH)

Vulnerability and Patch Management

• Describe the features and benefits of Vulnerability and Patch Management
• Describe the VPM process
• Describe changes and what’s new in VPM
• List VPM requirements
• Explain how to use VPM
• Troubleshoot VPM

Performance Management Pack

• Describe the features and benefits of PMP
• Describe the PMP process
• Describe changes and what’s new in PMP
• List PMP requirements
• Explain how to use PMP
• Troubleshoot PMP

Service and Repair

• Describe the basics of troubleshooting
• Identify solutions for many common HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) problems

ICE Architecture

• Describe the components of the HP ICE and SIM architecture
• Explain the requirements for installing
• Describe the databases used
• List the managed system requirements
• Describe usage scenarios
• Locate and use the HP SIM Sizing utility
• Explain how infrastructure services enable the Central Management Server (CMS) to manage systems
• Explain the security requirements for HP SIM
• List the applications that “plug-in” to HP ICE and SIM

Installation

• List the installation activities
• Locate the steps for installing ICE on a Central Management Server (CMS)
• Describe when the WMI mapper is needed and how to configure it
• Describe how to upgrade a previous installation of ICE and HP SIM
• List the steps to remove an ICE or HP SIM installation

Configuration

• Describe and configure the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) home page
• Describe how to create and assign user rights
• Describe how to setup up discovery
• Navigate the system pages for managed systems
• Describe how to customize status polling
• Describe how to configure event notification
• Describe the information that is available using System Pages
• Identify the collections that are available for organizing storage
• Understand the reporting functionality of storage components
• Identify the steps necessary for device discovery

Database maintenance and MIBs

• Identify the storage management components of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)
• Describe the information that is available using System Pages
• Identify the collections that are available for organizing storage
• Understand the reporting functionality of storage components
• Identify the steps necessary for device discovery

HP Analysis tools (ISEE, OSEM, RSP)

• Describe the purpose of the WBEM health polling plug-in
• Describe the function of each of the HP analysis tools
• WBEM Health Polling Plug-in
• Service Essentials Remote Support Pack and Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE)
• Open Service Event Manager (OSEM)
• Describe the integration of the HP analysis tools with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)

Version Control and Software Deployment

• Describe the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) version control architecture
• List the requirements for installing the software repository

• Upis u radnu knjižicu: ne
• Certifikat: ne
• Uvjerenje: ne
• In-house: ne
• Svjedodžba: ne
• Diploma: ne