Pre-Installation Setup for HP 3PAR > Installation Overview
  
Version 9.2.01
Installation Overview
Use the following list to ensure that you complete each step in the order indicated.
1. Update the Local Hosts file. This enables Portal access.
2. Manually enable the CIM Server on each HP 3PAR array.
3. In the Portal, add a Data Collector, if one has not already been created. See Adding/Editing Data Collectors (HP 3PAR).
4. In the Portal, add Data Collector Policies for storage arrays and host data collection.
5. On the Data Collector Server, install the Data Collector software. See Data Collector Installation.
6. If collecting from Windows hosts, install the WMI Proxy Service on one of the Windows hosts. See Installing the WMI Proxy Service (Windows Host Resources only).
7. Validate the Data Collector Installation. See Validating the Data Collector Installation.
 
 
Update the Local Hosts File
1. Add the Portal IP Address to the Local Hosts file on the Data Collector server or on any available client with web-browsing capabilities.
Note: Only edit the local hosts file if a DNS entry hasn’t already been set up in your enterprise to resolve both http://aptareportal.yourdomain.com and http://aptareagent.yourdomain.com to the Portal IP address.
a. Login to the Data Collector server.
b. On a Linux server:
vi /etc/hosts
Add entries for aptareportal.yourdomain.com and aptareagent.yourdomain.com, both resolving to the Portal server IP address.
On a Windows server:
edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
Add entries for aptareportal.yourdomain.com and aptareagent.yourdomain.com, both resolving to the Portal server IP address.
2. On the Data Collector server, add entries to the local hosts file, both resolving to the Portal server IP address.
Example:
• 172.16.2.2 aptareportal.<yourdomain>.com
• 172.16.2.3 aptareagent.<yourdomain>.com
 
Enabling and Disabling the CIM Server for HP 3PAR
By default, the CIM Server is disabled and must be manually enabled on each HP 3PAR array by an administrator before it can be used. For HP 3PAR, the CIM server runs on the HP 3PAR array. The CIM Server is not necessarily a Linux server. The user must have the Service role or Super role.
Enabling the CIM Server
To enable the CIM Server via the console on the HP 3PAR array, issue the startcim command:
# startcim
CIM server will start in about 90 seconds.
Disabling the CIM Server
To disable the CIM Server via the console on the HP 3PAR array, issue the stopcim command:
# stopcim –f
CIM server stopped successfully.
Without the -f option, you are prompted to confirm your intent to disable the CIM Server.
Displaying the CIM Server Status
To display the CIM Server status information via the console on the HP 3PAR array, issue the showcim command.
# showcim
-Service- -State- --SLP-- SLPPort -HTTP-- HTTPPort -HTTPS- HTTPSPort PGVer CIMVer
Enabled Active Enabled 427 Enabled 5988 Enabled 5989 2.9.1 3.1.1
The showcim command shows the overall status of the CIM Server; the status and ports used for the HTTP, HTTPS, and SLP; the version of the internal Pegasus CIM Object Manager; and the version of the CIM Server. Note that 3.1.1 is the supported version.