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Contents......Page 5
Figures......Page 9
Tables......Page 11
Related information......Page 15
How to send your comments......Page 18
New in version 5.20.2......Page 19
New in version 5.20.1......Page 27
New in version 5.20......Page 30
Introducing IBM Director......Page 35
IBM Director components......Page 36
IBM Director Core Services......Page 37
IBM Director Console......Page 38
Associations......Page 39
Association type......Page 40
Association options......Page 42
Common Information Model......Page 43
Default CIM subscriptions for IBM Director Agent and IBM Director Core Services......Page 44
Discovery......Page 45
Server-initiated discovery......Page 46
Names of discovered managed objects in IBM Director......Page 49
Event management......Page 50
Processing an event in IBM Director......Page 51
Event filters......Page 52
Event actions......Page 57
Message Browser......Page 60
External application tasks......Page 61
External-application task resources......Page 62
Targeted and untargeted tasks......Page 63
Managed-object groups......Page 64
Groups that are used with scalable objects......Page 65
Managed objects......Page 66
Level 0: Agentless systems......Page 68
Level 2: IBM Director Agent systems......Page 70
Microsoft Cluster Management......Page 71
Network-timeout settings and command processing......Page 72
Scalable nodes......Page 74
Groups that are used with scalable objects......Page 75
Discovering scalable objects......Page 76
Server authentication......Page 77
Users and user groups in IBM Director......Page 81
Encryption......Page 82
Service processors......Page 83
In-band communication and alerts......Page 84
Out-of-band communication and alerts......Page 86
Out-of-band alert-forwarding strategies......Page 87
SNMP devices......Page 88
Streaming from the management server......Page 89
File-distribution server considerations......Page 90
SMI-S attributes......Page 91
External applications for storage managed objects......Page 93
Update Manager......Page 94
UpdateXpress System Pack......Page 95
IBM Director UIM for HP OpenView NNM......Page 96
IBM Director Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007......Page 97
IBM Director UIM for Tivoli Management Framework......Page 98
IBM Director UIM for Tivoli NetView......Page 99
User interfaces......Page 100
Hardware requirements for x86-compatible systems......Page 103
Hardware requirements for servers running Linux on POWER......Page 104
Hardware requirements for IBM System z servers......Page 105
Network protocols......Page 106
Ports used by IBM Director......Page 107
Supported operating systems......Page 109
Operating systems supported by IBM Director 5.20.2......Page 110
Operating systems supported by IBM Director 5.20.1......Page 114
Operating systems supported by IBM Director 5.20......Page 118
Support of IBM Director tasks across operating systems......Page 121
Operating systems supported by External Application Launch......Page 124
Operating systems supported by Hardware Status......Page 125
Operating systems supported by Power Management......Page 126
IBM Director task support for BladeCenter products......Page 130
IBM Director task support for Storage products......Page 131
Supported database applications......Page 132
National languages supported by IBM Director......Page 135
Identifying the hardware......Page 136
Identifying local and remote subnets......Page 137
Choosing IBM Director optional components and extensions......Page 139
Licensing requirements for IBM Director components and extensions......Page 143
Choosing between standard and express installation of IBM Director Server......Page 145
Choosing the IBM Director Server installation options......Page 147
Choosing where to install IBM Director Server......Page 149
Choosing the IBM Director database application......Page 150
Choosing the management level for managed systems......Page 152
IBM Director support for VMware operating-system environments......Page 154
Planning to update IBM Director......Page 155
Version compatibility of IBM Director version 5.20.2 components......Page 156
Version compatibility of IBM Director version 5.20.1 components......Page 158
Version compatibility of IBM Director version 5.20 components......Page 159
Planning for events......Page 160
Planning events to be monitored......Page 161
Managing and monitoring systems with event action plans......Page 162
Structuring event action plans......Page 163
Structuring event filters......Page 164
Planning IBM Director users and user groups......Page 165
Obtaining licenses for IBM Director components and extensions......Page 167
Preparing the IBM DB2 database......Page 169
Preparing Microsoft Data Engine and Microsoft SQL Server......Page 170
Preparing the Oracle Server database......Page 176
Preparing the PostgreSQL database......Page 177
Preparing to manage service processors with IBM Director......Page 179
Preparing to install IBM Director Server on AIX......Page 184
Preparing to install IBM Director on i5/OS......Page 186
Preparing to install IBM Director Server on Linux for System x......Page 188
Preparing to install IBM Director Server on Linux for System z......Page 193
Preparing to install IBM Director Server on Linux on POWER......Page 195
Preparing to install IBM Director Console on AIX......Page 196
Preparing to install IBM Director Console on Linux for System z......Page 197
Preparing to install IBM Director Console on Windows......Page 199
Preparing to install IBM Director Agent on AIX......Page 200
Preparing to install IBM Director Agent on Linux on POWER......Page 202
Preparing to install IBM Director Agent on Linux for System x......Page 203
Preparing to install IBM Director Agent on Linux for System z......Page 204
Preparing to install IBM Director Agent on Windows......Page 206
Preparing a Level-1 managed system......Page 207
Preparing to install IBM Director Core Services on Linux for System x......Page 208
Preparing to install IBM Director Core Services on Linux for System z......Page 209
Preparing to install IBM Director Core Services on Windows......Page 211
Preparing to manage a BladeCenter chassis using IBM Director Server on a non-blade server......Page 212
Preparing to manage a BladeCenter chassis using IBM Director Server on a blade server......Page 213
Preparing Windows XP managed systems......Page 215
Preparing Windows Vista managed systems......Page 216
Preparing to manage a Level-0 system running Windows Vista......Page 217
Preparing to manage a Level-1 system running Windows Vista......Page 218
Preparing Hardware Management Console devices for discovery with IBM Director......Page 219
Installing IBM Director Server using the Standard installation......Page 220
Installing IBM Director Server on AIX......Page 221
Installing IBM Director Server on i5/OS......Page 226
Installing IBM Director Server on Linux for System x......Page 228
Installing IBM Director Server on Linux for System z......Page 235
Installing IBM Director Server on Linux on POWER......Page 241
Installing IBM Director Server on Windows......Page 247
Installing IBM Director Console......Page 258
Installing IBM Director Console on AIX......Page 259
Installing IBM Director Console on Linux for System x......Page 260
Installing IBM Director Console on Linux for System z......Page 263
Installing IBM Director Console on Linux on POWER......Page 264
Installing IBM Director Console on Windows......Page 266
Installing Level 1: IBM Director Core Services on Linux for System x......Page 269
Installing Level 1: IBM Director Core Services on Linux for System z......Page 272
Installing Level 1: IBM Director Core Services on Linux on POWER......Page 273
Installing Level 1: IBM Director Core Services on Windows......Page 275
Installing IBM Director Core Services using the Software Distribution task......Page 279
Installing the LSI MegaRAID provider for Windows or Linux......Page 283
Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent on AIX......Page 285
Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent on i5/OS......Page 287
Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent on Linux for System x......Page 289
Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent on Linux for System z......Page 291
Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent on Linux on POWER......Page 293
Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent on Linux for Intel Itanium (64 bit)......Page 295
Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent on NetWare......Page 296
Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent on 32-bit Windows......Page 297
Installing Level 2: IBM Director Agent on 64-bit Windows (Intel Itanium only)......Page 303
Installing IBM Director Agent using the Software Distribution task......Page 306
Changing installation options on NetWare......Page 311
Changing IBM Director installation options on a Linux system......Page 313
Upgrading and updating IBM Director......Page 314
Backing up IBM Director data before upgrading or updating......Page 315
Upgrading to IBM Director 5.20 or later from previous releases......Page 316
Upgrading IBM Director Agent......Page 318
Migrating the CIMOM repository......Page 324
Restoring IBM Director data......Page 325
Configuring IBM Director after an Express installation......Page 326
Managing users and user groups for IBM Director......Page 328
Enabling Lightweight Directory Access Protocol authentication for IBM Director users......Page 329
Creating and authorizing user groups for IBM Director......Page 331
Changing authority for an IBM Director user group......Page 333
Authorizing IBM Director users on a management server running i5/OS......Page 336
Changing authority for an IBM Director user......Page 339
Deauthorizing IBM Director users......Page 342
Changing the default authority for users in the IBM Director administrators group......Page 343
Configuring discovery preferences for BladeCenter chassis......Page 345
Configuring discovery preferences for Level-0 managed systems......Page 347
Configuring discovery preferences for Level-1 managed systems......Page 348
Configuring discovery preferences for Level-2 managed systems......Page 350
Configuring discovery preferences for physical platforms......Page 352
Configuring discovery preferences for Enhanced Level-0 managed systems......Page 354
Configuring discovery preferences for SMI-S storage devices......Page 355
Configuring discovery preferences for SNMP devices......Page 358
Configuring discovery preferences for z/VM systems......Page 361
Discovering or adding System i and System p servers......Page 363
Configuring discovery preferences for hardware management consoles......Page 364
Configuring discovery preferences for Flexible Service Processors......Page 366
Configuring discovery preferences for IVM-managed logical partitions......Page 367
Performing server-initiated discovery of managed objects......Page 369
Preparing a high-availability environment for IBM Director and IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms......Page 370
Configuring IBM Director for a high-availability environment......Page 372
Setting up file-distribution servers......Page 374
Configuring IBM Director to use a file-distribution server......Page 375
Configuring software-distribution preferences for managed systems......Page 376
Enabling SNMP access and trap forwarding for Linux......Page 377
Enabling SNMP access and trap forwarding for AIX......Page 378
Uninstalling IBM Director on Linux or AIX......Page 381
Uninstalling IBM Director using the Windows Add/Remove Programs feature......Page 382
Uninstalling IBM Director Agent on NetWare......Page 383
Uninstalling IBM Director Core Services before migrating to an earlier version of IBM Director......Page 384
Enabling the Wake on LAN feature on Windows......Page 385
Configuring the database on a Linux or AIX management server using the cfgdb command......Page 386
Configuring the database on a Windows management server......Page 387
ServeRAID Manager does not work if IBM Director is installed on a different drive than the operating system......Page 389
Cannot move the keyboard focus to scroll bars......Page 390
Uninstalling IBM Director Core Services does not remove DSA......Page 391
Some tasks do not work after installing IBM Director Agent......Page 392
Inventory is missing after installing IBM Director Core Services......Page 393
Cannot install IBM Director Agent on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 5.1......Page 394
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.7-10smp/kernel/drivers/char/......Page 395
Installation package cannot be installed by Windows Installer service......Page 396
Perflib application errors observed in event log after installing IBM Director Server......Page 397
Installing an earlier version of IBM Director after installing IBM Director 5.20......Page 399
Upgrade and patch installations fail......Page 400
IBM Director uninstallation fails......Page 401
Available troubleshooting documentation for earlier versions of IBM Director......Page 402
Before you call......Page 403
Information to provide to the IBM Technical Support Center or IBM Director customer forum......Page 404
Software service and support......Page 406
Appendix A. Accessibility features for IBM Director......Page 409
Appendix B. Default installation directories for IBM Director......Page 421
Appendix C. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol authentication properties for IBM Director Server......Page 423
Appendix D. Installing Software Distribution Premium Edition on Linux......Page 427
Worksheet: Database planning......Page 429
Worksheet: Installing IBM Director Server......Page 430
Notices......Page 433
Trademarks......Page 434
Glossary......Page 437
Index......Page 447
Readers’ Comments — We'd Like to Hear from You......Page 455