insight_manager(5) File Formats Manual insight_manager(5)
NAME
insight_manager - Web-based device status and configuration
DESCRIPTION
Compaq Insight Manager is a World-Wide Web-based utility that enables you to look across a heterogeneous computing services environment and
access information about any entity connected to the network. Entities are referred to as devices and can be computer systems, networked
printers, or network components such as routers. You can obtain information about the configuration of systems and their components or
peripherals and in some cases, perform certain administrative tasks such as asset management, asset security, work load management, and
event management.
Web-based management (WEBM) protocols are able to communicate among the following operating environments in addition to Tru64 UNIX: Compaq
OpenVMS IBM OS/2 Microsoft Windows 2000(TM) Microsoft Windows NT(TM) Microsoft Windows 98(TM) Microsoft Windows 95(TM) Novell NetWare SCO
OpenServer Release 5 SCO UnixWare 7
Compaq Insight Manager features are fully implemented in some operating environments, but are not yet implemented in others. This means
that you can use many features on Windows NT(TM) systems, but you cannot use certain features on Tru64 UNIX. Compaq Insight Manager pro-
vides a consistent wrapper for SysMan, enabling you to manage supported systems from a web browser. On a Tru64 UNIX system, you can use
Compaq Management Agents to view details of devices, but you must invoke the SysMan Menu or SysMan Station to perform administrative tasks.
Compaq Insight Manager XE is a software console that provides full administrative services for Windows NT. It is a server that can communi-
cate with other devices in the local area network or domain that run the Compaq Management Agents.
WBEM must be able to recognize its operating environment. The operating environment must be capable of communicating device information to
the WBEM network, and also of receiving and executing instructions sent from other (authorized) devices in the WBEM network. The operating
environments must be able to run Compaq Management Agents (daemons) which communicate with each other using a standard protocol. Devices,
and their operating environments, are able to provide information about hardware and software status using a data model, such as a Manage-
ment Information Base (MIB) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). These can be thought of as a data base of objects, with
attributes and values, representing the manageable components of a device.
A feature of Compaq Insight Manager is auto discovery. Any Management Agent can discover any other Management agent in the local network
domain. The system with the lowest numerical value for its IP address is the "master" for the subnet. You can configure a system so that it
does not participate as a master or participate in auto-discovery.
Configuration
The Management agents (daemons) are configured by default when you install the operating system and are automatically started when the
system boots. The Web agent is initialized during transition to run level 3, and the initialization script is located in
/sbin/rc3.d/S50insightd. This script runs /usr/sbin/insightd and prints a boot-time message at the console when the agent is successfully
started.
The SNMP subagents /usr/sbin/os_mibs and /usr/sbin/cpq_mibs are also invoked during transition to run level 3 and are invoked by the
/sbin/rc.3d/S49snmpd script. To test that the system is properly configured, enter the following commands
# ps agx | grep insight
487 ?? S 0:35.63 /usr/sbin/insightd
# ps agx | grep cpq
466 ?? S 0:00.36 /usr/sbin/cpq_mibs
# ps agx | grep os_mibs
466 ?? S 0:00.36 /usr/sbin/os_mibs
If you do not wish to have the Management Web Agent enabled by default, you can configure its default setting through the SysMan Menu
either with the following command line utility:
# /usr/sbin/sysman imconfig
Alternatively you can use the imconfig as follows: Invoke the SysMan Menu Expand the Monitoring and Tuning branch to display the Set Up
Insight Manager task Set up the Insight Manager task: Check this box to enable access to the Insight Manager agents. This option enables or
denies access by all users, including root, then select OK.
You should configure the password settings for the Compaq Insight Manager administration account when you first use it. The procedure is
described in the section titled "Account Login home page".
See the Best Practice document titled " Configuring SNMP for Threshhold Set and Trap Operations for Compaq Insight Manager" for information
on configuring SNMP so that the administrator can set thresholds.
Browser Requirements
The minimum browser requirements include support for tables, frames, Java, JavaScript, and the Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.1. Additional
browsers, or the browsers mentioned, used with different operating systems, may or may not work correctly, depending upon their specific
implementations of the required browser technologies.
The requirements are TCP/IP and one of the following browsers:
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For viewing systems running Browser Requirements
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Tru64 UNIX Version 4.0F or higer Netscape Communicator 4.5 or higher
Tru64 UNIX 3.2C through 4.0E inclusive Netscape Communicator 4.06 or higher
Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT Microsoft Internet Explorer version
3.51/4.0 4.72.2106.8 or higher OR Netscape
Communicator 4.04 or higher
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You must turn on the following options so that the Server Agents work properly: Enable Java Enable JavaScript Accept all cookies or Accept
cookies originating from the same server as the page being viewed
Configuring the Java Plug-in for Netscape
You must install the Java plug-in to invoke the SysMan Menu or SysMan Station as Java applets using Netscape. If you attempt to run an
applet option such as SysMan Menu before installing the Java plug-in, the browser opens a new web page in a separate window but is not be
able to complete the operation. Close the new window.
The Java plug-in shipped with the operating system is designed to work only with Netscape on this release of Tru64 UNIX. If you are using
Netscape on another platform, other Java plug-ins might be available for the user environment of your choice. Refer to the home page for
your browser. Only the Netscape browser is identified as the supported browser and has been tested for this release.
This procedure to install the Java plug-in is described in detail in the web page at /usr/share/sysman/web/plugin.html which is displayed
automatically when you first attempt to use the Java applets. Print the page as you will need to restart your browser during the installa-
tion and configuration of the plug-in.
The following describes the installation procedure: Unpack the compressed kit into a temporary directory
# cd /usr/tmp # tar -xvf /usr/share/sysman/kits/plugin.tar
These commands create an installation shell script in /usr/tmp. Run the installation shell script:
# sh plugin-113-alphaunix-118-5.sh
This command creates files in your home directory ~/.netscape/java. Run the Java ControlPanel program to verify the properties for
the plug-in.
# ~/.netscape/java/ControlPanel
Basic Tab
Be sure that the Enable Java Plug-in box is checked. Advanced Tab
Edit the path to include the directory ~/.netscape/java. Proxies Tab
The Use browser settings must be unchecked; the proxy settings must be blank. Restart your browser and run the SysMan options in
Java mode. To invoke any SysMan applet on a host, the insightd daemon must be running on the target host as described in the sec-
tion titled Configuration.
Using Compaq Insight Manager
When Compaq Insight Manager is configured, you can also connect to the Compaq Management Agents of any system in the local network domain
that is also running Compaq Management Agents.
Connect your web browser to port 2301 on any such system in the local area network as follows:
http://bara.cu.da.com:2301
You can also specify the TCP/IP address in place of a fully qualified host name, as in the following example.
http://20.111.333.10:2301
Connecting your web browser to port 2301 launches the Device Home Page of the specified system. Once you have connected to a system, you
can view the local system, status, or select other hosts on the local network. You can connect to another host simply by selecting its
address from the list of local devices. You can access several other web pages from this site; they include: Compaq Access home page
Account Login home page Configuration Options home page Compaq WEBM Active Devices home page Compaq Management Agents home page
Each of these web pages are described in the following sections.
Selecting certain Insight Manager options requires the presence of a Java plug-in for the Netscape browser. If the Java plug-in is not con-
figured into your browser, a dialog box is displayed prompts you to download and configure the plug-in. The procedure is described in the
section titled "Configuration." Browsers other than Netscape do not require the Java plug-in when browsers other than Netscape.
Device Home Page
On successful connection, the Compaq Insight Manager Web-based Management device home page appears. This page provides links to other pages
both in text format, and as icons. Note that the Tru64 UNIX device home page, and the links from it will differ in content from the home
page on other systems, such as a PC running Windows NT.
The Device Home Page is the starting point for all other links; the following links are available from it: Compaq Access home page Account
Login home page Refresh Configuration Options home page Compaq WEBM Active Devices home page Compaq Management Agents Home Page Compaq
Tru64 UNIX Configuration Report
On Tru64 UNIX systems, the configuration report is created by the sys_check utility, which provides a system census report for the
local host. If a report has not been created, you can opt to launch the utility and create a first report. Note that the report can
take up to an hour to generate, and may affect system performance.
If an existing report is found, the Configuration Report page is displayed and you can browse its content. The report is useful for
detecting system configuration and tuning problems, log file and event file settings, and general configuration information. This
report is also of use when troubleshooting system problems and can be used with the Compaq Management Agents Home Page to resolve
such system problems.
Refer to System Administration for information on the sys_check utility, including information on how to set up a cron task to cre-
ate regularly updated system census reports. The sys_check(8)(8) reference page describes how to invoke sys_check from the com-
mand line and documents all its command options. Compaq Tru64 UNIX SysMan
This provides links to the and the for managing Tru64 UNIX systems using SysMan Menu and the SysMan Station.
You can opt to launch the SysMan Menu or the SysMan Station. When using Netscape, you need the Java plug-in as described in the
Browser Requirements section.
You are prompted for the name and password of an authorized account. Because the SysMan suite is run as a Java applet, you cannot
close or otherwise use the associated browser window. If you attempt to do this, the Java applet will also be closed.
You can also run any SysMan task from any networked PC using a browser without the need to install the SysMan Menu and the SysMan
Station client PC software.
Online help is available for any Compaq Insight Manager web page; select the question mark (?) icon to invoke it. This icon is a question
mark in a triangle, located at the top of the page.
Compaq Management Agents Home Page
The Compaq Insight Management Agents page provides detailed information on the status of a device, its operating system, and any device
subcomponents that can be seen by the Compaq Insight Manager agent. If the device is a computer, a subcomponent can be a mass storage
peripheral, such as a hard disk. This web page is divided into three frames: The Compaq Insight Manager frame contains the icons and labels
that describe the status of a device and its components (if any). It also contains several options that can be selected to display more
information in the Summary (main) frame. This frame provides the following options: Invokes the web-based help page Returns to the Summary
(main) frame Returns to the Device Home page Enables you to configure the presentation of device data, and set values such as the refresh
interval. Refer to the online help for more information on the configuration options. They are: Unknown (blue) OK (green) Degraded (yel-
low) Failed (red). The Navigation frame lists all the subcomponents for which data can be obtained and any associated data items. It pro-
vides status data on hardware, such as network interface (NIC) cards, and also data on general system status, such as CPU utilization. The
content of this frame is dependent on what device data can be provided by the device to Compaq Insight Manager. Typical contents for a
device that is a computer system are as follows: Provides information on the system type, the main CPU board and the operating system soft-
ware. You can select any of these links to display further data in the Summary frame Provides links to information on the disk devices, and
current allocations of disk space in use by file systems. Also included is information on device controllers, such as SCSI controllers.
If you select a SCSI controller, you can display the busses and any disk devices connected to a bus. In turn, you can select an individual
disk, tape, and CD-ROM, and display properties of that device. Provides links to information on the network interfaces, and any other com-
munications interfaces that are configured, such as a serial line interface. You can obtain information about the device, such as its
device type, physical address, and settings, and network statistics. Provides links to information on the CPU utilization with aggregate
load for the past one, five, thirty, and sixty minutes. Provides links to information on environmental conditions such as the status of
the environmental monitoring subsystem (if configured on the host), including power supply, system temperature, and fan status. You can
also display the log of start-up messages that was saved when the system was last booted. The Data frame is the Main frame. Any links
selected in the preceding frames will be displayed here. When you first access the Insight Management Agents page, this frame contains
information which enables you to identify the device type and model, its physical and network locations, and its general status. Use the
Summary link in the Insight Management Agents frame to display this default information.
Use the question mark (?) icon in the frame heading to access the Compaq Management Agents web-based documentation to provide you
with more information on all the Compaq Insight Manager pages.
Compaq Access home page
This web page provides links to related World Wide Web pages including the Compaq home page.
You can access this page by selecting the Compaq Web-Based Management banner at the top of most web pages.
Account Login home page
This window requests a user name and a password for the User or Administrator accounts.
Use the following procedure to change the administrator password: Access the Account Login home page by selecting Login Account: Anonymous
from the Device home page. Select the text link "changed" in the sentence, "The Password for a login account may be changed at any time by
an Account Administrator." Another Account Login web page is displayed; this one has Name and Password fields for the Account Administra-
tor and for Change Account. Enter administrator in the Account Administrator name field. Enter the administrator password in the Account
Administrator password field. Enter an administrator account name in the box titled "Change Account Name." Enter a new administrator
password in the box titled "Change Account New Password." Confirm the new password by entering it in the box titled "Change Account Con-
firm Password." Select OK. You can opt to use root as the administrator account name and you can also specify the same password.
The dialog box is reset, but no other confirmation is displayed. Select the text link titled: Login Account: anonymous again. The
Account Login page is displayed with the Login Account now changed to the administrator account name. Select the Device Home Page
link. Note that a "Logout" link is now provided on that page. Select the "Logout" link to log out of the administrator account.
Refer to the following description of the Configuration Options home page for important information on Anonymous Access.
Configuration Options home page
This web page contains options that can be set by the administrator to control access to Insight Manager. The options are: Enabling this
option allows nonprivileged users to view devices and device data. This option is turned on in the default configuration. Use this
option with care. Even restricted view-only access to your computing environment might not be acceptable because it reveals the names and
network addresses of systems. Enabling this option allows any user with access to the local console to perform administrative
tasks. This option should be selected with care due to the security implications. This option is turned off in the default configuration.
When enabled, this option deletes automatically user directories that have not been accessed for a specified number of days. Enter
a time in days after which local user directories will be deleted. This option is turned on and set to 30 days in the default configura-
tion. When enabled, the local server participates in auto-discovery of any local hosts running the Compaq Insight Manager agent.
Enter a time in minutes to control the frequency of auto-discovery updates. Use this option to prevent auto-discovery of inappropriate sys-
tems. This option is turned on and set to one minute in the default configuration. When enabled, the local server participates in auto-
discovery as a potential master node. Use this option to prevent inappropriate systems from becoming the master device in a WBEM
network. This option is turned on in the default configuration.
You can access this web page by selecting the text link Options on most web pages.
Compaq WEBM Active Devices home page
This web page lists all devices found in the local WBEM network, including the Compaq Insight Manager XE Servers known to the system as
well as devices that the system has detected on the network
You can access any of the listed systems by selecting the corresponding link. The system's device home page is displayed in the browser.
You can access this web page by selecting the text link Devices on most web pages.
Devices
Two devices have special status on the web-based network: The Windows NT server that is running the XE management console. This system
must be configured with the Compaq Insight Manager XE software, and will enable many of the remote administrative services. The XE server
has a port address of :280, and you connect to this server from your browser by specifying the URL as follows:
http://bara.cu.da.com:280
Note that a Compaq Insight Manager XE server is not necessary for peer-to-peer administration of Tru64 UNIX systems; you can view
system status and perform administrative tasks using the SysMan Menu and the SysMan Station in such an environment. The master
device, which polls all other available devices for their status and data, stores it in a master record and makes the master record
available to any other device. This device is always the one with the lowest local TCP/IP network address (in the format
110.222.333.110). An important consideration here is that you must assign this number to a system that is capable of handling the
WBEM traffic. If the device with the lowest TCP/IP address becomes unavailable for any reason, the device with the next lowest
TCP/IP address becomes the master. All other devices are slaves.
SEE ALSO
Commands: smsd(8), sys_check(8), sysman(8)
Others: netscape(5)
Installation Guide
System Administration
Best Practice: Updating the Compaq Management Agents for Tru64 UNIX from the Management CD
Best Practice: Configuring SNMP for Threshhold Set and Trap Operations for Compaq Insight Manager
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