Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide

6.1.1 Before installation and setup

This subsection describes what you need to confirm before installing and setting up Performance Management.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Supported OSs

(2) Determining the system configuration

(3) Network environment settings

(4) OS user permission required for installation

(5) Required programs

(6) Installation and setup for a cluster system

(7) Notes

(1) Supported OSs

The following table lists supported OSs for the Performance Management programs.

Table 6-1 Supported OSs (in UNIX)

OS name	PFM - Manager	PFM - Web Console	PFM - Base
HP-UX	N	N	Y
Solaris 9 (SPARC) and Solaris 10 (SPARC)	Y	N	Y
Solaris 10 (x64) and Solaris 10 (x86)	N	N	Y
AIX	Y	N	Y
Linux (x64) and Linux (x86)	Y	Y	Y
Linux (IPF)	N	N	Y

Legend:

Y: Supported

N: Not supported

The supported OSs are different between PFM - Agent and PFM - RM. For details, see the appropriate PFM - Agent or PFM - RM manual.

(2) Determining the system configuration

Determine the number of instances of PFM - Agent or PFM - RM that connect to PFM - Manager. For details on how to estimate the number of instances, see A.1 System configuration.

(3) Network environment settings

This subsection describes the network environment required to run Performance Management.

(a) IP address settings

Specify an environment in which the IP addresses can be resolved by host names for all hosts in the Performance Management systems.

Performance Management cannot be installed if the environment does not provide the ability to resolve IP addresses.

You can use the real host name or the alias name as the monitoring host name (the host name for the Performance Management system).

• When using the real host name as the monitoring host name
  Configure the environment so that the IP address can be resolved with the host name that has been obtained by executing either the hostname command (Windows system) or uname -n command (UNIX system).
  For a UNIX system, you can also use the host name obtained with the hostname command. For details, see 6.3.3 Changing the host name in a Performance Management system.
  
• When using the alias name as the monitoring host name
  Configure the environment so that the IP address can be resolved with the specified alias name.
  

For details on how to set a monitoring host name, see 6.3.3 Changing the host name in a Performance Management system.

Use one of the following methods to specify host names and IP addresses:

• hosts file
• Domain Name System (DNS)
• Host information configuration file for Performance Management
• jpchosts file (for PFM - Manager, PFM - Agent, PFM - RM, and PFM - Base)

Notes:

• Performance Management can be used in a DNS environment but does not support a host name in the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) format. Therefore, you must exclude the domain name when you specify the monitoring host name.
• Use the jpchosts file to set IP addresses if you run the system in multiple LAN environments. For details, see 6.3.1 Changing the network configuration.
• Performance Management cannot be used in a DHCP environment on hosts to which IP addresses are allocated dynamically. You must allocate fixed IP addresses to all hosts where Performance Management is installed.

(b) Port number settings

The port numbers listed in the following table are assigned to the Performance Management program services by default. For other services or programs, a port number that is not used by the system at that time is automatically assigned each time a service is started up. Use fixed port numbers if you use Performance Management in a firewall environment. For details on the procedure to fix port numbers, see 6.3.1(1)(b) Setting port numbers.

Table 6-2 Default port numbers and Performance Management program services (in UNIX)

Service	Service name	Parameter	Port number	Note
Service configuration information management function	Name Server	jp1pcnsvr	22285	The port number used by the PFM - Manager Name Server service. This port number is set for all hosts for Performance Management.
OpenView linkage facility	NNM Object Manager	jp1pcovsvr	22292	The port number used for communications between a map manager and object manager in the OpenView linkage facility of PFM - Manager and PFM - Base. This port number is set on a host where PFM - Manager or PFM - Base has been installed.
Service status management function	Status Server	jp1pcstatsvr	22350	The port number used by the Status Server service of PFM - Manager and PFM - Base. This port number is set on a host where PFM - Manager or PFM - Base has been installed.
Monitoring console communication function	View Server	jp1pcvsvr	22286	The port number used by the View Server service of PFM - Manager. This is set on PFM - Manager hosts.

Set the network settings so that Performance Management can communicate through these port numbers.

(4) OS user permission required for installation

Make sure that you are the root user when installing the Performance Management programs.

(5) Required programs

This subsection describes required programs to install Performance Management. The following figure describes the configuration of the required programs.

Figure 6-1 Program configuration

Notes:

• An SMTP server is required to send emails when alarm events are reported to the system administrator via emails. For details, see the chapter that describes the operation monitoring with alarms in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide.
• For details on the linkage facility, see the chapter that describes the linkage with the integrated management product JP1/IM for operation monitoring, and the chapter that describes the linkage with Network Node Manager (NNM) for operation monitoring in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide.

(a) Programs required for the monitoring manager

PFM - Manager is required for the monitoring manager. Also, JP1/Base is required for JP1 users to perform integrated authentication. For details, see the chapter that describes user account management in the appropriate JP1/Base manual, and the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide.

(b) Programs required for the monitoring console server

PFM - Web Console is required for the monitoring console server.

(c) Programs required for the monitoring agent

Install PFM - Base and either PFM - Agent or PFM - RM for the monitoring agent. Since the PFM - Base program is required for PFM - Agent or PFM - RM, install PFM - Base first and then install PFM - Agent or PFM - RM.

However, PFM - Base is not required if you install PFM - Manager and either PFM - Agent or PFM - RM on the same host. In such cases, since PFM - Manager is the required program for PFM - Agent or PFM - RM, install PFM - Manager first and then install PFM - Agent or PFM - RM.

The programs to be monitored differ per the PFM - Agent or PFM - RM. For details on the programs monitored by PFM - Agent or PFM - RM, see the appropriate PFM - Agent or PFM - RM manual.

(d) Programs required for the monitoring console

A browser is required for the monitoring console in order to check the operation monitoring data collected by Performance Management or to change Performance Management settings.

The following browser is required for Performance Management when you are using the monitoring console in a UNIX environment:

• Firefox2.0.x or Firefox 3

The supported browsers differ depending on the OS or version of PFM - Web Console. For details, see 6.1.6 Procedure for setting up the monitoring console browser.

(6) Installation and setup for a cluster system

For installation and setup in a cluster system, the required network environment and program configuration differ from the setup in usual configurations. Also, you need to perform procedures on the executing and standby nodes. For details, see the chapter that describes the cluster system configuration and operation in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide.

(7) Notes

This subsection gives cautionary notes on installing and setting up Performance Management.

(a) Notes on environment variables

Do not manually set JPC_HOSTNAME as an environment variable, because it is used for Performance Management as an environment variable. If this setting is made, Performance Management will not run correctly.

(b) Notes on installation and setup of multiple Performance Management programs on a single host

You can also install the following Performance Management programs on the same host:

• PFM - Manager
• PFM - Web Console
• PFM - Agent or PFM - RM

Supplemental information:

We recommend that you operate PFM - Manager, PFM - Web Console, PFM - Agent, and PFM - RM on separate hosts in order to improve the system performance and reliability.

• PFM - Base is not required if you install PFM - Manager and either PFM - Agent or PFM - RM on the same host. In such cases, because PFM - Manager is required for PFM - Agent or PFM - RM, install PFM - Manager first and then install PFM - Agent or PFM - RM.
• You cannot install PFM - Base and PFM - Manager on the same host. To install PFM - Manager on a host that has PFM - Base and PFM - Agent or PFM - RM installed, uninstall all Performance Management programs, and then install PFM - Manager and either PFM - Agent or PFM - RM, in that order. To install PFM - Base on a host on which PFM - Manager and either PFM - Agent or PFM - RM is installed, first, uninstall all Performance Management programs and then install PFM - Base and either PFM - Agent or PFM - RM, in that order.
• If you install PFM - Agent or PFM - RM on a host that has PFM - Manager installed, PFM - Manager for the connection destination of PFM - Agent or PFM - RM is set to PFM - Manager on the local host. In such cases, you cannot change PFM - Manager for the connection destination of PFM - Agent or PFM - RM to PFM - Manager on the remote host. If you want to connect to PFM - Manager on the remote host, make sure that PFM - Manager is not installed on a host on which PFM - Agent or PFM - RM is to be installed.
• If you use the function for setting monitoring-host names, you cannot install PFM - Agent 07-00 or earlier on the same host. If you want to install PFM - Agent 07-00 or earlier, you must reset the setting so that the function for setting monitoring-host names is not used (set 0 for the Get Host Mode label). If you do not reset the setting, the installation of PFM - Agent 07-00 or earlier might fail. For details on how to set a monitoring host name, see 6.3.3 Changing the host name in a Performance Management system.

(c) Notes on version upgrade

The following gives cautionary notes on upgrading older versions of Performance Management programs:

For details on upgrading from version 07-00 or later, see E. Migration Steps and Notes on Migration.

• When you install a new Performance Management program, stop all of the Performance Management programs and services at the local host. All services on the physical host and logical host must be stopped. For details on how to stop services, see the chapter that describes starting and stopping Performance Management in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide.
• You cannot install PFM - Base and PFM - Manager on the same host. To install PFM - Manager on a host that has PFM - Base and PFM - Agent or PFM - RM installed, uninstall all Performance Management programs and then install PFM - Manager and either PFM - Agent or PFM - RM, in that order. To install PFM - Base on a host on which PFM - Manager and either PFM - Agent or PFM - RM is installed, first, uninstall all Performance Management programs and then install PFM - Base and either PFM - Agent or PFM - RM, in that order.
• Note that the location of the Store service program files (jpcsto and stpqlpr) has been changed in versions 08-00 and later of the Performance Management programs. When you upgrade PFM - Manager and PFM - Agent to version 08-00 or later, the program files for the Store service will be deleted from their former location.
• For an upgrade installation, the destination disk temporarily requires twice as much free space as the Store database. Securing this free space enables the existing Store database to be automatically upgraded. Confirm that there is sufficient free disk space in the destination disk before conducting the upgrade installation.

(d) Notes on PFM - Web Console installation

• If you perform a new installation of PFM - Web Console in an environment that does not have a Performance management program installed, make sure that there are no files or folders in the installation directory.
• If the installation fails with the message Installation failed in the status bar, collect the /etc/.hitachi/.hitachi.log and /etc/.hitachi/.install.log files. Because the log files are overwritten with each installation of PFM - Web Console, make backups as necessary. Remove the cause of the problem, and then uninstall and reinstall PFM - Web Console.
• The install log is output to /etc/.hitachi/.install.log and /etc/.hitachi/.install.log.
• The initialization file (config.xml) stored in /opt/jp1pcwebcon/conf is not updated if you perform an overwrite installation of PFM - Web Console. However, the config.xml file stored in /etc/jp1pcwebcon/sample/conf is updated.

(e) Notes on linking with other systems

• When you install the program in an environment that is linked with Network Node Manager, stop the OpenView linkage facility and ovw, and then install the program. For details on the OpenView linkage facility, see the chapter that describes the linkage with Network Node Manager (NNM) for operation monitoring in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide. For the Network Node Manager environment variables and commands, see the HP NNM documentation.

(f) Other related notes

• If you install a new Performance Management program into an environment that does not have a Performance Management program installed, make sure that there are no files or folders in the installation directory.
• If the installation fails with the message Installation failed in the status bar, collect the /etc/.hitachi/.hitachi.log and /etc/.hitachi/.install.log files. Note that the log file is overwritten during installation; therefore, make backups as necessary.
• If a link is made to the installation directory of the Performance Management programs, some files and directories might remain in the linked directory even after uninstalling all the Performance Management programs. Manually delete the programs. Also, note that when installing the Performance Management programs to a linked directory, files and directories with the same name are overwritten.
• If there are setup files of PFM - Agent or PFM - RM in the /opt/jp1pc/setup directory, additional setup is performed for a new PFM - Agent or PFM - RM. When the additional setup of PFM - Agent or PFM - RM is successful, the execution results are logged as KAVE05908-I New agent setup (pfm-agent-service-key) ended successfully. (version=version) to the common message log. View the log to see if it was successful.
• When you install the Performance Management programs, make sure that the following security-related programs have not been installed. If they have been installed, follow the instructions below:
  
  • Security-monitoring program
    Stop security-monitoring programs, or change the settings so that the programs do not interfere with the installation of the Performance Management programs.
    
  • Virus detection program
    Before installing the Performance Management programs, we recommend that first you stop virus detection programs.
    If a virus detection program is running, the installation might be slower, the installation might be aborted, or the programs might not be installed correctly.
    
  • Process-monitoring program
    Stop process-monitoring programs, or change the settings so that the programs do not monitor the services and processes of Performance Management or shared components.
    If these services or processes are started or terminated by a process-monitoring program while installing the Performance Management programs, the installation might fail.
    
• When you install version 08-00 or later of a Performance Management program, the setting for the status management function is as follows:
  
  • After a new installation of version 08-00 or later of PFM - Manager or PFM - Base on a host that does not already have a Performance Management program installed
    Status management function setting: Enabled
    
  • Other cases^#
    Status management function setting: Remains the same
    
  # The following are under the other cases category:
  
  • Upgrading version 06-70 to 07-10 of PFM - Manager to version 08-00 or later
  • Performing a new installation of version 08-00 or later of PFM - Manager or PFM - Base in an environment where version 06-70 to 07-00 of PFM - Agent is installed
  Because 06-70 to 07-10 versions of Performance Management do not have the status management function, the setting status in this case becomes disabled.
  For the procedure to change the settings of the status management functions, see the chapter that describes detecting problems in Performance Management in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide.
  
• You can use the health check function with PFM - Manager version 08-11 or later. Depending on the PFM - Manager version and your installation environment, the settings of the health check function are as follows.
  
  • After a new installation of version 09-00 or later of PFM - Manager on an environment that does not already have a Performance Management program installed
    Health check function setting: Enabled
    
  • After a new installation of version 09-00 or later of PFM - Manager on an environment that already has a Performance Management program installed
    Health check function setting: Disabled
    
  • After a new installation of version 08-11 to 08-50 of PFM - Manager
    Health check function setting: Disabled
    
  • Upgrading version 06-70 to 08-00 of PFM - Manager to version 08-11 or later
    Health check function setting: Disabled
    
  • Upgrading version 08-11 or later of PFM - Manager
    Health check function setting: Setting prior to upgrading is used.
    
  Because 06-70 to 08-00 versions of PFM - Manager do not have the health check function, the setting status in this case becomes disabled. For details on configuring the health check function, see the chapter that describes detecting problems in Performance Management in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide.
  

[Contents][Back][Next]

All Rights Reserved. Copyright (C) 2009, Hitachi, Ltd.