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1. 32 117 root abc123 joetasdfg com Ultra 80 in hardware lab Modifying a host You can modify the email address for notifications or the description of a host To modify a managed host s Select Administration gt Hosts The Managed Hosts table appears in the selector window In the selector click to highlight the host s you want to modify You can also click Select All at the top to choose all hosts in the list Click Modify in the bottom right corner The Modify Host table appears Chapter 3 Administration Functions 33 4 You can modify the following settings a Email Address Optional Enter the email address of the contact person for this host a Description Optional Enter a description of this host For example Sun LX50 server in Room 2321 5 To cancel the task and return to the previous list click Cancel 6 To proceed with the task click Save The Managed Hosts table appears displaying the modified information Creating a group To create a group of managed host s from the Managed Hosts table 1 Select Administration gt Hosts The Managed Hosts table appears in the selector window 2 In the selector click to highlight the host s you want to include in the new group You can also click Select All at the top to choose all hosts in the list 3 Click Group in the bottom right corner The Create A New Group table appears see FIGURE 3 4 4 Configure the follow settings a Group Na
2. September 2003 Status Colors The status of each service or hardware component is indicated by a colored circle and icon grey with dotted line green with checkmark yellow with exclamation mark or red with X mark beside each item The colors have the following significance Grey with dotted line No information is available or the service or the monitoring feature is not enabled on the host Green with checkmark The service or component is functioning normally Yellow with exclamation mark There is moderate use on the host or a component is recovering 6 Red with X There is heavy use on the host or a failure E Thresholds The thresholds for the Active Monitoring alarms for are as follows a CPU Yellow Alarm Enter the threshold at which a yellow alarm is generated This value represents the average load of the CPU The default value is 3 s CPU Red Alarm Enter the threshold at which a red alarm is generated This value represents the average load of the CPU The default value is 6 s Disk Yellow Alarm Enter the threshold at which a yellow alarm is generated This value represents a percentage of hard disk drive usage The default value is 80 For example a value of 80 means that a yellow alarm is generated when the 80 of the capacity of the hard disk drive is used a Disk Red Alarm Enter the threshold at which a red alarm is generated This value represents a percentage of hard disk drive usage The d
3. To return to the list of groups click the up arrow icon in the top right corner The Groups table appears Adding a host to a group You can add a host or hosts to an existing group To add a host s Select Administration gt Groups The Groups table appears Locate in the list the group to which you want to add a host Click the plus icon in the Actions column The selector appears displaying the list of managed hosts on the Sun Control Station In the selector click to highlight the host s you want to add to the group You can also click Select All at the top to choose all hosts in the list You can select a host in another group to add to the current group The host will then appear as a member of both groups Click Add in the bottom right corner The Groups table appears with the updated information The groups are sorted by group name in ascending order Removing a host from a group You can remove a host or hosts from an existing group To remove a hosts Select Administration gt Groups The Groups table appears Locate in the list the group from which you want to delete a host Click the minus icon in the Actions column The selector appears displaying the list of managed hosts that belong to the group Chapter 3 Administration Functions 49 50 4 In the selector click to highlight the host s you want to remove from the group You can also click Select All at the top to choos
4. Enter an IP address or fully qualified domain name Days to keep tasks and events The default value is two 2 days Active Monitor notification email Enter an email address in the format xxxx yyyy zzz The default value is root localhost 3 Click Save Settings HTTP proxy server FTP proxy server Days to keep tasks and events 2 Active Monitor notification email root localhost Save Cancel FIGURE 22 Settings table Chapter 2 Station Settings 15 16 Backups The Backup Administration table allows you to back up and restore a Sun Control Station Backup You can perform both scheduled backups and manual backups on the Sun Control Station You can back up your control station using either Windows File Sharing SMB or Network File Sharing NFS You can also save the backup file to the local server but this is not recommended The backup file name uses the following format bk_YYYYMMDD_hhmm scs where YYYYMMDD_hhmm represents the Year Month Day Hour Minute For example the file name bk 20030426 1745 scs indicates that the backup was created at 17 45 on April 26 2003 Note For a Scheduled Backup ensure that the target location is available and has enough disk space to hold the backup archive Failure to do this may result in zero length or truncated archives Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Creating a backup To create a backup of the data on the Sun Co
5. This may take as long as several minutes and proceeds in the background Chapter 2 Station Settings 13 Update Now Active Monitor Base System Components Status Service Vendor Date Time Y CPU Sun Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 Y Disk Sun Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 o Y Memory Sun Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 Base Services Status Service Vendor Date Time z Domain Name Server Sun Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 A Email Server Sun Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 A FTP Server Sun Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 g MySQL Server Sun Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 q iy OpenSSH Server Sun Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 g Telnet Server Sun Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 Y ranes Server Sun Thu 28 Aug 2003 09 50 03 A j Web Server Sun Thu 28 Aug 2003 09 50 03 Other System Services Status Service Vendor Date Time P 7 gt RAID CNP Wed 27 Aug 2003 17 43 37 FIGURE 2 1 Active Monitoring Status tables 14 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 settings You can configure the settings for an HTTP or FTP proxy server and the number of days to retain tasks and events You can also enter an email address that will receive Active Monitoring alerts Each of these settings is optional To configure the settings 1 Select Station Settings gt Settings The Settings table appears see FIGURE 2 2 2 Configure the following settings HTTP proxy server Enter an IP address or fully qualified domain name FTP proxy server
6. 0 se D NY status Polling SERA 00 05 32 amp amp status Polling ee 00 05 26 Y status Polling rer 00 05 24 2003 09 05 ee 17 Cleanup 03 14 00 0 00 00 10 A status Polling os 00 05 18 Y status Polling pe 00 05 29 o E FIGURE 3 12 Sample of a Tasks table 52 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Events table You can view a list of the events generated for a given task in the system FIGURE 3 13 shows an example of the table Note If there are more than 10 entries in the Events table the table lists the first 10 entries There are buttons at the bottom of the table with which to choose different ranges of entries To view the Events tables Select Administration gt Tasks The Tasks table appears The columns are To view the events for a particular task click the magnifying glass icon in the Actions column The Events For lt Task gt table appears The columns are m Status the status of the task Green with checkmark Completed successfully Yellow with exclamation mark Completed with warnings Red with X Failed m Message a message describing the event m Start Date Time the date and time that the event took place You can sort the list of tasks according to the message or the start date time of the event Ascending order means from lowest value to the highest value a z or 1 9 Descending order means from highest value to the lowest value z a or 9
7. 1 By default the Tasks table is sorted by start date and time in ascending order In the heading of the column which has been sorted a triangle icon points down ascending order or up descending order Click the up arrow icon in the top right corner to return to the Tasks table The Tasks table appears Chapter 3 Administration Functions 53 Events for task Updating Health Monitor Settings on Managed Host s Current Items 1 10 Total Items 77 Date Time A Time a Successfully updated thresholds and event mode but one or more 2003 09 05 hosts failed 09 50 47 0 g run usr mgmt sbin hmd_thresh pl cobalt_disk conf 80 90 on 2003 09 05 E _10 6 75 147 successful n _ 09 50 47 0 Y run lusr mgmt sbin hmd_thresh pl cobalt_disk conf 80 90 on 2003 09 05 10 6 75 87 successful 09 50 45 0 gZ run usr mgmt sbin hmd_thresh pl cobalt_disk conf 80 90 on 2003 09 05 10 6 74 91 successful 09 50 43 0 g run lusrimgmt sbin hmd_thresh pl cobalt_disk conf 80 90 on 2003 09 05 10 6 73 37 successful S 09 50 41 0 __ g run usr mgmt sbin hmd_thresh pl cobalt_disk conf 80 90 on 2003 09 05 10 6 73 36 successful Pre 09 50 39 0 GY run usr mgmt sbin hmd_thresh pl cobalt_disk conf 80 90 on 2003 09 05 10 6 73 128 successful E A Bu 09 50 37 0 run usr mgmt sbin hmd_thresh pl cobalt_disk conf 80 90 on 2003 09 05 10 6 73 35 successful 09 50 35 0 Sl cannot establish connection to 10 6 73 126 oe gZ run usr
8. 1 Select Administration gt Modules The Control Modules table appears 2 Locate in the list the module for which you want to install the client side components If there are eligible hosts that do not have the module the plus icon is active in the Actions column Y To install the client side components on more than one host 3 Click the plus icon The eligible hosts appear in the selector window see FIGURE 3 9 4 In the selector click to highlight the host s on which you want to install the client side components You can also click Select All at the top to choose all hosts in the list 5 Click Install Now at the bottom The Task Progress dialog appears Note You can also schedule the installation of the client side components for a later time For more information see Schedule on page 5 Y To install the client side components on a single host 6 If you click the magnifying glass icon the Eligible Hosts For lt Control Module gt table appears 7 Click the plus icon next to the host on which you want to install the client side components for the module The Task Progress dialog appears 42 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Removing client side components from selected hosts You can remove the client side components from a single host or from a number of hosts Select Administration gt Modules The Control Modules table appears Locate in the list the mo
9. Chapter 1 introduces the Sun Control Station software and provides some general information a Chapter 2 explains the functions available under the Station Settings menu item on the left side of the user interface UI a Chapter 3 explains the functions available under the Administration menu item on the left side of the UI m Appendix A contains the third party licenses for technologies and software used in this product vii Related Documentation The documents listed below include the Software Installation guide for the Sun Control Station and the documentation related to the individual control modules Application Title Part Number Software Installation Software Installation 817 3604 10 Control Module AllStart Module 817 3605 10 Control Module Health Monitoring Module 817 3607 10 Control Module Inventory Module 817 3608 10 Control Module Lights Out Management Module 817 3609 10 Control Module Performance Module 817 3610 10 Control Module Software Management Module 817 3611 10 Accessing Sun Documentation You can view print or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation including localized versions at http www sun com documentation Contacting Sun Technical Support If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document go to http www sun com service contacting viii Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Sun Welcomes Your Comme
10. Management LOM Through the Sun Control Station you can fully control the distribution of software payloads offering customized and tailor made services to downstream and end user customers Service Providers can offer unique payloads data or software monitoring services By leveraging the Sun BlueLinQ technology all available software updates and patches can be accessed and distributed to your managed hosts as designated by the Administrator Custom built and third party software can also be distributed Furthermore software packages can be published so that BlueLinQ enabled clients including other Sun Control Stations can view and download these packages The Sun Control Station can manage the following Sun servers and Sun Cobalt server appliances At the time of printing this list was complete Note For managed hosts other than Sun Cobalt server appliances you may first need to install and enable the control station agent on the host Refer to the PDF Software Installation for instructions on installing and enabling the agent Sun LX50 servers all languages Sun Fire V60x servers and Sun Fire V65x servers Netra T1 servers Solaris Operating System 8 and Solaris OS 9 Netra X1 servers Solaris OS 8 and Solaris OS 9 Netra T1120 1125 servers Solaris OS 8 and Solaris OS 9 ltraTM 1 servers Solaris OS 8 and Solaris OS 9 ltra 2 servers Solaris OS 8 and Solaris OS 9 Itra 5 10 servers Solaris
11. labelled Administration These functions and services are explained in this chapter Hosts Modules Groups Tasks Schedule Tasks and events Operations performed on the Sun Control Station are called tasks and events A task is an executed operation that has a determined start and end point such as adding a host or uploading a control module A task is invoked by a user Invoking a task generates one or more events An event is a notification message providing information on one part of a task A task can comprise several events An event is generated by the control station or by an agent on a managed host You will find that as a matter of convenience you can perform a given task from different locations in the Sun Control Station UI For example you can create a group of hosts from the Managed Hosts table as well as from the Administration gt Groups menu item on the left The Schedule option appears on a number of different screens or you can launch it from the Administration gt Schedule menu item As well you can launch control module tasks from the Managed Hosts table rather than having to select that particular module from the menu on the left Chapter 3 Administration Functions 27 Run Task In Background When there is a Task Progress dialog on the screen for example when adding a host or updating the Inventory information you can put this dialog in the background Simply click Run Task In Background below the dialo
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13. the current task is underway you can put the Task Progress dialog in the background Simply click the button labelled Run Task In Background below the progress bar Chapter 1 Introduction 3 To return to the Task Progress dialog select Administration gt Tasks on the left The Task table appears If the task is still underway a status message is displayed in the Duration column Click on the progress bar icon in this column to re display the Task Progress dialog for this task Once the task is complete and the progress bar displays 100 two buttons appear below the Task Progress dialog Done and View Events a To view the list of events associated with the task just completed click View Events The Events For lt Task gt table appears If you then click the up arrow icon in the top right corner the Tasks table appears s To return to the previous screen click Done Task Progress Install dule CENA 100 Successfully installed Sun Microsystems Inc Inventory 2 0 17 on host s eo c FIGURE 1 1 Sample Shot of a Task Progress dialog 4 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Schedule The Schedule feature also referred to as the Scheduler allows you to schedule a task or tasks to be performed at a later time Many of the tasks on the Sun Control Station can be scheduled In this case a button labelled Schedule appears in the table or selector window of the final step The Scheduler works in
14. 0 13 Sun Microsystems Inc 7 7 0 z a Software Management 2 0 18 Sun Microsystems Inc 7 7 0 a Add Module FIGURE 3 7 Control Modules table 38 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 You can sort the list of control modules according to the name of the module the version number the vendor the number of hosts that are eligible for the module or the number of hosts on which the module successfully installed or failed to install in ascending or descending order Ascending order means from lowest value to the highest value a z or 1 9 Descending order means from highest value to the lowest value z a or 9 1 By default the Control Modules table is sorted by module name in ascending order In the heading of the column which has been sorted a triangle icon points down ascending order or up descending order Adding a control module When you add a control module to the control station a menu item for this new module appears in the list on the left side of the UI To add a control module Select Administration gt Modules The Control Modules table appears Click Add Module at the bottom of the table The Add Module table appears see FIGURE 3 8 Click one of the radio buttons and enter the location from which the control module package is obtained m Enter a URL beginning with http or ftp to download the control module from a location on the Internet m Click Choose Fil
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16. ENT TOUTE GARANTIE IMPLICITE RELATIVE A LA QUALIT MARCHANDE L APTITUDE UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU L ABSENCE DE CONTREFA ON Sb aoe Y y Adobe PostScript Contents Preface vii How This Book Is Organized vii Related Documentation viii Accessing Sun Documentation viii Contacting Sun Technical Support viii Sun Welcomes Your Comments ix Introduction 1 Services on the Sun Control Station 2 General information 3 Task Progress dialog 3 Schedule 5 Online documentation 6 Icons 7 Online Documentation 7 Logout 7 Resetting the Administrator Password 8 2 Station Settings 9 Station Settings menu 10 Active Monitoring 10 Status Alerts 10 Status Colors 11 Thresholds 11 Verifying Disk Usage and Removing Alarm Condition 12 Active Monitoring Information 13 Settings 15 Backups 16 Backup 16 Creating abackup 17 Modifying a scheduled backup 18 Deleting a scheduled backup 18 Restore 19 Disaster recovery 20 Information 21 Registering the Sun Control Station software 21 Password 22 Password guidelines 23 3 Administration Functions 25 Selector window 26 Administration menu 27 Tasks and events 27 Run Task In Background 28 Schedule 28 iv Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Hosts 28 Viewing the managed hosts 28 Adding hosts 29 Adding a single host 29 Importing a list of hosts 31 Creating a list of hosts 32 Modifying a host 33 Creating a group 34 Viewing a report for installed cont
17. Host The Task Progress dialog appears Chapter 3 Administration Functions 37 Modules To view the control modules installed on the Sun Control Station select Administration gt Modules The Control Modules table appears see FIGURE 3 7 for a sample table In this table you can add the client side components of the control module to a host or remove them from a host view the details on a particular control module or remove the control module from the Sun Control Station along with the client side components from all hosts Control Modules table The Installed Control Modules table has seven columns Name the name of the control module Version the version number of the control module Vendor the vendor of the control module Eligible the number of hosts that are eligible for this control module Installed the number of hosts on which this control module is installed Failed the number of hosts on which this control module failed to install Actions to add or remove the client side components of the control module to or from a host view the details for a module or to delete a module from the control station Control Modules Name Eligible installed Failed Actions AllStart 2 0 13 Sun Microsystems Inc 4 4 0 a Health Monitor 2 0 22 Sun Microsystems Inc 7 7 0 a Inventory 2 0 17 Sun Microsystems Inc 7 F 0 a Lights Out Management 2 0 16 Sun Microsystems Inc 4 4 0 a Performance 2
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19. OS 8 and Solaris OS 9 ltra 80 servers Solaris OS 8 and Solaris OS 9 any x86 based server running the following operating systems OSs a Red Hat 7 2 a Red Hat 7 3 Red Hat 8 0 Red Hat 9 0 a a a U U U U Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2 1 Sun Cobalt RaQ 550 server appliances English and Japanese Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR server appliances English and Japanese Sun Cobalt CacheRaQ 4 server appliances English Sun Cobalt Qube 3 appliances all versions English Japanese multilingual 2 Services on the Sun Control Station Here is a sample of what you can do with the Sun Control Station m Inventory Management You can obtain detailed information on the hardware components installed in a managed host a Software Management The Administrator can keep systems current using the version tracking feature for software patches and updates You can also deploy custom software or data Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 m Local Software Repository In conjunction with Software Management you can use the local software repository to publish software package files and allow the Administrator or end users of various hosts to install available package files as desired or needed You can configure your Sun Control Station to view published package files and share package files with other BlueLinQ enabled servers a OS Inst
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26. again Select Administration gt Modules The Control Modules table appears Locate in the list the module for which you want to view the failed installation report Click the exclamation mark icon in the Actions column The hosts on which the client side components failed to install appear in the selector window In the selector click to highlight the host s on which you want to try to install again the client side components You can also click Select All at the top to choose all hosts in the list Click Retry Now in the bottom right corner The Task Progress dialog appears Note You can also schedule the re installation of client side components for a later time For more information see Schedule on page 5 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Removing a control module Note If you remove one of the five pre installed control modules for example Health Monitoring you cannot re install it later from the Sun Control Station the modules are not stored on the control station See page 25 for the list of the pre installed control modules If you have the Sun Control Station 2 0 CD ROM you can find the control modules in the directory MAPPS To add the module to the control station see Adding a control module on page 39 To remove a control module Select Administration gt Modules The Control Modules table appears Locate in the l
27. allation The AllStart control module integrates both Kickstart a Red Hat feature and Solaris JumpStart technologies to provide a quick and unified method of installing and customizing Linux and Solaris based systems The control module provides a common user interface for creating software payloads defining client profiles and monitoring and validating system installations and updates Health and Performance Monitoring These control modules provide system alerts and the metrics of the basic operations of the hosts allowing you to pinpoint potential causes of failure m Lights Out Management LOM The LOM control module allows you to perform certain management functions remotely on hosts that are compliant with the Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI version 1 5 such as powering on or off a host and viewing current System Event Log SEL information from a a host These services can be used within an extranet or an intranet environment or across the Internet General information Task Progress dialog When you launch a task for example when creating a backup file for the Sun Control Station or adding a control module a Task Progress dialog appears in the user interface UI This dialog has a Status field indicating the current status of the task and a progress bar When the progress bar displays 100 the task has completed See FIGURE 1 1 for a sample If you want to perform another task in the UI while
28. ation Administrator Manual September 2003 Adding hosts You can add a host to the Sun Control Station in two ways m add a single host m import a file containing a list of hosts Note For managed hosts other than Sun Cobalt server appliances you may first need to install and enable the control station agent on the host Refer to the PDF Software Installation for instructions on installing and enabling the agent Adding a single host To add a single host Select Administration gt Hosts The Managed Hosts table appears in the selector window see FIGURE 3 1 for an example Click Add in the bottom right corner of the Managed Hosts table The Add Host table appears see FIGURE 3 2 Configure the following settings m Host Network Address Enter the host name or IP address or the fully qualified domain name of the host Note The host name of the host that you enter must be resolvable by a Domain Name System DNS server that your Sun Control Station accesses m User Name Enter the user name of the Administrator of the host Note Sun servers such as the Sun LX50 server do not have a user admin You can do one of two things a create a user admin on the server before importing it or b enter the user name root and the password for root a Password Enter the password of the Administrator of the host a Email Address Optional Enter the email address of the contact person for the ho
29. ator Manual September 2003 Information To view information about your Sun Control Station select Station Settings gt Information The System Information table appears and contains the following information a the product name m the product build number m the serial number of the product Below the System Information table are three buttons Register Now License Agreement and Sun Microsystems Inc Web Site m Click Register Now to register your Sun Control Station software m Click License Agreement to view the Binary Code License Agreement m Click Sun Microsystems Inc Web Site to go to http www sun com hardware serverappliances Registering the Sun Control Station software To register your Sun Control Station software Select Station Settings gt Information The System Information table appears Click Register Now below the table The Registration Information table appears see FIGURE 2 5 Fill in the following information First name Last name Organization Country Job function Telephone number Email address Click Send The System Information table re appears Chapter 2 Station Settings 21 Registration information First name Last name Organization Country Job function Telephone number Email address FIGURE 2 5 Registration Information table Password To change the password for the Administrator 1 Select Station Settings gt Passwo
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31. dule for which you want to remove the client side components If there are eligible host s that have the module the minus icon is active in the Actions column To remove the client side components from more than one host Click the minus icon The eligible hosts appear in the selector window see FIGURE 3 9 In the selector click to highlight the host s from which you want to remove the client side components You can also click Select All at the top to choose all hosts in the list Click Uninstall Now at the bottom The Task Progress dialog appears Note You can also schedule the removal of the client side components for a later time For more information see Schedule on page 5 To remove the client side components from a single host If you click the magnifying glass icon the Eligible Hosts For lt Control Module gt table appears Click the minus icon next to the host from which you want to remove the client side components for the module The Task Progress dialog appears Chapter 3 Administration Functions 43 44 Re trying a failed installation The client side components of a control module may not always install successfully on a host and this is indicated in the Control Modules table The number of hosts on which the install task failed appears in the Failed column You can view a list of these hosts and try to install the components again To try to install the client side components
32. dule has been installed the class of host and the installation status of the module for each host If the client side components of a module are installed on the host you can remove these components by clicking on the minus icon in the Actions column If the client side components are not installed you can install these components by clicking on the plus icon For more information see Installing client side components to selected hosts on page 42 and Removing client side components from selected hosts on page 43 Click the up arrow icon in the top right corner to return to the Control Modules table Eligible servers for lom module Host name Installation Status Installation Status Actions 10 6 75 149 x86 Red Hat EL ES 2 1 Installed 10 6 75 125 x86 Red Hat EL AS 2 1 Installed 10 6 75 126 x86 Red Hat EL ES 2 1 Installed 192 18 87 24 LX50 Installed 10 6 75 140 x86 Red Hat 7 3 Not installed 10 6 75 87 x86 Red Hat 7 3 Installed z 10 6 75 147 x86 Red Hat 7 3 Installed 10 6 76 200 x86 Red Hat 7 3 Installed FIGURE 39 Eligible Hosts For lt Control Module gt table Chapter 3 Administration Functions 41 Installing client side components to selected hosts If you have added a control module but not installed the client side components on the eligible hosts you can install the client side components to selected hosts You can install the client side components to a single host or a number of hosts
33. e The information for each partition is displayed Filesystem 1k blocks Used Available Use Mounted on If the value for Use is higher than the threshold value an alarm is generated 4 Clean up the files in your partitions 5 In the control station UI select Station Settings gt Active Monitoring The Active Monitoring status tables appear 6 Click Update Now above the tables to begin updating the system and service status information immediately The status should return to normal green circle with checkmark 12 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Active Monitoring Information To view the Active Monitoring information for the server on which the Sun Control Station software is running 1 Select Station Settings gt Active Monitoring The Active Monitoring status tables appear see FIGURE 2 1 m The Base System Components table displays information on the CPU Disk and Memory m The Base Services table displays information on the various services that are running on that particular server for example FTP server telnet server Email server or DNS server These items can vary depending on the type of server you are viewing m The Other System Services table displays information on third party or customized services that the administrator has added to a server 2 You can click Update Now above the tables to begin updating system and service status information immediately
34. e all hosts in the list Click Remove in the bottom right corner The Groups table appears with the updated information The groups are sorted by group name in ascending order Removing a group You can remove an existing group Note Removing a group does not remove the managed hosts in that group from the Sun Control Station To remove a host s see Removing a host on page 37 To remove a group Select Administration gt Groups The Groups table appears Locate in the list the group that you want to remove Click the delete icon in the Actions column The Confirm Group Removal table appears asking you to confirm the removal Click Remove Group The Groups table appears with the updated information Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Tasks For an explanation of tasks and events on the Sun Control Station see Tasks and events on page 27 Tasks table The Tasks table has five columns FIGURE 3 12 shows an example of the table Note If there are more than 10 entries in the Tasks table the table lists the first 10 entries There are buttons at the bottom of the table with which to choose different ranges of entries To view the Tasks table Select Administration gt Tasks The Tasks table appears The columns are m Status the status of the task Green with checkmark Completed successfully Yellow with exclamation mark Comp
35. e to locate the control module Enable the check box Install On All Eligible Hosts if you want to install in this same procedure the client side components on all eligible hosts If you do not want to you can select at a later time the hosts on which to install the module components Chapter 3 Administration Functions 39 5 Click Install Now The Task Progress dialog appears Note You can also schedule the installation of a new control module for a later time For more information see Schedule on page 5 Note If the newly added control module does not appear in the menu on the left refresh your browser window If there is documentation available for this module it is added to the list of online documentation For more information see Online Documentation on page 7 Add Module URL File Browse oO Location Install on all eligible host s FIGURE 3 8 Add Module table 40 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Viewing details for a control module To view the details for a control module Select Administration gt Modules The Control Modules table appears Locate in the list the module for which you want to view the details Click the magnifying glass icon in the Actions column The Eligible Hosts For lt Control Module gt table appears see FIGURE 3 9 The table shows the IP address or host name of the host s on which the mo
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38. efault value is 90 For example a value of 90 means that a red alarm is generated when the 90 of the capacity of the hard disk drive is used Memory Yellow Alarm Enter the threshold at which a yellow alarm is generated This value represents a percentage of memory usage The default value is 50 For example a value of 50 means that a yellow alarm is generated when the 50 of the memory is in use s Memory Red Alarm Enter the threshold at which a red alarm is generated This value represents a percentage of memory usage The default value is 75 For example a value of 75 means that a red alarm is generated when the 75 of the memory is in use Chapter 2 Station Settings 11 Verifying Disk Usage and Removing Alarm Condition You are likely to receive a yellow or red alarm for hard disk drive usage if you select to download automatically any available package files from a BlueLinQ server For more information see BlueLinQ Server Settings in the PDF Software Management Module You can log in to the control station and verify the disk usage The Active Monitoring cron job verifies only the root var and home directories To remove the alarm condition from the UL clean up the files in your partition s and then update the Active Monitoring information 1 ssh in to the Sun Control Station server 2 Become the root user su 3 Run the following command to check the root var and home partitions df var hom
39. em To reduce the number of steps in each procedure the menu commands are grouped together and shown in Initial Caps Right angle brackets separate the individual items For example select Station Settings gt Backups means to click the Station Settings tab in the left menu bar and then click the Backups sub menu item Station Settings menu The following bullet items represent the fully expanded menu on the left side of Station Settings screen These are the functions and services that the Administrator can manage from this screen They are explained in this chapter Active Monitoring see Active Monitoring on page 10 Settings see Settings on page 15 Backups see Backups on page 16 Information see Information on page 21 Password see Password on page 22 Active Monitoring Status Alerts Active Monitoring is a cron job that runs on the system every 10 minutes to update the status of the services and system components If one of the services or system components monitored by Active Monitoring changes to a yellow or red status a Status message Check Alerts appears in the left menu bar with an icon below it When you click the icon the Active Monitoring status tables appear If an email address for receiving Active Monitoring alerts has been entered under Settings an email is sent to that address see Settings on page 15 10 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual
40. esolvable by a Domain Name System DNS server that your Sun Control Station accesses If you have not specified a DNS server you must import the host by IP address b user name for the Administrator Note Sun servers such as the Sun LX50 server do not have a user admin You can do one of two things a create a user admin on the server before importing it or b enter the user name root and the password for root 32 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 c Administrator password d an email address for notifications optional e a description of the host optional 2 Use one line for each host in the file 3 Separate the data fields with the character Do not insert a space before or after the character You can use commas or tabs in the data string 4 You must terminate each field with a character even if you leave the field blank This does not apply to the final field 5 The control station does not verify that an email address is valid 6 Save the file in plain text format Example file An example file with seven hosts might look like this raq4 admin abc123 raq3 admin abc123 joe asdfg com 10 9 32 100 admin abc123 10 9 32 111 admin abc123 joetasdfg com 10 9 32 114 admin abc123 joetasdfg com Sun Cobalt Qube 3 at home 10 9 32 115 admin abc123 x86 RH7 3 server on top shelf 9 9 10 10 32 116 admin abc123 Sun Fire V60x in my office
41. est value z a or 9 1 By default the Scheduled Tasks table is sorted by module name in ascending order In the heading of the column which has been sorted a triangle icon points down ascending order or up descending order Chapter 3 Administration Functions 55 Cleanup Cleanup is a built in scheduled task that allows you to clean up the list of tasks and events retained by the Sun Control Station The Cleanup task runs once per day Note You cannot delete the Cleanup task from the table and you cannot disable it To configure the Cleanup task 1 Select Administration gt Schedule The Schedule table appears 2 In the Action column next to the Cleanup task click the pencil icon The Schedule Settings For Cleanup table appears 3 Configure the following settings s Run Time the time of day that the cleanup task runs The system deletes all tasks and events that are 14 days old The format is hh mm 24 hour format a Email Address Optional Enter an email address of the person who will be notified when the Cleanup task runs a Notify When Starting Enable the check box to notify the person when the Cleanup task is starting a Notify When Finished Enable the check box to notify the person when the Cleanup task has completed 4 Click Save The Schedule table appears with the updated settings Viewing the details of a scheduled task To view the details of a scheduled task 1 Select Administra
42. est value to the lowest value z a or 9 1 By default the List Groups table is sorted by group name in ascending order 46 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 In the heading of the column which has been sorted a triangle icon points down ascending order or up descending order Action column Once a group is created you can perform various operations on that group These operations are found in the Actions column of the List Groups table and are explained further along in this section Modify a group View details of a group Add a host s to a group Remove a host s from a group Remove a group Adding a group To create a group of managed hosts Select Administration gt Groups The Groups table appears Click Create Group at the bottom of the table The Create A New Group table appears see FIGURE 3 11 Fill in the following fields a Group Name Enter a name for the group a Description Optional Enter a short description for this group The description can contain up to 255 characters a Choose Hosts To Add Enable this check box if you want to add hosts to the group in this same procedure Click Save If you did not click the check box Choose Hosts To Add the Groups table appears with the new group the new group contains no hosts If you did click the check box Choose Hosts To Add the selector appears displaying the list of managed hosts In the selector click
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45. g You can then move to another task in the UI while this task continues to run To return to the Task Progress dialog select Administration gt Tasks The Task table appears If the task is still underway a status message is displayed in the Duration column Click on the progress bar icon in this column to re display the Task Progress dialog for this task Schedule The Schedule feature also referred to as the Scheduler allows you to schedule a task or tasks to be performed at a later time If a task can be scheduled by the Sun Control Station a button labelled Schedule appears in the table or selector window Some of the tasks that you can schedule include update information in the Appliance Inventory or Performance modules install a new control module add a new host s individually or from a file For more information on Schedule see Schedule on page 5 Hosts The Hosts menu item allows you as the Administrator to add remove or modify hosts to be managed by the Sun Control Station You can also create groups of managed hosts administer the control modules on the control station view scheduled tasks or schedule new tasks and view tasks and events that have occurred on the control station Viewing the managed hosts To view the hosts that are currently managed by the control station select Administration gt Hosts The Managed Hosts table appears in the selector window see FIGURE 3 1 28 Sun Control St
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47. isplays the performance information for the host including IP address and host name memory usage filesystem usage and more 4 Click the up arrow icon in the top right corner to return to the Managed Hosts table Control Module Installation Report for Hosts Hostname Class Eligible Installed Failed Action 10 675 170 Netra T1120 1125 S9 4 4 0 ath Eh 63 10 6 75 171 Netra T1120 1125 S8 4 4 0 gah Ely 6 10 6 75 165 Ultra 5 10 S9 4 4 0 at a a FIGURE 3 5 Sample of a Control Module Installation report 36 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Control Modules for which 10 6 75 165 is eligible Name Version Vendor Status Action health 2 0 22 Sun Microsystems Inc Installed inventory 2 0 17 Sun Microsystems Inc Installed performance 2 0 13 Sun Microsystems Inc Installed swmgmt 2 0 18 Sun Microsystems Inc Installed FIGURE 3 6 Eligible Control Modules For lt Host gt table Removing a host To remove a managed host s Select Administration gt Hosts The Managed Hosts table appears in the selector window In the selector click to highlight the host s you want to remove You can also click Select All at the top to choose all hosts in the list Click Remove at the bottom A confirmation table appears asking you to confirm the removal of the selected host s To cancel the task and return to the selector click Cancel To proceed with the task click Remove
48. ist the control module that you want to remove Click the delete icon in the Actions column The Confirm Removal Of Control Module table appears asking you to confirm the removal Click Remove Module The Control Modules table appears with the updated information This removal task removes all server side components from the Sun Control Station and if the managed host is accessible all client side components from the host s on which the module was installed Chapter 3 Administration Functions 45 Groups You can group together a number of hosts under a single group name Groups can help you manage your hosts according to for example geographical location or class of host Groups table The Groups table has four columns FIGURE 3 10 shows an example of the table m Name a Description Hosts m Actions Groups LA Acton BLDG 03 Servers in Building 3 3 Y Y QU BLDG 16 Servers in Building 16 3 a a f Regina Servers in Regina SK office 2 a d Shana Servers in Shana office 2 e Tom Servers in Tom office 6 Y Y O Urbana Servers in Urbana IL office 4 V O Create Group FIGURE 3 10 Groups table You can sort the list of groups according to the name of the group the description of the group or the number of hosts in a group in ascending or descending order Ascending order means from lowest value to the highest value a z or 1 9 Descending order means from high
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50. leted with warnings Red with X Failed m Name the string name of the functional component that created the task m Start Date Time the date and time that the task started a Duration indicates how long a task took to complete shown in the format hh mm ss or how far a task has progressed in percentage a Actions Clicking the magnifying glass icon allows you to see the individual events associated with a task A new table appears listing the events Click the up arrow icon in the top right corner to return to the Tasks table You can sort the list of tasks according to the name of the task the start date time of the task or the duration of the task in ascending or descending order Ascending order means from lowest value to the highest value a z or 1 9 Descending order means from highest value to the lowest value z a or 9 1 By default the Tasks table is sorted by start date and time in ascending order In the heading of the column which has been sorted a triangle icon points down ascending order or up descending order Chapter 3 Administration Functions 51 Tasks Current Items 1 10 Total Items 68 Start Date Time Date Time Actions status Polling peri 00 04 13 Updating Health Monitor Settings on 2003 09 05 dins managed Host s 09 48 12 0 SREO IZ install module on hosts RRE 00 00 09 A Updating Health Monitor Settings on 2003 09 05 E i w Managed Host s 09 36 17
51. me Enter the name of the group a Description Optional Enter the description for the group up to 255 character 5 To cancel the task and return to the Managed Hosts table click Cancel 6 To proceed with the task click Save The Groups table appears with the new group In the Groups table you can view details for modify or delete the group You can also add or remove hosts to or from the group For more information see Groups on page 46 34 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Create a new group Group Name Description optional Choose host s to add to the new group Save Cancel FIGURE 3 4 Create A New Group table Viewing a report for installed control modules You can view a report on the installed control modules for a host s selected in the Managed Hosts table In the resulting table you can launch control module tasks for a given host without having to select that control module from the menu on the left To view the installed modules report for a host s Select Administration gt Hosts The Managed Hosts table appears in the selector window In the selector click to highlight the host s for which you want to run a control module task You can also click Select All at the top to choose all hosts in the list Click Modules at the bottom The Control Module Installation Report For Hosts table appears a sample table appears in FIGURE 3 5 This table dis
52. mgmt sbin hmd_thresh pl cobalt_disk conf 80 90 on 2003 09 05 10 6 73 32 successful 09 50 33 0 FIGURE 3 13 Sample of an Events table 54 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Schedule For an explanation of the Schedule feature see Schedule on page 5 To view the Schedule table select Administration gt Schedule See FIGURE 3 14 for a sample table The Schedule table has four columns Name the name of the scheduled task B m Type how often the scheduled task runs m Settings the time and date on which the scheduled task runs m Actions to view the details for a scheduled task modify the settings for a scheduled task or delete a scheduled task For certain tasks you can also use the plus icon or the minus icon to add or remove hosts to or from the scheduled task Schedule dia actions Cleanup Daily Every day at 3 14 AM AS Live Hourly Every hour at 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 and 55 minutes past the aye Polling hour Status Daily Every day at 12 01 AM 2 01 AM 4 01 AM 6 01 AM 8 01 AM 10 01 AM ae Polling 42 01 PM 2 01 PM 4 01 PM 6 01 PM 8 01 PM and 10 01 PM FIGURE 3 14 Schedule table You can sort the list of scheduled tasks according to the name of the task the type of task or the settings for the task in ascending or descending order Ascending order means from lowest value to the highest value a z or 1 9 Descending order means from highest value to the low
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54. ngs For Create Backup table appears Deleting a scheduled backup To delete a scheduled backup task Select Administration gt Schedule The Schedule Administration table appears Click the delete icon next to the backup task that you want to delete A confirmation dialog verifies the deletion Click Remove Schedule The Schedule Administration table appears with the scheduled backup task removed Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Restore Caution Interrupting a restore can corrupt your data If the restore process is interrupted the Administrator can try to restore again When a backup task runs it creates a new file in the location specified in the Backup File Path field in the Backup Administration table see Creating a backup on page 17 The file name is the time and date at which the backup was started and has the form Year Month Day Hour Minute For example the file name bk_20030426 1745 scs indicates that the backup was run at 17 45 on April 26 2003 To restore you Sun Control Station through a backup file Select Station Settings gt Backups The Backup Administration table appears Click Restore From Backup above the table The Restore Administration table appears see FIGURE 2 4 Click the radio button for the method by which to specify the location of the backup file m Upload Click Choose File to locate the backup file a var mgmt back
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57. ntrol Station Select Station Settings gt Backups The Backup Administration table appears see FIGURE 2 3 Enter a path in the field Backup File Path The default path is var mgmt backups on the the local server We recommend that you not back up to the local server you should back up to a different server You can mount an external filesystem to which to write the backup file either a Windows File Sharing SMB server or Network File Sharing NFS server Note You must have write permissions for this path Click Create Backup Now The Task Progress dialog appears Note You can also schedule the creation of a backup file For more information see Schedule on page 5 Restore from backup Backup Administration Backup files will be named as so bk_YYYYMMDD_hhmm scs Backup file path var mgmt backups Create backup now Schedule it FIGURE 2 3 Backup Administration table Chapter 2 Station Settings 17 18 Modifying a scheduled backup To modify the settings for a scheduled backup task Select Administration gt Schedule The Schedule Administration table appears Click the pencil icon next to the backup task that you want to modify The Scheduled Settings For Create Backup table appears showing the details about the backup job Modify the settings Click Cancel to return without saving the changes or click Save to save the changes The Scheduled Setti
58. nts Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can submit your comments by going to http www sun com hwdocs feedback Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback Sun Control Station Administrator Manual part number 817 3603 10 Chapter Preface ix x Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 CHAPTER 1 Introduction The Sun Control Station is a software package that allows administrators to take control of their hosts tracking and applying software updates deploying new services monitoring the health and performance of hosts More than just a typical systems management device the Sun Control Station is a platform that will help you in the life cycle management of your hosts from initial setup through eventual redeployment at the end of useful life As an added benefit customers can continue to use third party or homegrown software in conjunction with the Sun Control Station The Sun Control Station consists of two parts a core framework that is the engine for executing control modules and the built in control modules themselves These control modules can come from Sun Microsystems Inc from third party vendors or from your own in house design team The Sun Control Station ships with five pre installed modules Performance Monitoring Inventory Software Management Health Monitoring and Lights Out
59. on To modify a scheduled task click the pencil icon To delete a scheduled task click the delete icon Chapter 1 Introduction 5 l hourly Schedule Settings for Auto Download Run interval Every hour Not selected Selected Minute s 0 r 1 O Add gt 2 3 Run minute s 4 5 6 7 S lt Remove g A nazar 9 y Notification Email address Notify when starting Notify when finished OO Save Cancel FIGURE 1 2 Sample of a Scheduler table Online documentation To access the PDF file for a user manual click on the Online Documentation icon in the top right corner A separate browser window opens displaying a list of PDF files available Click the link for a PDF file you can open the PDF file in the browser window or save it to your personal computer If you have installed third party software on the Sun Control Station the relevant documentation is also available here 6 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Icons There are two icons in the top right corner of the UI m Online Documentation Logout Online Documentation Q You can access the user manuals in PDF format from the UL Logout Q Click the Logout icon to log out of the system Chapter 1 Introduction 7 8 Resetting the Administrator Password Note This procedure only resets the Administrator password for logging in to the Sun Control Station UI To reset manually the Administrator pass
60. plays the host s that you selected and the following information Host Name The host name or IP address of the host m Class The class of the host if available a Eligible The number of control modules for which this host is eligible some control modules apply only to a certain class of host m Installed The number of control modules installed on the host Chapter 3 Administration Functions 35 a Failed The number of control modules that failed to install on the host m Actions Click on an icon in this column to perform an action including a Magnifying glass icon This action displays another table showing the control modules for which the host is eligible the version and vendor of the module the status of that module installed or not installed and another Action column see FIGURE 3 6 If the client side components of a module are installed on the host you can remove these components by clicking on the minus icon in the Action column If the client side components are not installed you can install these components by clicking on the plus icon For more information see Installing client side components to selected hosts on page 42 and Removing client side components from selected hosts on page 43 a Inventory icon This action displays the inventory information for the host including IP address and host name system memory CPU network interface cards NICs and more a Performance icon This action d
61. rd The Administrator Password table appears see FIGURE 2 6 2 Modify the password Enter the password twice for confirmation For more information on choosing a password see Password guidelines on page 23 3 Click Change Password The system saves the configuration refreshes the screen and displays the message Password changed successfully 22 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Administrator Password Please type and confirm the new password in the fields below Password Confirm Change Password FIGURE 2 6 Administrator Password table Password guidelines Use the following guidelines when choosing a password 1 Use between three and sixteen alphanumeric characters The valid characters include a z A Z 09 I A amp 1 7 2 Use both upper and lower case letters Note A password is case sensitive Do not use a proper name Do not use a word found in a dictionary Do not use a date Do not use a UNIX command word BE Oy Or amp Do not use a string of consecutive keys on a keyboard for example qwerty Chapter 2 Station Settings 23 24 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 CHAPTER Y Administration Functions This chapter describes the Administration functions The Administrator can add or remove managed hosts create groups of managed hosts view tasks and events install and adminis
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63. rol modules 35 Removing a host 37 Modules 38 Control Modules table 38 Adding a control module 39 Viewing details for a control module 41 Installing client side components to selected hosts 42 Removing client side components from selected hosts 43 Re trying a failed installation 44 Removing a control module 45 Groups 46 Groups table 46 Adding a group 47 Modifying a group 48 Viewing details of agroup 48 Adding a host to a group 49 Removing a host from a group 49 Removing a group 50 Contents v vi Tasks 51 Tasks table 51 Events table 53 Schedule 55 Cleanup 56 Viewing the details of a scheduled task 56 Modifying a scheduled task 57 Deleting a scheduled task 57 Licenses 59 The BSD Copyright 59 GNU General Public License 60 SSL License 65 Intel BSD and Patent License 66 Apache License Struts and Tomcat 67 Java 2 Platform Standard Edition J2SETM License 68 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Preface This user manual explains the functions and features available under the Station Settings and Adminstration menu items of the Sun Control Station The user of this document should be the person administering the Sun Control Station software For information on the individual control modules refer to the user manuals for each control module See Related Documentation on page viii How This Book Is Organized This user manual contains the following chapters and appendix m
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65. st Chapter 3 Administration Functions 29 a Description Optional Enter a description of the host For example Server in Joe s office m Install All Possible Modules Enable this check box to have the control station install all control modules that this host is eligible to receive 4 Click Add Host The Task Progress dialog appears Note You can also schedule the addition of the hosts for a later time For more information see Schedule on page 5 Managed Hosts 1 of 78 mems sekas Type GA 10 675 125 x86 Red Hat EL AS 2 1 10 6 75 126 x86 Red Hat EL ES 2 1 GA 106 75 140 x86 Red Hat7 3 GA 10675147 x86 Red Hat73 A 10 675 149 x86 Red Hat EL ES 2 1 GA 10 6 75 150 x86 Red Hat9 GA 10 675 151 Netra T1 S9 GA 10675152 Netra T1 S8 AR Ae eR KR we Kek Y o O oc a FIGURE 3 1 Sample of a Managed Hosts table 30 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Add a Single Host Add Host IP Address or Hostname User Name Password Email Address Optional Description Optional Install all possible modules Rites ET FIGURE 3 2 Add A Single Host table Importing a list of hosts For more information on creating the list of hosts see Creating a list of hosts on page 32 To add a list of hosts from a file Select Administration gt Hosts The Managed Hosts table appears in the selector window Click Add in the bottom righ
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67. t There are two options in the top frame of the selector m Select All This option allows you to select all of the managed hosts in the list for that task s Deselect All This option allows you to de select all of the selected hosts To select a host or hosts on which to perform a task click on the items in the list or click Select All at the top You can also select all hosts within a group by clicking on the group name A single selected item is highlighted in blue if a single host within a group is selected the group name is highlighted in grey If all hosts within a group are selected the group name is highlighted in dark blue To de select a host or hosts click on the highlighted host or click Deselect All at the top You can also de select all the hosts within a group by clicking on the group name Once you have selected the host s click the button at the bottom for the task that you want to perform In the top right corner the selector displays the number of hosts selected for example 3 of 10 items 26 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Administration menu Note The control modules also appear in the menu on the left side of the Control Modules screen For more information on an individual control module refer to the relevant document The functions and services available to the Administrator for managing the hosts modules and tasks are grouped together under the menu item
68. t corner of the Managed Hosts table The Add Host table appears see FIGURE 3 2 From the pull down menu above the table select Add Hosts From A File The Add Hosts From A File table appears see FIGURE 3 3 Click Choose File to locate the file Enable the check box Install All Possible Modules if you want the control station to install all control modules that these hosts are eligible to receive Click Add Hosts The Task Progress dialog appears Note You can also schedule the addition of a list of hosts for a later time For more information see Schedule on page 5 Chapter 3 Administration Functions 31 Add Hosts from a File Add Hosts from a File Source File Browse Install all possible modules AddHosts Schedule it FIGURE 3 3 Add Hosts From A File table Creating a list of hosts You can create a file containing a list of hosts and then import this file into the Sun Control Station The first step in importing a list of hosts is to generate a text file in the required format The order of the data fields is the following enter the data on one continuous line lt hostname_or IP_address gt lt username gt lt admin_password gt lt email_address gt lt description gt The following criteria explain the structure of the file 1 Include the following data for each host a host name or IP address of the host Note The host name of the host that you enter must be r
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70. ter the control modules schedule a task or tasks to be performed at a certain time Note In most of the short procedures in this chapter the first step is to click the Administration in the left menu bar and the second step is to click on a sub menu item To reduce the number of steps in each procedure the menu commands are grouped together and shown in Initial Caps Right angle brackets separate the individual items For example select Administration gt Tasks means to click the click Administration in the left menu bar and then click the Task sub menu item The Sun Control Station ships with six pre installed modules Software Management Health Monitoring Performance Monitoring AllStart Lights Out Management LOM Inventory Each module is explained in detail in its own PDF document available online through the UI or on the software CD For more information see Online Documentation on page 7 25 Selector window A number of functions in the Sun Control Station use a selector window This section describes the selector In the selector window depending on the control module that you are using you select the managed hosts upon which to perform various tasks for example m remove or modify a hosts m add a hosts to a group m remove a hosts from a group m view software package information a publish install or download software packages m update performance or inventory information for a hos
71. the same way for any task Fill in the necessary fields for the task Click Schedule The Schedule Settings For lt Task gt appears see FIGURE 1 2 for a sample Configure the schedule settings The following settings are available for any scheduled task a Run Date And Time Enter the date on which you want the task to run in the format MM DD YYYY hh mm You can also click the calendar icon next to this field A separate browser window opens Choose the date and time for the scheduled task Hit the Enter or Return key on your keyboard The date and time now appear in the field m Email Address Optional Enter an email address of the person who will be notified when the task runs a Notify When Starting Enable the check box to notify the person when the task is starting a Notify When Finished Enable the check box to notify the person when the task has completed For some functions you can set the frequency of the task with a pull down menu above the table for example hourly or daily Click Cancel or Save If you click Cancel the scheduled task is not saved The Scheduled Tasks table appears but without the task you just cancelled If you click Save the scheduled task is added to the list of scheduled tasks The Scheduled Tasks table appears with the new task In this table you can view details for modify or delete a scheduled task To view the details of a scheduled task click the magnifying glass ic
72. tion gt Schedule The Schedule table appears 2 Click the magnifying glass icon next the task for which you want to see the details The Tasks table appears For more information on this table see Tasks table on page 51 3 Click the up arrow icon in the top right corner to return to the Scheduled Tasks table 56 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Modifying a scheduled task To modify the settings for a scheduled task Select Administration gt Schedule The Schedule table appears Click the pencil icon next to the task you want to modify The Schedule Settings for lt Task gt table appears Modify the settings Click Save The Schedule table appears with the updated settings for that task Deleting a scheduled task To delete a scheduled task Select Administration gt Schedule The Schedule table appears Click the delete icon next to the task that you want to delete A confirmation table appears asking you to confirm the removal of the scheduled task To cancel the task and return to the selector click Cancel To proceed click Remove Schedule The Schedule table appears with the scheduled task removed from the table Chapter 3 Administration Functions 57 58 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 APPENDIX A Licenses The BSD Copyright Copyright 1991 1992 1993 1994 The Regents of the University of Cali
73. to highlight the host s you want to add to the group You can also click Select All at the top to choose all hosts in the list Click Add in the bottom right corner The Groups table appears with the new group added The groups are sorted by group name in ascending order Chapter 3 Administration Functions 47 Create a new group Group Name Description optional Choose host s to add to the new group Save Cancel FIGURE 3 11 Create A New Group table Modifying a group You can change the name or the description for a group To modify a group 1 Select Administration gt Groups The Groups table appears 2 Locate in the list the group that you want to modify 3 Click the pencil icon in the Action column The Modify Group table appears 4 You can modify the group name or the description of the group The Description field is optional 5 Click Save The Groups table appears with the modified information Viewing details of a group You can see which hosts belong to a given group To view the details for a group 1 Select Administration gt Groups The Groups table appears 2 Locate in the list the group for which you want to view the details 48 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 Click the magnifying glass icon in the Action column The selector appears displaying the list of managed hosts within that group You can perform tasks from the Actions column
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75. ups If you have a backup file in this directory on the Sun Control Station you can use the pull down menu to choose the backup file To cancel this restore click Cancel below the table To restore this backup file click Prepare Restore below the table The Task Progress dialog appears Note Administering the Sun Control Station while a restore is underway is not recommended Chapter 2 Station Settings 19 Restore Administration Restore Control Station from Backup Location QO Upload f Browse Iivarimgmt backups bk_20030813_1411 5cs FIGURE 2 4 Restore Administration table Disaster recovery To restore your Sun Control Station to a known state after a disaster 1 Restore the server to a factory fresh state with the CDs for your operating system 2 Re install the Sun Control Station software on your server You can now use a backup file to restore the control station information to the server 3 In the Sun Control Station UI select Station Settings gt Backups The Backup Administration table appears 4 Click Restore From Backup above the table The Restore Administration table appears 5 Enter a path and file name for the backup file or click Browse to locate a backup file 6 To cancel this restore Click Cancel below the table 7 To restore this backup file click Restore From File below the table The Task Progress dialog appears 20 Sun Control Station Administr
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77. word for logging in to the UI ssh in to the control station If you are not currently root become root su Generate an encrypted password for the user name admin and password admin usr bin htpasswd n s b admin admin admin SHA 0DPikKuNIrrVmD8 IUCuwlhOxNqZc Copy the entire string following admin SHA ODPiKuNIrrVmD8IUCuwlhOxNqZc Paste this string into the password attribute for the user tag in the following file var tomcat4 webapps sdui WEB INF database xml Stop and then restart tomcat dtomcat4 stop dtomeat4 start You can now log in to the control station UI as the user name admin with the password admin To change the Administrator password through the UI see Password on page 22 Sun Control Station Administrator Manual September 2003 CHAPTER 2 Station Settings This chapter describes the station settings on the server running the Sun Control Station software The Administrator with the user name admin has full control of the control station The Administrator can view Active Monitoring information perform maintenance functions backup and restore view the system information page register the Sun Control Station software change the Administrator password Note In most of the short procedures in this chapter the first step is to click the Station Settings tab in the left menu bar and the second step is to click on a selection from the a sub menu it

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