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Template Dumping Scripts

In OpenView on 20 January 2010 with no comments 15 views

To manage multiple templates in HP OMU, we need to dump them first. Dumping to file using opctempl will ease up the process of narrowing variation to gain uniformity. In the end converging to standard will help us tackle problems when faced with hundreds of templates being assigned to hundreds nodes. I tried to make [...]

Manual Ceritificate Modification

In OpenView on 2 September 2009 with no comments 9 views

Issue certificate file from management server: [mgmtsrv]$ ovcm -issue -file /tmp/node.cert -name <nodename> -pass <password> -coreid <coreid from node> Copy the /tmp/node.cert file to the node and import it. [node]$ ovcert -importcert -file /tmp/node.cert -pass <password> It will then appear in the ovcert -list. Communication using HTTPS will also work, test this with bbcutil -ping [...]

Working With Templates

In OpenView on 14 April 2009 with 1 comment 92 views

Most template editing is done through Motif-GUI. A “template engineer” privilege capable of doing many things there. However, to run other steps outside his/her privilege, he/she needs to invoke some command line. Check installed templates and their status (enabled/disabled) in a node: $ ovpolicy -list -host Export a template to a flat file $ opctempl [...]

Replace Existing OVCoreID Entries

In OpenView on 11 March 2009 with no comments 109 views

In a de-installed node, OVCoreID can then be manually added to the management server. After installing the node copy the new $ ovcoreid from the managed node to the management server: opcnode -chg_id cocpeca1.somecompany.lan id=xxx <ovcoreid> The node label cocpeca1 must already exist, check first by using: opcnode -list_nodes node_list=cocpeca1.somecompany.lan It is also better to [...]

Switch OV Process Ownerships

In OpenView on 11 March 2009 with no comments 117 views

In my-client implementation there is standard owner for OV processes, that is opc_op. We can check this on running agents/OV daemons via ps -ef | grep OV. A non-standard my-client will return e.g. (which are owned by root): root 2555 1 0 Mar10 ? 00:00:08 /opt/OV/bin/ovcd root 2569 2555 0 Mar10 ? 00:00:08 /opt/OV/bin/ovbbccb -nodaemon [...]

Launcher for Java GUI

In OpenView on 22 February 2009 with no comments 14 views

Launcher for java GUI in local bin (named ovo-java-gui). #! /bin/bash   export JAVA_DIR=/usr/ /opt/OV/www/htdocs/ito_op/ito_op exit 0

Java GUI First Look

In OpenView on 20 February 2009 with no comments 12 views

Unlike motif GUI session, Java GUI user session can be used in multiple logins. However, administration tools are in limited set compared to motif GUI. Get this GUI from the management server through browser port 3443 (i.e http://192.168.80.3:3443/). For Linux, Java Runtime Environment must be set. I use Sun Java 6, so: JAVA_DIR=/usr/ for the [...]

Dependecies in Manual Agent Deinstallation

In OpenView on 20 February 2009 with no comments 1 views

If you wish to clean all OVO installation in managed node, start deinstallation from other OpenView application i.e. OV Performance Agent (OVPA). This will resolve dependency issues.

Manual HTTPS Agent Installation-Deinstallation (2)

In OpenView on 18 February 2009 with no comments 47 views

…cont’d… More Messy situation usually occur if agent was previously installed (along with activation in management server, node addition, etc.). If an HTTPS agent is deinstalled manually in the managed node, its data stays exist in certificate server & management server. We need to clean this mess. Under complete deinstallation, the following directories are removed [...]

Manual HTTPS Agent Installation-Deinstallation (1)

In OpenView on 18 February 2009 with no comments 41 views

Having pre-installed machine to be used for agent installation experiment is somehow tedious. But, I benefit from the troubleshooting effort. Actually the pointers is written in Arsena – OVO Admin Guide v1.0a, but it wasn’t emphasized visually as being significant (so I missed it). There are three common install situation: Clean. OVCoreID and node mapping [...]