Module 1: Tour the Product * HP Systems Insight Manager overview * Partner applications for HP SIM * History * HP Insight Control Management * Windows ICE Feature Updates * Component updates * Linux ICE Feature Updates * Role-based security * Command line interface * System discovery and identification * Collections * Reporting * System and agent generated events * Task execution * Application plug-ins * Components and applications required to manage HP SIM * Warranty and Support Module 2: Architecture * HP Systems Insight Manager architecture * Installation requirements * HP SIM 5.3 Windows Virtual Machine support * HP SIM database options * HP managed system requirements * Agent requirements * Agents and operating systems * Usage scenarios * Data Center Central Management Server (CMS) * Enterprise Management Integration Solutions * HP SIM Sizer utility * Infrastructure services * Identification * Data collection * Security * Secure Task Execution * HP SIM plug-ins * Module 2 Lab: HP Insight Control and HP Systems Insight Manager sizing Module 3: Typical Installation * List the installation activities * Installation of the CMS – HP-UX or Linux * Performing an Insight Control Management integrated installation * HP Insight Software Environment Advisor * Upgrading HP SIM * Migration Process * Upgrading HP SIM 4.x to HP SIM 5.x * Removing HP SIM * Module 3 Labs: * - Pre-installation requirements for HP Insight Control suite and HP Systems Insight Manager * - Installation of HP Insight Control and HP Systems Insight Manager Module 4: Setup and Configuration * HP SIM configuration * Systems and Event Collections * Setting up managed systems * Module 4 Labs: * - First-time Configuration of HP Systems Insight Manager * - Create users and assign authorizations * - Configure Discovery * - Customize polling tasks * - Configure event notification Module 5: HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager * Benefits and features of HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager * Changes and what’s new * Using BladeSystem Integrated Manager * Module 5 Labs: * - Use HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager * - Navigate the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) 5.3 logical hierarchy and use folders Module 6: HP Insight Power Manager (IPM) * Benefits and features of IPM * HP Power Regulator * Requirements * Supported Software * Managing IPM license keys Module 7: Using Tasks, Collections, Tools, and Events * Tasks overview * Types of Tasks * Task wizard * Collections overview * Menus overview * Module 7 Labs: * - Create and run tasks * - Create personal folders and collections * - View events * - Configure automatic event handling * - Configure HP SIM Remote tool that will run on selected target systems * - Create and modify tools from command line and through medication of tool definition files Module 8: Reports * Overview of Reports * Creating a new report * Managing reports * Module 8 Labs: * - Run available reports * - Create new reports * - Compare the snapshots of managed systems Module 9: Audit Log * Audit logging * External resources * Module 9 Labs: * - Run Audit Log reports * - Create new Audit Log configurations * - Identify HP SIM changes written to Audit Log Module 10: Use and Maintain Storage Components * Managing storage components * Storage device System Pages * Storage collections * Storage reporting * Storage device discovery Module 11: Database and MIBs * Managing the database * System Type Manager * Module 11 Labs: * - Manage system types * - Configure HP Systems Insight Manager (HPSIM) to identify third-party devices using the graphical user interface (GUI) * - Upload and register a Management Information Base (MIB) using the command line interface (CLI) * - Configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap settings Module 12: HP Analysis Tools * HP SIM and WBEM indications * HP Remote Support Pack Module 13: Version Control and Software Deployment * Version control architecture * VCRM installation * Configuring the repository * Update a managed system * Migrating version control to the SMH * Module 13 Labs: * - Configure the Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) and update the catalog * - Configure the Version Control Agents (VCA) to access the VCRM * - Use VCA to upgrade the HP management agents * - Deploy a support pack with a task Module 14: Vulnerability and Patch Management * Benefits and features of VPM * Changes and what’s new in VPM * Using VPM * Troubleshooting VPM * Module 14 Labs: * - Install and perform an initial configuration of the HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (VPM) * - Identify, track and patch vulnerabilities on a target Windows 2003 server Module 15: Performance Management Pack * Benefits and features of PMP * The PMP process * Changes and what’s new in PMP * Using PMP * Monitoring * Analyzing performance * Troubleshooting PMP * Module 15 Labs: * - Configure HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack (PMP) * - License servers * - Monitor licensed servers with PMP * - Perform online and offline analysis * - Run a PMP report Module 16: Troubleshooting * Troubleshooting basics * Cross-platform troubleshooting * Identify solutions for many common HP SIM problems * Resources for troubleshooting * Module 16 Labs: * - Troubleshoot: The HP SIM Central Management Server (CMS), Security pop-ups, Unknown devices, Trap reception * - Use MX commands to troubleshoot HP SIM and managed systems * - Using the verbose mode to troubleshoot SSH connections