Adding the AIX server and IBM frame object to TrueSight Server Automation

This topic provides instructions for adding the AIX server and IBM frame agentless managed object to TrueSight Server Automation.

• To install the IBM  AIX agent
• To create the IBM frame object
• To set the connection properties for the IBM frame
• To distribute the IBM configuration object
• Related Knowledge Articles

To install the IBM  AIX agent

This topic provides instructions for installing the IBM AIX server agent.

1. Install the RSCD agent on the AIX server that acts as the proxy server as described in Installing-only-the-RSCD-agent-Linux-and-UNIX. Be sure to install the RSCD agent that is specifically designated for use with an AIX server.

   Tip

   Because the IBM frame agentless managed object is managed through a proxy, do not overload the proxy server. The recommendation is to map one IBM frame agentless managed object to one proxy host. However, if you are using one proxy server to host multiple agentless managed objects, note that all of the agentless managed objects using the proxy host must be running the same version of the IBM configuration object.

2. Open the /etc/rsc/exports file and add an entry with the application server IP address or host name and a read/write mapping. This restricts access to accept connections only from the listed application server. For example:
   192.168.0.1  rw
3. Open the /etc/rsc/users.local file and add an entry for a role and user that should be mapped to the root account. For example:
   BLAdmins:BLAdmin rw,map=root
4. Save and close the files.
5. Proceed to .

For more information about the exports and users.local files, see Setting-up-configuration-files.

To create the IBM frame object

1. From within the TrueSight Server Automation Console, add the AIX proxy server as a managed server to a server group (right-click a server group, select Add Server, and then specify the AIX proxy server).
2. Right-click the server group in the Servers folder.
3. Select Virtualization > Add IBM frame to add an IBM frame agentless device to TrueSight Server Automation.
4. On the Add a new Agentless Managed Object - Properties page, add the name or IP address of the IBM frame as mentioned in the Hardware Management Console (HMC).
5. Optionally, add a brief description.
6. Under Properties, locate the AGENTLESS_MANAGED_OBJECT_PROXY_HOST property.
7. Edit the property value by browsing to the name of the AIX server as the proxy host.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Finish.
   The frame is added to the folder that you specified.

To set the connection properties for the IBM frame

1. In the TrueSight Server Automation Console, select Configuration > Property Dictionary View.
2. Browse the Built-in Property Classes > Connection class.

3. Click the Instances tab and edit the new Connection instance.
    When you added the agentless managed object, TrueSight Server Automation automatically created a Connection instance with the name Connection_ <agentlessManagedObjectName> (where <agentlessManagedObjectName> is the name of the IBM frame object). This instance contains the connection details to the IBM frame.

   Note

    Your user role must have the appropriate RBAC permissions to update the Connection instance, otherwise the association between the instances will not be created and the server will not be enrolled. Also, if a Connection instance is already associated with the Virtualization instance then a new instance is not automatically created.

4. Set the following properties for the newly added Connection instance:

   Property	Value
   CONNECTION_URL	Enter the name of the Primary HMC Server which manages the Frame (for example, hmc.env.xyz.com).
   CONNECTION_USER	Enter the name of a user who has administrative access to the frame in the HMC mentioned in the above property.
   CONNECTION_PASSWORD	Enter the password of the user that is mentioned in the above property.NEW IN 8.9.03.001 Select a value from the Encryption Type list. The list contains two values: BLNative AES 256 By default, BLNative is selected.

5. Save this instance.

To distribute the IBM configuration object

To distribute the IBM configuration object on the IBM frame server, complete the following steps:

1. From the TrueSight Server Automation Console, navigate to the Servers folder.
2. Right-click the IBM frame and select New > Administration Task > Distribute Configuration Objects.
3. Provide a name for the Job and click Next.
4. Expand the Global Configuration Objects list, select the IBM Configuration object, and add it to the Selected Configuration Objects section. Click Next.
5. On the Targets panel, select the IBM frame agentless managed object.
6. Click Finish, and execute the job.

For details, see Distributing-configuration-objects. You can now use the TrueSight Server Automation Console to Live Browse the IBM frame server and access the IBM Configuration node.

For details on adding a server and setting its properties, see Adding-a-server-to-the-system.

Related Knowledge Articles

The following Knowledge Article from BMC Customer Support might be of interest when troubleshooting TrueSight Server Automation issues:  DCO JOb or query of IBM Frame reports "Not Applicable to Target Server" warning (Knowledge Article ID: 000047764)

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