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SPM v2 - AIX Quick Start Guide. Download the PDF HERE
SPM v2 - AIX Quick Start Guide
Overview of SPM v2
SPM v2 is a set of tools to help manage change in an AIX environment. The product is a client-server architecture and is focused on five functional areas: collection of configuration, reporting configuration changes, comparing configurations, extracting configuration, and searching for configuration changes. Each of these functional areas also includes reporting and export capabilities.
The collection of configuration is achieved by installing a client package on all systems that will be managed in SPM v2. The client package is provided in native AIX ‘.bff’ format. The package installs software on your client system and runs a regularly scheduled job to collect information and update the SPM v2 server.
The other functional areas (reporting configuration changes, comparing configurations, extracting configuration, and searching for configuration changes) are accessed via web browser through the SPM v2 Server’s web interface.
Quick Start Overview
This guide should provide the necessary steps to install and configure both the client and Server parts of SPM v2.
To get SPM v2 up and running, perform the following steps:
1. Download the SPM v2 software.
2. Install and configure the SPM v2 client package.
3. Install both the SPM v2 Server packages.
4. Configure the SPM v2 Server. 5. Wait for SPM v2 to collect data and check back in 24 hours!
a. (or you could Run Some Stuff Now!)
Downloading SPM v2 Software
2. Login to the site via the ‘Login’ link on the left side of the page.
a. If you have not registered, take a moment to register and create an account.
3. Once you are logged in, click the ‘Client Download’ link on the left side of the page.
4. To download the client, click the ‘SPM v2 Client (AIX)’ package.
5. Click the ‘Server Download’ link on the left side of the page.
6. To download the server, you will need to click on both the ‘SPM v2 Server (AIX)’ and ‘SPM v2 Server Perl Distribution (AIX)’ packages; these packages are separate downloads.
7. All packages will be downloaded as ‘.gz’ compressed ‘.bff’ files. The packages will need to be uncompressed before they can be installed, so the `gunzip` utility will be required.
Installing the SPM v2 Client
Once downloaded, perform the following steps to install and configure the SPM v2 client:
1. Copy the uncompressed ‘.bff’ file into ‘/tmp’ on the client system.
2. Install the package using AIX `installp`.
a. `installp –aYd /tmp/sincall.spam2-2.2.0.x.bff all`
b. All files are installed into ‘/opt/spam2’
c. A cron entry is created in ‘/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root’
3. Edit the ‘/opt/spam2/config/spam2.conf’ file.
a. Modify the ‘cvsroot’ variable by replacing ‘localhost’ with the name of your SPM v2 Server’s hostname. The SPM v2 Server’s hostname must be pingable from the client.
b. Optional: Modify the ‘cvsroot’ variable by replacing ‘/opt/spam2/cvs/ServerChanges’ with the fully qualified path of the repository on the SPM v2 Server.
Installing the SPM v2 Server
Once downloaded, perform the following steps to install the SPM v2 Server:
1. Copy both of the uncompressed ‘.bff’ files into ‘/tmp’ on the Server system.
2. Install the packages using AIX `installp`.
a. `installp –aYd /tmp/sincall.spam2-server-perl-5.10.1.x.bff all`
b. `install –aYd /tmp/sincall.spam2-server-2.2.2.x.bff all`
c. All files are installed into ‘/opt/spam2’
d. Additional cron entries are created in ‘/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root’
e. A system startup entry is created in ‘/etc/inittab’ with an identifier of ‘spam2’
3. Configure the Server through its web interface. See Configuring the SPM v2 Server.
Configuring the SPM v2 Server
Once the Server is installed, perform the following steps to configure the SPM v2 Server:
1. Navigate in your browser to ‘http://Server_hostname:7467’.
2. Across the top, and down the left, of the page are links to the different functional areas of the SPM v2 Server. Click on ‘configuration’.
3. Customize the configuration of the Server by modifying fields as necessary.
a. Note: For quick start, the only field that requires a change is the ‘Email From address’. The host portion of the email address should reflect the Server’s hostname.
4. If you need help with specific fields, click the ‘Configuration Help’ link on the right side of the page.
5. Click the ‘Save’ button to preserve the configuration.
Run Some Stuff Now!
To run a collection and make sure everything is configured correctly, you can perform the following steps (in order) instead of waiting for them to run via cron.
1. On the client(s):
a. Run `/opt/spam2/spam2`
2. On the Server:
a. Run `/opt/spam2/spam2rpt2`
b. Run `/opt/spam2/spam2sched2`
Once these steps are complete, return to the Server’s web interface and click the ‘changes’ link. Your clients should all be listed, and the Server should contain the client configuration information.
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