NNMi Failed to start after finishing installation successfully

Draft Article

I know the title may be weird, but this is exactly what happens when I tried to install NNMi 8.10 and its database is a remote Oracle 10.2.0.4 although the oracle version does not matter, but this is just for info.

the steps as per the guide was to create a user with sufficient privilege which is stated clearly to be

Create sequence;
Create session;
Create table
Create view
FLASHBACK ANY TABLE

although I have all these configured but I got an 404 error on the quicklaunch website and all NNMi websites.

Anyway, I checked the logs (jbossserver.log) and I found error related to tables or views could not be found, I checked the oracle server and I found there is no table created by NNMi user.

the problem was the tablespace quota assigment to NNMI user, if you create the user account using the sqlplus  you can use below commands:

alter user <user_name> quota unlimited on <tablespace_name>; alter user <user_name> quota 1M on <tablespace_name>;

Moving from NNMi using Postgres to NNMi with Oracle

This is a Draft Article

I just want to share my experience related to the migration from NNMi using local DB (postgress) to NNMi using Oracle DB

System was as specified:

NNMi 9.00 with Patch 1

Same Machine hosting the Embedded database (postgress)

Objective:

Migrate the configuration data to NNMi and Oracle Database.

Step X Backup NNMi for disaster recovery

nnmbackup.ovpl –type offline –scope all –force –archive –target c:\

a file with tar extension will be created on  drive c:\ started nnm-bak- and the current date and time .tar like nnm-bak-20100721183731.tar

Extra-Step X Backup any custome scripts you created for Incident actions.

%NnmDataDir%\shared\nnm\actions

aslo these files can be found under your backup archive

nnm-bak-20100721183731.tar\nnm-bak-20100721183731\data\shared\nnm\actions

Step X Backup you configuration (configuration Export)

in this step we will export the configuration using nnmconfigexport.ovpl

nnmconfigexport.ovpl –c all –file c:\exportedconfig

Hint: the export export remember to create the folder before run the above command “mkdir c:\exportedconfig”

Step X export Nodes as seed file

 

Step X Remove current NNMi installation

1st - Remove i-SPI

2nd – Remove Patches

3rd – Remove NNMi

Restart your server.

Step X Oracle configuration 

In this section we will create the table space that will hold the NNMi database that will be created during NNMi installation.

Section 1: Create Tablespace

CREATE SMALLFILE
    TABLESPACE "NNMI"
    LOGGING
    DATAFILE 'H:\ORADATA\NNMIDB\NNMI01.dbf' SIZE 4096M,
    'H:\ORADATA\NNMIDB\NNMI02.dbf' SIZE 4096M,
    'H:\ORADATA\NNMIDB\NNMI03.dbf' SIZE 4096M EXTENT MANAGEMENT
    LOCAL SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT  AUTO

 

 

Section 2: Create NNMi User

CREATE USER "NNMI"  PROFILE "DEFAULT"
    IDENTIFIED BY "nnmi" DEFAULT TABLESPACE "NNMI"
    TEMPORARY TABLESPACE "TEMP"
    ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

  Section 3: Assign Permissions for NNMi User

GRANT CREATE ANY INDEX TO "NNMI" ;
GRANT CREATE ANY SEQUENCE TO "NNMI" ;
GRANT CREATE ANY TABLE TO "NNMI" ;
GRANT CREATE ANY VIEW TO "NNMI" ;
GRANT CREATE SEQUENCE TO "NNMI";
GRANT CREATE SESSION TO "NNMI" ;
GRANT CREATE TABLE TO "NNMI" ;
GRANT CREATE VIEW TO "NNMI" ;
GRANT FLASHBACK ANY TABLE TO "NNMI" ;
GRANT "CONNECT" TO "NNMI";
GRANT "OEM_ADVISOR" TO "NNMI";
GRANT "RESOURCE" TO "NNMI";

Step X Install NNMi 9.x

Install using the installation guide.

 

Step X Load old node list a seed files 

 

Step X Load Node Groups and Maps information

1- load Nodegroup Map configuration

loading Nodegroup Map configuration will fail as per the screenshot but some required identification are imported that facilitate the nodegroup import

D:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP BTO Software\bin>nnmconfigimport.ovpl  -f C:\export
edconfig\ngmap.xml

2- Load nodegroup configuration

D:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP BTO Software\bin>nnmconfigimport.ovpl  -f C:\export
edconfig\nodegroup.xml
Successfully imported nodegroup.xml.

3- load Nodegroup Map Configuration again

D:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP BTO Software\bin>nnmconfigimport.ovpl  -f C:\export
edconfig\ngmap.xml
Successfully imported ngmap.xml.

IITRC Comparing databases NNM 7.5 with NNMi 8.x 9.x

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1439068

In the NNM database

As Object database in 7.5, the below tables are used in NNMi

Object database which contains nodes, interfaces and IP addresses are located in the following tables

Function	Table name
Node list	NMS_NODE
Interfaces list	NMS_IFACE
IP Addresses list	NMS_IP_ADDR

As Topology database in 7.5, the below tables are used in NNMi:

Function	Table name
Nodes connection	NMS_L2CONN

For MAP database in 7.5 there is the below tables in NNMi:

Function	Table name
Nodes location (X,Y) in the different maps	NMS_MAP_VIEW_PIN
Node Groups which are considered Maps in NNMi	NMS_NODE_GROUPS NMS_NODE_GROUP_MAP_SETTINGS

As Event Database in 7.5 the below tables are used in NNMi:

Function	Table name
Incidents	NNM_INCIDENTS
Other tables related to Incidents	NMS_INCIDENT_* tables

The Trend database is NNMi SPI for Performance (Performance iSPI)