2.5.5 Installing the HP Insight CMU v7.1 package..................................................................

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2.5.6 Restoring the HP Insight CMU configuration..................................................................

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2.5.7 Starting HP Insight CMU............................................................................................

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2.5.8 Deploying the monitoring client...................................................................................

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2.5.9 Deploying cmugui.jar to clients...................................................................................

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2.6 Saving the HP Insight CMU database..................................................................................

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2.7 Restoring the HP Insight CMU database...............................................................................

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3 Defining a cluster with HP Insight CMU.......................................................

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3.1 HP Insight CMU service status.............................................................................................

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3.2 Launching the HP Insight CMU GUI.....................................................................................

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3.2.1 HP Insight CMU main window.....................................................................................

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3.2.2 X server requirements.................................................................................................

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3.2.3 Administrator mode...................................................................................................

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3.2.4 Quitting administrator mode.......................................................................................

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3.2.5 Changing X display address.......................................................................................

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3.3 High-level checklist for building an HP Insight CMU cluster.....................................................

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3.4 Cluster administration........................................................................................................

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3.4.1 Node management....................................................................................................

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3.4.1.1 Scanning nodes..................................................................................................

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3.4.1.2 Adding nodes....................................................................................................

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3.4.1.3 Modifying nodes................................................................................................

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3.4.1.4 Importing nodes.................................................................................................

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3.4.1.5 Deleting nodes...................................................................................................

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3.4.1.6 Exporting nodes.................................................................................................

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3.4.1.7 Contextual menu................................................................................................

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3.4.2 Network entity management.......................................................................................

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3.4.2.1 Adding network entities......................................................................................

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3.4.2.2 Deleting network entities.....................................................................................

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4 Provisioning a cluster with HP Insight CMU..................................................

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4.1 Logical group management................................................................................................

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4.1.1 Modifying logical groups.............................................................................................

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4.1.2 Deleting logical groups...............................................................................................

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4.1.3 Renaming logical groups............................................................................................

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4.2 Autoinstall.......................................................................................................................

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4.2.1 Autoinstall requirements..............................................................................................

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4.2.2 Autoinstall templates..................................................................................................

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4.2.3 Autoinstall calling methods ........................................................................................

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4.2.4 Using autoinstall from GUI..........................................................................................

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4.2.4.1 Enabling autoinstall............................................................................................

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4.2.4.2 Creating an autoinstall logical group...................................................................

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4.2.4.3 Registering compute nodes.................................................................................

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4.2.4.4 Autoinstall compute nodes..................................................................................

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4.2.5 Using autoinstall from CLI...........................................................................................

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4.2.5.1 Registering an autoinstall logical group.................................................................

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4.2.5.2 Adding nodes to autoinstall logical group.............................................................

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4.2.5.3 Autoinstall compute nodes..................................................................................

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4.2.6 Customization...........................................................................................................

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4.2.7 Restrictions...............................................................................................................

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4.3 Backing up......................................................................................................................

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4.3.1 Backing up a disk from a compute node in a logical group.............................................

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4.4 Cloning...........................................................................................................................

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4.4.1 Preconfiguration........................................................................................................

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4.4.2 Reconfiguration........................................................................................................

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4.5 Node static info................................................................................................................

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