From ee149857dd026990e785389acafd4217fee02a77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Nellemann Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 09:27:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README with information on HMC time and ntp. --- README.md | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3bfecfa..1817182 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -16,16 +16,21 @@ Metrics includes: ### Power HMC Setup Instructions - Login to your HMC +- Navigate to *Console Settings* + - Go to *Change Date and Time* + - Set correct timezone, if not done already + - Configure one or more NTP servers, if not done already + - Enable the NTP client, if not done already - Navigate to *Users and Security* -- Create a new read-only **hmci** user, which will be used to connect to the REST API. -- Click *Manage User Profiles and Access*, edit the newly created hmci user and click *User Properties*: - - Enable *Allow remote access via the web* + - Create a new read-only **hmci** user, which will be used to connect to the REST API. + - Click *Manage User Profiles and Access*, edit the newly created *hmci* user and click *User Properties*: + - **Enable** *Allow remote access via the web* - Set *Session timeout minutes* to **120** - Set *Verify timeout minutes* to **15** - Set *Idle timeout minutes* to **15** - Set *Minimum time in days between password changes* to **0** - Navigate to *HMC Management* and *Console Settings* -- Click *Change Performance Monitoring Settings*: + - Click *Change Performance Monitoring Settings*: - Enable *Performance Monitoring Data Collection for Managed Servers*: **All On** - Set *Performance Data Storage* to **1** day or preferable more