Update README with information on HMC time and ntp.

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Mark Nellemann 2021-04-07 09:27:15 +02:00
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### Power HMC Setup Instructions ### Power HMC Setup Instructions
- Login to your HMC - 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* - Navigate to *Users and Security*
- Create a new read-only **hmci** user, which will be used to connect to the REST API. - 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*: - Click *Manage User Profiles and Access*, edit the newly created *hmci* user and click *User Properties*:
- Enable *Allow remote access via the web* - **Enable** *Allow remote access via the web*
- Set *Session timeout minutes* to **120** - Set *Session timeout minutes* to **120**
- Set *Verify timeout minutes* to **15** - Set *Verify timeout minutes* to **15**
- Set *Idle timeout minutes* to **15** - Set *Idle timeout minutes* to **15**
- Set *Minimum time in days between password changes* to **0** - Set *Minimum time in days between password changes* to **0**
- Navigate to *HMC Management* and *Console Settings* - 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** - Enable *Performance Monitoring Data Collection for Managed Servers*: **All On**
- Set *Performance Data Storage* to **1** day or preferable more - Set *Performance Data Storage* to **1** day or preferable more