HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Update 1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Provisioning with Virtual Resources

• Trial or permanent license applied
• Insight Control virtual machine management accessibility
• Matrix OE capacity planning data collection
• Check VMware ESX version
Using System Management Homepage troubleshooting tools
Running Configure or Repair Agents
The Configure or Repair Agents feature enables you to configure or repair agents in Windows,
Linux, HP-UX, and ESX hosts. The Configure or Repair Agents tool enables you to install agents or
repair the communication problems between HP SIM and the systems you are managing. You can
start the Configure or Repair Agent by selecting Configure→Configure or Repair Agents...from the
HP SIM menu as shown in Figure 4 (page 132).
Figure 4 Configure or repair agents
The Configure or Repair Agents feature adds the security and trap community strings and trust
settings to the target systems, but it does not replace existing settings. Use the Replicate Agent
Settings feature in HP SIM to replace existing settings and other settings on target systems.
Use the Configure or Repair Agents tool to send test SNMP traps from Windows systems with
Insight Management Agents and send WBEM test indications from Windows and HP-UX systems
with WBEM providers installed.
You can also configure WBEM certificates for HP-UX systems and WBEM/WMI users for Windows
systems with WBEM Providers for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
You can also use the Configure or Repair Agents tool to register a virtual machine host with Insight
Control virtual machine management.
The Configure or Repair Agents feature on a Windows CMS also enables you to install various
agents and providers on an HP ProLiant or HP Integrity system with a Windows operating system,
including:
• HP Web-Based Enterprise Management Providers for Windows Server 2003 and Windows
Server 2008
• OpenSSH
• HP VCA for Windows SNMP
• Insight Management Agentss for Windows
To run Configure or Repair Agents against a system, you must have authorization to run the
Configure or Repair Agents tool. You must have administrator privileges for Windows operating
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