HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 33
Discovery from HP SIM
NOTE: Refer to the HP SIM documentation for more information about saving discovery settings to
a file.
To save discovery settings to a file:
1. Click Options > Discovery on the HP SIM home page menu.
2. Click the Hosts File tab and click the New button.
3. Enable the Systems loaded from the central management server, sorted by: radio button
and select the settings you want to save to this file from the list box:
• IP address
• System name
• System type and then by IP address
• System type and then by System name. This option loads the systems being managed by
HP Systems Insight Manager into the Contents window.
4. If you did not select Empty File, click Initialize Now to load the hosts file. Otherwise, enter the
contents of the hosts file in the Contents section.
5. Click OK to save the hosts file, or click Cancel to cancel any changes you have made.
Discovery from HP SE
The Save Settings to File link on the Discovery Targets tab lets you save the following:
• IP addresses to discover
• Default user names and passwords, which are encrypted
• Oracle TNS Listener ports
• Microsoft Exchange configuration
To prevent re-entering the information for each instance of the management server, you can import
the file for multiple instances.
To save the discovery settings to a file:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home on the HP SIM home page menu. The Storage
Essentials home page opens in a separate web browser window. From the Storage Essentials
home page, click Discovery, then click Setup in the upper-right pane of the Storage
Essentials window.
2. Click Setup in the upper-right corner.
3. Click the Save Settings to File link.
4. In the Password field, type the password for the management server.
5. In the Verify Password field, type the password from the previous step. Then, click OK.
6. When you are asked if you want to open or save the file, do one of the following:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer - Click the Save button.
• Netscape 7 - Select the Save this file to disk
option.