HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Installation Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96055, November 2006)

Storage Essentials 5.1 Installation Guide 149
5 Deploying and Managing CIM Extensions
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About Remote CIM Extensions Management” on page 149
• ”About the CIM Extensions Management Tool” on page 151
About Remote CIM Extensions Management
It is possible to install, upgrade, and manage CIM Extensions remotely across any number of hosts.
The following operations can be initiated from the management server:
• Perform an installation or re-installation of the OpenSSH daemon (sshd) for Windows hosts only.
• Perform an installation or re-installation of the CIM Extension.
• Stop the CIM Extension
• Start the CIM Extension
• Obtain status information of the CIM Extension.
• Retrieve all related log files (cxws.log for Windows and Unix hosts; cxws.out from Unix hosts;
Application Log File for Windows hosts).
• Retrieve host-specific configuration information for the CIM Extension.
• Update the host-specific configuration information for the CIM Extension.
CIM Extensions can be remotely managed through the command line interface (CLI). Refer to the
CLI Guide for information about installing the CLI and using the available commands.
CIM Extensions can also be remotely managed through a graphical user interface called the CIM
Extensions Management Tool. See ”About the CIM Extensions Management Tool” on page 151 for
more information.
About SSH
Each host being managed must be running a supported SSH daemon. The SSH daemon must
support SFTP file transfers and the EXEC channel method of executing remote commands. The root
or Administrator user must be allowed to log in for most operations.
The default SSH configuration on some hosts prohibits root login by default. Follow these steps to
manually configure SSH to allow root login:
1. Use a text editor to open etc/ssh/sshd_config
2. Change the value of PermitRootLogin to yes.
3. Restart the SSH daemon.
Keep in mind the following when deploying OpenSSH on a Windows host:
• If you are using a domain, always specify user names so that they include the domain. For
example, enter a user name of <domain1>\<admin>
where
• domain1 is the domain name