HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

tools as root. Consider all the capabilities given by a tool, above and beyond the capabilities it is designed
for, before you associate it with a toolbox.
CMS user configuration rights
In the central management server configuration rights section, select the level of authority to assign to the
new user from the following options. This is a required setting. If you selected an existing user or template
in the previous step, this information is already entered for you.
• full, allowed to modify all Central Management Server settings. Allows the user total control of the
database. Users can run discovery of systems and data collection; define users and authorizations; set
Cluster Monitor configuration; configure licensing and protocol settings; and create, modify, delete,
and run reports, snapshot comparisons, tools, custom tools, events, automation tasks, and so on.
• limited, allowed to create/modify/delete all reports and their own tools. Allows the user to create new
reports, edit any reports, and delete any reports (including the predefined reports).
• none, no configuration of Central Management Server allowed. Allows the user to view and run
predefined reports on the CMS and all managed systems. However, the user has no configuration rights
on the CMS or on the managed systems.
By default, root on an HP-UX CMS is assigned the administrative rights user privilege, but this permission
can later be revoked. This user is automatically authorized for the All Tools toolbox on all systems, including
the CMS. The administrative rights user privilege can be given to one or more users, and HP SIM requires
that at least one user is a administrative rights user.
Tools
Tools are applications, commands, or scripts that are launched from within HP SIM. You can add custom
tools into HP SIM and execute them across multiple systems simultaneously. Three types of tools are supported
in the HP SIM environment: web tools, X Window tools, and command line tools.
Web tools must reside on a web server. The web server can be
running on the CMS or a managed system. HP SIM launches the
web tools
URL from a CLI or GUI. When a web tool is launched from the
command line, HP SIM opens a browser to display the tool. When
a web tool is launched from the HP SIM GUI, it opens in the
workspace or in a separate browser window.
X Window tools require that an X server is running. These tools
can reside on the CMS or on a managed system. When accessing
X Window tools
HP SIM from a network client, you must have X server software
running on the network client to execute an X Window tool. From
the CLI or GUI, HP SIM invokes the X Window application using
the command line and passes the location of the X server by
requesting the device for display from the user.
Command line tools include applications, commands, and scripts.
They can reside on the CMS or another managed system. They
can be launched directly from the CLI or GUI.
Command line tools
Information storage
HP SIM uses an audit log and a database to track activity and store your management domain information.
On HP-UX the audit log is always located at: /var/opt/mx/logs/mx.log.
HP SIM audit log
HP SIM logs all tasks performed by all HP SIM users on all systems. The information is stored in the audit
log on the CMS. HP SIM logs all tasks with the following information:
• Time stamp
• User name
• Systems
• Event
• Tool result
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