HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

NOTE: Users that have been added to the CMS cannot view or manage systems until
authorizations have been configured for them.
NOTE: HP-UX and Linux-provided command line tools, such as ls and df, are run as root
by default. For security reasons, run them as a specific user to avoid permitting unintended
capabilities to a user.
To add users, select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Users, and then click New.
To add user groups, select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Users, and then
click New Group.
3. Add toolboxes.
Toolboxes, define the set of tools to which a user has access. To add toolboxes, select
Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Toolboxes, and then click New.
4. Add authorizations
Authorizations give the user access to view and manage systems. Each authorization specifies
a user or user group, a toolbox, and a system or system group. The specific set of tools that
can be run against a system is specified in the assigned toolbox.
You must plan which systems each user is going to manage and which specific set of tools
the users are authorized to execute against the managed systems. A user with no toolbox
authorizations on a system cannot view or manage that system.
Authorizations are additive. If a user is authorized on Toolbox1 on a system and is also
authorized for Toolbox2 on the same system, the user is authorized for all tools in both Toolbox1
and Toolbox2 on that system. Similarly, a user authorized for the All Tools toolbox needs no
other toolbox authorization on that system because the All Tools toolbox always includes all
tools.
To add authorizations, select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Authorizations,
and then click New.
5. Configure e-mail settings.
E-mail settings enables users to receive e-mail notification of certain events. To configure e-mail
settings, select Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→Email Settings.
6. Set up automatic event handling
Automatic event handling defines the action that HP SIM performs when an event is received.
To setup automatic event handling, select Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→New
Task.
7. Configure and execute discovery
Discovery is the process that HP Systems Insight Manager uses to find and identify the systems
on your network and populate the database with that information. To configure and execute
a discovery, you must create a Discovery task. HP SIM ships with one default discovery task
(System Automatic Discovery). However, you can create a new discovery task to discover
specific systems.
To configure Discovery, select Options→Discovery.
For more information on the Options menu items, see the HP Systems Insight Manager help system.
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