Getting started with HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 in a smaller Windows environment

White paper | HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2
21 | March, 2013
Configuring the managed system software using the Configure or Repair Agents feature
from the CMS
The Systems Insight Manager Configure or Repair Agents tool is a quick and easy way to configure
Linux, HP-UX, and Windows managed systems to communicate with Systems Insight Manager
from a Windows CMS.
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against multiple systems simultaneously, you must
have authorizations to run the Configure or Repair Agents tool.
You must have full CMS configuration privileges to modify the Systems Insight Manager
community strings in the system security file. In addition, you must enter administrator-level user
credentials for the target system.
To configure agents remotely:
1. Select Configure->Configure or Repair Agents. The Step 1: Select Target Systems page
appears.
Note:
The Step 1: Verify Target Systems page appears if the targets are selected before
selecting a tool.
2. Select target systems.
3. Click Next. The Step 2: Install Providers and Agents (Optional) page appears.
4. You can install Insight Management Agents or providers (WBEM, SNMP, or both), or Open
SSH and Version Control Agent on the Windows target, or Linux PSP or ESX agents on
managed systems, or Agentless Management Service (AMS) on HP ProLiant Gen8
systems so that Systems Insight Manager can collect inventory and status information
and receive event notification from these systems. If you want to install a 64-bit agent
or provider, ensure that the target system is identified as a 64-bit system in Systems
Insight Manager.
If your system is not correctly identified, go to System Page->Tools & Links
->Edit System Properties. Select the correct system type, or subtype, and then enter the
operating system description manually.
5. Click Next. The Step 3: Configure or Repair Settings page appears.
6. The Step 3: Configure or Repair Agents page enables you to select options to configure
the target system.
The following options are available:
– Configure WBEM / WMI
This section enables you to configure the target Linux Windows or HP-UX system to
send WBEM indications or events to Systems Insight Manager.
For this section, the following must be considered:
Create a subscription to WBEM events, so that WBEM events will be sent to the
CMS.
Send a sample WBEM / WMI indication to this instance of Systems Insight
Manager to test that events appear in Systems Insight Manager in the Event list or
All Event User Interface for the selected system.