HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

1. Choose one of the following:
• Select Tools→Command Line Tools→UNIX/Linux for Linux or UNIX command line tools.
• Select Tools→Command Line Tools→Windows for Windows command line tools.
2. Select the command line tool that you want to run, and follow the steps to launch the tool. See “Creating
a task” for assistance with the steps.
3. Click Run Now to launch the tool.
Command line interface
Use the mxexec command to launch these command tools on one or more systems from the command line
interface. For assistance with this command, see the associated manpage. See “Using command line interface
commands” for information on accessing the manpage.
Related topics
• Using command line interface commands
• Managing with tasks
• Viewing task results
Configure or Repair Agents overview
Overview
The Configure or Repair Agents feature is an HP Systems Insight Manager feature that enables you to repair
credentials for SNMP settings, System Management Homepage or Management HTTP Server trust relationships,
setup SSH authentication and create subscriptions to WBEM events on Windows, Linux, and HP-UX systems
supported by HP Systems Insight Manager on local or remote systems.
NOTE: For systems with Management HTTP Server 4.x and earlier, Configure or Repair Agents adds the
Administrator password into the Management HTTP Server store and modifies the SNMP settings but cannot
change trust relationship information since Management HTTP Server 4.x and earlier did not deploy trust
relationships.
When HP Systems Insight Manager is unable to communicate with a system or group of systems, you can
use the Configure or Repair Agents tool to repair the settings. The Configure or Repair Agents tool enables
you to repair SNMP settings and trust relationships that exist between HP Systems Insight Manager and
target systems if you have 7.2 agents or later installed. If you have 7.1 agents or earlier installed, you can
update Web Agent passwords on target systems.
The Configure or Repair Agents feature adds the security and trap community strings and trust settings to
the target systems, but it does not replace existing settings. To replace the existing settings on target systems,
use the Replicate Agent Settings feature in HP Systems Insight Manager.
Consistent with many other HP Systems Insight Manager tools, the Configure or Repair Agents can be
configured to run automatically on a schedule, or you can run it manually.
NOTE: The Configure or Repair Agents feature does not support Windows NT 4.0.
Related procedures
• Configure or Repair Agents
• Setting up managed systems
Configure or Repair Agents
Configuring managed systems
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against a system, you must have authorizations to run the
Configure or Repair Agents tool.
Configure or Repair Agents overview 283