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

6. Specify the maximum number of targets the tool can select when creating the task. Select from the
following:
• None. If none is selected, the target selection page will not be displayed.
• One
• Unlimited
7. Select Copy files to the target systems.
a. (Optional) Click Delete to delete a specified file.
b. (Optional) Click Add to add additional files.
8. Enter the Command with parameters field.
Note: The UI supports only 9 parameters. If you enter more than 9 parameters, the last parameter will
be displayed as Zero(0) on the Task Results page.
9. Under Command output format, select from the following:
• Standard output
• X-Window
10. To prompt the user for input at the time they choose this tool to be run or scheduled, enter up to 10
labels that can be used to ask for input. You can use the substitution parameters %1, %2, ... %10 in
your command line to access the values they enter.
a. (Optional) Select Required (user must enter data) to require the user to enter data.
b. (Optional) Select Private (masks the data with *) to mask the user input.
11. Select if the tool can be scheduled.
12. Click OK to add the new tool to the Custom Tools menu and access the Manage Custom Tools
page, or click Previous to return to the previous page to select another type of custom tool.
NOTE: New custom tool tools are located under Tools→Custom Tools.
Related procedures
• Creating a new CMS tool
• Creating a new web page tool
• Managing custom tools
Related topic
▲ Custom tools
Creating a new CMS tool
A CMS tool usually runs on the Central Management Server (CMS) and is usually a script or batch file that
can pass environment variables. Using automatic event handling, this tool can optionally be configured to
run when specific events are received. This tool can be scheduled and is selected by default when accessing
the New Custom Tool page. See “Events” for more information on automatic event handling. See
“Environment variables for custom tools” for more information on the environment variables that can be
passed. In previous releases of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), CMS tools were called custom tools.
To create a custom Central Management Server tool:
1. Select Tools→Custom Tools→New Custom Tool. The New Custom Tool page appears.
2. Select CMS tool.
3. Click Next. The Describe how the new custom tool will work page appears with the tool type and
description displayed.
4. Under Tool Parameters, enter the following information:
a. In the Name field, enter the command name. Custom tool names must be at least one character in
length, and no more than 255 characters in length. The first character of the name must be
alphabetic. Subsequent characters can be letters, digits, spaces, or any of the following: "-", ".",
"(", ")" or "_".
b. In the Description field, enter the necessary information for the application.
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