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

What's new?
Collections
▲ You can combine system and event collections for added power and flexibility. You can easily view
events associated with system collections and vice versa. Improved versatility for moving and copying
collections.
Events
• Automatic event handling utilizes both event and system collections.
• Event management (clearing, deleting, and so on) is possible for users with limited configuration rights
privileges. Users do not have to be full configuration rights users.
• Increased control over HP SIM generated e-mail format
• For All HP Services Events, additional case information is now available.
• New event types in the HP Service Events categories provide advance notification when a managed
system warranty or contract is about to expire.
Task Wizard
• You can configure the task wizard to skip the target verification.
• On the target verification page, you can filter the task by selecting system or event filters.
Directory services
• Added a new tool to read ActiveDirectory group membership for systems and place the membership
in the database. This can be used for searches and authorizations.
• Support for determining membership in Windows domains, Organizational Units (OU), and static
groups, as defined in Windows Active Directory by using LDAP 3 to communicate with the Active
Directory server.
Security
• More refined control over Trusted System Certificates: Always Accept, First Time, and Require.
• New SSL certificate management support makes using the stringent Require trusted certificates option
easy to set up with an optional automatic import of certificates upon first receipt.
• A separate WBEM certificate for WBEM connections is used as a client credential.
• Authorizations can track your dynamic system environment automatically
Command Line Interface
• Tighter integration with HP NonStop Kernel servers.
• The command mxquery can provide output in XML format.
Discovery
• Discovery of HP virtual machine systems is now available.
• HP SIM discovers external LUs (a feature of External Storage XP) on XP arrays that are managed by
Command View XP Advanced Edition.
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