HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 User Guide

HP-UX and Linux.........................................................................................................................83
Systems Insight Manager database....................................................................................................83
SQL Server and MSDE................................................................................................................83
Remote SQL Server.....................................................................................................................83
PostgreSQL................................................................................................................................83
Oracle......................................................................................................................................83
Command-line interface....................................................................................................................84
How to: configuration checklist..........................................................................................................84
General....................................................................................................................................84
Configuring the CMS..................................................................................................................84
Strong security...........................................................................................................................84
Configuring managed systems......................................................................................................84
How to: lockdown versus ease of use on Windows systems....................................................................85
Moderate..................................................................................................................................85
Strong.......................................................................................................................................85
19 Privilege elevation...............................................................................87
20 Contract and warranty........................................................................88
Viewing contract and warranty information.........................................................................................88
Collecting contract and warranty data................................................................................................88
Viewing contract and warranty status.................................................................................................89
Overview..................................................................................................................................89
System Information......................................................................................................................89
Contract....................................................................................................................................89
Warranty...................................................................................................................................90
Monitoring contract and warranty status........................................................................................90
21 License Manager................................................................................92
CLI mxlmkeyconfig...........................................................................................................................93
License types...................................................................................................................................93
Licensed System(s)............................................................................................................................94
Add Licenses...................................................................................................................................94
Collect Remote License Info...............................................................................................................94
License Collection Results table.....................................................................................................95
Assigning and Unassigning licenses...................................................................................................96
Apply Licenses.................................................................................................................................96
Add License page............................................................................................................................97
Key details page..............................................................................................................................97
Assigning or Applying Licenses page.................................................................................................98
License unlicensed systems (optional) page..........................................................................................99
22 Storage integration using SMI-S..........................................................100
About storage systems....................................................................................................................100
Storage integration using SNMP......................................................................................................100
Storage events...............................................................................................................................100
Storage inventory details.................................................................................................................101
Introduction to SMI-S for Systems Insight Manager..............................................................................101
About SMI-S.............................................................................................................................102
Key components.......................................................................................................................102
CIM...................................................................................................................................102
WBEM...............................................................................................................................102
SLP....................................................................................................................................102
Profiles....................................................................................................................................102
SMI-S implementation................................................................................................................102
About storage security using SNMP..................................................................................................103
Discovery and identification.......................................................................................................103
Using storage solutions...................................................................................................................103
Creating a storage by type group...............................................................................................103
Event collection and launch........................................................................................................103
For Command View SDM.....................................................................................................104
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