HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows HP Part Number: 418812-005

Toolboxes
The Toolboxes section enables you to configure groups of tools . The following toolboxes are created during
the installation process:
• The All Tools toolbox contains all tools in the Central Management Server (CMS).
• The Monitor Tools toolbox contains tools that display the state of the managed systems but not tools
that change the state of the managed systems. For example, the Monitor Tools toolbox permits viewing
installed software but does not permit installing software.
• The Full Rights toolbox contains all tools in the Central Management Server (CMS).
• The Limited Rights toolbox contains only the create and edit both reports and tools.
• When HP Storage Essentials is installed, a Toolbox for Storage Essentials tools is added to this page.
See your HP Storage Essentials documentation for more information.
Tools
Tools are applications, commands, or scripts that are launched from within HP SIM. You can add custom
tools into HP SIM and execute them across multiple systems simultaneously. Three types of tools are supported
in the HP SIM environment: web tools, X Window tools, and command line tools.
Web tools must reside on a web server. The web server can be
running on the CMS or a managed system. HP SIM launches the
web tools
URL from a CLI or GUI. When a web tool is launched from the
command line, HP SIM opens a browser to display the tool. When
a web tool is launched from the HP SIM GUI, it opens in the
workspace or in a separate browser window.
X Window tools require that an X server is running. These tools
can reside on the CMS or on a managed system. When accessing
X Window tools
HP SIM from a network client, you must have X server software
running on the network client to execute an X Window tool. From
the CLI or GUI, HP SIM invokes the X Window application using
the command line and passes the location of the X server by
requesting the device for display from the user.
Command line tools include applications, commands, and scripts.
They can reside on the CMS or another managed system. They
can be launched directly from the CLI or GUI.
Command line tools
Custom tools are tools that can be created by the user to run on the Central Management Server or on target
systems. For example:
• Remote tool A tool that runs on selected target systems. It might copy files to the target systems or run
specific X-Window applications on the target systems. You can schedule this tool.
• CMS tool A tool that runs on the CMS. It is usually a script or batch file and can pass in environment
variables. Using Automatic Event Handling, you can configure this tool to run when events are received.
You can schedule this tool.
• Web page tool A tool that launches a web URL. The URL is launched in a separate browser window
on the CMS. You cannot schedule this tool.
Information storage
HP SIM uses an audit log and a database to track activity and store your management domain information.
HP SIM audit log
HP SIM logs all tasks performed by all HP SIM users on all systems. The information is stored in the audit
log on the CMS. HP SIM logs all tasks with the following information:
• Time stamp
• User name
• Systems
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