HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux HP Part Number: 418811-005 Published: April 2009 Edition: 5.3.1

7. In the Exclusion ranges field, enter the IP address of the systems that should be excluded from
management by this user or user group. Use the same format as in the previous step for Inclusion
ranges. Enter 0.0.0.0 to prevent a user from logging in through a remote system.
8. To save and close the New User Group section, click OK. To save and keep the New User Group
section open, click Apply, or to cancel to close the New User Group section without saving the new
group, click Cancel .
Adding toolboxes
Create a toolbox to configure a group of tools to which a user has access.
To add a toolbox:
1. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Toolboxes, and then click New. The New
Toolbox section appears.
2. In the Name field, enter a name for the new toolbox. This field is required.
3. In the Description field, enter a description for the toolbox.
4. To enable the toolbox and all authorizations created with this toolbox, select Toolbox is enabled.
5. To display a list of tools in the available tools list, in the Show tools in category field, select a category.
In the available tools list, select the tools to be assigned to this toolbox, and then click .
The selected tools appear in the Toolbox contents list. To remove a tool from the associated tools list,
you can select a tool displayed in the Toolbox contents list, and then click .
Note: The HP SIM Tools category includes tools that are related to configuration rights on the HP SIM
server itself. In previous versions of HP SIM, these rights were only enabled to full configuration rights
users. With HP SIM 5.2 or later, any user can be granted these rights if needed based on an
authorization. These tools include: Delete Systems in HP SIM, Edit any user tasks in HP SIM, Edit HP
SIM Notification Settings, Edit HP SIM Reports, Edit Shared Collections in HP SIM, Edit Systems in HP
SIM, Modify HP SIM Events, Run HP SIM Discovery, and View HP SIM Audit Log.
Note: For users with operator rights and user rights to clear, delete, assign events, and add comments
to events, you must select Configuration Tool from the Show tools in category dropdown list. Then,
select Clear Events, Delete Events, Assign Events, and Comment Events as necessary, and then
click to add them to the Toolbox contents.
6. To save the new toolbox and close the New Toolbox section, click OK. To save the settings without
closing the New Toolbox section, click Apply, or to cancel the new toolbox creation and return to the
Toolboxes section, click Cancel.
Adding authorizations
Authorize your users for a toolbox on a system or group of systems.
To add authorizations:
1. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Authorizations, and then click New. The
New Authorizations section appears.
2. In the Select dropdown list, select User(s) or UserGroup(s), and then select the users or groups in
the box. This field is required.
3. In the Enter authorizations for the selected user(s) section, select one of the following options:
• Copy all authorizations of this user or [template]
Select a user or template from the dropdown list.
• Manually assign toolbox and system/system group authorizations
In the Select Toolbox(es) section, select the toolboxes to include.a.
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