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

Configuring e-mail settings.....................................................................................................................37
First Time Wizard summary ...................................................................................................................38
Finishing the First Time Wizard ..............................................................................................................38
Operating-system-specific collections, reports, and tools ............................................................................38
Operating-system-specific collections...................................................................................................38
Operating-system-specific reports.......................................................................................................39
Operating-system-specific tools...........................................................................................................39
Windows..................................................................................................................................39
Linux.........................................................................................................................................39
HP-UX.......................................................................................................................................40
Other........................................................................................................................................40
6 Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu................................................41
Configuring protocol settings..................................................................................................................41
Adding users........................................................................................................................................42
Adding toolboxes..................................................................................................................................44
Adding authorizations...........................................................................................................................44
Configuring email settings......................................................................................................................46
Setting up automatic event handling........................................................................................................47
Configuring and executing discovery.......................................................................................................49
Configuring and executing automatic discovery...................................................................................49
Configuring a discovery task.............................................................................................................51
Configuring WMI Mapper.....................................................................................................................51
7 Configuring managed systems....................................................................53
Configuring the Managed System Software..............................................................................................53
Running the Configure or Repair Agents feature from the CMS...............................................................53
Setting up Linux managed systems manually........................................................................................53
8 Upgrading from HP Systems Insight Manager...............................................55
Upgrading HP SIM in Linux....................................................................................................................55
Installing HP System Management Homepage and HP SIM.........................................................................57
9 Uninstalling HP Systems Insight Manager.....................................................58
Uninstalling HP Systems Insight Manager from a Linux system......................................................................58
10 Using the graphical user interface.............................................................59
Accessing the GUI................................................................................................................................59
Security Alert in Internet Explorer.............................................................................................................59
Graphical user interface features.............................................................................................................60
Customizing the GUI.............................................................................................................................61
Customizing the Home Page..............................................................................................................61
Customizing the System Status Panel...................................................................................................62
11 Using the command line interface.............................................................63
Logging in to the CLI.............................................................................................................................63
Logging in to the CMS directly...........................................................................................................63
Logging in remotely using an SSH client..............................................................................................63
manpages............................................................................................................................................63
12 Configuration options..............................................................................64
CPU utilization during data collection......................................................................................................64
Overview........................................................................................................................................64
Implementation................................................................................................................................64
GUI time-out policy...............................................................................................................................64
Overview........................................................................................................................................64
Implementation................................................................................................................................65
HP SIM audit log configuration...............................................................................................................65
Overview........................................................................................................................................65
Implementation................................................................................................................................65
Configuring task results..........................................................................................................................66
Overview........................................................................................................................................66
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