HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

7 Configuring managed systems
Perform step 4 to configure the protocols for the managed systems
1. Install and configure the CMS. The procedure to complete this step is in Chapter 3 “Installing HP SIM
on the CMS for the first time”.
2. Install and configure the required management software on the systems that will be managed by the
CMS. For more information on this step, see Chapter 4 “Setting up managed systems” for details.
3. Configure HP SIM for your environment. See chapter Chapter 5 “Configuring HP SIM using the First
Time Wizard” or Chapter 6 “Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu” for the recommended
tasks.
4. Configure the protocols for the managed systems. The procedure to complete this step is in this chapter.
Configuring the Managed System Software
The HP Systems Insight Manager Configure or Repair Agents tool is a quick and easy way to configure
Linux, HP-UX and Windows managed systems from a Linux CMS.
Running the Configure or Repair Agents feature from the CMS
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against multiple systems simultaneously, you must have
authorizations to run the Configure or Repair Agents tool.
You must have full CMS configuration privileges to modify the HP Systems Insight Manager community strings
in the node security file. In addition, you must enter root or administrator level user credentials for the target
system.
To configure agents remotely:
Setting up Linux managed systems manually
You can use the HP Systems Insight Manager Configure or Repair Agents tool to configure Linux managed
systems simultaneously, or you can configure each managed system manually.
To manually configure Linux managed systems, perform the following on each managed system:
1. Install and configure SSH.
a. Verify that SSH is installed on the managed system:
rpm -qa | grep ssh
If it is not installed, see your Linux provider for information on installing SSH.
b. On the CMS, copy the SSH generated public key from the CMS to the managed system, and place
it in the authorized keys file of the execute-as user (root or administrator).
Important: On a non-English CMS, ensure that an administrator account (spelled exactly as follows,
administrator) exists on the CMS, and that mxagentconfig has been run on the CMS for the
created administrator account.
i. Launch the Manage SSH Keys dialog box from the CMS command prompt:
mxagentconfig -a -n hostname -u username -p Password
ii. Click Connect.
2. Configure the system to send SNMP traps.
Note: These steps might vary slightly, depending on your version of Linux. See your Linux provider for
details if these file paths and file names do not exist on your system.
a. Verify that SNMP is installed:
rpm -qa | grep snmp
If it is not installed, see your Linux provider for information on installing SNMP.
b. Stop the HP Server and Management Drivers and Agents daemons on the platform where you are
installing HP Systems Insight Manager using the following command:
/etc/init.d/hpasm stop
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