HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Command Line Interface Guide

Prerequisites
1. You must be a member of the local Windows Administrators group.
2. The server has HP Insight Control Suite 6.0 or later installed, which includes HP SIM 6.0 or later. All
HP Insight Control software that were installed on source server must be installed on target server as
well.
3. Stop the HP SIM service and all other HP Insight Control software before running import function.
4. The CMS must be a clean installation and have no prior configurations.
5. See Remote SQL Server database settings for more information if a remote database is used for import.
IMPORTANT: This tool truncates all data from the concerned databases before it actually imports the data.
HP recommends that you take a snapshot of all databases before proceeding with import. The snapshot can
be taken in the following means - by running mxexport on the server, on any user specific database backup
method. If import fails. the database can be recovered from the snapshot.
Return value
No return value.
Note: If one HP Insight Control software fails during import, the entire import function fails.
Supported platforms
All versions of HP SIM supported Windows operating systems.
All versions of HP SIM supported SQL server local or remote database.
Post-migration steps
1. HP recommends running the Configure or Repair Agent settings on the target CMS against the discovered
systems. The options chosen should include to reset the trap, indication destinations as well as reconfigure
any certificates used by the System Management Homepage,iLO or Onboard Administrator for Single
sign-on. See Configure and repair agents for more details.
2. After migrating to HP SIM 6.0, sign in to HP SIM, and run the Daily System Identification task to ensure
that all your associations are updated correctly.
To run the daily identification task:
1. Select Tasks & Logs→View All Scheduled Tasks. The All Scheduled Tasks page appears.
2. Select the Daily Identification task.
3. Click Run Now.
Examples
Example 1
To import data with out specifying a file name and password, enter
mximport
.
Example 2
To import data by specifying a password, enter
mximport -p d&e128Pa
Example 3
To import data by specifying a filename, enter
mximport -f c:\data\Products.zip
Example 4
To import data by specifying a filename and a password, enter
Example 1 41