HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Command Line Interface Guide

Example 3
To add a default/global type credential to the Systems Insight Manager database of specified protocol.,
enter mxnodesecurity -a -p protocol -c username:password. When adding default or global credentials, you
can specify any protocol name, except for WBEM. A username and password are required for any protocol.
NOTE: A node name is not needed when you add default credentials, because default credentials apply
to all nodes. Default credentials for the sign-in protocol are limited to 10. Default credential names use the
format @defaultN , where N is an automatically assigned numerical value in the range of 1–10. If you try
to add more than ten default sign-in credentials, a warning message appears and the default credential is
not added.
Example 4
To add a default or global credential to the HP SIM database with a specified sign-in protocol, enter
mxnodesecurity -a -p sign-in|signin -c username:password. A sign-in credential is a
special independent credential protocol used to sign into the managed system.
NOTE: A node name is not specified when adding default or global credentials. Default credential names
use the format @defaultN , where N is an automatically assigned numerical indicating usage.
Example 5
To add a default or global credential to the HP SIM database with a specified sign-in protocol for the node
mycomputer.ak.hp.com , enter mxnodesecurity -a -p sign-in|signin -c username:password
-n mycomputer.ak.hp.com. A sign-in credential is a special independent credential protocol used to
sign into the managed system. If the credential exists in the HP SIM credentials database (based on the
protocol and nodename), then a modify operation is automatically performed on the credential and the
username and password are updated.
NOTE: A node name is not specified when adding default or global credentials. Default credential names
use the format @defaultN , where N is an automatically assigned numerical indicating usage.
Example 6
To add a default SNMP protocol credential to the node security repository, enter mxnodesecurity -a
-p snmp -c readname:writename. The read community string and the write community string are
required for the SNMP protocol.
NOTE: A node name is not needed when you add default credentials, because default credentials apply
to all nodes. Default credential names use the format @defaultN , where N is an automatically assigned
numerical value.
Example 7
To modify the username and password of an existing default or global credential with an SSH specified
protocol and a specified nodename of @default3, enter mxnodesecurity -a -p snmp -c
readname:writename.
NOTE: A node name is not needed when you add default credentials, because default credentials apply
to all nodes. Default credential names use the format @defaultN , where N is an automatically assigned
numerical value.
Example 8
To add credentials to the HP SIM database based on the contents of
/home/user1/defs/newcredentials.xml, enter mxnodesecurity -a -f
/home/user1/defs/newcredentials.xml.
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