HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

4 Configuring HP SIM
Perform step 3 to configure HP SIM for your environment.
1. Install and configure the CMS. See Chapter 2 “Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time”.
2. Install and configure the required Management Agents on the systems that will be managed by the
CMS. See Chapter 3 “Setting up managed systems”.
3. Configure HP SIM for your environment. See “Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard”,
“Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu”, or “Configuring HP-UX systems manually”.
Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard
The initial setup of HP SIM uses the First Time Wizard to provide step-by-step instructions for performing the
initial configuration of HP SIM Central Management Server as well as steps for setting up managed systems ,
configuring discovery , configuring event handling, adding users , and defining authorizations . To perform
the initial setup, you must complete the installation of your Central Management Server (CMS) as described
in Chapter 3 “Setting up managed systems”.
The First Time Wizard is automatically launched the first time a user with administrative privileges signs in
to HP SIM. The administrative account used to install HP SIM is the initial administrative account. If the wizard
is canceled before completion, it restarts each time an administrative user signs in. You can cancel and
disable the wizard from starting automatically by selecting the Do not automatically show this wizard
again checkbox and clicking Cancel. You can start the wizard manually by selecting Options→First Time
Wizard.
The First Time Wizard helps you configure settings on the CMS. After configuring a setting, click Next to
continue the First Time Wizard setup procedure. The First Time Wizard does not apply any changes until
you click Finish on the Summary page.
NOTE: The default settings in Firefox block the First Time Wizard. You must disable the pop-up blocker in
Firefox to see the First Time Wizard.
The following is an overview of the First Time Wizard configuration screens:
• Introduction Describes the purpose of the First Time Wizard. You can cancel the First Time Wizard
and disable the wizard from automatically starting when an administrative user signs in.
• Managed Environment Specifies all operating systems managed by the CMS. The selections made
here configure HP SIM to show collections, tools, and reports only for managed environments that are
selected.
This page also displays required details for each TDEF selection, such as IP address of the Ignite server,
sign in credential information, and so on.
• Discovery Use the wizard to enable discovery, set up the discovery schedule, and enter the IP address
ranges or host names of the systems you want to discover. Discovery is the process HP SIM uses to find
and identify systems on your network and populate the database with that information. A system must
be discovered to collect data and track system health status .
• Credentials: Discovery Use the wizard to set the sign-in credentials and the SNMP credentials for the
Discovery task.
• Configure Managed Systems Configure managed systems as they are discovered, by configuring
WBEM and WMI, SNMP, SSH access, and trust relationship.
• WBEM/WMI Mapper Proxy To retrieve managed system information on Windows systems, enter the
mapper proxy system host name and port number.
NOTE: This page only appears if you selected to manage a Windows operating system.
• Privilege Elevation Enable privilege elevation if, on HP-UX, Linux, and ESX managed systems, you
are required to sign in as a non-root user and then request privilege elevation to run root-level tools.
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