README - HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1
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To enable non administrative users to delete or clear events, you can create a toolbox with the Clear Events
and Delete Events tools.
1. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations.
2. Click the Toolboxes tab and click New
3. In the Name field, enter a name for the new toolbox.
4. In the Description field, enter a description for the new toolbox.
5. Select Toolbox is enabled.
6. Under Show Tools in Category, select Configuration Tool from the dropdown list.
7. Select Delete Events and Clear Events, and move them to the Toolbox contents window.
8. Click OK
Next, create an authorization on the systems that you want to enable the user to clear or delete events.
1. Select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations.
2. Select the Authorizations tab, and click New.
3. In the Select field, select the users or user groups to which to assign the toolbox.
4. In the Select Toolbox(es) section, select the toolbox you created in step 2.
5. In the Select Systems section, select the systems that you want this toolbox to apply.
6. Click OK.
Create an event collection, and run the tool through the menus. Refer to the
HP Systems Insight Manager
Technical Reference Guide
in the Administering Systems and Events, Creating a Task to Delete Events
Older than Thirty Days and Creating a Task to Delete Cleared Events section.
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When event types are dynamically added, you must manually refresh any event collections that are currently
displayed
Host Name
When installing HP SIM, CMS host names that exceed 15 characters are truncated, and the truncated name
must be used to complete the installation. After the install, two administrator accounts are created. One
account includes the original hostname\administrator and the other account includes the
truncated hostname\administrator. To sign in, you must use the original host name in the Domain
field on the Sign in page.
HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager
BPV in HP SIM does not display correctly, if C3000 Enclosure contains a BL870c Server. Enclosure picture
view can be viewed from Onboard Administrator (OA) web application if HP SIM includes the C3000
Enclosure with BL870c Server.
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To manage ProLiant blades running ESX 3.0.x or 3.5 in the Synergy environment with the virtual ID option
turned on, the HP ProLiant SNMP Agent for ESX package must be installed. You can use the Configure or
Repair Agent feature in HP SIM to install the package. If you have already discovered ESX classic servers
before the ProLiant SNMP agent is installed, you must delete these systems, install the ProLiant SNMP agent
on them, and re-discovery them.
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While restoring the OA configuration, initially the following message appears if the network communication
to Onboard Administrator is slow. Save/Restore operation is taking more than the expected
time. Please wait while the save/restore operation completes. If the restore operation
exceeds 4 minutes on Onboard Administrator, a message appears stating that the save/restore operation
could not be completed, however, the operation does complete.
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When an Onboard Administrator (OA) is discovered, the enclosure that it resides in is created. If this enclosure
is daisy chained to other c-class enclosures, then these enclosures are also created. By default, daisy chained
22 Known Issues and Workarounds