HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

7. From the Step 4: Enter credentials page, enter the following credentials. The credentials used in this
step must work for all selected target systems. HP recommends using domain administrator credentials.
Credentials entered here are not saved by HP SIM except to run a scheduled task later.
a. Select one of the following options:
• Use sign-in credentials. These credentials must be a privileged account on the managed system.
NOTE: This option is not available if you selected any options on the “Step 2: Install Providers
and Agents (Optional)” page.
• Use the following credentials for all systems.
b. In the User name field, enter the system administrator name.
c. In the Password field, enter the system administrator password.
d. In the Password (Verify) field, re-enter the system administrator password.
e. In the Domain field, enter the Windows domain if you are using a domain account.
8. If the Management HTTP Server is installed on target systems, the login credentials are updated in the
Management HTTP Server password file.
Like other HP SIM tools, you can configure the Configure or Repair Agents tool to run on a schedule or
manually. Only one instance of Configure or Repair Agents tool can run at a time.
Related Topics
Related topics
▲ Configuring or repairing agents
Learn more: Installing the WBEM/WMI Provider for Windows
• WBEM This industry initiative provides management of systems, networks, users, and applications
across multiple vendor environments. WBEM simplifies system management, providing better access
to software and hardware data that is readable by WBEM client applications.
For HP-UX, WBEM is included in the operating system install. For Linux Itanium Processor Family (IPF),
if WBEM is not installed, it must be manually installed. Go to the HP Software Depot (http://
www.software.hp.com/) to download. The WBEM download from the openPegasus website does not
include the hardware specific data for HP SIM to manage Linux x86 systems.
NOTE: WMI is the implementation of WBEM from Microsoft. .
NOTE: The WBEM providers cannot be installed on Linux or HP-UX systems.
NOTE: A CIMOM acts as the interface for communication between WBEM providers and management
applications such as HP SIM.
The CMS must have the correct credentials to authenticate to WBEM and WMI. There are two ways
to authenticate client certificates:
• Basic authentication to WBEM Services or WMI using user name and password.
• Using the CMS certificate for authentication is available only for HP-UX WBEM Services 02.05.00,
which supports client certificate authentication. Use the Configure or Repair Agents Use an HP
SIM WBEM certificate (good for 10 years) rather than username/password to manage the
system option to deploy a WBEM certificate to the managed system and is valid only for HP-UX
systems.
• WMI An API in the Windows operating system that enables you to manage and control systems in
a network.
The WMI Mapper Proxy is a configuration setting for WMI. The WMI Mapper receives client CIM/XML
WBEM requests and converts the requests to WMI requests. The WMI results are converted to CIM/XML
format and returned to the CMS. The discovery and Identification task uses the proxies in the WMI
Mapper Proxy list to discover whether a system is a WMI-enabled system. If the system is WMI-enabled,
then the identification information for that system is returned.
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