HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

Use custom tools that run on target SSA systems create a temporary .XML tool definition file under /var/tmp,
the loads the tool with the mxtool -af filename . You enter only data in required fields.
WARNING! If you define a custom tool to run as root, any user authorized to run the tool might gain full
access to the managed system, depending on how you define the command, and what its capabilities are.
Otherwise, the tool runs as the HP SIM user and that user's SSH public key must be configured on the
managed system using the mxagentconfig command.
Menu placement
To place custom tools in the following menu locations, use a string in the form base|submenu|subsubmenu.
ExampleMenu level
Toolstop-level-menu
Tools|Custom Toolstop-level-menu|first-level-cascade
Tools|Custom Tools|My Toolstop-level-menu|first-level-cascade|second-level-cascade
For example, place a tool under Tools→Custom Tools, place an entry in the Menu placement field such
as Tools|CustomTools.
By default, if the Menu placement field is left blank, the tools are placed in Tools→Custom Tools.
Related procedures
• Creating a remote tool
• Creating a CMS tool
• Creating a web page tool
• Managing custom tools
330 Tools that extend management