HP Systems Insight Manager 6.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

4 Configuring Systems Insight Manager
Perform step 3 to configure Systems Insight Manager for your environment.
1. Install and configure the CMS. For more information, see Chapter 2 “Installing HP Systems Insight
Manager on the CMS for the first time”.
2. Install and configure the required Insight Management Agents on the systems that will be managed by
the CMS. For more information, see Chapter 3 “Setting up managed systems”.
3. Configure Systems Insight Manager for your environment. For more information, see “Configuring
Systems Insight Manager using the First Time Wizard”, “Configuring Systems Insight Manager using
the Options menu”, or “Configuring HP-UX systems manually”.
Configuring Systems Insight Manager using the First Time Wizard
The initial setup of Systems Insight Manager uses the First Time Wizard to provide step-by-step instructions
for performing the initial configuration of Systems Insight ManagerCentral 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 Systems Insight Manager. The administrative account used to install Systems Insight Manager 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 Systems Insight Manager 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.
• System Automatic 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
Systems Insight Manager 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: System Automatic 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.
• WMI Mapper Proxy To retrieve managed system information on Windows systems, enter the mapper
proxy system host name and port number.
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