HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

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• Windows CMS
• HP-UX and Linux CMS
• Setting up managed systems
Windows CMS
Configuring managed systems from a Windows Central Management Server
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against a system, you must have authorization to run the Configure
or Repair Agents tool. You must have administrator privileges for Windows systems on the target systems to
configure or repair the agent settings. You must have root privileges for HP-UX and Linux systems.
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against HP-UX and Linux target, you must have SSH installed
on them.
To configure agents remotely:
1. Select Configure→Configure or Repair Agents. The Step 1: Select Target Systems page appears.
Note: The Step 1: Verify Target Systems page appears if the targets are selected before selecting a
tool.
2. Select target systems. See “Creating a task” for more information.
3. Click Next. The Step 2: Enter credentials page appears. The credentials specified on this page are
for a privileged account on the target system.
Note: If you plan to Configure secure shell (SSH) access on a Windows target system, the account
specified must be a member of the local Administrators group. For Windows targets using a domain
account, the account is automatically added to this group if applicable.
4. From the Step 2: Enter credentials page:
a. In the User name field, enter the system administrator name.
b. In the Password field, enter the system administrator's password for the user name previously
entered.
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