HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Configuring the managed system software
The HP SIM Configure or Repair Agents tool is a quick and easy way to configure Linux, HP-UX and Windows
managed systems to communicate with HP SIM from an HP-UX CMS.
NOTE: It is possible to manually configure HP-UX systems. See Setting up HP-UX managed systems manually.
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against multiple systems simultaneously, you must have
authorizations to run the Configure or Repair Agents tool.
You must have full CMS configuration privileges to modify the HP SIM community strings in the system security
file. In addition, you must enter root level user credentials for the target system.
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.
4. 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.
62 Getting started