HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Settings→Global Protocol Settings page. Configure default community strings and WBEM passwords
on the Global Protocol Settings page. See “Global protocols” for additional information.
Status indicators let you know when discovery is running, and the column, Last Run, displays running, the
percentage of completion, the number of pings attempted, and the systems processed. A processed
system is one in which the IP address has been either identified or found unresponsive. However, a processed
system is not always added to the database.
Manual discovery
Manual discovery enables you to bypass a full discovery. With manual discovery, you can:
• Add a single system to the HP SIM database
• Add multiple systems to the HP SIM database through hosts files
• Create and import an HP SIM hosts file
• Import a hosts file that was created or exported from Insight Manager (WIN32); the hosts file automates
the process of adding systems or restoring system information
• Create or import a generic hosts file to automate the process of adding systems or restoring system
information
• Set up systems before they are physically connected to the network
The system is added to the database using the IP address as the system name. After the system is
connected to the network and identification runs, the system name is updated with the system name
instead of the IP address.
To access the manual discovery page by:
• Select Options→Discovery and click the Manual tab
• Click Manual in the Do this now to finish the installation section of the introductory page
• Click discovery in the Manage section of the Home page
Hosts files
Hosts files are used by manual discovery to manually add multiple systems to the HP Systems Insight Manager
(HP SIM) database , and are usually used only one time to import systems. You can use an existing hosts file ,
a file created from the HP SIM database, or an HP SIM exported hosts file as the basis for adding systems.
Typically, the file contains a listing of the names of systems, system IP addresses, and any alias names that
are used for the system.
Importing the hosts file bypasses the need for immediate discovery. For example, in the case of a catastrophic
system failure, you could import a backup hosts file as the basis for reconfiguring your management
environment and automatically repopulating the database. Adding the systems using the hosts file utility
does not replace systems in the database. For example, if a system listed in the hosts file has the same IP
address as an existing system, the duplicate is ignored. Any systems that previously existed in the database
are not modified.
You can import hosts files from the following sources:
• The HP SIM database, which imports the system data, creates a hosts file, and sorts the data types
according to your selection
• Another system that has an existing hosts file
To create and manage hosts files, click the Hosts Files tab on the Discovery page.
Options for adding a single system
• Know the IP address or host name of the system. If you know at least one of these, HP SIM can find the
other by validating the information with the Domain Name Service (DNS) for the network.
• To add a cluster and its nodes, enter each IP address separately.
• Decide if you want to set the system type , subtypes, or Web-Based Enterprise Management credentials
as well as the product model.
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