HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

HP-UX.......................................................................................................................................51
Other........................................................................................................................................51
5 Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu................................................52
Configuring protocol settings..................................................................................................................52
Users and authorizations........................................................................................................................53
Adding users...................................................................................................................................54
Adding user groups....................................................................................................................55
Adding toolboxes............................................................................................................................55
Adding authorizations......................................................................................................................56
Configuring email settings.................................................................................................................58
Configuring paging settings..............................................................................................................59
Setting up automatic event handling...................................................................................................59
Configuring and executing discovery.............................................................................................61
Configuring and executing automatic discovery.........................................................................62
Configuring a discovery task...................................................................................................63
6 Setting up and configuring managed systems...............................................64
Setting up managed systems from a Windows CMS..................................................................................64
Configuring the managed system software using the Configure or Repair Agents feature from the CMS.......64
Setting up managed storage systems.......................................................................................................71
Installing SMI-S providers..................................................................................................................71
Verifying SSL...................................................................................................................................71
Configuring SMI-S providers..............................................................................................................72
Configuring HP SIM to discover storage systems...................................................................................72
7 Initializing the Remote Support Software Manager........................................73
Device and access requirements..............................................................................................................73
Remote Support Software Manager configuration options.....................................................................74
Initializing the Remote Support Software Manager....................................................................................74
Removing or reinstalling the Remote Support Software Manager.................................................................80
Reinstalling the Remote Support Software Manager..............................................................................81
8 Upgrading HP Systems Insight Manager......................................................82
Typical upgrade....................................................................................................................................86
Custom upgrade...................................................................................................................................87
Silent upgrade......................................................................................................................................94
Next steps............................................................................................................................................95
9 Uninstalling HP Systems Insight Manager.....................................................96
10 Using the graphical user interface.............................................................97
Accessing the GUI................................................................................................................................97
Signing in to the GUI.......................................................................................................................97
Manually signing in to HP SIM.....................................................................................................97
Automatically signing in..............................................................................................................98
Configuring the CMS.............................................................................................................98
Configuring the browser.........................................................................................................98
Behavior..............................................................................................................................99
Signing in using SSL...................................................................................................................99
Security Alert in Internet Explorer.............................................................................................................99
Graphical user interface features...........................................................................................................100
Customizing the GUI...........................................................................................................................101
Customizing the Home Page............................................................................................................101
Customizing the System Status Panel.................................................................................................102
11 Using the command line interface...........................................................104
Logging in to the CLI...........................................................................................................................104
Logging in to the CMS directly.........................................................................................................104
Logging in remotely using an SSH client............................................................................................104
manpages..........................................................................................................................................104
12 Configuration options............................................................................105
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