HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows
Table Of Contents
- HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows
- Table of Contents
- 1 Product overview
- 2 Installation overview and requirements
- 3 Installing HP SIM on the Central Management Server (CMS) for the first time
- 4 Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard
- Using the First Time Wizard
- Configuring the managed environment
- Enabling automatic system discovery
- Configuring System Automatic Discovery task sign in credentials
- Configuring managed systems
- Configuring the WMI Mapper Proxy
- Configuring privilege elevation
- Configuring e-mail settings
- First Time Wizard summary
- Finishing the First Time Wizard
- Operating-system-specific collections, reports, and tools
- 5 Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu
- 6 Setting up and configuring managed systems
- 7 Initializing the Remote Support Software Manager
- 8 Upgrading HP Systems Insight Manager
- 9 Uninstalling HP Systems Insight Manager
- 10 Using the graphical user interface
- 11 Using the command line interface
- 12 Configuration options
- 13 Troubleshooting
- glossary
- Index
You can install Insight Management Agents or providers, either WBEM or SNMP, on managed systems
so that HP SIM can collect inventory and status information from these systems and receive event
notifications from the systems. Installation is supported only on ProLiant or Itanium-based servers with a
Windows operating systems.
From the Step 2: Install Providers and Agents (Optional) page:
a. Select Install WBEM / WMI Provider (HP Insight Management WBEM Provider) for Windows
to install
WBEM
or
WMI
providers on Windows managed systems.
b. Select Install SNMP Agent (HP Insight Management Agents) for Windows to install the
SNMP
agent on Windows managed systems. This Insight Management Agent allows network monitoring
and control.
c. Select Install OpenSSH to install
OpenSSH
on Windows managed systems.
d. Select Install Linux PSP or ESX Agents to install Linux PSP and ESX Agents which are a collection
of SNMP agents used by HP SIM to gather information from managed systems and send traps to
HP SIM.
e. Select Install the Version Control Agent for Windows (VCA) to install the
HP VCA
on Windows
managed systems. The HP VCA enables you to view the HP software installed on a system and
whether updates for the software are available in the repository.
HP SIM determines the type of agent or provider to install based on the system type, subtype, and
operating system description of the system.
Table 6-1 Version support matrix for components used for installation
System Management
Home Page
Version Control
Agent
OpenSSHHP ProLiant AgentHP WBEM ProviderSupported systems
2.1.15.2102.1.10.8015.1p1-38.2.0.0 (32-bit)2.2.1.0 (32-bit)Unknown
2.1.15.2102.1.10.8015.1p1-38.2.0.0 (32-bit)2.2.1.0 (32-bit)ProLiant systems
with 32-bit
Windows operating
system ( 2003,
2008 )
2.1.15.2102.1.10.8015.1p1-38.2.0.0 (64-bit)2.2.1.0 (64-bit)ProLiant systems
with 64-bit
Windows operating
system (2003,
2008)
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