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
NOTE: The Step 3: Configure or Repair Agents page changes to show the configuration options
available with the installed plug-ins.
6. Configure the target system by selecting one of the following options:
• Configure WBEM / WMI. This section enables you to configure the target Linux, Windows, or
HP-UX system to send WBEM indications or events to HP SIM.
For this section, consider the following:
• Create subscription to WBEM events so that WBEM events will be sent to the CMS
• Send a sample WBEM / WMI indication to this instance of HP SIM to test that events appear
in HP SIM in the Event List or All Event User Interface for the selected system
NOTE: This indication will appear as an Informational Event in the Event List of HP SIM.
NOTE: This indication is supported only on HP-UX and Windows managed systems with
WBEM provider installed.
• Use an HP SIM WBEM certificate (good for 10 years) rather than username/password to
manage the system This option deploys a WBEM certificate to the managed system and is
only valid for HP-UX systems.
• Configure a nonadministrative account for HP SIM to access WMI data This option applies
to Windows systems with HP WBEM providers. The configuration of the managed system
updates to allow the specified user to access WMI information over the network. HP SIM uses
this user to read inventory and configuration information from the system and is configured
Setting up managed systems from a Windows CMS 67