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
3. In the Password field, enter the password to access the HP VCRM.
4. In the Confirm Password field, re-enter the password for the HP VCRM.
• Set administrator password for Insight Management Agents version 7.1 or earlier Select this
option to repair the administrator password on all Insight Management Agents installed on the
target systems as applicable for Windows and Linux systems.
NOTE: Do not set this option if you have Insight Management Agents 7.2 or later installed.
NOTE: If the remote system is running HP-UX, this option is not executed on the remote system
because it is not applicable on HP-UX systems. If you are configuring only HP-UX target systems,
you do not need to set this option.
If you select this option, you must complete the following steps:
a. In the Password field, enter the new administrator password.
b. In the Confirm Password field, re-enter the new administrator password.
7. Click Next. The Step 4: Enter credentials page appears. The credentials specified on this page are
for a privileged account on the target system.
If you select Configure secure shell (SSH) access for a Windows target system, the account you
specify must be a member of the local Administrators group. For Windows targets using a domain
account, the account is automatically added to this group.
8. From the Step 4: Enter credentials page, enter the following credentials. The credentials used in this
step must work for all selected target systems. HP recommends using domain administrator credentials.
Credentials entered here are not saved by HP SIM except to run a scheduled task later.
a. Select one of the following options:
• Use sign-in credentials. These credentials must be a privileged account on the managed system.
NOTE: This option is not available if you selected any options on the “Step 2: Install Providers
and Agents (Optional)” page.
• Use the following credentials for all systems.
b. In the User name field, enter the system administrator name.
c. In the Password field, enter the system administrator password.
d. In the Password (Verify) field, re-enter the system administrator password.
e. In the Domain field, enter the Windows domain if you are using a domain account.
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