Getting started with HP SIM 5.3 in a smaller Windows environment (417431-005, January 2008)

• Introduction. Describes the purpose of the First Time Wizard. You can cancel the First Time
Wizard and disable the wizard from automatically starting when an administrative user signs
in.
• Managed Environment. Specifies all operating systems to be managed by the CMS. The
selections made here configure HP SIM to show collections, tools, and reports only for
managed environments that are selected.
This page also collects required details for each TDEF selection, such as IP address of the
Ignite server, sign in credential information, and so on.
• Discovery. Use the wizard to enable discovery, set up the discovery schedule, and enter the
IP address ranges or host names of the systems you want to discover. Discovery is the process
HP SIM uses to find and identify systems on your network and populate the database with
that information. A system must be discovered to collect data and track system health status.
• Credentials: System Automatic Discovery. Use the wizard to set the sign-in credentials
and the SNMP credentials for the System Automatic Discovery task.
• Configure Managed Systems. Configure managed systems as they are discovered, by
configuring WBEM and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), SNMP, Secure Shell
(SSH) access, and trust relationship.
• WMI Mapper Proxy. To retrieve managed system information on Windows systems, enter
the mapper proxy system host name and port number.
Note: This page does not appear if you are not managing Windows systems.
• Privilege Elevation. Enable privilege elevation if, on HP-UX and Linux systems, you are
required to sign in as a non-root user and then request privilege elevation to run root-level
tools.
• E-mail. Enter the e-mail settings that the CMS will use to send e-mail notifications. You can
set up Automatic Event Handling tasks that prompt HP SIM to send e-mails when the CMS
receives a specific event.
• Summary. Displays all First Time Wizard settings with the option to modify settings or to
finish the First Time Wizard.
Note: The First Time Wizard configures only the basic settings of HP SIM.
Configuring the managed environment
From this page, select the operating systems that the CMS will manage. There are four options:
Windows, Linux, HP-UX, and Other. The selections made here configure HP SIM to hide
collections, tools, and reports for operating systems you do not use. By default the CMS operating
system is selected on this page.
Note: These settings can be changed at any time, and the hidden collections, tools, and reports
can be made visible again. To change these settings from the HP SIM menu, select Options
Managed Environment.
1. Select the operating systems for the CMS to manage.
2. Click Next to go to the next First Time Wizard step, or click Previous to return to the
previous step.
Enabling automatic system discovery