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

Note: The indication will appear as an Informational Event in the Event List
of HP SIM.
Note: This is supported only on HP-UX and Windows managed systems with
WBEM provider installed.
o 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.
o Configure a non-administrative 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 as
the WBEM user in the System Credentials. If HP SIM is configured with a
user with administrative rights, this configuration step is not necessary. HP
SIM does not create this user. The user already exists as either a domain user
or one local to the managed system..
The user is added to the DCOM Users group on the managed system and
has read-only access to WMI information, and read-write permissions to the
HPQ name space. This user does not need to be an administrator of the
managed system and or have sign-in rights. The domain administrator should
create a special domain account.
To enter the credentials for HP SIM to use to access the managed systems:
1. In the User name field, enter a user name.
2. In the Password field, enter the.
3. In the Password (Verify) field, reenter the password exactly as it
was entered in the Password field.
4. In the Domain field, enter the Windows domain if the target
belongs to a domain.
If configuring a nonadministrative user is successful, then these
credentials are saved as the System Credentials for WBEM access in
HP SIM.
• Configure SNMP. This section enables you to configure SNMP settings.
a. Select Set read community string to specify a community string. By default, HP
SIM's first community string, that is not public, appears in the field. If no community
string exists in HP SIM, you must enter one.
Note: If only HP-UX systems with default SNMP installation are being configured at
this time, you need not set this option. HP-UX enables read by default (get-community-
name is set to public by default on HP-UX systems).
Note: If this option is selected, the Read Only community string is added to the
target systems. If the target system is SUSE Linux or Microsoft Windows 2003, the
managed systems do not always enable SNMP communication between themselves
and a remote host. This setting is modified to enable the instance of the HP SIM
system to communicate using SNMP with these target systems.
Note: You can enter a community string up to 255 characters.