Installation Manual

Deploying and Managing CIM Extensions186
• Display host operating system - Attempts to determine the remote operating system.
• Display Installed CIM Extension Version - Contacts the remote system and displays the version of
the CIM extension currently installed on it.
• Deploy CIM Extensions - Installs the CIM extension on the remote system.
• Deploy OpenSSH (Windows Hosts Only) - Deploys OpenSSH on the remote Windows system.
This action is only available from a Windows management server.
• Uninstall CIM Extensions - Uninstalls the CIM extension on the remote system.
• Upgrade CIM Extensions - Upgrades the CIM extension on the remote system.
• Configure CIM Extensions- Configures the CIM extension on the remote system. You can
configure the TCP port to listen on, the IP address to bind to, and custom credentials for the
extension to use.
NOTE: You can configure the IP address with a specific address if there is only one system
in the list. If there is more than one system, you can only use “auto detect” mode, which
instructs the host to listen on the IP address looked up from the same host name used to
connect to the host.
• Download configuration - Downloads the configuration files from the CIM extension on the
remote system. The files are saved to the following directory on the management server:
<Install Directory>\logs\download\<remote host name> (on Windows)
<Install Directory>/logs/download/<remote host name> (on Linux)
• Download logs - Downloads the log files from the CIM extension on the remote system. The files
are saved to the following directory on the management server:
<Install Directory>\logs\download\<remote host name> (on Windows)
<Install Directory>/logs/download/<remote host name> (on Linux)
• Start CIM Extensions - Starts the CIM extension on the remote system.
• Stop CIM Extensions - Stops the CIM extension on the remote system.
• Get CIM Extensions Status - Checks the running status (started or stopped) of the CIM extension
on the remote system.
Configuring CIM Extensions
Click the Go button next to the Configure CIM Extensions action to configure CIM extensions on
remote hosts.
The Configure CIM Extensions dialog box allows you to configure all the hosts on the list with the
specified settings. The tool will create a new CIM extension configuration file for each indicated
remote host. A backup copy will be saved on each host with its previous configuration.
The choices in this dialog box are all optional. If they are not specified, they will be omitted from
the configuration files.
The Auto-detect IP address checkbox will cause the tool to use the host name that was entered in
the Hostname box to start the CIM extensions.