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View tool definition
Use to display the XML code for the tool. This tool is not enabled if you select more than one tool.
Run Now/Schedule
Use to run the tool immediately or to schedule the tool to run (if the tool can be scheduled). If the
tool can be run, the schedule a task page appears. You can schedule when and how often the
tool runs.
Delete
Use to delete a tool. Deleting a tool removes it from the Manage Custom Tools page and from the
system. If a tool is dependent on a task, an alert appears with the list of tasks associated with the
tool.
For information custom tool definition files details, see “Custom tool definition files” (page 221).
Creating custom tools through the HP SIM CLI
HP SIM includes a CLI that allows manual control of HP SIM functions. This manual control enables
you to create your own customized tools. The CLI is accessible directly on the CMS or from any
network client using SSH client software. Creating custom tools manually offers a better
understanding of the XML file format and allows greater flexibility in exercising the options available
when creating TDEFs. For more information on custom tool definition file syntax, see “Custom tool
definition files” (page 221).
Creating a custom SSA tool
This procedure uses the CLI to create a custom SSA tool for copying any executable file to a
managed system (target system) and having it execute (install) there.
This example illustrates the creation of a custom tool that installs a security patch on every Windows
server managed by HP SIM. If done manually, the administrator would have to locate each Windows
server and perform the following commands in that server:
• Log on as Administrator
• Access a network drive or portable media containing a copy of the file to be used for the tool
(we will use hpsecurity_patch.exe in this example) and copy that file to the local drive.
• Use Start/Run or a command line prompt to enter the command:
<install_path>\hpsecurity_patch.exe
• Log off of the system
For this example, it is assumed that the administrator will want to execute this procedure again
and be able to quickly locate it in the HP SIM menus, so an entry in the Deploy menu is made and
called Software Distributor, which when invoked allows the administrator to execute this custom
tool.
Procedure 14 Creating the Software Distributor tool
1. Log into the CMS using a valid user name and password. HP SIM grants authorization based
on the operating system login.
NOTE: Only administrators have command line access to HP SIM on a Windows CMS.
Administrators on a HP-UX/Linux CMS must have root capability.
2. Open a terminal window or a command prompt window to execute HP SIM commands.
3. Open a text editor and create a new file by typing the XML version text and tool list tags as
follows:
88 HP SIM custom tools