Windows Integrity nPartition Guide

Introduction

Management interface options

Chapter 1

• WBEM SSL Certificate (cert.pem file)

The WBEM SSL Certificate file resides on the system that is being managed and

contains the local WBEM server’s certificate.

On a Windows system, the WBEM SSL Certificate file is in the location specified by

the sslCertificateFilePath entry in the

%PEGASUS_HOME%\cimserver_current.conf file, and is usually

%SystemDrive%\hp\sslshare\cert.pem.

• WBEM Trusted Certificate Store (known_hosts.pem file)

The Trusted Certificate Store file resides on the system from which WBEM remote

management commands are issued. On a Windows system, the WBEM Trusted

Certificate Store file resides in the %SystemDrive%\hp\sslshare directory.

• Partition Manager Trusted Certificate Store (parmgr.keystore file)

The Partition Manager Certificate Store file resides on the system from which

Partition Manager is run. It is used by Partition Manager to validate server

certificates. On a Windows system, the Partition Manager Trusted Certificate Store

file resides in the %SystemDrive%\hp\sslshare directory.

In order for remote WBEM SSL connections to succeed, the WBEM SSL server

certificate from the remote system you are connecting to (the WBEM server) must first

be imported into the trusted certificate store(s) on the system where the remote WBEM

commands are issued from (the client system). For a description of how to do this, see

“Configuring for secure WBEM communications” on page 40.

Managing nPartitions using WBEM

Using WBEM, you can manage remote nPartitions indirectly, via an existing nPartition

on the server.

NOTE You cannot use WBEM to manage nPartitions remotely if none of the nPartitions on the

target server have been booted or configured yet, or if the nPar Provider or MP device

driver components have not been installed yet.

To use WBEM, install the WMI Mapper and the nPartition commands software on your

management station. After you install the tools, enable secure WBEM communications

by referring to “Configuring for secure WBEM communications” on page 40. You can

then use Partition Manager or the nPartition commands to manage your remote

nPartitions.

Running Partition Manager using WBEM You can run Partition Manager with

WBEM in one of two ways:

• If running Partition Manager on an nPartition:

Select the

Switch Complexes task from the Tools menu. In the resulting dialog enter

the hostname or IP address of the remote nPartition, and supply a username and

that user’s password.

To merely display information about the target complex, specify any user defined on

the remote nPartition. To make changes to the target complex, specify a user with

superuser privileges on the remote nPartition.