HP Insight Management WBEM Providers on Integrity Servers User's Guide

2 Installing the HP Insight Providers
The Insight Providers—server, storage, network and software inventory—are packaged as one
Smart Component, cp008945.exe. This enables you to install, uninstall, and version-control
the Insight Providers as a single entity.
Installing the Insight Providers Smart Component
To install the Insight Providers Smart Component:
1. Perform the following tasks:
2. Log in as an administrator on the target server.
a. Verify that the target server is on the supported hardware list.
b. Verify that the target server has a supported OS installed.
3. Execute the cp008945.exe Smart Component by double-clicking or by invoking it in a
script. You can find information on the installation progress in the log file.
Security requirements for the Insight Providers
IMPORTANT: The standard user accounts that are used to access HP WBEM Providers
management information must have access rights and security group memberships to allow
remote access by HP SIM or other clients querying WMI data. An administrator account has
sufficient rights and security group memberships to access HP WBEM Providers management
information.
To enable remote access of the Insight Providers via WMI for non-administrator user accounts:
1. Add the standard user account to the “Distributed DCOM Users” group.
2. Add the standard user account to namespace security for the following namespaces:
• root\HPQ
• root\HPQ\default
• root\HPQ\TestEvent
• root\Interop
• root\CIMv2
To add the standard user account to namespace security, complete the following steps for
each name space:
a. Right-click My Computer→Manage→Services and Applications.
b. Right-click WMI Control.
c. Select Properties.
d. Select the Security tab.
e. Select the namespace.
f. Click the Security button. Verify that permissions are set as follows for the standard
user:
• Execute Methods
• Full Write
• Partial Write
• Provider Write
• Enable Account
• Remote Enable
• Read Security
• Edit Security
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