HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows
Table Of Contents
- HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows
- Table of Contents
- 1 Product overview
- 2 Installation overview and requirements
- 3 Installing HP SIM on the Central Management Server (CMS) for the first time
- 4 Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard
- Using the First Time Wizard
- Configuring the managed environment
- Enabling automatic system discovery
- Configuring System Automatic Discovery task sign in credentials
- Configuring managed systems
- Configuring the WMI Mapper Proxy
- Configuring privilege elevation
- Configuring e-mail settings
- First Time Wizard summary
- Finishing the First Time Wizard
- Operating-system-specific collections, reports, and tools
- 5 Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu
- 6 Setting up and configuring managed systems
- 7 Initializing the Remote Support Software Manager
- 8 Upgrading HP Systems Insight Manager
- 9 Uninstalling HP Systems Insight Manager
- 10 Using the graphical user interface
- 11 Using the command line interface
- 12 Configuration options
- 13 Troubleshooting
- glossary
- Index
Select from the following database options:
• Install and use SQL Express. This option enables you to install and configure HP SIM to use
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
To install and use SQL Server 2005 Express Edition:
1. From the Database Configuration window, select Install and Use SQL Express.
2. In the Username field, the installing user account appears and can be edited. The account
specified must be the user name for the database server.
3. In the Password field, enter the password for the database server.
HP SIM does not support the following in a user name and password:
• A blank password
• A space followed by a double-quote
• A backslash (\)
If you use these characters in your user name or password, the HP SIM database
initialization fails.
4. In the Domain field, enter the domain name for the database server.
5. Click Next. A dialog box appears indicating files are being extracted. After the files are
extracted, a new dialog box appears indicating SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is being
installed. After SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is installed, the Select Installation Type
window appears.
• Use SQL/SQL Express. This option is applicable if you have SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server
2005 Express Edition installed and you want to configure HP SIM to use it.
To use SQL or SQL Server 2005 Express Edition:
1. From the Database Configuration window, select Use SQL/SQL Express.
2. In the Username field, the installing user account appears and can be edited. The account
specified must be the user name for the database server.
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