HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

i. Use sign-in credentials entered in HP SIM. These credentials must be for an account with
administrator or root access on the selected system
ii. Use the following credentials for all systems Enter the user name, password, and
domain credentials to use for all selected systems.
These Configure or Repair Agents credentials apply to the WBEM, SSH, and Single Sign
On protocols. You need to enter them only once and they pre-populate on each tab.
b. User-based key authentication Configures the managed systems to allow access to specific
users as authenticated in the Configuration Credentials below.
c. Password authentication Enter the user name and password to connect to managed systems.
• Select Configure SSH for the selected systems individually as follows to configure each
selected systems individually.
a. Host-based
b. User-based
c. Password
Enter the user name and password.
8. (Optional) If you selected Configure Secure Shell (SSH) access authentication User-based or
Host-based key authentication, the Additional credentials required to save the configurations for
WBEM, SSH, and/or Single Sign-On section appears. Select from:
i. Use sign-in credentials entered in HP SIM. These credentials must be for an account with
administrator or root access on the selected system
ii. Use the following credentials for all systems Enter the user name, password, and domain
credentials to use for all selected systems.
These Configure or Repair Agents credentials apply to the WBEM, SSH, and Single Sign On
protocols. You need to enter them only once and they pre-populate on each tab.
9. To save changes and start identification in the background, click OK. To cancel changes, click Cancel.
Related procedures
• Sign-in credentials
• SNMP credentials
• WBEM credentials
• WS-Man credentials
• Single sign on credentials
Related topics
▲ System credentials
WBEM credentials
One WBEM system credential or certificate can be applied to the set of selected systems or each one can
be set individually.
This protocol requires additional Configure or Repair Agents credentials be set.
1. Select Options→Security→Credentials→System Credentials.
2. Select target systems. See “Creating a task” for more information.
3. Click Run Now. The System Credentials page appears.
4. To edit system credentials, select systems and click Edit system credentials.
5. Click Show advanced protocol credentials.
6. To set WBEM system credentials, select the WBEM/WMI tab.
7. Select from the following:
• Replace each selected system's WBEM / WMI credentials with the following Use this option to
replace WBEM and WMI credentials for selected systems.
160 HP SIM credentials