HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

NOTE: On Windows and Linux, this process also affects the local HP System Management Homepage

certificate and private key on HP-UX systems, it affects the WBEM Services certificate and private key.

NOTE: HP SIM supports only importing certificates that have a public key size of 2,046 bits or less.

To import the signed certificate reply from a CA:

1. Select Options→Security→HP Systems Insight Manager Server Certificate, and then click Import.

The Import Server Certificate section appears.

2. Click more next to Import signed certificate reply from CA. The Import Signed Certificate Reply

section follows the Import Server Certificate section.

3. Click Browse next to the Certificate filename field. The Choose file dialog box appears.

a. Navigate to the location where the signed certificate is stored.

b. Select the correct file name, and then click Open.

The file name appears in the Certificate filename field.

4. Click Import. The signed certificate is imported.

After creating a CSR or importing the server certificate, reboot the HP SIM server for the HP SIM server

certificate to synchronize it with the HP System Management Homepage certificate and the certificate

sharing directory. Synchronizing the certificates prevents repeated browser security alerts when browsing

to HP Insight Management Agent on the HP SIM server, which enables HP SIM and the local HP System

Management Homepage to update their

SSL

server certificates and private

keys

Related procedures

• Importing a server certificate

• Creating a certificate signing request

• Submitting a certificate signing request