HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

• Configuring the WMI Mapper Proxy
• Configuring privilege elevation on HP-UX
• Configuring e-mail settings
• Configuring HP SIM with storage systems
Related topics
• First Time Wizard summary
• Finishing the First Time Wizard
Setting up managed systems
Overview
Setting up managed systems involves installing the required Management Agents software and configuring
the supported protocols to communicate with the HP SIM software.
For steps to set up managed systems from the CMS see the following:
• “Linux CMS”
• “HP-UX CMS”
• “Windows CMS”
Linux CMS
Setting up managed systems from a Linux CMS
Use the following checklist to assist you with setting up managed systems from a Linux CMS .
IMPORTANT: Run discovery before setting up managed systems. See “Running a discovery task” for more
information. Configuring automatic discovery is also part of the First Time Wizard.
1. Ensure that HP SIM is installed on the CMS.
2. Ensure the First Time Wizard has been completed on the CMS. See “Using the First Time Wizard” for
more information.
3. Install the ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack on the CMS. See Installing the ProLiant or Integrity Support
Pack on a Linux system for the first time.
4. Configure the managed system software. See Configuring the managed system software.
Installing the ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack on a Linux system for the first time
For Linux systems, use the Linux Deployment Utility to install the latest support pack with the preconfigured
components to the local system. For more information regarding installing a support pack using the Linux
Deployment Utility, see http://www.hp.com/servers/psp.
Configuring the managed system software
The HP SIM Configure or Repair Agents tool is a quick and easy way to configure Linux, HP-UX, and Windows
managed systems to communicate with HP SIM from a Linux CMS.
NOTE: You can manually set up Linux systems. See Setting up Linux managed systems manually.
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against multiple systems simultaneously, you must have
authorizations to run the Configure or Repair Agents tool.
You must have full CMS administrative privileges to modify the HP SIM community strings in the node security
file. In addition, you must enter root or administrator level user credentials for the target system.
To configure agents remotely:
Like other HP SIM tools, you can configure the Configure or Repair Agents tool to run on a schedule or
manually. Only one instance of Configure or Repair Agents tool can run at a time.
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