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HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3 User GuideHP Part Number: 601823-004Published: April 2011, First Edition

Installation...164License Mana

Configuring the CMS• Inspect SSL server certificate and update if desired• Configure passwords and SNMP community strings (See the “Configuring manage

How to: lockdown versus ease of use on Windows systemsModerateThe Insight Management Agents should be configured to trust by certificate. This require

Procedure 23 Setting security to strong1. Generate certificates from your certificate server for each managed system and the SystemsInsight Manager sy

21 Privilege elevationPrivilege elevation enables users without root privileges to run tools requiring root privileges onHP-UX, Linux, and VMware ESX

22 Contract and warrantyThe Contract and Warranty Status is available when you have a Windows CMS, and the HP InsightRemote Support Pack is installed.

NOTE: If you receive an incorrect response for a particular HP brand system after clicking theCW icon on the system table view page, there might be an

Contract• CCRN (Customer Contract Reference Number).The reference used for the contract as renewed over time.• Active ContractThis value is true if an

Warranty• Warranty TypeThe type of warranty, for example, Base Warranty, Bundled Warranty, or HP Care Pack.• Start DateThe start date of an active war

– B: Delivery blocked– C: Cancelled◦ Service LevelThe level of service specified in the warranty. This includes the amount of time HP has toreact to a

23 License ManagerLicense Manager enables you to view and manage product licenses within the Systems InsightManager user interface. To access addition

Check Event Configuration...183Status polling...

NOTE: The new management processor license collection is supported on management processorand management processor devices. Deployment is supported on

Table 10 License types (continued)DescriptionLicense TypeOffers full, unlimited functionality for a limited time and aspecific number of seats. The li

Table 11 License types reported by management processor products (continued)DescriptionLicense TypeOffers full, unlimited functionality.PermanentOffer

License Collection Results table1System Name. The names of the systems where the task was executed.2Key. The license keys received from the target sys

NOTE: This displays if the system is of a different type such as; a switch, a printer, acluster, a complex, or a system not running a Windows OS.K. Ca

For management processor targets:• When a license is assigned to a management processor, a license record is created andstored in the License Manager

1ProductThe name of the product.2License VersionThe license version of the product.3Licenses TypeThe type of license for example, Demo, Beta, Duration

7System IP AddressThe IP Address of the licensed system.8All Features SupportedA 'Yes' or 'No' value. Systems can be licensed with

1System license statusSystem 15.146.233.1 displays the status as having a assigned duration license.2Licenses currently availableDisplays that the Dur

24 Storage integration using SMI-SAbout storage systemsStorage systems are SAN-attached Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts(

Tables1 Status types...172 Health st

• Receive storage system events and associate them with the system that generated the event(through Command View) running on a system, or from a tape

• SAN and NASNetwork addresses◦◦ Manufacturer◦ Model• IS and MNHAPart number◦◦ Total number of disks◦ Disk details◦ Servers being serviced by this sys

SLPSLP enables computers and other devices to find services in a LAN without prior configuration. SLPis designed to scale from small, unmanaged networ

Systems Insight Manager displays storage systems as follows:• Internal drivesThese systems must appear in the Properties pages and the inventory datab

5. At the bottom of the dialog box, click Add.The SNMP Service Configuration dialog box appears.6. Enter the host name or IP address of the enterprise

DiscoveryThe Systems Insight Manager discovery process for systems running Command View includes thefollowing:• CV XP on port 80 (http)• CV VA/SDM on

2. Select one of the following:• All Storage Systems• All Storage Hosts• All Storage Switches• All Storage Arrays• All Tape LibrariesThe system table

• Storage Ports—All Storage HostsLists port information for all storage host HBAs.• Storage Ports—All Storage SwitchesLists port information for all s

25 Managing MSCS clustersCluster Monitor is a core component of Systems Insight Manager, and adds the ability to monitorand manage multi-node clusters

Cluster fieldsTable 12 Cluster fieldsDescriptionNameName or alias for the clusterNameStatus of the cluster: Normal (the cluster condition is functioni

12 Creating a task to delete all cleared events...6013 Creating the Software Di

Resource fieldsTable 15 Resource fieldsDescriptionNamePhysical or logical entity that is capable of being owned by a node, broughtonline and taken off

the Major threshold value. It remains in the Major range until it falls to or below the Major resetvalue. The Minor and Major reset thresholds behave

Adjust the CPU polling rate by configuring the Cluster Monitor node resource settings.Disk polling rateThe Disk polling rate determines how often Clus

26 Systems Insight Manager Audit logSystems Insight Manager logs all tasks performed by all Systems Insight Manager users on allsystems. The informati

Example audit logExample Audit Log: User "partner" runs tool "ls" on cup11.hp.com from cup12.hp.com from CMS cup12.hp.com 1046

27 HP Version Control and Systems Insight ManagerAbout the Version Control AgentThe VCA is an Insight Management Agent installed on a system that enab

About the Version Control Repository ManagerVCRM is an Insight Management Agent that manages a directory of HP software and firmwarecomponents. You ca

For maximum manageability and flexibility across operating system platforms, each repository youcreate must conform to the following conditions:• It m

28 Compiling and customizing MIBsSystems Insight Manager; provides the capability of managing systems through SNMP and byreceiving incoming SNMP trap

mcompileThe mcompile tool verifies the syntax of all MIBs to be loaded into the system. mcompile resolvesall MIB dependencies and, where necessary, co

Part I Introduction

FROM RFC1213-MIBhpSwitchBladeType2-MgmtFROM HP-SWITCH-PL-MIBagSlotNumberFROM BLADETYPE2-SWITCH-MIBipCurCfgGwIndexFROM BLADETYPE2-NETWORK-MIBIn this ex

and the full CFG filename must be listed on individual lines. Each line in the file is processedas it would be by running the mxmib -a command individ

• MAJOREvents of this type indicate an impending failure.• CRITICALEvents of this type indicate a failure and signal the need for immediate attention.

• ProLiant Rack Events• ProLiant Remote Management Events• ProLiant Storage Events• ProLiant System and Environmental Events• ProLiant UPS Events• RFC

Table 16 Varbind keywords and descriptionsCommentsDescriptionKeywordLabel will reflect the value selected. Thiswill vary on a trap-to-trap basis.Inclu

Drive Status: FAILED Serial Number: WS7000134715Using the $Hdr keyword in conjunction with $! to further customize the display could be as fo

A Important NotesSystem and object names must be uniqueSystem and object names must be unique in Systems Insight Manager.For example, the name of a Vi

Insight Remote Support Advanced compatibilityIMPORTANT: If a version prior to A.05.40 of Insight Remote Support Advanced is installed, youmust update

mxglobalsettings -s ANNOTATION_SIGN_IN_PAGE_HTML=alwayson.company.com mxglobalsettings -s "ANNOTATION_BANNER_HTML=- alwayson.company.com" mx

How to check RPM signatures within the sysmgmt.binTo check RPM signatures in the sysmgmt.bin before installing Systems Insight Manager, completethe fo

1 About this documentUser GuideHP Systems Insight Manager provides this user guide to help you understand management features.Systems Insight Manager

On a Windows NT 4.0 system running Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, remotely browsing intoa CMS causes a DLL failure after being connected for hour

B TroubleshootingAuthenticationOn a Linux or ESX system, you might receive the following error when running the mxagentconfigcommand or through Config

-------------------------------------------------------------When browsing to Systems Insight Manager using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.3790.0 onW

5. Be sure the primary DNS suffix is set correctly. If not, set it, and click OK until all dialogboxes are closed.• The proxy settings on the client b

servers. A double dense blade contains 2 servers per blade: an A and a B server. Some of thecases where the number of servers exceeds the available sl

Systems Insight Manager might report duplicate entries for array controllers if the data is collectedusing both WBEM and SNMP protocols on a HP Insigh

On Windows: C:\program files\hp\systems insight manager\config\identificationThe folders listed above are the default folders and should be used unles

Solution: Remove all systems associated with the MSCS cluster (this includes the cluster alias, thecluster nodes, and any VMs that might be running on

Solution: If you want Systems Insight Manager to display the same name as the host name of thefull DNS name, you must use the modify command to modify

To solve this issue:1. Stop the SNMP daemon.2. Add the following line to the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file:rocommunity public 3. Restart SNMP.EventWhen yo

2 Product overviewSystems Insight Manager features• Automatic discoveryAutomatically discovers and identifies systems attached to the network. Use dis

While restoring the Onboard Administrator configuration, initially the following message appearsif the network communication to Onboard Administrator

HP Insight Control virtual machine managementAfter you have selected the Install Linux PSP or ESX agents and Register VM host options in aConfigure or

NOTE: This applies to both x86 and x86_64 if the user elects to install the XWindows support.NOTE: These must be the 32-bit version even under x86_64

• For Linux, ensure the SSH port is not blocked.• In some rare cases, external storage enclosures can cause HP Smart Update Manager toreport a discove

Unable to identify ESX 3.x classic servers to have the appropriate system types and subtypes, orno virtual machines can be discovered from the ESX 3.x

nsswitch.conf to resolve hostnames, and having dns resolve before files (/etc/hosts)will give the wrong IP Address for localhost. The default for HP-U

During a custom Systems Insight Manager installation, Insight Remote Support lays down corecomponents and then runs a configuration. If you cancel the

HP MIBsThe LinkUp and LinkDown traps in IF-MIB.mib are redundant traps; these are also present inrfc1215.mib. As per the current framework, the redund

Ports used by Systems Insight Manager.By default, Systems Insight Manager uses sport 5989 to communicate with the WBEM server ofthe systems it monitor

Insight Manager Installdir>/config/globalsettings.props file or by running theCLI command: mxglobalsettings --a EnhancedReportsLogicalFonts=<fon

address ranges, or to control the frequency that each task runs. Use discovery filters to preventdiscovery of unwanted system types.InventoryData coll

clog_windows.xml3. Add the tools again using mxtool -a -f <TDef file name>4. Run the tool.------------------------------------------------------

3. Upgrade the agents and WMI providers on the servers that will be used for virtual identifiers.(See the version table below for proper versions).4.

WMI MapperIf you have created subscriptions on a Windows managed system and then elect to change theWMI Mapper proxy or install a WMI Mapper on the ma

C Protocols used by Systems Insight ManagerSystems Insight Manager uses many different management protocol standards. This capabilityenables Systems I

NOTE: Systems Insight Manager does not receive traps from the application using port 162unless the application is configured to forward traps to the p

Remote Wake-UpRemote Wake-Up refers to the ability to remotely turn on a system that is in a soft-off power state.Systems that support the Advanced Co

Functionality when enabledDescriptionManagement standardProvides system reachability (ping)check during system discovery andbefore other operationsICM

Functionality when enabledDescriptionManagement standardIdentification, inventory, and eventsA DMTF standard for exchangingmanagement information usin

D Data CollectionAfter Systems Insight Manager collects data initially during the identification process, you canschedule a Data Collection task to sp

been collected by selecting it from the system table view page. This action displays the SystemPage, where you can select the Tools & Links tab an

Tools can be run from the Systems Insight Manager menus and can be added to a Quick Launchlist that is available from many pages within Systems Insigh

E Default system tasksPolling tasks track the health status of systems in associated collections. Hardware status pollingmust occur periodically to de

NOTE: If you discover more than 500 systems, HP suggests you change the interval tosomething greater than 10 minutes (for example, 15 minutes for ever

Old Noisy EventsIncludes events that are transient and happen frequently, but do not generally indicate hardwarefailures. For example, link up, link d

Version Status Polling for Systems no Longer DisabledThis task runs the software version tool when a system changes from a disabled state to an enable

F Host file extensionsHosts files are used during discovery to manually add multiple systems to the Systems InsightManager database.Hosts files typica

# Title: Systems in database# Sorted by: IP address# Date: 28-Mar-00 2:29:31 PM# Author: administratorThe system EngProliant uses all current defaults

...Default valuesIf a parameter is missing in the hosts file, the default is applied. The following lists the parametersthat can be used in hosts file

Table 21 Hosts file default parameters (continued)DescriptionValueKeywordSystem default (Default)0Greater than 0SNMP_RETRead only (Default)Public<C

G System Type Manager rulesSystem Type Manager enables you to extend Systems Insight Manager's SNMP-based discoveryso that it is able to identify

H Custom tool definition filesCustom tool definition files are XML files that describe how Systems Insight Manager should runtasks based on a program,

to Systems Insight Manager, SMH, Integrated Lights-Out (iLO), Onboard Administrator, and allweb servers you browse to.Each time you receive an Untrust

Table 23 MSA-specific attributesDescriptionSyntax1AttributeSpecifies an MSA command, theparameters for the command, and anexecution node on which the

Table 24 WLA-specific attributes (continued)DescriptionSyntax1AttributeAn optional parameterized string thatprovides a way for web-launchapplications

Table 26 Global attribute parametersDescriptionParameterJob ID for the task being executed%tName of the user running this task%uName of the user this

Table 28 Multiple selected target parameters (not supported for Custom Command Tools)DescriptionParameterRepeated pattern (only repeats if a current s

Table 29 Task Wizard names values (continued)DescriptionNames valuesBy default, the task wizard displays the target selectionpage as the first page du

Table 31 All tools values (continued)DescriptionNames valuesString. Integer sort key used to sort among the other menuitems in the group. The lower th

Table 33 Tool filtering attributes (continued)DescriptionFilter nameLong list: Bring up the Options menu, then select Discoveryand then Identification

Table 34 Environment Variables (continued)DescriptionNames valuesDisplays the event list that generated the event. In the formatof:• This device or ev

Table 35 New Command Line Tool parameter entry guidelinesEntry guidelinesParameter string assignmentData entry required?Parameter fieldAs when using t

I Out-of-the-box MIB support in Systems Insight ManagerThe following table represents the key MIBs that ship with Systems Insight Manager. Those MIBst

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Configuring the browser• Supported in Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox. Internet Explorer 6 is not supported.• The browsing system must be remote; brow

Table 36 MIBs supported in Systems Insight Manager (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXcisco productscisco-ping.mibXcisco productscisco-port-securit

Table 36 MIBs supported in Systems Insight Manager (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXHP Proliant Clustercpqrecov.mibXHP Proliant UPScpqrpm.mibXSAN

Table 36 MIBs supported in Systems Insight Manager (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXHP STORAGEhpovsam_im.mibXHP Netserverhpprfmib.mibXHP ServiceG

Table 36 MIBs supported in Systems Insight Manager (continued)Pre-loadedSupportsMIB nameXFibre Channel Switchv5_3sw.mibXWYSE Eventswbt3mib.mibXHitachi

J Support and other resourcesRelated documentsDocumentation and supportFor support, software updates, and additional information on Systems Insight Ma

GlossaryAadministrativerights userA user who is authorized for the All Tools toolbox on all systems, including the CMS. This typeof user has been give

cluster A parallel or distributed computing system made up of many discrete systems that form a single,unified computing resource. Clusters vary in th

Eenclosure A physical container for a set of server blades. It consists of a backplane that routes power andcommunication signals and additional hardw

can also be extended to deliver unparalleled breadth of system management with plug-ins forHP storage, power, client, and printer products. Plug-ins f

security to HP Web-enabled System Management Software. This version is available in the ProLiantSupport Pack.10 or earlier.ManagementInformation BaseT

If automatic sign-in is configured, you can manually sign in to Systems Insight Manager.• If automatic sign-in fails, the manual sign-in page appearsT

public key the public half of a public and private key pair. The public key can be freely distributed withoutfear that it can be used to impersonate t

Secure SocketsLayerA standard protocol layer that lies between HTTP and TCP and provides privacy and messageintegrity between a client and server. A c

spoofing The act of a website posing as another site to gather confidential or sensitive information, alterdata transactions, or present false or misl

Type of management protocol on the system (SNMP, WBEM, HTTP, and SSH)•• Type of HP system (server, client, switch, router, and so on)• Network name of

• Minor.A warning condition exists that can escalate into a more serious problem.• Normal.These events are not a problem.• Informational.No attention

X Window System A cross-platform windowing system that uses the client/server model to distribute services acrossa network. It enables applications or

IndexAabout, 136default polling tasks, 180searches, 45storage solutions (SNMP), 119, 122version control agent, 135accessingautomatic event handling, 5

communicationerrors, 151community strings, 48complexdeleting, 153discovering, 153System Page, 153Configure or Repair Agents, 16Windows Vista, 153Confi

editing, 37discovery taskscreating, 35deleting, 35disabling, 35editing, 35enabling, 35general settings, 35running, 35stopping, 35disk capacity, 130dis

HP Insight Orchestrationdiscovering, 159HP Insight Remote Support, 164HP Insight Remote Support Packcontract and warranty status, 104, 105default task

times, you can collapse it by clicking the minus sign ( ) in the top right corner of the panel.To expand the panel, click the plus sign ( ).4. System

hosts files, 35licenses, 109SSH keys, 16McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystemassociating with enclosure, 159MIB, 188internet management, 173rules,

rulesSNMP, 188System Type Manager, 188runningcustom tools, 75discovery task, 35events task, 59Ssavingcollections, 59schedulingclear events task, 59cus

system resource, 131system status panel, 21system tabprotocols, 175system table view page, 45, 66, 123, 178overview, 47System Type ManagerSNMP rules,

Part II Setting up Systems Insight Manager

3 Setting up managed systemsSetting up managed systems involves installing the required Management Agents software andconfiguring the supported protoc

4. On the Enter Windows credentials page, complete the following:a. In the User name field, enter the Windows administrator user name for the target s

• Product Name. Displays the name of the product.• Trusted?. Displays whether the system trust relationship has been configured. To configurea trust r

Setting up HP-UX servers to be managed by Systems Insight ManagerProcedure 3 Setting up HP-UX managed systems1. Understand the basic managed system so

Manually setting up an HP-UX managed systemAlthough chapters 4-7 explain how to finish configuring managed systems from the Systems InsightManager GUI

2. Verify that SysFaultMgmt provider is installed.Depending on the System Fault Manager configuration, run the following:cimprovider –lm SFMProviderMo

ContentsI Introduction...141 About this document...

line for Linux systems. You do need to first supply credentials and discover the systems, as describedin chapters 4 and 6. Then you can do the followi

4. Edit the snmpd.conf file.For Red Hat Linux, open the following file in the vi editor:vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.confFor SuSE SLES 8, open the following fil

4 CredentialsIn Systems Insight Manager, credentials are used to enable the CMS to communicate with managedsystems, through WBEM, WS-MAN, SSH, and SNM

15.43.212.150 15.3.110.117 15.3.105.51 15.3.110.113 --> <nodelist> <node n

5 WMI Mapper ProxyWindows systems use a variation on the WBEM management protocol called WMI. For SystemsInsight Manager to communicate with Windows s

6 DiscoveryDiscovery is the process of finding systems in the management domain so that they can be managedfrom the CMS by Systems Insight Manager. Sy

NOTE: If discovery tasks are run out of order, errors are likely. Typical errors due to runningdiscovery tasks in an improper order include:• Associat

• Run a discovery taskSelect the task you want to run and click Run Now. When a task is running, the Run Nowbutton changes to a Stop button.• Stop a d

7 Manage CommunicationsUse the Manage Communications feature to troubleshoot communication problems between theCMS and targeted systems. For each fail

In addition, you must enter administrator level user credentials for the target system.Sending test traps and indicationsTo verify that SNMP traps and

4 Credentials...32Example XML file to add more than 10 WBEM use

8 Automatic event handlingAutomatic event handling enables you to define an action that Systems Insight Manager performswhen an event is received. Use

Example automatic event handling tasksSystems Insight Manager ships with three example automatic event handling tasks that are disabledby default. Whe

9 Users and AuthorizationsSystems Insight Manager enables you to configure authorizations for specific users or user groups.Authorizations give the us

10 Managed environmentThe Managed Environment feature enables you to select the operating systems that you will manage.There are four options: Windows

Part III Systems Insight Manager basic features

11 Basic and advanced searchesBasic searchThe Search feature enables you to quickly retrieve details about a system using its name or commonsystem att

ViewWhen you click View, the results of the search appear below the search frame. This functionalityenables you to preview the results of the search b

12 Monitoring systemsViewing system collectionsIn Systems Insight Manager monitoring systems involves Systems Insight Manager polling HP InsightManage

status icon and software status icon. The System Status section contains more information onthe system status.You can access the System Page one of th

Table 2 Health status typesDescriptionStatus typeStatus iconSystems Insight Manager can no longer communicate with the system.The system was previousl

Example of setting system properties...52Setting customer company an

Table 3 Software status types (continued)DescriptionStatus typeStatus iconThe CMS could not reach the HP Version Control Agent on thesystem, so the st

Table 4 WBEM operational status (continued)DescriptionStatus typeStatus iconThe element is suspended.• In Service indicates that the element is being

The Suspend or Resume Monitoring tool enables you to suspend monitoring of a single system ormultiple systems, which enables systems to be excluded fr

as a property for the target systems. If the value of the selected property is blank, that property isnot set for the systems All properties are optio

13 Event managementEvents are typically sent to the CMS from agents running on the managed systems. However, someevents are generated directly from th

• Status Change Event SettingsEnables you to control if a status change event is generated when health status changes. Toaccess, select Options→Events

13. Select Send e-mail.a. In the To address field, enter the e-mail address to which you want the notification sent(multiple addresses can be added so

in improper cooling of the drives in the storage system due to air flow changes caused by the missing side panel. User Action: Replace the storage sy

Where quanit1 is the system name.Example - Creating a task to send an e-mail when a system reaches acritical stateThe following instructions set up an

task. Enabling this option creates a system reachable event whenever the system is reachableagain.20. Click OK to apply changes.21. To create the task

Run Now/Schedule...80Delete...

The following task has the following segments:• Creating an event collection that contains the events you want to delete• Creating and scheduling the

14 Reporting in Systems Insight ManagerStandard reportsStandard reports are shipped with Systems Insight Manager. The reports are based on commonuser

Format for generated report:◦ HTML (Recommended for viewing)Enables viewing an existing report in HTML format.◦ XMLEnables viewing an existing report

The Reports by Product table displays reports for Systems Insight Manager by default. Only productsthat have been registered with Systems Insight Mana

An additional create new report option is to select the type of report to use. You can select thefollowing options in any combination.• Include Chart•

15 Systems Insight Manager toolsTarget selectionTargets are systems that a tool acts upon. Targets can be single systems, collections, or groups ofsys

• Modify a task• Delete a task• Stop an executing task• Track task statusTask information is available by selecting one of the following:• Tasks &

Part IV Systems Insight Manager advanced features

16 Collections in Systems Insight ManagerCollections in Systems Insight ManagerSystems and events are grouped into collections based on information fr

• Run a system search and save the search criteria as the attributes defining a collection.Saving a collection from the Advanced Search pageFor more i

User accounts and authentication...98File system...

Because collections by attribute use a database query, collections that are complex take moresystem resources every time they are accessed. Keeping co

set properties on members of these collections. Setting properties on systems that might not be partof the collection in the future would be of very l

There are two instances of SystemC in the view of the hierarchy because CollectionC is thesame throughout the application. Any place that CollectionC

to run with a certain collection, and that collection is made not visible, then the task willnot run on that collection. You can change the visibility

– Unknown– Informational• Default View propertyWhen you select a collection in the System and Event Collections panel, the contents of thatcollection

17 Systems Insight Manager custom toolsGeneral conceptsCustom tools are tools that can be created by the user to run on the CMS or on target systems.

Table 7 Tool typesDescriptionNameAn SSA tool executes on a selected target and is onlyaware of the target system environment. In executing anSSA tool,

• 2, Warning• 3, Minor• 4, Major• 5, Critical• 100, InformationalNOTICEQUERYNAME. The collection name based on how the notice was generated. This valu

Then, RELATEDDEVICENAME0=DeviceName0 RELATEDDEVICENAME1=DeviceName1RELATEDDEVICEIP%d. The IP address of the associated system, where %d is the it

https://%{deploy.server%}/deploy/deployimage.jsp?device1=%n%z%(&device%i=%n%z%)NOTE: When using the %i parameter, the current selection index (1,

About SMI-S...121Key components...

Run Now/ScheduleUse to run the tool immediately or to schedule the tool to run (if the tool can be scheduled). If thetool can be run, the schedule a t

NOTE: Your text editor must be able create a text-only file with no embedded formatting.4. Following the leading XML version and tool-list tags, type

9. To finish the TDEF, enter the final tool list tag as shown below.The fully composed TDEF for a SSA copy tool to deploy the HP Security Patch to a m

managed node where WebJetAdmin is installed. The parameter %n is used to substitute the managednode hostname. The <toolbox-enabled> element can

NOTE: When the XWindows tool is launched, the system running the browser must be runningan XWindows server for the tool's GUI to be visible.For m

Adding a TDEF to Systems Insight ManagerAfter you create a custom TDEF, to function, you must add it into Systems Insight Manager. Adda TDEF to System

NOTE: If a task or task results are tied to a tool, by default the tool cannot be removed. The -xforce option is used in this case.Modifying a TDEFMod

18 Federated CMS SearchSelect Reports→Federated Search...Federated CMS Search is a web-based Systems Insight Manager plug-in that allows you to searc

NOTE: Any time communication with a secondary CMS is initiated, the certificate returnedmust already be installed.4. Configure the remote CMS.The main

19 CMS reconfigure toolsThe CMS reconfigure tools feature provides a set of commands that enable you to quickly makecommon reconfiguration changes to

27 HP Version Control and Systems Insight Manager...135About the Version Control Agent...

When this command is run, and the new password is typed and confirmed, all Systems InsightManager partner services are stopped in preparation.The pass

2. Update the gwlmdb.properties file by executing the following command from the commandprompt:vseinitconfig -a3. Open a Windows command prompt and na

2. Enter the following, and then press Enter:> mxreconfig -m host3. Follow the prompts that appear to complete the host name and IP address change.

DependenciesAll of the following must be true:• Systems Insight Manager is installed and configured on a Windows operating system host,using Microsoft

20 Understanding Systems Insight Manager securityThis chapter provides an overview of the security features available in the Systems Insight Managerfr

In Systems Insight Manager, the Privilege Elevation feature enables tools to be run against HP-UX,Linux, and ESX managed systems by first signing in a

SSH keysAn SSH key-pair is generated during initial configuration. The CMS public key is copied to themanaged system using the mxagentconfig tool. Thi

• Host name mismatch>If the name in the certificate does not match the name in the browser, you might get thiswarning. This can be resolved by brow

Operating-system dependenciesUser accounts and authenticationSystems Insight Manager accounts are authenticated against the CMS host operating system.

Systems Insight Manager databaseAccess to the database server should be restricted to protect Systems Insight Manager data. Specifyappropriate non-bla