HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.4.1-00 Administrator Guide (TB581-96334, April 2013)
• When the OS of a normal host to be managed is AIX, the ODMDIR environment variable is set.
• The directories for commands that are executed during Host Data Collector processing must be
the first paths specified in the PATH environment variable.
NOTE:
If the root account is used to register a host into Device Manager, do not use a general user account
to register the host a second time.
When information about the host is collected by using a general user account
• SSH is enabled.
• The user account used when the host is registered has been created specifically for Host Data
Collector (recommended).
• Settings have been specified in the PATH environment variable so that the sudo command can
be executed.
• When the OS of a normal host to be managed is AIX, the ODMDIR environment variable is set.
• Update permissions (rwx) are set for the /tmp directory.
• Settings have been specified in the /etc/sudoers file so that the sudo command can be executed
by using either the password of a general user or without entering any password.
• To enable execution of the sudo command by using a general user password:
Add the definitions below. However, you cannot use the root account password.
user-name-used-for-host-registration hosts-to-be-registered
=(execution-user-name-alias)/tmp/FsDataGatherLauncher.Unix.sh
• To enable execution of the sudo command without entering a password:
Add the following definitions.
user-name-used-for-host-registration hosts-to-be-registered
=(execution-user-name-alias)NOPASSWD:/tmp/FsDataGatherLauncher.Unix.sh
For hosts-to-be-registered, specify the IP address, host name, or ALL.
For execution-user-name-alias, specify ALL, or root.
NOTE:
If a general user account is used to register a host into Device Manager, do not use the root account
to register the host a second time.
Related topics:
• Chapter 12, page 267
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