HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

Subscribing to WBEM indications through the Options menu
1. Select Options→Events→Subscribe to WBEM Events. The Step 1: Select Target Systems page
appears.
2. Select the target systems, and then click Apply. The Step 1: Verify Target Systems page appears.
3. Click Next. The Step 2: Task Confirmation page appears and provides details about the task that
was created.
4. Click Run Now to add subscriptions for WBEM events on the target systems. The Task Results page
appears.
Related procedure
• Setting global protocols
• Windows CMS
Related topic
• Installing and configuring protocols
• Global protocols
Secure Shell
SSH is used to log in to another system over a network and execute commands on that system. It also enables
you to move files from one system to another, and it provides authentication and secure communications
over insecure channels.
You can download SSH from the HP Software Depot (http://www.software.hp.com/).
To install the SSH provider from the Manage Communications page, select Quick Repair+Install Pro vider s
and Agents→Install OpenSSH. To configure OpenSSH from the Manage Communications page, select
Quick Repair+Install Provider s and Agents→Install OpenSSH→Configure secure shell (SSH) access.
Related procedures
• Setting protocols and credentials for a system or groups of systems
• Setting protocols for a single system
• Setting global protocols
• Windows CMS
• HP-UX and Linux CMS
Related topics
• Installing and configuring protocols
• Global protocols
WMI Mapper
WMI Mapper is an application based on the OpenPegasus CIMOM, that enables the client application
accessing WMI data using CIM/XML. Microsoft Windows systems are well instrumented with CIM data
through WMI. However, WMI uses a proprietary protocol, and the Windows operating system must make
WMI requests that left the client application with managing Windows using a different model than other
operating systems. WMI Mapper is the solution for helping client applications using CIM/XML over HTTP
to access WBEM data on target Windows systems.
When clients send CIM/XML requests over HTTP, WMI Mapper parses these requests and dispatches all
requests to the Windows WMI interface. The WMI Interface returns WMI responses to the dispatcher. XML
is built on responses, and then XML data is returned to client. WMI Mapper uses basic authentication over
HTTPS to receive the user name and password, and then the credential is validated by the WMI Interface
using Windows authentication. WMI Mapper can be installed on one target system, and used in a proxy
mode. WMI Mapper uses WMI/DCOM protocol for getting WMI data from other Windows systems remotely.
The typical installation for HP SIM Windows CMS includes installing WMI Mapper on the Windows CMS
and used in proxy mode. Configuring WMI Mapper as a proxy for Windows CMS is complete after WMI
Mapper is installed. Users who use an HP-UX or Linux CMS must install Mapper on a Windows system and
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