HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 User Guide

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16 Collections in HP SIM..............................................................................89
Collections in HP SIM..............................................................................................................89
Types of collections............................................................................................................90
Other customization features................................................................................................91
17 HP SIM custom tools................................................................................97
General concepts...................................................................................................................97
Tool types.........................................................................................................................97
Environment variables for custom tools..................................................................................98
Custom tool menu placement.............................................................................................100
Custom tool URL format.....................................................................................................100
Creating custom tools through the GUI....................................................................................101
New..............................................................................................................................101
Edit................................................................................................................................101
View tool definition..........................................................................................................101
Run Now/Schedule..........................................................................................................101
Delete............................................................................................................................102
Creating custom tools through the HP SIM CLI..........................................................................102
Creating a custom SSA tool...............................................................................................102
Example Web launch tool.................................................................................................104
Example MSA tool...........................................................................................................105
Example Enabling Remote Desktop tool..............................................................................106
Adding a TDEF to HP SIM.................................................................................................107
Removing a TDEF from HP SIM..........................................................................................107
Modifying a TDEF............................................................................................................108
18 Federated Search..................................................................................109
Federated CMS Configuration................................................................................................109
19 CMS reconfigure tools...........................................................................111
Operational Commands, Options and Parameters....................................................................111
Reconfiguring the CMS password...........................................................................................112
Warnings.......................................................................................................................112
Dependencies.................................................................................................................112
Reconfiguring the CMS host and IP attributes............................................................................112
Warning.........................................................................................................................113
Dependencies.................................................................................................................113
Reconfiguring the CMS database credentials............................................................................113
Warning.........................................................................................................................114
Dependencies.................................................................................................................114
Reconfiguring the CMS to use a different database...................................................................114
Warning.........................................................................................................................115
Dependencies.................................................................................................................115
20 Understanding HP SIM security..............................................................117
Securing communication........................................................................................................117
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).................................................................................................117
Secure Shell (SSH)...........................................................................................................117
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