HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

Procedure 42 Setting up managed systems from a Linux CMS
1. Ensure that HP SIM is installed on the CMS.
2. Ensure the First Time Wizard has been completed on the CMS.
3. Install the ProLiant Support Pack on the CMS. See Installing the ProLiant 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 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 configures Linux, HP-UX, and Windows managed
systems to communicate with HP SIM from a Linux CMS.
To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against multiple systems simultaneously, you must:
• Have authorizations to run the Configure or Repair Agents tool.
• Have full CMS administrative rights to modify the HP SIM community strings in the node security
file.
• Enter root or administrator level user credentials for the target system.
To configure agents remotely using Configure or Repair Agents, see Configuring managed systems
from a Linux CMS.
Setting up Linux managed systems manually
Setting up managed systems related topics
Setting up managed systems from a Windows CMS
Procedure 43 Setting up managed systems
1. Ensure that HP SIM is installed on the CMS.
2. Ensure the First Time Wizard has been completed on the CMS.
IMPORTANT: You must run discovery before setting up managed systems. For more
information, see Running a discovery task for more information. Configuring automatic discovery
is part of the First Time Wizard.
3. Configure the managed system software. For more information, see Configuring the managed
system software using the Configure or Repair Agents feature from the CMS.
Configuring the managed system software using the Configure or Repair Agents
feature from the CMS
The HP SIM Configure or Repair Agents tool is a quick and easy way to configure Windows, Linux,
and HP-UX managed systems to communicate with HP SIM from a Windows CMS.
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
system security file. In addition, you must enter administrator-level user credentials for the target
system.
To configure agents remotely.
Setting up managed systems related topics
Setting up managed systems from a Windows CMS 187