HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

Procedure 81 Editing system credentials either individually or as a group
1. The following tabs are available on the Edit System Credentials page:
• Sign in
This tab enables you to set one credential for all protocols.
• SNMP
This tab enables you to set one SNMP community string.
For advanced, and protocol-specific settings, click Show advanced protocol credentials
to the right of the tabs. The following additional tabs appear.
• SNMPv3
This tab enables you to set SNMPv3 specific security parameters.
• WBEM/WMI
This tab enables you to set
• WS-MAN
This tab enables you to set WS-MAN credentials.
• SSH
This tab enables you to configure SSH credentials.
• Single Sign On
This tab enables you to set the trust by certificate relationship.
• VME
This tab enables you to set VME credentials that were configured on the VMWare vCenter
Server Web Services page during VMWare vCenter Server installation. This is not
available when creating a discovery task until after the VMWare vCenter servers are
discovered.
2. On each tab, you can either set credentials for all the selected systems, or set credentials for
protocols individually for each system by selecting the appropriate radio control. A maximum
of 10 systems can be edited individually at one time.
3. For each setting on the Sign-in, SNMP, WBEM / WMI, WS-MAN, and VME tabs, there is a
checkbox that when checked indicates to HP SIM that if these credentials should fail for some
reason, then others should be tried in accordance with the numbered list above. For example,
if the Sign-in credential entered here was invalid, and the checkbox was checked, then the
discovery level credentials (if any) would be then tried. This control gives you flexibility where
your credentials are specified, but also carries a risk in performance and might trigger a
security event if many credentials are tried to find one that works.
4. For some settings on the WBEM / WMI, SSH, and Single Sign-On tabs, HP SIM needs one-time
administrator or root access to the managed system to make the configuration update. In these
situations an extra Section appears underneath the tabbed box labeled Additional credentials
required to save the configurations for WBEM, SSH and/or Single Sign-On: If the Sign-in
credentials you have already entered have administrator or root capabilities, you need take
no additional action. But if they do not, then you must enter a special credential that has the
necessary access capabilities. This credential must be the same for all the affected systems.
5. When you click OK, data from all the tabs is collected and identification is run so that the
new credentials can take effect. Depending on the number of systems, this can take several
minutes. The progress of this task can be monitored at Tasks & Logs→View Task Results. When
the task is complete, the System Credentials page can be refreshed and the new working
credentials should appear in the table.
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