HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

NOTE: Any time communication with a secondary CMS is initiated, the certificate returned
must already be installed.
4. Configure the remote CMS.
The main CMSs SSL certificate is exported to the secondary CMS, and the secondary CMS
is configured to trust the main CMS. To have this configuration performed, you must provide
credentials for a full-rights HP Systems Insight Manager user on the secondary CMS. The
credentials supplied are used for this one transaction and are not permanently stored.
NOTE: To avoid remote CMS connection errors, make sure a firewall is not blocking ports 50001
and 50002 on the remote CMS.
Managing with tasks
HP SIM enables you to manage systems and events by scheduling and executing tasks. Tasks are
actions performed using an HP SIM tool. Task instances are an executed single instance of a task.
Users can:
• Create a task.
• Schedule a task.
• Modify a task.
• Delete a task
• Stop and start a task
• Track task status
Task information is available by selecting one of the following:
• Tasks & Logs→View All Scheduled Tasks
• Tasks & Logs→View Task Results
HP SIM provides a number of pre-defined system-delivered (default) tasks. These tasks can be
disabled or have their schedules modified but they cannot be removed or reassigned to another
user. HP SIM requires these tasks to provide a complete picture of the systems being monitored.
For more information about user privileges and configuration rights, see Users and authorizations.
Managing with tasks related information
Creating a task
NOTE: Scheduled task results are retained for 30 days or a maximum of ten results for a given
task. Run Now task results are retained for 72 hours. These are default values. To customize these
values, see Configuring task results settings.
Procedure 221 Create tasks
1. Select a tool from the HP SIM menu. The Select Target Systems page usually appears; however,
if targets are selected before selecting a tool, the Verify Target Systems page appears.
Some non-destructive tasks, like Ping, run directly when selected from the menu and you have
systems selected. Non-destructive tasks that require user parameters will skip directly to those
pages, bypassing the system selection and verification screens.
The OS column displays the first 40 characters of the operating system name, with an ellipse
at the end of the name if it is more than 40 characters long. Place your cursor over the name
to see the entire operating system name.
2. Add multiple or single targets:
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