HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

Editing a MIB
Installing OpenSSH
HP SIM custom and command line tools require that SSH be installed and configured on each
managed system to work properly. For more information about SSH and the features in HP SIM
that use SSH, see the HP Systems Insight Manager User Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/
insightmanagement/sim/docs.
The OpenSSH installation is run from the CMS. It installs the OpenSSH service on target Windows
systems and then runs the mxagentconfig command to complete the configuration.
NOTE: To be sure that the install OpenSSH task runs successfully, sign in as a user with
administrative rights. If you are signed in as another user, be sure the user name does not contain
non-ASCII characters.
NOTE: You can easily install OpenSSH on Windows managed systems using the Configure or
Repair Agents feature. For more information, see Configuring managed systems from a Windows
CMS.
Procedure 286 Install OpenSSH through the Install OpenSSH option
1. Select Deploy→Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Agents→Install OpenSSH. The Install OpenSSH
page appears.
2. Select the target systems. For more information about selecting target systems, see Creating
a task.
3. Click Next.
4. From the Enter credentials for an administrator account on the target system(s): section, do
the following:
a. In the User name field, enter the Windows administrator user name.
b. In the Password field, enter the administrator password for user name.
c. In the Password (Verify) field, re-enter the Windows administrator password.
d. In the Domain field, specify the Windows domain.
If the administrator account on the target systems is a local account, leave Domain field
blank.
5. Click Schedule to schedule the install, or click Run Now to run the installation immediately.
For more information about scheduling the installation, see Scheduling a task.
If you clicked Run Now, the Tasks Results page appears. For more information about the Task
Results page, see Viewing task instance results.
Creating an OpenSSH task through the CLI
You can create an OpenSSH task using the mxtask command in two ways:
• By entering all parameters through the command line
• By entering all parameters through an .XML file
NOTE: Tasks created from an .XML file are disabled when viewed in the task list. Tasks created
from the command line are not disabled when viewed from the task list.
Creating an OpenSSH task
Procedure 287 Creating an OpenSSH task
1. To see how to enter the information correctly, export an OpenSSH task.
a. Create an OpenSSH task. For more information, see Installing OpenSSH.
b. Save the task as SSH Task.
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