HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

NOTE: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the implementation of WBEM from Microsoft.
See WMI for more information.
NOTE: A Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) acts as the interface for communication
between WBEM providers and management applications such as HP Systems Insight Manager.
The CMS must have the correct credentials to authenticate to WBEM and WMI. There are two ways to
authenticate client certificates:
• Basic authentication to WBEM Services or WMI using user name and password.
• Using the CMS certificate to authenticate is available only for HP-UX WBEM Services 02.05.00, which
supports client certificate authentication. Use the Configure or Repair Agents Use an HP SIM WBEM
certificate (good for 10 years) rather than username/password to manage the system option
to deploy a WBEM certificate to the managed system and is only valid for HP-UX systems.
Subscribing to WBEM indications
You can subscribe to WBEM indications through the the Configure or Repair Agents pages or through the
Options menu.
Subscribing to WBEM indications through the Configure or Repair Agents pages
1. Select Configure→Configure or Repair Agents. The Step 1: Select Target Systems page appears.
Note: The Step 1: Verify Target Systems page appears if the targets are selected before selecting a
tool.
2. Select target systems. See “Creating a task” for more information.
3. Click Next. The Step 2: Enter credentials page appears. The credentials specified on this page are
for a privileged account on the target system.
Note: If you plan to Configure secure shell (SSH) access on a Windows target system, the account
specified must be a member of the local Administrators group. For Windows targets using a domain
account, the account is automatically added to this group if applicable.
4. From the Step 2: Enter credentials page:
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