HP Servicecontrol Manager 3.0 User's Guide

Installing HP Servicecontrol Manager

Adding Managed Nodes

Chapter 2

To manually add managed nodes:

Step 1. Log on to the CMS as root.

Step 2. Verify the location of the SCM agent software.

You located and/or downloaded this software at the same time that you located the CMS

software during the CMS install process.

Step 3. View the agent configuration password (MxConfigPassword):

mxpassword -l

Remember this password because it is used to validate communication between the CMS

and managed node during the adding managed nodes procedure. Change the password

to something easier to remember if desired:

mxpassword -m -x MxConfigPassword=new_password

where new_password is the new password.

Step 4. By default, SCM expects a WBEM username of guest and a password of guest. The

expected username and password information is accessible on the CMS using the

mxnodesecurity command.

An account with the expected WBEM username and password must exist on each

managed node. Change the default username and password if desired:

/opt/mx/bin/mxnodesecurity -a -p wbem -c username:password

where username is the new username and password is the new password.

Step 5. By default, SCM expects an SNMP username of public and a password of public. The

expected username and password information is accessible on the CMS using the

mxnodesecurity command.

An account with the expected username and password must exist on each managed

node. Change the default username and password if desired:

/opt/mx/bin/mxnodesecurity -a -p snmp -c username:password

where username is the new username and password is the new password.

Step 6. By default, all new nodes are added to the Managed Nodes node group. Verify that this

node group exists:

mxngroup

If the Managed Nodes node group isn’t listed, you need to create the node group:

mxngroup -a -g “Managed Nodes”

Step 7. By default, all new nodes inherit the Managed Node node group authorizations. Identify

the authorizations for this node group:

mxauth -lt

By default, root should be authorized with the Master Role for this node group. To

authorize root with the Master Role for the Managed Nodes node group:

mxauth -a -g ”Managed Nodes” -R “Master Role” -u root