HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.2 Administrator Guide (web)

• WMI is registered as an exception in the Windows Firewall settings.
• admin$ is shared over the network.
• In the Windows Firewall settings, File and Printer Sharing is registered as an exception.
When the OS of a normal host to be managed is UNIX (when information about the host is collected by using
the root account)
• SSH is enabled.
• Settings have been performed so that you can log in as root via a remote SSH login with password
authentication.
• When the OS of a normal host to be managed is AIX, the ODMDIR environment variable is set.
• The directories for commands that are executed during Host Data Collector processing must be
the first paths specified in the PATH environment variable.
For details on the commands that are executed as part of Host Data Collector processing, see
Appendix E on page 369.
NOTE:
If the root account is used to register a host into Device Manager, do not use a general user account
to register the host a second time.
When the OS of a normal host to be managed is UNIX (when information about the host is collected by using
a general user account)
• SSH is enabled.
• The user account used when the host is detected has been created specifically for Host Data Col-
lector (recommended).
• Settings have been specified in the PATH environment variable so that the sudo command can
be executed.
• When the OS of a normal host to be managed is AIX, the ODMDIR environment variable is set.
• Update permissions (rwx) are set for the /tmp directory.
• Settings have been specified in the /etc/sudoers file so that the sudo command can be executed
by using either the password of a general user or without entering any password.
• To enable execution of the sudo command by using a general user password:
Add the definitions below. However, you cannot use the root account password.
user-name-used-for-host-detection hosts-to-be-detected
=(execution-user-name-alias)/tmp/FsDataGatherLauncher.Unix.sh
• To enable execution of the sudo command without entering a password:
Add the following definitions.
user-name-used-for-host-detection hosts-to-be-detected
=(execution-user-name-alias)NOPASSWD:/tmp/FsDataGatherLauncher.Unix.sh
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