Configuring the Managed System Software

The HP Systems Insight Manager Configure or Repair Agents feature is a quick and easy way to configure managed systems. However, you can manually configure Linux and your HP-UX systems.

Running the Configure or Repair Agents feature from the CMS

To run Configure or Repair Agents remotely against multiple systems simultaneously, you must have authorizations to run the Configure or Repair Agents tool.

You must have full CMS configuration privileges to modify the HP Systems Insight Manager community strings in the node security file. In addition, you must enter root level user credentials for the target system.

To configure agents remotely:

Select ConfigureConfigure or Repair Agents from the menu.
Note: The Verify Target Systems page appears if the targets are selected before selecting a tool.
To add targets, select a group from the dropdown list. The contents of the selected group appear and can be selected as targets, or to select the collection itself, select Select Name of Collection itself.
Click Apply.The targets appear in the Verify Target Systems section.
Note: If the targets selected are not compatible with the tool, the Tool Launch OK? column provides a brief explanation for the problem. To remove a target, select the target, and then click Remove Targets.
Select one of the following options:
- Click Add Targets to add more targets to the Target System List.
- To remove a target, select the target, and then click Remove Targets.
- Click Next to specify tool parameters and to schedule the task.
From the Enter login credentials page:
1. In the User name field, enter the system administrator user name for the target systems.
2. In the Password field, enter the system administrator password for the user name previously entered.
3. In the Password (Verify) field, reenter the system administrator password exactly as it was entered from the enter login. These credentials must work on all target systems.
Click Next. Click Prev to return to the previous page. The Configure or Repair Settings page appears.
The following options are available:
- Configure SNMP. Select this option to configure SNMP settings.
  If this option is selected, the following steps must be considered:
  Select Set read community string.
  Note: If only HP-UX systems with default SNMP installation are being configured at this time, you may clear this option. HP-UX allows read by default (get-community-name is set to public by default on HP-UX systems).
  Note: If this option is selected, the Read Only community string is added to the target systems.
  Select Set traps to see this instance of HP Systems Insight Manager in the SNMP Trap Destination List of the target systems. This option allows the target systems to send SNMP traps to this instance of HP Systems Insight Manager.
- Trust relationship: Set to "Trust by Certificate." Select this option to require systems to use the Trust by Certificate trust relationship with the System Management Homepage.
  For System Management Homepage on the target systems, this option sets the trust mode to Trust by Certificate and copies the HP Systems Insight Manager system certificate to the target system's trusted certificate directory, which enables HP Systems Insight Manager users to connect to the System Management Homepage using the certificate for authentication, rather then repeatedly entering login information.
- Configure secure shell (SSH) access.
  Note SSH can be configured only if the SSH service is running on the managed systems.
  If this option is selected, you must select one of the following options:
  Host based authentication for SSH. For more information regarding SSH, see the Secure Shell (SSH) in HP SIM 5.0 white paper at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html.
  Each user has to be authenticated on the managed system. Keys are set up for the user credentials on the previous screen.
- Create subscriptions for WBEM events.
  Note: If this option is selected, the target system is configured to send WBEM indications or events to HP Systems Insight Manager.
  Note: Subscriptions for WBEM events can be created only if WBEM event providers are installed and running on the managed systems.
Click Run Now, or click Schedule to run this task at a later time. Click Prev to return to the previous page. The Task Results page appears.
Note: The Configure or Repair Agents tool can be used to update multiple target systems, the results can be seen on the stdout tab.
Note: Repair of SNMP settings and trust relationships on HP-UX systems is executed by a separate task, which can be viewed in the Tasks & Logs> Task results page.
The Task Results page displays the following information:
- Status. This field displays the details for each target system within a task instance.
- Exit Code. This field represents the success or failure of an executable program. If the return value is zero or positive, the executable ran successfully. If a negative value is returned, the executable failed.
- Target Name. This field displays the name/IP address of the target.
- The stdout Tab. This tab displays the output text information.
- The stderr Tab. This tab displays information if the executable experienced an error.
- Files Copied Tab. This tab displays what files are in the process of being copied or have been copied to the target system.
- View Printable Report. Reports can be printed for the currently selected target system or for all target systems associated with the task instance.
  To print a report:
  Click View Printable Report.
  An Options Message box appears, asking if you want to generate a report containing only the currently selected target system or all systems associated with the task instance.
  Select which report to print.
  Click OK to print the report, or click Cancel to return to the View Task Results page.
If Management HTTP Server is installed on target systems, the login credentials are updated in the Management HTTP Server password file.

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