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HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows > Chapter 4 Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard

Using the First Time Wizard

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The First Time Wizard is automatically launched the first time a user with administrative privileges signs in to HP SIM. The administrative account used to install HP SIM is the initial administrative account. If the wizard is canceled before completion, it restarts each time an administrative user signs in. You can cancel and disable the wizard from starting automatically by selecting the Do not automatically show this wizard again checkbox and clicking Cancel. The wizard can be started manually by selecting Options->First Time Wizard.

The First Time Wizard provides step-by-step instructions for performing the initial configuration of HP SIM. Additional configuration options are available in the HP SIM GUI.

The First Time Wizard helps you configure the following settings on the CMS. After configuring a setting, click Next to continue the First Time Wizard setup procedure. The First Time Wizard does not apply any changes until you click Finish on the Summary page.

NOTE: The default settings in Firefox block the First Time Wizard. You must disable the pop-up blocker in Firefox to see the First Time Wizard.

The First Time Wizard includes the following options:

  • Introduction  Describes the purpose of the First Time Wizard. You can cancel the First Time Wizard and disable the wizard from automatically starting when an administrative user signs in.

  • Managed Environment  Specifies all operating systems managed by the CMS. The selections made here configure HP SIM to show collections, tools, and reports only for managed environments that are selected.

    This page also collects required details for each TDEF selection, such as IP address of the Ignite server, sign in credential information, and so on.

  • Discovery  Use the wizard to enable discovery, set up the discovery schedule, and enter the IP address ranges or host names of the systems you want to discover. Discovery is the process HP SIM uses to find and identify systems on your network and populate the database with that information. A system must be discovered to collect data and track system health status.

  • Credentials: System Automatic Discovery  Use the wizard to set the sign-in credentials and the SNMP credentials for the System Automatic Discovery task.

  • Configure Managed Systems  Configure managed systems as they are discovered, by configuring WBEM and WMI, SNMP, SSH access, and trust relationship.

  • WMI Mapper Proxy  To retrieve managed system information on Windows systems, enter the mapper proxy system host name and port number.

    NOTE: This page does not appear if you are not managing Windows systems.
  • Privilege Elevation  Enable privilege elevation if, on HP-UX, Linux, and ESX managed systems, you are required to sign in as a non-root user and then request privilege elevation to run root-level tools.

  • E-mail  Enter the e-mail settings that the CMS will use to send e-mail notifications. You can set up Automatic Event Handling tasks that prompt HP SIM to send e-mails when the CMS receives a specific event.

  • Summary  Displays all First Time Wizard settings with the option to modify settings or to finish the First Time Wizard.

The First Time Wizard configures only the basic settings of HP SIM.

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